tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68933483470392145182024-03-05T20:10:05.734-05:00Moments in time...Life is made up of moments...Be present in as many as you can... :o)psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-67876211131955422172010-06-12T14:44:00.000-04:002010-06-12T14:44:54.637-04:00Update in a flash!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spring has sprung . . . blue jays are born . . . and I'm updating the blog!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2jt6-5Abk8CNnX3353P67v8SDpVVLoOm5GEeRtwE2-NAtil84FOvTjEYmgJLFG4HIkILotk9fRhU32bn3IVNF_DsPcbaMpJEIzkC_LFXr1gSvGiQCXgnBQR4TpKrMhmOgfn_1aFGCHY/s1600/baby+blue+jays+June2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK2jt6-5Abk8CNnX3353P67v8SDpVVLoOm5GEeRtwE2-NAtil84FOvTjEYmgJLFG4HIkILotk9fRhU32bn3IVNF_DsPcbaMpJEIzkC_LFXr1gSvGiQCXgnBQR4TpKrMhmOgfn_1aFGCHY/s320/baby+blue+jays+June2010.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our poor upside down swimming goldfish, Rocky, has moved on to the big pond in the sky . . . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Ava & Sofia wanted to move in to a submarine . . .<br />
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Or move out onto an island of rocks on the ocean.<br />
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We also went down to DC to participate in cousin Elisabeth's wedding where we saw butterflies & moths,<br />
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Rode the Metro,<br />
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Laughed,<br />
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And danced.<br />
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And then, we came home and several teeth were lost!<br />
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Ava: Can we meet him?<br />
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Me: No, not this time. You have to do something extraordinary to meet him.<br />
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Sofia: What's extraordinary mean?<br />
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Me: Something extra special like helping a lot of people, saving a lot of people, becoming a Senator or Representative representing the people of your state...or be a movie star or a really great sports person...<br />
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Sofia: Well, I think Daddy could meet him, then.<br />
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Me: Why?<br />
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Sofia: Well, because he's a great Chef & a great baseball player.<br />
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Me: Oh, yeah, maybe he could...Could I meet the President?<br />
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Sofia: No, mommy, you can't...<br />
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Me: Why? <br />
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Sofia: Because you don't do anything extraordinary.<br />
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Ava: Well, she did get a<b> JOB</b>...<br />
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Sofia: Getting a regular job isn't really extraordinary, Ava...<br />
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Me: In this economy, it's not too shabby...There are a lot of people who...<br />
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Ava & Sofia: Can we go outside & play now??psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-38328080223305989302010-04-04T12:20:00.000-04:002010-04-04T12:20:07.075-04:00Ya think it's time to update the blog?Well, our little Rhody has been through quite a lot over the last week. We escaped any catastrophes on our personal property and I feel so fortunate that we were okay through this flooding. Some friends were not and our hearts bleed for them and for all the others in our region who lost a lot. Traffic was an absolute mess with all the closed roads (especially Route 95...Route 95!! Closed because the river ran over it. The major highway. Flooded and closed...Unbelievable...) but in the grand scheme of things, traffic is nothing...And we were so glad that the National Guard was here to help with the traffic fiasco...<br />
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So, what have the girls been up to lately, you ask?<br />
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More activities than I have pictures of...but here are some of the things we did:<br />
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Newport sunsets<br />
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Chinatown New Year's Celebration<br />
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Ice skating<br />
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Father-Daughter dance<br />
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And of course, trying on flower girl dresses for Abey's wedding & looking girly!!!<br />
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But still remembering they really love their "boy" toys...<br />
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So, Christmas:<br />
Sofia didn't mind putting on a dress & showing me her favorite ornament:<br />
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Ava did not want to put on a dress & insisted on wearing her pants: <br />
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She did take the pants off for Christmas Eve dinner. And she even had some fun with her sister.<br />
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Transformers & Bakugan - what more could little girls dream of?!<br />
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</div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-17567240542194818562009-12-12T13:34:00.000-05:002009-12-12T13:34:40.971-05:00GratitudeBoth of my girls have now officially lost 2 bottom teeth. The picture of Ava below was taken after her first one was lost and the second one was SUPER wiggly & crooked!!<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"I am thankful for God and pets. I like puppies the best. My cusins and my dog and terkey. Cus all uve tham are cute! And I love tham. And I am thankful for frands and I am thankful for animals." <br />
