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It’s been a busy couple of weeks.  What, with a new niece being born, a new Godbaby being born, Jack and Maria starting a new school, Luke starting a new school and Sam starting school for the first time ever… oh, and Dan’s birthday.  What else?  Well, there was the neighbor’s complaint about the dog [...]

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Maria graduated from kindergarten today. In the fall, during the first open house/teacher conference, Maria’s teacher told me, “I’d take a hundred Maria’s.” Within a few weeks of that, Maria had been “red-carded” several times and started a behavior chart to help keep her in line.  Thankfully, it worked and she pretty much sailed through [...]

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We have a lot going on as the school year winds down. Jack has graduated in Boy Scouts from being a Bobcat to being a Tiger Cub. We missed the ceremony due to a conflict, but he has received all his official pins and badges. (Meaning more sewing for me… unless Katey wants to come [...]

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I think I’ve told anyone that will listen that when it comes to potty training, I’m a complete failure. My control-freak nature and complete lack of patience may have played a part in it. Or maybe I read all the wrong books. Or failed to follow their advice. Whatever. It just has not been pleasant [...]

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I’ve been trying to get Jack to let me at his loose tooth for the last couple of days.  I’m not sure why I’ve felt the need to “help things along,” but I have.  I haven’t been too agressive, but it has been a constant topic for discussion around here. This evening I had a [...]

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I don’t really know how it happened. But, I know it didn’t happen on the playground. Or at the pool. Or while fighting with a sibling. It happened in our hotel room just after returning from dinner. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lukie run through the room. Then he was falling [...]

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This morning *sniff* was kindergarten graduation. I know everyone says things like this, but I can’t get over how fast the year went. It seems like the first day of school was just yesterday. As you can see (for more pics, click on flickr in the left hand column), the kindergarten class had a small [...]

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Sam, for some reason, seems to enjoy Cheerio the most. (Yes. CheeriO – not CheeriOS. Cheerio is our yellow lab.) Maybe it’s because they see eye-to-eye. Maybe it’s because Sam’s not so busy yet with other things that the dog keeps him entertained. Or, maybe it’s because he’s part dog himself. Yesterday afternoon, I sat [...]

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You know it has to be bad if I’m posting twice in one day. While I was surfing this evening, I had The Little Boys in the tub. I know, I know. Those of you who have one, maybe even two children, would never leave your child(ren) in the tub for even a second out [...]

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Well, we finally decided that Lukie needed a Big Boy Bed.  I guess I decided (and Dan agreed).  For some reason it’s been eating at me the last week or so.  Ever since he’s been completely potty trained (thank God), Luke’s been talking about what a Big Boy he is.  He can now reach the [...]

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