tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89920992906542880442024-03-14T05:57:01.137-05:00At the AmeysLife as we know it will never be the same.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger294125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-85130435820665493242017-01-13T12:42:00.000-05:002017-01-26T12:08:33.043-05:00ArtSparks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-11569898589056196252014-12-18T19:26:00.000-06:002014-12-18T19:26:07.427-06:00Amey Christmas Letter 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Merry Christmas from the Ameys! Enjoy our postcards from 2014 :)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-28150060742872457252014-11-11T21:54:00.000-06:002014-11-11T21:54:42.752-06:00Three Years Later...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here we are at the Texas State Fair in 2011</div>
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And here we are in the same spot in 2014!</div>
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(Wyatt still has some trouble looking at the camera. Ha!)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-82383624927927300502014-11-08T08:57:00.000-06:002014-11-08T08:57:04.925-06:00Lila's Art Party {8 years old}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This summer, Lila turned 8. Eight. She is two years away from double digits! Where has the time gone? Her birthday happened just a few weeks after we returned from our summer trip to AL/Ireland, and I knew I would have a hard time pulling a party together to have at home that fast. So, we decided to have the party at a painting place. Then I was not in charge of the activities - just the food and a few decorations. Lila thought it was a great idea too :)</div>
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At the painting place, I was limited to one counter for the food/decorations. So here it is!</div>
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We had "paintbrushes" made from pretzels and hershey kisses covered in chocolate.</div>
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Art palette sugar cookies (with m&m's for the paint).</div>
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A color wheel of fruit!</div>
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(Also, not pictured were "Creative Juice" boxes.)</div>
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In addition to their finished painting, the girls got to take home a little art caddy.</div>
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This was my one time-consuming decoration. I saw a similar over-sized paint tube online and (like with most things), I thought, "I think I could do that." It turned out pretty cool! So cool I was able to sell it to the paint place for what it cost to make (which was great because, really, what was I going to do with a big paint tube after this party?!)</div>
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Me and the birthday girl</div>
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Here she is working on her painting. She got to choose which painting they painted. She chose "Trendy Tulips".</div>
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The painting place gave her a little gift - a small canvas and some paints.</div>
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It was fun to watch the girls' paintings come along. I'm sure if it was a group of women, there would be much talk and laughter. But these girls were intent and quiet.</div>
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We were extra lucky to have family in town so Lila's cousins could be at the party too!</div>
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Here's Lila's finished painting (and the original example in the background).</div>
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In the past few months, Ben has developed a new hobby... geocaching. If you've never heard of it before, it is where you search using GPS for hidden "treasure" or caches that people have hidden. The GPS will get you in the right area but then you have to use your eyes to find the container... which varies in size! Some are pretty hard to find. Inside there is a log where you can sign your name. Often he takes the kids along and they set out on an adventure. Today they ended up splashing through a creek to find a cache, and everyone had fun. These pictures are from the end of April when we went looking for a couple geocaches. I wasn't expecting to find this abandoned railroad (photo op!!), or I would have brought my "real" camera. But I had my trusty phone camera at least!</div>
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Wyatt helps himself to a bandaid if he gets a scrape or scratch. So don't let the large bandages fool you... no, he did not get attacked by a dog. Those were probably just the first bandaids he found!</div>
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There was one geocache we couldn't find, so Piper and I took pictures while Ben and Wyatt and Lila kept searching. (Piper likes to hold her neck sometimes... she's done it since she was a baby. I'm wondering at what age she will outgrow it.)</div>
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Playing on a tree while Dad continues the search.</div>
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(We never did find it... guess we'll have to go back sometime! I'll be sure to bring my camera!)</div>
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Wyatt's school had a Rodeo Day at the end of March. Piper and I went to help out. Here is Wyatt's class with his teacher, Mrs. Deats, and her sons who also helped that day.</div>
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First they did a square dance (in a circle).</div>
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Then they had a relay race where they had to put western clothes on.</div>
