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May 1st Dinner

Dan and I get asked “So what is it that you DO eat?” when people learn of the littles’ allergies (gluten, casein, egg, food coloring, preservatives plus a few others) so I thought, for the month of May at any … Continue reading

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Some knee slappers from today…

Jokes that were shared in the car on the way home from Costco – What did the barred owl say to the barn owl? “WHOOOOOOO are you?” (It’s funny because that’s not the sound that a barred owl makes, as … Continue reading

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Jason – The Lego Man

Jason loves building with Legos and it is only his younger brothers affinity for eating said Legos that prevents him from building as much as his heart desires. Recent creations include: Thanks to FamilyFinds.com, this week we’re going to visit … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar Day 23: Movie Night: Elf

For our final movie night of the advent calendar, we decided to do a longer film. Elf is a fun story about a human raised by elves in the North Pole who goes to New York to find his father. … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar Day 15: Foam Snowman Craft

Day 15 had the kids working on a craft project. This time, it was making snowman pictures out of pieces of pre-cut foam. For the record – glue sticks and foam don’t work very well.  Good old fashioned Elmer’s Glue … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar Day 13: Make Christmas Cookies

This day had us making Christmas cookies and rather than calling the whole thing off when the babe wasn’t being cooperative and napping or staying out of the dog’s water, out of the pots & pans drawer, off the half-wall, … Continue reading

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Advent Calendar Day 10: Applesauce Ornaments

Day 10 of Advent brought us to Saturday, ahhhhh….relaxation. Oh, except for the guy coming to give us a quote on a new furnace (Did we mention that both our washing machine AND our furnace decided that my new Christmas … Continue reading

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The Advent of Advent

Last year was our first year celebrating Advent w/the littles and we bought Playmobil’s pre-filled Advent calendar. While it was cute and the littles loved opening a new toy each day, Malcolm being mobile and putting everything into his mouth … Continue reading

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This. Just this.

She wrote in this blog post what I wish everyone, the world over would read and take to heart. I found myself nodding along and “yeahing” during the entire article. No, we can’t have dum dums at the hair cut … Continue reading

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It’s a bunny, it’s a kangaroo, it’s a…

This morning Jason and I were looking out our back window and noticed something jumping around in the grass.  Much debate ensued as we tried to figure out what it was. Bunny?  It was awfully small. Kangaroo?  Jason assured me … Continue reading

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