Margarita Night

We are ringing in the new year with salsa chicken and margaritas (just Libby and I are drinking these).  Even though Hayden doesn’t get to drink margaritas he still likes it when we make them because he gets to have a lime wedge. Hayden ate three wedges like an orange.  Happy Margarita night! (Oh yeah……

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Special day

Today, we spent lots of time together with swimming, shopping, and out to lunch. We played legos and marble tracks. We’re rounding our special day together with a candlelight dinner listening to Christmas music. This has been perfect.

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Swim Tests

When we go swimming at the Y, the kids and I swim in the big pool. It is 25 yards long (standard length) and 9 feet deep in the deep end. The shallow end goes for about 15 meters before there are buoys on a rope that separate the deep end from the shallow end….

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Good Night Hayden

Tonight I adjusted Hayden's covers befor Libby and I went to sleep because he was all wrapped up in his blanket. As I tried to pull it away from him he clamped down and started to grumble. He rolled over and I managed to get it situated. After I did that he looked really mean…

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Why I Love Fall

When I was taking the kids one morning I stepped outside after Violet and Hayden were already outside. It was a col morning so there was frost on the grass and on my car. I could see footprints through the frost covered grass and a message on my car that was waiting for me. This…

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Up Up and Away!

Today we experienced a day of flight.  We started off at the Air Zoo watching a science demonstration related to flight.  It wasn’t the best but at least the kids got candy at the end.  To give you a feel for it, one of the presenters said that a small tennis ball goes farther in…

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Hayden’s Boat

Hayden came home from school yesterday and started grabbing paper and tape out of the art supplies. He was keeping to himself so Libby and I continued to make dinner. He soon came running into the kitchen an grabbed a chair to bring over to the sink. What he had made was a boat. He…

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Violet knows the answer

At dinner this evening, I had been talking/complaining about work with Mike and Ray. I was going on about some problems and potential things coming down the road with another organization. Violet, who I didn’t realize was intently listening, chirped in… Vi: I know the answer! Me: yeah? Vi: Are they boys?(All adults snickering now)Me:…

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