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Piper decided to ride the pony :)</div>
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Me and Cowboy Wyatt</div>
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Barber shop. Wyatt got to shave a balloon with a foam razor :)</div>
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Singing with Mrs. Deats - she is such a fun teacher! Piper really enjoys the times we spend with Wyatt's class and getting to participate with them.</div>
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Wow, it's been a long time since I updated this blog. My three munchkins are growing up fast and keeping me busy. This picture was taken at least a month ago. I think about my blog and get overwhelmed with how far behind I am. So, I'm just going to give a little update on the kids and life in general and try and go from there.<br />
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<i>Lila</i><br />
When I was pregnant with Lila, I remember praying to God that I would have a child who shared my love of reading. Well, He definitely answered that request with Lila! We pick out about 30 books from the library at a time for her. I say things like "please stop reading and eat" or I have to tell her things 2-3 times because she didn't hear it the first time when she was reading. Haha, I remember being at my grandmother's house when I was 10 or 12 and coming out of my book to discover that everyone (grandparents, cousins) were gone. About the time I was starting to get <strike>panicked</strike> concerned, they pulled up in the car. They had taken my cousins home who lived just a few minutes away. And they had told me where they were going - but I didn't hear them because I was reading. So whenever I find myself repeating things to Lila when she's reading, I try to remember that she is just like me :)<br />
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Lila is having a good 2nd grade year. She continues to be friends with all the kids in her class. She doesn't have a best friend, but part of that could be because she hasn't ever had the same kids in her class two years in a row! She does have 2 neighbor girls that she plays with a lot.<br />
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<i>Wyatt</i><br />
Wyatt is going to preschool three days a week. He does really well in school, listening and following directions, and he loves his teacher. Next year he will start Kindergarten, and I think the hardest part for him may be going every day (because he likes his days at home too). For the past three years, he has gone with me to Lila's school when I volunteer, so he is very familiar with the building and many teachers. I think that will help him to feel comfortable starting Kindergarten.<br />
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Wyatt loves to play Lego video games. He also loves to build with Legos. Last year he had a Lego birthday party, and he says he wants to have another one this year. Catching a theme? He likes Legos :) He is doing a really good job learning to read. I bought some Lego Batman phonics books which have been perfect for him - his favorite subject and right at his level.<br />
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<i>Piper</i><br />
Piper is oh so stubborn. I say that, knowing full well she takes after me. Lots of stories of my stubbornness when I was little. So when she furrows her brow at me, I have a hard time not laughing; it's so cute. But I know that stubbornness also drives her "I want to do it myself" attitude. On Mondays Piper goes to a gymnastics class which she really enjoys. She does struggle a bit with wanting to do her own thing instead of listening to the coach. I think if anyone is going to give their school teacher a difficult time, it might be this one :) Good thing she has a couple more years before we find out!<br />
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We've made it through potty-training - well, except for the few times she decides she doesn't want to stop what she's doing to use the toilet. But all in all, she's done pretty well with the whole process. She continues to love the color pink, Finding Nemo and recently found a new love for the movie Frozen (and all the songs from it too!)<br />
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Ben has traveled overseas more this year than ever before. So I stay pretty busy during those times. The kids go to bed earlier those weeks too :) I signed up to be the room mother for both Lila and Wyatt's class this year, which means I get to plan the class parties - often they are on the same day! It will be nice to have them both at the same school next year. Between time spent at school and time at home, I have a lot to keep me away from my blog, but I'm going to try and do better!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-24529651895865596712013-06-25T21:31:00.000-05:002013-06-25T21:31:03.011-05:00Pictures with My Grandpa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Grandpa with his daughter and her family</div>
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Grandpa with his son and his family (including one uncooperative great-grandson!)</div>
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Grandpa with his son (my dad) and his daughter</div>
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Grandpa with his sister and her husband</div>
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My Grandpa - looking pretty good at 90!</div>
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The best picture we could get... don't know what Piper was doing with her arm :)</div>
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My parents (who just celebrated their 40th anniversary)</div>
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My cousin and her husband (they are expecting a baby in October)</div>