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"I am thankful for turkeys and corn and cows and God and my family and my ster [sister] and trees for my oxygen. I just love trees and spyders and Amarica because I lieev in Amarca and I love pumpkins and crayons and my flowers and food and Purell and Mrs. Morrocco and my dog and my fish and chick."psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-24698805996001880002009-11-17T16:46:00.001-05:002009-11-17T16:47:41.912-05:00Veterans Day HikeLast week we wanted to do something special on Wednesday since we were all off on the same day! <br />
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It was a gorgeous blustery fall day...<br />
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We bundled up and walked through the woods and<br />
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we found a hollow tree,<br />
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Excellent day. The only thing missing was Xavier. But now that's an excuse for another hike on another day!<br />
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Yes, the Chef made the pie.<br />
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But I don't think of myself as a coward who chickened out.<br />
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I think of myself as a very intelligent woman who knew that her Chef would make an amazing apple pie. And I'm always right ;o)<br />
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Plus, he truly enjoys to cook and bake so I didn't have to do much arm twisting.<br />
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Yum yum.<br />
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</div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-48893141295667540342009-10-09T09:57:00.001-04:002009-10-09T09:58:20.325-04:00Autumn activitiesWe go apple picking almost every year. And almost every year, out of all the apples we pick (usually 2 bags...) we eat maybe 3 apples, tops. And I feel terrible about it! But this is because almost every year I declare that I am going to make an apple pie. So we pick a lot of apples. But every year, I do not make the apple pie and the apples sit on the counter, then in the frig, then in the garbage. It is wasteful, it is sad, but it is what I have done in the past.<br />
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Well, this year is different! This year I am going to make an apple pie. Yes, sir. Apple pie. <br />
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You see, while I don't believe I suffer from full blown Mageirocophobia (fear of cooking...), I do fear cooking in a BIG way. I don't cook. I am seriously afraid of it for some ridiculous reason. Maybe this is why the only things my girls will eat are mac and cheese (from a box, duh), chicken nuggets or raviolis...Hmmmm...<br />
BUT, I am actually a good baker. I know, it doesn't make sense that I could fear cooking but would be okay with baking. Maybe it has to do with food being a necessity and dessert being fun and so I don't worry so much about wrecking it. Maybe it's because I am deathly afraid of undercooking meat. Maybe it's because I'm not very good at it and screw something up EVERY time. Maybe it's because I married a chef who is SO good at cooking that it makes me look really bad... I don't know, but I fear cooking.<br />
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Anyway, despite the cooking fear, I can bake. I've made amaretto chocolate dessert tarts, I make a mean banana bread and I have created really cool and yummy cakes over the years (cake that looks like a hamburger, Backyardigans, tennis ball, pool ball...the list goes on). I enjoy baking chocolate chip cookies (probably because I enjoy eating them) and I really like baking sugar cookies to decorate with my girls. So, this year I am making an apple pie. With my friend Amy. She's going to help. Because in my world, I see bread, cookies and cakes in a different category than an apple pie. Apple pie falls into cooking and it scares me. Maybe it's because it's unknown, maybe not. I don't know. My fear of cooking is irrational, so why not add another irrational factor to it! So Amy's going to hold my hand and cheer me on while I make an apple pie.<br />
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And hopefully she'll peel some apples.<br />
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Here are some pictures of our apple picking adventure and the corn maze:<br />
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</div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-64402892833930587462009-10-03T17:19:00.000-04:002009-10-03T17:20:07.610-04:00Sick days & a rainy day<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">We've had two sick little girls in our house over the last few days and to say it's been trying is an understatement. There's nothing more frustrating than seeing your children sick and suffering and not being able to do much to ease their pain. They've been writhing in pain with fevers, stomach aches and joint aches. I'm not one to rush to the doctor's office but I was tempted this time around - and I did call twice...<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOktFKUZYUqO4KZuFYuaWln7y7_HD9PPbghs9Xih0wy1UWUb_qtThubeshyP-bdpO9LxZnyQwMU_aOLvSVOd41XI4KmADZAqdN9AKQ6A19mh80cG8rZMbAskFFioGQJs287HmWfurFGAE/s1600-h/Sofia.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOktFKUZYUqO4KZuFYuaWln7y7_HD9PPbghs9Xih0wy1UWUb_qtThubeshyP-bdpO9LxZnyQwMU_aOLvSVOd41XI4KmADZAqdN9AKQ6A19mh80cG8rZMbAskFFioGQJs287HmWfurFGAE/s320/Sofia.JPG" border="0" /></a><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMKUJzK4srk1Q6ZuyQtAZeuWVE8b2TphXKTG-yLTM3Qbmwq7_pq_-T4ALJNJSLArflavzrqf5kCqCW122C4YfDHJTuRFES9ByaMdHhcRiAQ3U7uwgPZtukkVFABrcm72SFsVZ8JHzjR4/s1600-h/Ava.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMKUJzK4srk1Q6ZuyQtAZeuWVE8b2TphXKTG-yLTM3Qbmwq7_pq_-T4ALJNJSLArflavzrqf5kCqCW122C4YfDHJTuRFES9ByaMdHhcRiAQ3U7uwgPZtukkVFABrcm72SFsVZ8JHzjR4/s320/Ava.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Not sure what they had/have, but I think/hope/pray it's on its way out! Just in time for a rainy day...sigh.