three bits of BIG news!

Here we go, from most to least exciting…
1. I am going to be an aunt again. This is not new news. What’s new news is that I will be the aunt to a NIECE!!!!!! Tom and Kim found out earlier this week that they are having a girl (whoa, I finally guessed someone’s baby-in-utero gender [...]

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tft: whizzing outdoors

This is kind of a late in the day tft, but whatevs. I’ve been meaning to post about this for, oh about a week now, or ever since Ryan started peeing outdoors:)
So we’re potty training I guess, if you want to call it that. He has the #1 down well- he’s able to start and [...]

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this one is going out to the boys

It seems Ryan and cousin Max have developed a strong liking for watching home videos of themselves and each other via the internet. So, I made sure to take some video this past Memorial Day weekend while we hung out at the cabin. This is sure to provide hours of non-stop entertainment.
{please note:  although it [...]

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a good read, and it can be yours!

I’m not going to have my book club’s selection finished by this Thursday when we meet, because I’ve had my nose in an 811-pager that’s taken me awhile to get through. (When the only time you set aside to read is 15 minutes before bed, it takes awhile to get through 811 pages!) Anyway, I [...]

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requesting some thoughtful mommy advice

What kind of seat do you get your kid when he’s done using a high chair? Ryan’s still in the high chair but I feel like we’re closing in on the time when he’s ready to join us at the table on a regular chair. I’ve looked at Target and I think Babies R Us, [...]

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sprinkler

I had no idea that it was going to be hot enough (97F) today to do this:

Saying he liked it is an understatement.

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a fine spring day evokes randomness

[randomness post: you know, the kind no one ever comments on]
Basking in the gorgeous weather around here these past few days…so nice! Ryan and I were up and at’em early yesterday. We were at the park by 9:00, and then were picking up Uncle Jimmy to bring him and his antiques to the UPS store, [...]

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transportation night

We happened to be in Duluth for an ECFE transportation night that Max (and Grandma Karen) had signed up to attend. All sorts of exciting modes of transportation were gathered in a school parking lot for the kids to climb on and in. This sort of thing is RIGHT up Ryan’s alley as he’s obsessed [...]

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back to the true and false…

Last Thursday I posted this dumb little T/F quiz about my day. I’m finally getting around to posting about it…
1. I ran over the recycling with my car. TRUE
We had an unusually large amount of recycling out by the alley last week. So when I backed the car out of the driveway and did my [...]

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mommy and he

I can’t believe that I’ve already experienced my third Mother’s Day. Last year I recreated the photo I took on Mother’s Day #1, as a way to document how my little guy changes every year. I decided that I’ll try and do a Ryan and Mom photo around Mother’s Day every year. It began with [...]

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