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Seriously, they are always so excited to see each other - even if they saw each other the day before!</div>
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I photoshopped Lila's black eye (she got hit by a swing earlier in the week) out of the pictures that I was going to use on a card. </div>
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I told them to show me their best ninja pose. Haha, gotta love Wyatt!</div>
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After taking pictures, we went to lunch with our friends. This was us waiting to be seated. It was a fun morning. I look at this picture and just feel so blessed. Love my job :)</div>
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I dumped the pics off my phone onto my computer, so here are some highlights -- all in order but going back a few months!</div>
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Playing at a park. Wyatt kept saying "take a picture of me now, Mommy!"</div>
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Piper, on the other hand, never wanted to be still for a picture!</div>
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Playing a board game we created from a <a href="http://www.kiwicrate.com/" target="_blank">Kiwi Crate</a>.</div>
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School valentines for this year - balls for Wyatt's class and glitter glue for Lila's class. I try hard to think of a non-candy valentine.</div>
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For Lila's teacher.</div>
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Taken at Lila's school valentine party. Piper stuck her visitor sticker to her forehead, just being silly.</div>
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The party consisted of making their own "trail mix" with all kinds of goodies (goldfish, m&m's, chocolate chips, marshmallows, pretzels, skittles, popcorn, etc.). Here Lila is checking out all the valentines she got from her classmates.</div>
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Valentine gifts for Wyatt's teachers - notepad and pen.</div>
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Wyatt's teacher's birthday is in the summer, so in February we celebrated her half-birthday. All the kids brought in half of a card and together we got her a gift card to HALF Price Books. I made a half cake for her. She was very surprised and really enjoyed it all.</div>
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I put half of my cake batter in a circle pan and the other half into 12 cupcakes. Luckily, there are 12 students in Wyatt's class, so it worked out perfectly!</div>
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Why she likes to sleep with the blanket completely over her head, I do not know. But she does.</div>
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Piper likes to wear this headband. She can put it on herself.</div>
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Dress up as your favorite book character day at school. Lila chose to go as Pinkalicious. She said she doesn't have a favorite book, so we just went with the costume we could do :)</div>
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Silence always means something is going on!!! In this case, she had managed to pull the inside of a marker out. By the time I got to her, the hands were blue. Unfortunately, it was not a washable marker, so her hands were blue for a couple days. Fortunately, her shirt was also blue :)</div>
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"Yay! Daddy is home!!"</div>
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They get so excited when Dad comes home from work (notice the headband again).</div>
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Random pic one day when the other two were at school.</div>
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Trying on t-ball equipment at the store.</div>
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Lila started t-ball in March. She's never really been interested in sports (kind of like her mama), but we thought the best time for her to try it would be when everyone else is starting out. One of her friends from school has parents who coach t-ball, so that's how we got the idea to try this sport. At first Lila did NOT want to do it, but finally after a few weeks we convinced her to give it a try.</div>
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Other things make me thankful - like this page from Lila's class dictionary. They each had to create their own definition of themselves. As I was looking through her book, I noticed that several of the kids put "sister" or descriptive words like "blue eyes" or even "nice" or "kind to others". But Lila was the only one who put "special to my parents" - and that was the first thing she thought to write! I'm so glad she knows she is special to us.</div>
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Outside on a nice day.</div>
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Pictures with my girls.</div>
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One time we went along to one of Lila's t-ball practices because the weather was so nice. There is a park near the field, so I took Piper and Wyatt to that for a little while during practice. This was inside a tube at the park.</div>
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I am happy to say that Lila has really enjoyed t-ball so far. In fact after her third practice, I asked her if she had fun when she got home. She nodded her head yes and then said, "You were right, Mommy. Sometimes you have to try something before you know if you like it." Haha, I should have had her write that down (the "you were right") so I can show it to her when she's a teenager :)</div>