<br /><br />BUT I bought this puppet activity a while ago and had saved it specifically for a day just like today!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDJmyTQtUVqMr4VcaS2GGGnhc1_8pl8sRtm-LNeWntW7IHZ1wQ1glfB8sfYfKGioKUdCHs0QroZJstDGe3J0SJqcVKS_DSfZXeJkORAkOl_ACcUJpfBx5LXXXwtsivSPZUmil9CKT468/s1600-h/DSC01205.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDJmyTQtUVqMr4VcaS2GGGnhc1_8pl8sRtm-LNeWntW7IHZ1wQ1glfB8sfYfKGioKUdCHs0QroZJstDGe3J0SJqcVKS_DSfZXeJkORAkOl_ACcUJpfBx5LXXXwtsivSPZUmil9CKT468/s320/DSC01205.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And boy did the girls love it. It was worth each dollar. Thank you Martha Stewart (and Big Lots). This entertained us for over 3 hours today!!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo10fAqbfIE9wIZNdMztQBrz9yvX8dL1ZY6eAQcFD_F1W-lYwbXU2DcNIwNliYDWQm607THVGqQy2O8Afb_feEkxEVFSHtxrhyphenhyphenxYTn1lxafIDCOxCF0rBiUFv8yGT90fJ-_Q3ldD8tckc/s1600-h/Ava+creates.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo10fAqbfIE9wIZNdMztQBrz9yvX8dL1ZY6eAQcFD_F1W-lYwbXU2DcNIwNliYDWQm607THVGqQy2O8Afb_feEkxEVFSHtxrhyphenhyphenxYTn1lxafIDCOxCF0rBiUFv8yGT90fJ-_Q3ldD8tckc/s320/Ava+creates.JPG" border="0" /></a><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vEfYwymoTwaP7RHBtEQa-Ueyj6-4zQ7T9lOL6O-NvscyoU0tnnVmBJwOgl2ldvKZ_tXe45aiiIzVLsgACr5d-t9awBvDTxRGlehhkN4PeDDhWKMaV8Ms_iXpG2U7xqrBJ13S5_ZOL6I/s1600-h/Sofia+creates.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vEfYwymoTwaP7RHBtEQa-Ueyj6-4zQ7T9lOL6O-NvscyoU0tnnVmBJwOgl2ldvKZ_tXe45aiiIzVLsgACr5d-t9awBvDTxRGlehhkN4PeDDhWKMaV8Ms_iXpG2U7xqrBJ13S5_ZOL6I/s320/Sofia+creates.JPG" border="0" /></a><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcMOsfG8_oGjVMDe0VD3WHJp-RbEQJ8EDgukoCEjNBdEvnyh-gpMdqPq_hOZ7KRaiEGk_ImeKYl6pU8hYv5W6WmciPJZgYiR-HdHtS1jYst8iyJoOdBFkVqOp5bvOjhoKQ2EMJlHQpUc/s1600-h/S+A+puppets.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcMOsfG8_oGjVMDe0VD3WHJp-RbEQJ8EDgukoCEjNBdEvnyh-gpMdqPq_hOZ7KRaiEGk_ImeKYl6pU8hYv5W6WmciPJZgYiR-HdHtS1jYst8iyJoOdBFkVqOp5bvOjhoKQ2EMJlHQpUc/s320/S+A+puppets.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br />This is entitled: Froggy, Rabbit and Piggy having fun until Lion wants a tasty dinner...and then his tail falls off...<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzWeWgsjAoZ22zeKrtUDDO2ql8EjzgnBWXJQV868J6SO2WfkCpQrIXav47Dh7aC2FeLxllIjeCMvrVfOFfe' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />While we were creating and playing with puppets, this is what Bella did:<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1em; MARGIN-RIGHT: 1em" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjJkMaKawxJhqbUF7b4LRFtpmYpisk35qe1qCkgSwuUYeGfpUIISENGQ7uZ93nGtyaH-Ej6L94fxJLNfCdkqfZI1Sd-P9SLt6zdxAZJGzol0s7gfj26Xp8WRjM-xDo6l2WEOzoVYtvNM/s1600-h/Bella.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjJkMaKawxJhqbUF7b4LRFtpmYpisk35qe1qCkgSwuUYeGfpUIISENGQ7uZ93nGtyaH-Ej6L94fxJLNfCdkqfZI1Sd-P9SLt6zdxAZJGzol0s7gfj26Xp8WRjM-xDo6l2WEOzoVYtvNM/s320/Bella.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-23444391299008389792009-09-07T16:33:00.000-04:002009-09-07T16:33:18.926-04:00Found the camera! . . . Lost the tooth . . . literally.So we found the camera & here is how excited Sofia is: <br />
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But . . . The night she lost her tooth she was so excited about finally losing her tooth & wanting to show it to Daddy the next morning that she took it out of the plastic bag and jumped around with it and it flew out of her hands & came to rest somewhere on this carpet:<br />
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She's very excited so I drew a picture of her, but it won't scan in! The computer can't talk to the printer/scanner for some reason! So...you'll just have to settle with the knowledge that the first tooth has been lost by our little girls! Ava got her 6 year molars first, but Sofia lost a tooth first!<br />
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It's an exciting night here in our household. I'm trying to get her to delay putting her tooth under her pillow for the tooth fairy b/c I really want to take a picture of it before the tooth fairy takes it! I hope I find my camera before her permanent tooth grows in...She's got a cute smile :o)psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-69741611585546959742009-09-03T14:21:00.000-04:002009-09-03T14:21:02.906-04:00InterludeI know, I know...I said I'd continue with summer BUT . . . I haven't set aside enough time to get a summertime post together SO . . . Here is a picture of my girls with their favorite blankets in the whole wide world! They started first grade with their new transformer & batman backpacks & lunch bags. They love this stuff. And I love them. <br />
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And here's our new pet. We keep him outside. On the deck. We actually never invited him to come live with us. He invited himself. And built his own house. We avoid him at all costs. The dude is SCARY. He can stay with us as long as he likes. I'm not kicking him out. He might bite me. Or wrap me up and eat me over a few days. The dude is BIG.<br />
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It's not showing my pictures when I create a new post so I have no idea what the post will look like. So, here's one short post & I will try to figure out what's going on & create another post soon. (I know, promises, promises...)<br /><br />Our summer was full of swimming & fun. We did a lot this summer, but I don't have a whole lot of photographic evidence because when I wasn't forgetting my camera at home, I was forgetting to get it out of the bag to take pictures! I did take some pictures with my phone, but there are 2 issues with that. 1) I'm not sure how good the quality will be when I upload them, and 2) I have no idea how to upload them.<br /><br />So, until then, here are some pictures of our summer. <br />Tree climbing, fudgesicles and the beach...What can be better than all that? <br />Oh yeah, a pose with the pine man in there, too! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuErREXfdIfd8f2gUcowafjbnb61kdSdUqIsRIWWCJhRMN3YPONgLq5VsZRz_3krkX_3Z7t1cfun7EMGLf4wc1rWTSs8lFLCjpp-E2Ul66cz8jjNdENabXpue9xs8P4iOsMQ8SojxY8rQ/s1600-h/Sofia+in+tree+27Jul09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuErREXfdIfd8f2gUcowafjbnb61kdSdUqIsRIWWCJhRMN3YPONgLq5VsZRz_3krkX_3Z7t1cfun7EMGLf4wc1rWTSs8lFLCjpp-E2Ul66cz8jjNdENabXpue9xs8P4iOsMQ8SojxY8rQ/s320/Sofia+in+tree+27Jul09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374303739861588146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB29R7QA7z_-B9i5L42t9Bspr2Q_3-TTBUlKdn5pL01suRYdrX31w_CsMLIyzAupkZ0kawnE8cwU5287_BLoG2B6nMP9XsAovAftgCviGayQf0nxjeaA9SvhgZaHB71C-LiXnz18YGSa0/s1600-h/Ava+in+tree+27Jul09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB29R7QA7z_-B9i5L42t9Bspr2Q_3-TTBUlKdn5pL01suRYdrX31w_CsMLIyzAupkZ0kawnE8cwU5287_BLoG2B6nMP9XsAovAftgCviGayQf0nxjeaA9SvhgZaHB71C-LiXnz18YGSa0/s320/Ava+in+tree+27Jul09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374303727507225218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePDv_IGO5VY8I4x4PvdrD-EgHlO6csZk8c7MnIIQoF6p9VKZh99cOyNiljV6DMc7gr97RfcMqFijTHU0XsZup3Sa8Hc4UFpR6jzw5_I0zA1PO7CcSCrUCu6yItR4btfxlnayvu1AZYVM/s1600-h/posing+with+pine+man+5July09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePDv_IGO5VY8I4x4PvdrD-EgHlO6csZk8c7MnIIQoF6p9VKZh99cOyNiljV6DMc7gr97RfcMqFijTHU0XsZup3Sa8Hc4UFpR6jzw5_I0zA1PO7CcSCrUCu6yItR4btfxlnayvu1AZYVM/s320/posing+with+pine+man+5July09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374303721981760050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGLfTqhlA7VKnNcODqSN_2FwdKbHEY0OiDDhw86nKPmLEPCGQPmacyOWQHrG0cLzdCnYRR0oOI-yzMX1gEj-OkpYTq1XXJhnyeGacKYDsLMLIc-T6Jhbhjw2_xC6zM_KLyBeapuT3uHg/s1600-h/beach+5Jul09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGLfTqhlA7VKnNcODqSN_2FwdKbHEY0OiDDhw86nKPmLEPCGQPmacyOWQHrG0cLzdCnYRR0oOI-yzMX1gEj-OkpYTq1XXJhnyeGacKYDsLMLIc-T6Jhbhjw2_xC6zM_KLyBeapuT3uHg/s320/beach+5Jul09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374303714286144434" /></a><br /><br />More pool, beach, local food fest and wave pictures to come...Once I figure out how to fix this picture upload issue...psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-9877139282162859632009-07-09T11:35:00.004-04:002009-07-09T11:43:39.024-04:00ParadesNothing special this post - just some parade pictures! <br />But first here are Ava & Sofia on a climbing wall! They made it all the way up several times!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmb8r6EqKUP3yHpQFxDZ0udWsH1csLY61wvSMCMDw6I32jnVqLMRu0WRxPjPBuWpy39b7RbEm4mg0R0lcwEVPteZBGDvy-PDB4gEu-wK71-yCp-6k2Mex0N3kRE5njPBDz7m8YHM8Rx0/s1600-h/DSC01019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmb8r6EqKUP3yHpQFxDZ0udWsH1csLY61wvSMCMDw6I32jnVqLMRu0WRxPjPBuWpy39b7RbEm4mg0R0lcwEVPteZBGDvy-PDB4gEu-wK71-yCp-6k2Mex0N3kRE5njPBDz7m8YHM8Rx0/s320/DSC01019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485977381065714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqec6x5f3pOXdCv24eo8COg7PnaJ9nhR2KzQOe9IzlaCCRRU2MX8n7jpVrZZc4c0pYDjk7PVfuNtSTSkRpqS7BLIpI3mZxF0BtpkhWOxKp20JovQC2eZFosFF3VsEGE3Jr6DwXXuiB6o/s1600-h/DSC01012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqec6x5f3pOXdCv24eo8COg7PnaJ9nhR2KzQOe9IzlaCCRRU2MX8n7jpVrZZc4c0pYDjk7PVfuNtSTSkRpqS7BLIpI3mZxF0BtpkhWOxKp20JovQC2eZFosFF3VsEGE3Jr6DwXXuiB6o/s320/DSC01012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485965674996770" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwMDVzTkz-3uzjai6x89RNS7lb6liCDioKoBr3yWyiO1f2HuP2FTmIxJXF93SZxm25kw8EDGkbR4TouxtG30bBJfsgQcCjidraJMUMX8UpKwsGsWxYi5POMs4e2fV51V0q1-GAMuPWx4/s1600-h/DSC01004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCwMDVzTkz-3uzjai6x89RNS7lb6liCDioKoBr3yWyiO1f2HuP2FTmIxJXF93SZxm25kw8EDGkbR4TouxtG30bBJfsgQcCjidraJMUMX8UpKwsGsWxYi5POMs4e2fV51V0q1-GAMuPWx4/s320/DSC01004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485961541002802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW6oV-XG-SOtgv2lOJeBNhR8zAFV2vizaBhu5ni0WDqsqJyLVl6EeoRj8VA8PRa0A2DtMUlUYNbNBMdCAitB-MQA8KYPsurwJHKPrzQ2jMnJnR8vVPxHdevKPI_DWpUGfFYdQ_3fo0UM/s1600-h/DSC01008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKW6oV-XG-SOtgv2lOJeBNhR8zAFV2vizaBhu5ni0WDqsqJyLVl6EeoRj8VA8PRa0A2DtMUlUYNbNBMdCAitB-MQA8KYPsurwJHKPrzQ2jMnJnR8vVPxHdevKPI_DWpUGfFYdQ_3fo0UM/s320/DSC01008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485956384555458" /></a><br /><br />Above was 4th of July, below is Gaspee . . . <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqw-pwwRlERzt_SPk9otRtGp1Od7wlcGnUqWV2CM-qfJ_YDGaZe9AUkaOfPUWDDwZemclpCZ0RBGLLt0gVmAtl4eOkPHQKN6u4ZNk444NQ0bLlQJMreXA0DdC6YAoJxkHPjFJN0HqEn8/s1600-h/gaspee+parade+blue+coats+guns.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqw-pwwRlERzt_SPk9otRtGp1Od7wlcGnUqWV2CM-qfJ_YDGaZe9AUkaOfPUWDDwZemclpCZ0RBGLLt0gVmAtl4eOkPHQKN6u4ZNk444NQ0bLlQJMreXA0DdC6YAoJxkHPjFJN0HqEn8/s320/gaspee+parade+blue+coats+guns.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485059548569666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5bIWK6sM1XwOhgA222F1jCa0129woK2XV0jWaMEXrEBur1oY-7xpDSW34quThGqceC-WWKBtw_gWUaRXE3VHUad14xJnz9PaFwuLMO3KrdSO8UYQtUi2nV0DPtshi9PZf3f8QGHoRKA/s1600-h/hms+gaspee.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5bIWK6sM1XwOhgA222F1jCa0129woK2XV0jWaMEXrEBur1oY-7xpDSW34quThGqceC-WWKBtw_gWUaRXE3VHUad14xJnz9PaFwuLMO3KrdSO8UYQtUi2nV0DPtshi9PZf3f8QGHoRKA/s320/hms+gaspee.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485052734735586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTVqP1Cp5bxmBiaaKmDcuFbh1KVvkpSNcXKzSTh3vxn7__EK6sqTU6_1EP6ySMNHCJaKTMrR_dfmz0tf0xnP-y6HY2zB7VywMYwqtkhWJxbpjeGxk_xrHnUYVXXPMrWpoGiSPTvbCoXI/s1600-h/antique+fire+engine.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTTVqP1Cp5bxmBiaaKmDcuFbh1KVvkpSNcXKzSTh3vxn7__EK6sqTU6_1EP6ySMNHCJaKTMrR_dfmz0tf0xnP-y6HY2zB7VywMYwqtkhWJxbpjeGxk_xrHnUYVXXPMrWpoGiSPTvbCoXI/s320/antique+fire+engine.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485045906194914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lXWWsNvAap3NQg1_OKdSqt823W8Yf9SyxdAw2oBtxCCJfhDrcLIGREDKaMhCpP7jXL26ydeVT8C8dmuVOmwWs-1qNzf8WraidjWlxyfJfrDYeVfPr9Ci-udh6XSuzT2xI9Kykbu2r9Q/s1600-h/blue+fire+engine.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4lXWWsNvAap3NQg1_OKdSqt823W8Yf9SyxdAw2oBtxCCJfhDrcLIGREDKaMhCpP7jXL26ydeVT8C8dmuVOmwWs-1qNzf8WraidjWlxyfJfrDYeVfPr9Ci-udh6XSuzT2xI9Kykbu2r9Q/s320/blue+fire+engine.