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Diaper Free

Do you know how good that feels to say. I am totally excited about it.  I feel like it is such a milestone for me to take. Not that it changes who I am, but rather reminds me that I am getting older and I don't have a baby anymore.  Now that I think about it, I am not so sure those reminders are good ones.

Buy a cow?

I told Sinclaire this morning that Tiny and Iwould try to make it to the milk store. Well, we didn't get there and Sinclaire said, "Well you should have bought a cow instead!" I would love to have a cow, but I am not sure our neighbors would like that very much.

My Messed Up Images

Mandy has been having problems uploading images to her blog, which explains the lack of entries. She's been getting really frustrated with it. I wanted to post this so hopefully the good people at blogspot can figure out what is up. The pictures upload into an email fine, just not to her blog. Maybe she should get with the times and "Try the updated Blogger interface" that I see in the upper left corner of screen.

Here you go blogspotians; this is what I am talking about:

It may look artistic, but I want to show off my beautiful children, not some weird post-production photo editing technique.

P.S. This post was written by Sam, so please excuse his strange humor.

Girl vs. Boy

Tiny tells us he has a girl hand and a boy hand. The right hand is the girl hand, the left is the boy hand. I have no idea what is could possibly mean. It is good for a laugh though.

Such Fun

They buried pops, can you find him?

We went to a wonderful birthday party for our 4 year old friend Lillie and we came home with these wonderful treasures.

Poor Kit Kat had a rough go at it for her balloon. She walked out of our friends house and down the drive and her balloon caught on the mailbox. Giant hole, verrrry sad girl, and a 20 minute drive home. Sounds fun, huh?

Well, on the way we stopped at the dollar store and found the exact one and so we got it and Kit was so excited.

We arrived home, had a restful sleep that night, and got up in the morning. Kit's balloon was sad, half way to the ground, and again we had a very sad Kit.

Kind of a sick joke, but she got over it and eventually all the balloons died and peace was restored to Kit's world.

Yum Yum

Our new friend needed a snack. I am pretty sure he is Sinclaire's friend, because if he were mine he would have not chosen the cucumber.

Love having helpers...

We are trying out our cookie recipe for my cookie exchange this year. We did chocolate chip orange last year, and I think we are going to do that again. Just with a different recipe, this one has a zesty sugar on top. Yummy!

The Girls Love

to climb this tree. It makes ma nervous for what is coming, but I guess that is my job.

The Half

Well I finally did it. I ran a half marathon. My only goal was to not stop ajd I didn't. I ran with my friend Jamie and we finished in 2 hours 32 minutes. I am thinking of doing the mini in May. I might be addicted.

We Love Ice Cream

We love ice cream. You can't really tell , but Tiny always eats the bottom off the cone before he finishes and it always turns into a big mess. I remember when we had drumsticks when I was little I just couldn't wait for the chocolate at the bottom of the cone. I loved that part. And sometimes my mom would give me hers. It was fantastic.

Loves School

This was Kit's first school project. She was so excited to show all these pictures to everyone. Then when I asked her if she told her class what they were all about she said no. Oh well, I am glad she was excited. She loves school and has a lot of fun there. She has this one friend that she always says to me, " What is her name, you know the one I play with." Oh, yeah it is Lila. You would think that by two month into this she would remember, but she doesn't. Or maybe she just wants to see if I remember who her friends are.

Summer fun

I just found these pictures and had to put them up. We loved playing in the mud this summer. with the giant dirt pile it was hard to stay away from. Thanks to our friends for playing with us, again and again.

Field Trip Number 2

We also got to go on a field trip to a nature center. It was fun they got to pet the turtle, listen to much too long story, and look and a dig site. I love field trips.

Love the Fall

We went to the apple orchard and had a hay ride. We all got to pick 4 apples each. It was so fun. I love to watch the little people have so much fun and smile. And the apples were so good too. Fresh from the tree and oh so yummy. I think Tiny and Kit had eaten two each by the time we got home. Sinclaire was very sad to have to go to school and miss it, but I guess that is what happens when we grow up.

Any Takers??

Sinclaire and Kit are wrapping presents for people and Sinclaire just came up to me and said, "We are going to give grandpa a dirty tissue." Too funny.

Tiny

So typical of him.

Green and Pink

Sam's sister had a baby in July and I made her this little blanket. I love green and pink and it turned out so cute. I just love it. Since I finished this I have made quite a few other things so I will have to get some pictures on here soon.

Buffafly??

Tiny has this little Tinkerbell toy that he loves and instead of calling her a butterfly he calls her a buffafly. It is so fun to listen to him learn to talk. And way better than screaming.

Free Gifts

I saw this on someone's blog and I thought it sounded like a fun idea. If you would like to play along send me a comment.

Rules:

1. I will make a little something for the first 3 people that comment on this post. It will be a surprise and may arrive at any time in the next 365 days (yes, a year).


2. To sign up to receive a gift from me you must play along too. Share the giving love on your blog by promising to send a handmade goodie to the first three people that comment on your blog post.


3. You must have a blog.


4. After commenting on my post, you have to post this (or similar) on your blog to spread the love.

Leave me your email address and I will contact you.