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Wyatt on his new bike. Yes, he's being silly and sitting on the pedal. He loves to ride his bike around in a big circle on our driveway.</div>
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Lila's teacher recently had a baby, so I made a going-away gift for her (she will not be back before the school year ends).</div>
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Inside the take out box, I put a gift card to one of her favorite restaurants and a bunch of felt fortune cookies. I had the kids in her class answer some questions which I then turned into "fortunes". For example, "Where would she like to go on vacation?" turned into "You would like to vacation where your Grandma lives. - Lila" Or "why is she a teacher?" became "You teach because you need the money. - Nolan" :) About half of the class answered questions for me, so I included a few fortunes from each student. It turned out cute, and the teacher really enjoyed it.</div>
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One day in March when the weather was really nice, we decided to go for a walk around the creek that runs near our house. We took the wagon, but it didn't take long before Piper wanted out. Wyatt likes to ride though.</div>
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My sweet, silly guy.</div>
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You can see his banged up chin in this picture. He decided to try jumping from the coffee table to the fireplace in our living room - and didn't quite make it! Instead he landed on the floor and slammed his chin on the hearth. Even with a thick blanket covering the bricks, he still managed to cut a gash in his chin. It had to have glue (the modern day stitches). I can't remember if this was before or after he fell about a week later on the driveway and reopened the cut. Fortunately he managed to let it heal the second time around, but I'm sure he'll have a scar to keep.</div>
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Ben made sure to stay close (so she wouldn't go swimming), but Piper was determined to walk on her own the whole time.</div>
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Looking for bugs (Lila's main reason for wanting to go to the creek).</div>
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Wyatt wanted out of the wagon when we found a field of "flowers" (weeds). It's nice to have lazy Sunday afternoons like this!</div>
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Back in February over President's Day weekend, we decided to take a little mini family vacation and go see some local attractions we hadn't been to before: the Legoland Discovery Center, SeaLife Aquarium and Ft. Worth Zoo. We didn't tell the kids where we were going until we got there! They were excited.</div>
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Legoland (which is what I will call it even though it was a smaller "discovery center") had a bunch of things to do inside, but the space was fairly small. Here you could build your own Lego car and then race it down the ramp. </div>
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There were three rides. When you first enter you are given a little explanation on how Legos are made, then you are immediately in line to ride the first ride - a laser tag type ride where you can shoot guns at targets while you ride a car in the dark. So we didn't go back and do that ride because it was always busy. And I didn't take pictures because I was too busy shooting targets (plus it was too dark). The 2nd ride was little cars that you could drive around a track. Neither Wyatt nor Lila were brave enough to ride those (and Ben and I were too big). BUT, the third ride was a winner. It was a two-seater with pedals. The faster you pedaled, the higher your seats would rise as you went around. This is the best picture I could get of Ben and Lila (I just used the camera on my phone). She also rode it with me twice. We couldn't get Wyatt to try it though.</div>
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Meanwhile, Piper was having fun in the Lego pit. </div>
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"Can't go over it? Then I guess I'll just have to go under it!"</div>
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Second time to ride!</div>
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This was probably Wyatt's favorite area too.</div>
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Piper decided she needed to gather up all the windows.</div>
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Legoland also had a 4D movie theater... where in addition to the 3D glasses, we also got misted with water or "snow" during different parts of the movie. We watched both movies they had (about 12 min. each).</div>
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Legoland had a small miniature city with several Dallas landmarks. It was neat to see. Every few minutes the overhead lights would dim, so we could see the city at night!</div>
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Here Lila is standing next to downtown Dallas, so you can see the scale.</div>
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Finally, right before we were about to leave, we convinced Wyatt to give the ride a try. You can tell he isn't so sure in this picture, but he enjoyed it once it was over! :)</div>
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We ate lunch before heading over to the Aquarium. Everyone enjoyed this too, but by far, Lila had the most fun of all the kids. She loves animals and asked all kinds of questions about the various creatures we saw.</div>
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This little bubble was under one of the fish tanks.</div>
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This picture is kind of hard to see because it was so dark, but Piper is laying flat on the floor looking through the window. We were above the large tank which had some sharks in it.</div>