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485041645630546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzCT-IfL3390r7LV013xmNK_Ygdrq8ZlPV-1cghn55duJ5fZpmGBuJYnRy3Ui243apjoIdjCj4FusZ28IfNXkXHQlGIDBvGHCRI407ddNhpZCa2y86yA42Kpn9b4xaNU0sVBKQr6LUMI/s1600-h/Ava+Sofia+gaspee+parade13June09.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzCT-IfL3390r7LV013xmNK_Ygdrq8ZlPV-1cghn55duJ5fZpmGBuJYnRy3Ui243apjoIdjCj4FusZ28IfNXkXHQlGIDBvGHCRI407ddNhpZCa2y86yA42Kpn9b4xaNU0sVBKQr6LUMI/s320/Ava+Sofia+gaspee+parade13June09.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356485035504046274" /></a>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-26369340447392665372009-06-27T20:43:00.014-04:002009-06-27T21:29:22.012-04:00P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)When I first heard that Michael Jackson had died suddenly, I was shocked like everyone else. He was so young. I remembered one of my favorite pictures of me when I was young & so I wanted to post a blog about how much I loved him when I was 10 and share the picture with you.<br /><br />I had begged my cousin to let me take a picture with her album cover photo. I only had the cassette, and the album had such a huge, beautiful picture of him that I just HAD to be in a photo with him.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtl4h1ucLcnP76V5raE3UotCWED3tkeozt59sxtBY0SRDjWpsWA6HdhAbNm0r2Y0WInysXHBlsv8Vy2MtC0kXhOWXrcdNFcG3jHGHTMTdEgUBlVhE29QJd8T1tuoAz_TfK__aDrIIJWU/s1600-h/image0-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352179236013668242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBtl4h1ucLcnP76V5raE3UotCWED3tkeozt59sxtBY0SRDjWpsWA6HdhAbNm0r2Y0WInysXHBlsv8Vy2MtC0kXhOWXrcdNFcG3jHGHTMTdEgUBlVhE29QJd8T1tuoAz_TfK__aDrIIJWU/s320/image0-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em>(Note the Cabbage Patch Doll behind me? Beggars couldn't be choosers back in the 80's Cabbage Patch craze so the only place I could get one was through a mail-order catalog that sent you whatever the packing clerk picked off the shelf. I prayed every night for a girl with brown hair. Sadly, my brown-haired girl did not come to me in the way that I imagined. I was sent a boy named "Brian Ross" with a small tuft of poo-colored hair. So, I did what anyone else would do in that situation, right? I made a wig for him with my grandma's brown yarn (I braided it) & sent away for a new adoption certificate in the name of "Katie Ross" (I thought Ross was his last name). This picture is pre-yarn wig...but I digress...).</em><br /><em><br /></em>I mean, Michael Jackson was to me then what the Jonas Brothers are to young girls today. Seriously. I had posters of him all over my room & I even did my 5th grade report on him and his family. I was a serious fan.</p><p>But the media has just been inundating us with images of him, history of him & to be honest, the images of him post-Thriller just scare me. The more plastic surgery he had, the less of a fan I became. For pre-teen girls, it's not about the music, it's about the look. (No offense, Jonas Brothers...).<br /><br />So I decided not to blog about my adoration of Michael 25 (!) years ago.<br /><br />But then, fate stepped in (as it always does).<br /><br />The girls chose an old book of mine from the attic to read for bedtime tonight . . . And this is what I found inside the front cover:<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlyn5IvzQpuZaklH5ct5sGh7D7IG7I5tUAkRcE6lfbQCMwRASU7NdU_eA_U0Q28TnzgB9-Hs-SeTTxeWXEOXWvwbXF0aeDTg7fCHLdxz2BLgIswwlf3m3N8i6eIHf80cXxlEW7coh-7Y/s1600-h/image0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352177191529984594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQlyn5IvzQpuZaklH5ct5sGh7D7IG7I5tUAkRcE6lfbQCMwRASU7NdU_eA_U0Q28TnzgB9-Hs-SeTTxeWXEOXWvwbXF0aeDTg7fCHLdxz2BLgIswwlf3m3N8i6eIHf80cXxlEW7coh-7Y/s320/image0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Holy crap. I was not just a fan. I think I was out of my ever-loving mind.<br /></div><div></div><div> </div><div>So of course, I had to humiliate myself and share this with everyone.</div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Is this what my girls are going to do in 4 years?! Who will they love in that pre-teen girl way? I hope they don't embarrass themselves the way I did!</div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Rest in peace, Michael Jackson.</div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-84322195509438662352009-06-18T09:51:00.004-04:002009-06-18T09:57:15.419-04:00We love rainbows<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCJ0pgdA0Sec4s6lF65OKa-RrST3mcfdUvUrGrhK_X3IWyEEKjVyumw-IWDSGB1ZVPxnD3z3bGRXs_FWsx7LPYZWwIq5qA9ZTV64vfEbjjoL62IeW7NPPfVXBIDf2rIRD0GXsgohKl7s/s1600-h/look+at+rainbow.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348665282514003650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCJ0pgdA0Sec4s6lF65OKa-RrST3mcfdUvUrGrhK_X3IWyEEKjVyumw-IWDSGB1ZVPxnD3z3bGRXs_FWsx7LPYZWwIq5qA9ZTV64vfEbjjoL62IeW7NPPfVXBIDf2rIRD0GXsgohKl7s/s400/look+at+rainbow.JPG" border="0" /></a> We've had rain on 14 of the last 18 days and the news just showed rain for the next 5 days coming up. So I thought I'd post this picture to remind the girls and me that there have been rainbows in the past & more rainbows will come again!! <br /><br /><em>(And I reminded them that weathermen aren't always right & that just because it's cloudy doesn't mean we won't be able to ride bikes!!)</em><br /><div></div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-58766171496792880572009-06-17T14:05:00.000-04:002009-06-18T09:50:21.689-04:00Biking like big girls<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXZbBTrTdhfRa88wCEO0Qnaz4w00r0jXP23xyF32285jrImg3iRjNHCX48aMKVSEeu1U0-ImiDgv1zWaTEOliAoNwNeSXxSdO-GmiH_bd5ZgydCIirszUYn0QS0v489tcgd9AqsIhdjU/s1600-h/DSC00974.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348662234866682306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhXZbBTrTdhfRa88wCEO0Qnaz4w00r0jXP23xyF32285jrImg3iRjNHCX48aMKVSEeu1U0-ImiDgv1zWaTEOliAoNwNeSXxSdO-GmiH_bd5ZgydCIirszUYn0QS0v489tcgd9AqsIhdjU/s320/DSC00974.