Christmas Lists

This past weekend, Hayden and Violet made Christmas lists for Santa Clause. After going to Barnes and Nobel (which now has quite the toy section) the kids were not short on ideas for their Christms lists. Hayden and Violet drew these pictures completely on their own (except for the annotations which were added for the…

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Our Run

Today I got new running shoes since my other ones were getting old. In order to try them out, we went on a family run. Libby, Violet, Hayden, and I all got on our "running" clothes and grabbed flash lights and went for a run. The run totaled approximately .6 miles and the kids ran…

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Hayden’s Temper

The other day Hayden and Violet were playing in the family room with separate toys.  Violet started to play with one of “Hayden’s Toys” (We try and stress that no one OWNs any toys).  Hayden did not like this so he started throwing and pushing toys (at least he wasn’t hitting).  One of the things…

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Fire

A couple of nights back while Libby was on her run Violet was worried about fire getting her in our house.  She was worried that fire would come from the furnace up through the vents and get her in her room.  We talked about how the furnace was safe and that fire needs heat oxygen…

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New Pictures

The last time we posted pictures was at Halloween.  Since then, Libby ran a race the kids played at the park and they also had a dance party with glow sticks last night (we did lots more, but this is what was documented pictorally).  The new pictures of our adventures can be found here.

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Nightmare

Hayden wakes up in the middle of the night every once in a while having what we guess are nightmares. Last night I got confirmation that he is in fact having nightmares. When I went in to his room and got him calmed down I asked him what was wrong. He said "My toys went…

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Post-Halloween Dentist

Today, Violet had a dentist appointment. She absolutely loves going to the dentist. Today, was a special dentist day. Her hygienist, Deb, showed me that her two bottom front teeth are loose! She’s probably going to lose them over the next couple months, and most likely both of them prior to her next dentist appointment!  Violet…

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Happy Halloween

Despite the remnants of Super Storm Sandy, we were still able to take the kids out Trick-Or-Treating tonight.  As you can see for the pics, the kids had a blast and collected quite a bit of candy.  After a few houses, Libby went home to hand out candy at our house while I took the…

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