The big sister kept covering up the little sister more and more, telling me the tiny baby was cold. The tiny baby didn’t care. She finds her sister amusing. She’s also little and slouches quite a bit, so I tucked doll pillows behind her back and on the sides. She was cool with all this. […]
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Last night we left for Grace and Juan’s housewarming party and left Maria and Kari in charge. They set up the Christmas Village. Back in the day I chose the Alps one–the Scandinavian village. Most of it has been discontinued, and that’s okay. I love it, plus have no more space anyway. This huge, obnoxious palm
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The tree is up and looking fine. Decorations are all in place. The kids helped. They knew how they wanted things. These guys are back: We took her with us to pick out a tree. She was here picking up her big sister, and she was wild and kind of demanding. It seemed like a
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Turkey Trot participants: This is my sister with her grandson. He’s turning into a real guy at this point, little baby no more. Nobody knows when Morgan was born, so her birthday is declared to be Thanksgiving. She likes it. This puppy was confused by why her kennel was moved (to make room for Thanksgiving
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We have cleaned. I made a list and we all got to work. I take the bathrooms–kids don’t want to clean those and I don’t mind. The stairways are vacuumed, the furniture dusted to the extent it is going to be. Martin came last week and took care of the leaves in the yard. We
Maria made this guy, glittery, hilarious and gorgeous: Tomorrow we will dust everything and call this thing done. There was once the fine story of a friend with a messy house with company coming who announced she was taking a nap, and then after that they would make a miracle happen. Maria was incredulous. This
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This girl was here, getting babysat. She’s good. A cold virus took her out on Monday, but by the end of the week, she was fine again. Yep, working the play doh. Today she wrote on the wall at an appointment with crayons. Thank goodness diaper wipes scrubbed it off. We are thinking about tile
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Dan and Alicia took the kids to Florida for a vacation with Kirsten. They all had a great time. Now it’s Sunday night and tomorrow is back to reality. Thanks for sharing all these awesome pictures. Love, Mom
We’ve had a good week, including these lovely naps in the car. At 3pm, when I start work, the aunties and uncle take over for 90 minutes or so until the kids are picked up. They team up and they are patient and used to tiny people. It’s pretty easy-going. This was from today. She’s
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