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">When Sofia & Ava first got their bikes as birthday gifts in August 2007, they looked like this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jtpM4vpiVJqhnhkoFaPeKNpEbHo_5-fz4xg7etVS8VRGZrQwW7jx03QiPCDHtQs2TJx-Q7jP6WnpRo2r9vGwRurK0PsH_mFxAG3l8X6HJwTdPe6t0BnsEu4aA5qj4MHrxnBdbDzcvds/s1600-h/Sofia+Ava+bikes+Aug+07.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jtpM4vpiVJqhnhkoFaPeKNpEbHo_5-fz4xg7etVS8VRGZrQwW7jx03QiPCDHtQs2TJx-Q7jP6WnpRo2r9vGwRurK0PsH_mFxAG3l8X6HJwTdPe6t0BnsEu4aA5qj4MHrxnBdbDzcvds/s320/Sofia+Ava+bikes+Aug+07.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>We called them their "big girl bikes" but they still preferred their super-fast tricycles. So a year later, they were still riding on training wheels when we went to City Park:<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS74HuvEDVxJnB0awomTdjgDfCFLW1GEWvPd2V0uEbvyw0OahB0zTE8p5TFE8o-S7PmQf929d29ffVK-G5XR1-UVy8QTYO50B-cckDdk80c5Vq1wfLWat8-JaJ6cyhe4ztl_adX8kcG5g/s1600-h/bikes5Sept08.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS74HuvEDVxJnB0awomTdjgDfCFLW1GEWvPd2V0uEbvyw0OahB0zTE8p5TFE8o-S7PmQf929d29ffVK-G5XR1-UVy8QTYO50B-cckDdk80c5Vq1wfLWat8-JaJ6cyhe4ztl_adX8kcG5g/s320/bikes5Sept08.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div>Now . . . they are cruising without training wheels in our neighborhood (and at City Park in the first picture --- I took a big digger trying to get good pictures of them from the front, so you've got to settle for the one from the back. Ever try to turn around while riding on a bike to take a picture behind you? I don't recommend it...On the plus side, the girls were super-impressed with how I skidded into the woods & threw down my bike as I propelled myself into the air to avoid getting my leg crushed by the pedal...Sure, sure, I could have ridden way ahead, stopped my bike & then waited for them to come around a corner, but where's the fun in that?).<br /><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4o7mHvGLw8uZ2cbIU2wWw-4I-szQgMFa2T4VJefBPXcSAdbZ4r7ZsrKukl5jhQsxSH9ySC_8r6tHeRmwBPvKUqVSGr7gIVCGkkcJX175DtKQDkWrf1jqlzXRt-77dam_4I-5PSark18/s1600-h/DSC00948.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP4o7mHvGLw8uZ2cbIU2wWw-4I-szQgMFa2T4VJefBPXcSAdbZ4r7ZsrKukl5jhQsxSH9ySC_8r6tHeRmwBPvKUqVSGr7gIVCGkkcJX175DtKQDkWrf1jqlzXRt-77dam_4I-5PSark18/s320/DSC00948.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div style="MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Yes we've had the bikes for over a year and a half, but they picked up 2 wheels so fast that I was just floored. Neither one of them fell down. I could not believe it. They're only 5 years old!<br />It is all happening so fast . . . But now they're asking for Batman & Transformer bikes b/c Barbie doesn't cut it for them..."Barbie's grosssss..." (BUT if it's a choice between riding the Barbie bike or not riding at all, they choose Barbie every single time!) Those are my girls!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeUtOcKfIFTLT8zJvtHxJsuxuCoSreucJ56VV0_uim5y4M6ZFH7TMH1Y8XAuHJyIuN_P7b4UBANfpRcBxDU62DrB4nvu9quxF8V6IM26KQ1OhqGluoIln5lbNgzwmlv9a6P-NeAB5PsI/s1600-h/DSC00951.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeUtOcKfIFTLT8zJvtHxJsuxuCoSreucJ56VV0_uim5y4M6ZFH7TMH1Y8XAuHJyIuN_P7b4UBANfpRcBxDU62DrB4nvu9quxF8V6IM26KQ1OhqGluoIln5lbNgzwmlv9a6P-NeAB5PsI/s320/DSC00951.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-90255194579794720712009-06-15T08:00:00.004-04:002009-06-15T08:17:39.731-04:00Last soccer game & low flying airplanes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnsZLX1V1DZ5I3EHvxZDOPWdT7YM7jO0kvbBGLoCuyOqhSNXkOu9RA2J866dR_1BxO3Bj2oOVjS3U-SCM3RtTSUSgufZ9mIYkDKfJQ3hlehqlqMPrJNhCFJICQ9wQrRfvbTmZkr9xO7E/s1600-h/DSC00881.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347527148370351586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnsZLX1V1DZ5I3EHvxZDOPWdT7YM7jO0kvbBGLoCuyOqhSNXkOu9RA2J866dR_1BxO3Bj2oOVjS3U-SCM3RtTSUSgufZ9mIYkDKfJQ3hlehqlqMPrJNhCFJICQ9wQrRfvbTmZkr9xO7E/s320/DSC00881.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The girls had their last soccer game of the season this weekend and I had my last assistant coaching gig of the season...Well, actually I had a killer migraine so I sat on the sidelines wearing dark sunglasses while Chefdaddy Garry ran on the field with the kids. I can't even put into words how grateful I am to him for always being there to help & doing so much for us (well, that is when he's home...but seriously, when he's home, he's truly present & I can't ask for more than that).<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKGC3CM_LEJqUlFqen803s-QFpbZrvi5VsuEp8XEn0Wzpn_LEzEG6x75m9ORvD7oLg0VhF7UYUZj4qUl7l7BMnf9Bl505vdD0qRMlT6FiJKojpaAvCGCeO0xVzw5twjU1A_1vNj9b5U4/s1600-h/DSC00883.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347525099261472306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtKGC3CM_LEJqUlFqen803s-QFpbZrvi5VsuEp8XEn0Wzpn_LEzEG6x75m9ORvD7oLg0VhF7UYUZj4qUl7l7BMnf9Bl505vdD0qRMlT6FiJKojpaAvCGCeO0xVzw5twjU1A_1vNj9b5U4/s320/DSC00883.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Sofia scored a couple goals . . . (Ava has in the past, too, but this game she was a little out of it . . . but said she had fun - she was just sleepy)<br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmgC4EBWCQCrTAzzZPQ-GVFDh-8uZCTtjoNnAYstPczHERVSsbpiHnuwK6Pq1LV4HZ9IyaOggpf6eGRFS48Y8ceX1WmUBBA2fnT_uU2jpggnOI3rAIcb68BCZzcAUPUDxXJ8Y-RLBC98/s1600-h/DSC00884.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347525089177781202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicmgC4EBWCQCrTAzzZPQ-GVFDh-8uZCTtjoNnAYstPczHERVSsbpiHnuwK6Pq1LV4HZ9IyaOggpf6eGRFS48Y8ceX1WmUBBA2fnT_uU2jpggnOI3rAIcb68BCZzcAUPUDxXJ8Y-RLBC98/s320/DSC00884.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ava did do an awesome job getting the ball away from the other team several times!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDHBLMyZcURpzB12fNw6Bz24iWMBIBS9axmZGQZtpxbR8xk_57W45-y_58mIvffQQOJTmVIL9R2HhsW_efiqH4geoalx49lL0EXZb2vYeKKBnqKHwOn5r-BmoGvo_0cCQKWvgVWmh9jg/s1600-h/DSC00885.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347525087007250306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDHBLMyZcURpzB12fNw6Bz24iWMBIBS9axmZGQZtpxbR8xk_57W45-y_58mIvffQQOJTmVIL9R2HhsW_efiqH4geoalx49lL0EXZb2vYeKKBnqKHwOn5r-BmoGvo_0cCQKWvgVWmh9jg/s320/DSC00885.