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Toward the end, there was a pool where you could reach in and touch some starfish.</div>
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Piper could have stayed in the water forever!</div>
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To continue the adventure (and decrease our driving), we decided to stay in a hotel that night since we were planning to go to the zoo in Ft. Worth the next day (which was pretty close to where we were already.) I didn't take any pictures at the hotel. We made sure to pick one that had a pool, so we could swim. The water was so COLD even though it was inside. We didn't swim long... ok, I didn't even get all the way in... that's what dads are for :) Everyone did a pretty good job settling down and once asleep, we slept all night long. </div>
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The next day we went to the zoo. The weather was perfect - sunny and in the low 70s. Again, Lila loved the zoo. Piper did too, but mostly because she could get down and run!</div>
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One of the favorite things we did at the zoo was feed the birds.</div>
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Here's the moment the bird finally came over to her feeder. I had to hold her up to get her a little closer to the birds, so I took this picture by holding my phone out.</div>
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Wyatt also got a turn to feed the birds.</div>
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Taken with my DSLR. I love his bright little cheek. God is so creative!</div>
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I wish I remembered what this was called. Some weird type of eel I think - with lots of teeth. I took this through a window, or I would not have been that close! :)</div>
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This guy was sun-bathing right outside the food court where we ate lunch. I'm lucky the zoo employees keep their windows so clean!</div>
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This was Piper trying to pull Lila off, so she could have a turn "riding" the kangaroo!</div>
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Waiting for Piper to pet the goat before we moved on to the next exhibit.</div>
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Petting the goat (with Daddy's help).</div>
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Near the petting zoo there was a shoot 'em laser tag type game you could pay to do. We didn't pay, but Wyatt and Piper enjoyed pretending :)</div>
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We've been battling colds this week... by we, I mean Wyatt and myself. Wyatt, poor guy, has had it the worst since he's had fever and a cough. I've just been congested. I took him to the doctor today, and they ruled out strep and the flu (which has been going around). So we just have to wait it out. Sick days mean stay at home days, yet somehow my house doesn't get any cleaner when we have to stay home. Hmm... perhaps that's because even though Wyatt is content to lay on the couch, Piper is content to pull everything out. </div>
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Speaking of Piper, today she said "okay" instead of "otay" for the first time. I'm not sure yet if that was a fluke, or if it means she's going to start pronouncing her Cs and Ks now. For the most part she speaks in full sentences, but has a few sounds she hasn't mastered yet... including R and L. She can say words that start with L like Lila but flash is "fwash". And a fork is a foke :) We've also noticed in the past week or so that she has started to show a preference for the color pink.</div>
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Anyway, about a month ago Wyatt had an Olympic day at school. They had their own Olympic games including a medal ceremony, followed by a pizza lunch.</div>
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The Olympics started with an Opening Ceremony where the kids entered the gym with the torch they had made.</div>
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After singing the National Anthem, they were divided up into teams of four - two kids from each class. Their badge color indicated which team they were on. Wyatt is sitting next to Samuel, the other boy from his class. During the Anthem singing, I had to strap Piper into the stroller, as she made it very clear she wasn't going to stay with our group otherwise!</div>
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There were six stations: the long jump, shot-put (with bean bags), discus (with foam frisbees pictured here), a catapult (no not a real Olympic event but the kids enjoyed it), a relay race (made more fun with scooters) and the balance beam. We spent 3 minutes at each station and rotated through the stations twice. Discus was our third station, and it was at this point that Wyatt's teacher brought Piper some toys to play with while she watched.</div>
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Here are a couple of Wyatt's throwing stances! This was probably his favorite station. We were in the hallway for this, and the little foam frisbees would bounce off the walls and go pretty far.</div>
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I took a picture of the two of them together while Wyatt waited for his turn at the next station. (He is holding a paper baton for the relay race.)</div>
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Wyatt also enjoyed the scooters.</div>
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The balance beam was challenging for all the boys in our group.</div>
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Standing in front of the wall of flags that the kids made.</div>
