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Timmy turned 4 yesterday. He had been planning for days how his birthday was going to be. How he was going to be in charge of everyone, tell everyone what to do, no one is going to be mean to him, etc. He was a little sad to learn that Mommy and Daddy were still
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Saturday night we got to go to a local Balloon Festival. I’m not sure the kids understood what we were talking about until later in the evening when the hot air balloons were being filled and they got to see them. I have never stood next to a hot air balloon like that, they are
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Timmy’s birthday is coming up on Tuesday, so tonight I asked him what he wanted and his answers were such that I felt I must write them down. Frog Pillow pet Penguin Pillow pet Sword that turns into a car Just a plain old sword A real car that’s really fast A real John Deere
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We took the kids bowling tonight for the first time. It was a fun family time. Jayden at first didn’t want to bowl because he didn’t want to wear the shoes, but by the end he was bowling and in the shoes. Timmy was big on doing it himself. At one point I walked up
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Yesterday was Mark and I’s 9th anniversary. I am still wondering where the last nine years have gone. Wow. He took half a day off of work to celebrate and we headed for St. Louis. We decided to go to Six Flags, I have been wanting to go to an amusement park for the last
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Well it’s offical, my baby girl is crawling now. She has been getting up on her hands and knees for weeks now. Last week she was figuring out how to move her legs but couldn’t get her hands going. Today she was crawling for real, not far but it won’t be long before she is.
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Well it’s only the 7th of August and this is already a crazy month. Last week we had VBS, I was the co-director so it was a bit crazy for my family. Jessica turned two last Saturday, for her birthday she got a VBS family night, complete with carnival. She got her cake on Sunday,
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The kids were eating dinner tonight at the counter, since Daddy is painting late tonight. I was sitting in the living room feeding Teagan and listening. Ally says she feels some water dripping on her head and decided it is because the roof is leaking. Timmy says no it’s not raining so water can’t
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Here is a conversation I wrote down that Mark and Timmy had in the car the other day. Mark is italicized. We’re Here! Where’s the deer? There’s no deer, I said we’re here. What did you say? I said there’s a black bear. Where’s the bear? He rode the frosty rainbow, to never never choco
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Today my little girl turned 5. I can’t believe how big she is getting. Ally is becoming such a big help around the house already. She was sorting laundry, helps to vacuum around the house, helps put the laundry away, and so much more. She is a sweet and loving little girl, she is always
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