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The field is just south of the airport so we constantly get noise from low-flying airplanes.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBey3OvyndpTVL_xkZPGuCn-Ef8c4ZYLXwR2AU7OmdoOZZZETBiLRFcV4k1B_hTEZw0ynRz6x1GuoVrhyphenhyphenqe-OUVbthNTfGDjTgnmMz8sNPNQHmV7gJ_z0N4keOTslq6GIHEu8Ql0tlXG4/s1600-h/DSC00886.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347525078991118866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBey3OvyndpTVL_xkZPGuCn-Ef8c4ZYLXwR2AU7OmdoOZZZETBiLRFcV4k1B_hTEZw0ynRz6x1GuoVrhyphenhyphenqe-OUVbthNTfGDjTgnmMz8sNPNQHmV7gJ_z0N4keOTslq6GIHEu8Ql0tlXG4/s320/DSC00886.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>They fly crazy low, but it's cool to see them that close. I hope that we haven't been affected (effected? I sometimes get that wrong...I know to affect is a verb and the effect is what happens, but when the tense changes I'm confused...okay, moving on....) by any jet fuel or other pollution...<br /><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-59310180966523852802009-06-08T13:50:00.001-04:002009-06-08T13:51:42.211-04:00Rock climbing at the lighthouse<div>The girls and I went down to the Beavertail Lighthouse a week (or 2?) ago & we had an awesome time. I'm pretty sure their favorite thing in life is climbing rocks so this was the perfect place to go for them to climb and for my heart to get a work out with mini heart attacks for a few hours. It's scary to see your babies so independent & climbing on slightly dangerous rocks.<br /></div><div>The lighthouse was being renovated so you've got to look through the scaffolding to see the beauty.<br /><br /></div><div>The foghorn was working very well & we hurried past that fast!</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTEltTUCLtooKFZFTGa8ft3foo2qTncYyXR8vEot71yKnWCCEB1sXaMm5e1Z5eNzloiZCdSb045oLIEVeM-6d6ilFEq-49fzF8GF-25YPG_5smPtkF8AwmlbjWNWSiIlM8dDMjp9EfIE/s1600-h/S&A+loud+horn+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342498427017344354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmTEltTUCLtooKFZFTGa8ft3foo2qTncYyXR8vEot71yKnWCCEB1sXaMm5e1Z5eNzloiZCdSb045oLIEVeM-6d6ilFEq-49fzF8GF-25YPG_5smPtkF8AwmlbjWNWSiIlM8dDMjp9EfIE/s320/S&A+loud+horn+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5LrTEPIJ6NvjNiK-su_d05sfOgtstKC9eENiMgS2teAIWTN1KZxH8S-j0g1gaKtuKbvj_nqbUHzTPiwxr3_MkR0eG-LeVLCN9tLQN9CPFhpsB8MCF_AHJlhKRHe_U58IChFhjBFmEi8/s1600-h/Ava+water+tall+rock+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342498422893380258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5LrTEPIJ6NvjNiK-su_d05sfOgtstKC9eENiMgS2teAIWTN1KZxH8S-j0g1gaKtuKbvj_nqbUHzTPiwxr3_MkR0eG-LeVLCN9tLQN9CPFhpsB8MCF_AHJlhKRHe_U58IChFhjBFmEi8/s320/Ava+water+tall+rock+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The rocks are all around the lighthouse & the formations are just so beautiful. They are layered rocks & I wish I knew more about rocks to describe them. I did take a geology course in college but ummmm...that was a while ago. My brain can only retain so much. So just trust me - they're very cool & very beautiful.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Om4YXqgVPCS8IKaokmk-fbvP4T9tIBLlyHUVtVLY_T6xn_K7PKhLpDZ7dMBD9_8s6lRwXGbR3QqViXXQjpCNnbhLmxMEZVbXd473RlyRlw3QfsCKRp7KLqXwgNAeZWcDZrdd6O3-688/s1600-h/A&S+resting+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342498412343803810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Om4YXqgVPCS8IKaokmk-fbvP4T9tIBLlyHUVtVLY_T6xn_K7PKhLpDZ7dMBD9_8s6lRwXGbR3QqViXXQjpCNnbhLmxMEZVbXd473RlyRlw3QfsCKRp7KLqXwgNAeZWcDZrdd6O3-688/s320/A&S+resting+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><div>A lot of people were just hanging out on the rocks & there was even one family who brought a table, gas grill & lots of chairs onto the rocks (behind the girls). I don't know how they kept the table stable!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZIkBj27WtGkNlUal6vd_US4BjG3vci7lWp4mlsTlWrLqEnczO_m89Jqzvk4YlHwRYqvXaUVXHrUgThtzrubEgSn2Ey1pfT9kAbriH1t2EJJ5APdOcFjC65cVKE8YTF2sih3rnfyqVtc/s1600-h/A&S+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342498412030632226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ZIkBj27WtGkNlUal6vd_US4BjG3vci7lWp4mlsTlWrLqEnczO_m89Jqzvk4YlHwRYqvXaUVXHrUgThtzrubEgSn2Ey1pfT9kAbriH1t2EJJ5APdOcFjC65cVKE8YTF2sih3rnfyqVtc/s320/A&S+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Sofia was hilarious on this trip because every time I went to take her picture she'd put her hands on her hips. I guess that's her new cheese pose. Here she is teaching the "hands on hips cheese pose" to Ava.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhXdtDWFRrwkluu4dBr9dnpEwkK85tvy31znbBQQTGBAO7SNv-7Fq3zfA9bWDF8mS41t-6Buo2h_qOZC19KDElWykDT-c9I0u3qOYFo5kftTMYi2I86Zs-6RDoKpL7dk5ThHCbPvNpPU/s1600-h/Sofia+show+Ava+hips+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342497553524226754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHhXdtDWFRrwkluu4dBr9dnpEwkK85tvy31znbBQQTGBAO7SNv-7Fq3zfA9bWDF8mS41t-6Buo2h_qOZC19KDElWykDT-c9I0u3qOYFo5kftTMYi2I86Zs-6RDoKpL7dk5ThHCbPvNpPU/s320/Sofia+show+Ava+hips+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXy0iN0yALO_sua6gpxCgcWN8fVCFlJLEbOkqlN9MyT3GLK6EoErwrVaiY5Gr61HmUCy413d3J2B_yVx_HCjCyd6gypi1iDYJQxSQhRbjR8FTZ9Bdc73H37KuFtRXNmyBwXyumADpN80/s1600-h/Sofia+hips+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342497545893948098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXy0iN0yALO_sua6gpxCgcWN8fVCFlJLEbOkqlN9MyT3GLK6EoErwrVaiY5Gr61HmUCy413d3J2B_yVx_HCjCyd6gypi1iDYJQxSQhRbjR8FTZ9Bdc73H37KuFtRXNmyBwXyumADpN80/s320/Sofia+hips+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONeKjZvIyWbrWtHsww_nbKu0_qjhUx5dRve414Ywpw_K_zo7_ZLbeYrNlzftuHGamTL7t4u0hEyDpiJ3UW6PCFH8kkFXkhusHPzHZlsz093ubIR0LYDodfZshuC1WSoWZnnScyTnT3fc/s1600-h/Sofia+hips+25May09(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342497544239415634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONeKjZvIyWbrWtHsww_nbKu0_qjhUx5dRve414Ywpw_K_zo7_ZLbeYrNlzftuHGamTL7t4u0hEyDpiJ3UW6PCFH8kkFXkhusHPzHZlsz093ubIR0LYDodfZshuC1WSoWZnnScyTnT3fc/s320/Sofia+hips+25May09(2).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnn52g_j5DoAALIwZuWsL18oVWlZutIe7EbZiwxlACzC6-ZK673CfA55QJB4JoyODHQxbJJKj-kuXZwPPMLjXWwVTg2gNJr72aVflZsBiXZf4dkPoFXl6BUXa7qriaGmNWYZjGzq0vsQ/s1600-h/Sofia+hip+25May09(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342497531761262226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnn52g_j5DoAALIwZuWsL18oVWlZutIe7EbZiwxlACzC6-ZK673CfA55QJB4JoyODHQxbJJKj-kuXZwPPMLjXWwVTg2gNJr72aVflZsBiXZf4dkPoFXl6BUXa7qriaGmNWYZjGzq0vsQ/s320/Sofia+hip+25May09(3).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I told you! Every single time!! </div><br /><div>Here's the shot showing that now they have both mastered the pose.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT03IqLlFr0Yy45L7Y9sNjxZ5bjeXH01i3MHsfOTJdgxwtMj5O8kme1U_dMYiQZm4Mi04IeLRjO6-l4ARtIf-zIiBLfY2d_58KChHYuppuw4XlVL43ugqfzzXHpJ47s0bfuYbCcx6xd8o/s1600-h/A&S+hips+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342497163699619314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT03IqLlFr0Yy45L7Y9sNjxZ5bjeXH01i3MHsfOTJdgxwtMj5O8kme1U_dMYiQZm4Mi04IeLRjO6-l4ARtIf-zIiBLfY2d_58KChHYuppuw4XlVL43ugqfzzXHpJ47s0bfuYbCcx6xd8o/s320/A&S+hips+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All in all it was a great day & a lot of fun. We took a picnic lunch down and after seeing the lighthouse & the mini aquarium they had we went to get ice cream & go to a nearby (awesome) playground -- complete with a boat, a car, a tower, bridges, slides, obstacle course things . . . So I told the girls to choose their favorite part & I would take their pictures.</div><br /><br /><div>Guess what their favorite part of this incredible playground was. Think you know? The car? The boat? The quick slides?</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>Nope.</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div>The tree outside the playground. I love my girls so much...</div><br /><br /><br /><div></div>(See picture in post below -picture posting problems.)<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-33586238862638288432009-06-08T13:44:00.002-04:002009-06-08T13:45:52.716-04:00Favorite part of the playground<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvck34b67Z_w4mt76OLFMNQL_1Jvm86xCbeRbg6ZlADl8i21ar2q0JpRFzws5AOkgdBwhrlz_X77AGX-cuoUV8gR-TseM2R_4215BsNpmUqR1VH2rvzGuquAhR7JAjOMnIuPjcDS98Z8/s1600-h/S&A+in+a+tree+25May09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345014393855890482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsvck34b67Z_w4mt76OLFMNQL_1Jvm86xCbeRbg6ZlADl8i21ar2q0JpRFzws5AOkgdBwhrlz_X77AGX-cuoUV8gR-TseM2R_4215BsNpmUqR1VH2rvzGuquAhR7JAjOMnIuPjcDS98Z8/s320/S&A+in+a+tree+25May09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-51991965751536437262009-06-01T15:41:00.008-04:002009-06-01T18:51:47.680-04:00Veggies? No. Dog with opinion? Yes.I know you've probably all been wondering how our vegetable garden is coming along. I mean, it's almost been one whole month since we planted the seeds. Surely SOMETHING must be growing by now, right??<br /><br />Yes, some things are growing.<br /><br /><br /><br />These:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe2KFa12ttHnFXWRFHSHJA4MV4cOF82YHM-XT4J4BNxg5bCEnTxrmS6MafwPKwnnMkKXb42CRATigtvDQoWKfDJfiEmlTPGUQ4uh8d7GWp-ZwOGGJsXNIZL9wfdLvafZIf0aLle-ihhM/s1600-h/veg+garden+1June09.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342451975650916914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe2KFa12ttHnFXWRFHSHJA4MV4cOF82YHM-XT4J4BNxg5bCEnTxrmS6MafwPKwnnMkKXb42CRATigtvDQoWKfDJfiEmlTPGUQ4uh8d7GWp-ZwOGGJsXNIZL9wfdLvafZIf0aLle-ihhM/s320/veg+garden+1June09.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>I must be doing something wrong. This is just pathetic. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm going to try some Miracle Gro this week because Lord knows these veggies need a miracle.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>On another subject, Bella has been extraordinarily vocal lately & despite having known her for almost 11 years, I still haven't figured out her language. When I let her out after this vocal episode she just walked out the door, turned around & stared at me for a little while & then came back to the door. So what did she say to me before she went out?</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>My best guess? </div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>"Your vegetable garden sucks. Lemme go see it again so I can laugh at you."</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Unless it had something to do with the way the light looks like a spaceship beaming down. Maybe she thinks martians are beaming down to take me away & she's trying to protect the family.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Nah, I think the first guess was right.</div><br /><div></div><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzvPtoSHvJS3ZBSOU6hqrXZasonKJQJW8PTkBE8CSKHa8eHbgiL3DLzoFoLVP-XpyeNk3sa5pIRtCOczIck2w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6893348347039214518.post-9507082335427273612009-05-28T18:05:00.004-04:002009-05-28T18:17:15.981-04:00Out of the mouths . . .-----<br /><strong>Yesterday, Sofia called me a young lady.</strong><br /><br />Ava: Mommy can't be a young lady.<br /><br />Sofia: Why?<br /><br />Ava: Because mommy isn't young.<br /><br />Mommy: What do you mean, Ava?<br /><br />Ava: Well, you're not young. Your halfway old.<br /><br />Mommy: Halfway old?<br /><br />Ava: Yes, Nonni [Grandma] is old & you're halfway old.<br /><br />Mommy: Oh, I see. Thank you, Ava.<br /><br />~~ giggles & laughter ~~<br />------<br /><strong>Last night I was sitting next to Sofia & Ava reading stories before bedtime.</strong><br /><br />Sofia: Mommy, you smell like one of Daddy's toots.<br /><br />Mommy: Well, I know his toots don't smell like roses, so does that mean I smell bad?<br /><br />Sofia: Yes.<br /><br />Mommy: Thank you for being so honest, Sofia.<br /><br />~~ giggles & laughter ~~<br />-----<br />These are the moments it's really fun to be a mommy of 5 year olds. The giggles and laughter make listening to all the whining well, well, worth it.psa rihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04546547528551567972noreply@blogger.com0