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After they finished the games, they had an awards ceremony. Everyone came up when their name was called to get their medal and shake the teacher's hand.</div>
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Wyatt's class waiting during the medal ceremony.</div>
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Random picture I took of Piper :)</div>
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Wyatt's teacher had asked if I would make some Olympic rings cookies to go with lunch. They turned out really well! I used candy melts for the first time at Wyatt's birthday party, and they are so easy. They worked great for the rings on these cookies.</div>
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Holding his torch and wearing his medal!</div>
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I told her she could bring along "Tay Bear" as she calls him. It looks like this little furry friend is going to be her George... he goes EVERYWHERE with her. She looks kind of indignant in this picture, but I think I just caught her talking. She talks constantly. Not all of her sounds are correct yet, but that just adds to the cuteness :) Like today when she tried to squeeze through the dining room chair, and I heard, "Mommy! Me tuck! Help me! Me tuck!" (She got herself free before I could assist - or get my camera!)</div>
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So sweet.</div>
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This is one happy camper. I mean, she can be so (very) stubborn sometimes and gets upset occasionally when she doesn't get her way, but in general, her mood is always happy. Happy when she wakes up, happy in the car when we take Lila and Wyatt to school and back, happy as she chatters constantly around the house, happy when it's bedtime. </div>
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This bucket has been a great photo prop... not sure I'll be able to squeeze her in there next year though :)</div>
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It will be awhile before I stop referring to our "dogs" and get used to being a one dog family. Kelsey doesn't seem to miss Maggie very much. Maggie was "the boss" so maybe Kelsey is enjoying her new freedom. I am relieved; I don't think I could handle it if she seemed depressed or sad. Here are some pictures of Maggie at the Rescue organization when they first found her. The organization, StrayDog, kept a blog, so I copied the entries about Maggie and Kelsey and thought I'd share them on here. (They had different names for the dogs, but I changed them to make it less confusing.)<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>At our Adoption Day today a couple inquired as to whether we had any little puppies. We had with our group at Canine Commissary cute Black Lab sisters, five-month-old Kathy and Amber, but the couple wanted much younger pups and what is so neat is that they wanted to adopt two puppies so the pups could grow up together, and they wanted happy, playful little puppies who get along well with each other. This fit the description of newest little arrivals, Maggie and Kelsey! They are adorable and are best buddies, and they play constantly and sleep curled up on each other. Shannon came this morning to take the pups on their “home visit,” and by 11:00 a.m. she had little Maggie and Kelsey in her car ready for long trip to Allen, Texas (about two hours from Straydog) to meet their new mom and dad. At 2:30 p.m. Shannon called and said “Yea! The puppies have been adopted!” The new mom and dad are a wonderful couple, and they fell instantly in love with the pups. (How could anyone not love these cuties instantly?!) Now Maggie and Kelsey have a wonderful mom and dad, a nice big house to investigate and a large, securely fenced yard to play in. Such pampered little house pets they will be, and how wonderful to have them be adopted together!"</i></span><br />
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Kind of neat to have their back story, huh? Maggie was a playful puppy... loved playing fetch and getting attention. As she got older, she loved to just lay outside and watch for someone to run or walk by. The kids weren't really upset when she died...probably because she wasn't playing as much by the time they were old enough to play with her. And she had gotten kind of growly (sp?) in the past couple years. I thought it was her getting older and less tolerant, but maybe it had to do with her sickness. We are glad you are no longer suffering, but we'll miss you, Mags.<br />
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I'm hoping to get some pictures up for all of our past events, but we shall see. Life keeps me busy around here. I'll try to stay current at least :)<br />
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Over Labor Day weekend, we enjoyed a visit from Ben's parents. They flew down on Friday night and went back home on Monday morning. It was a nice relaxing weekend hanging out at home (and playing lots of cards, which we like!). </div>
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Ben got a new bike. He has been wanting one for awhile and researched them well. He used it in a triathlon for the first time on Labor Day. His dad was kind enough to lend Ben his (yellow) bike for the past year. The new bike weighs a lot less than the old bike, but that old bike has held up nicely over the years!</div>
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Lila got out the dress up clothes. I couldn't help but take a picture of this ensemble...perhaps it will make another appearance at her wedding someday?? :)</div>
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Nana made Piper a bug out of the blocks.</div>
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Then I had the thought I should get out my camera (not my phone) and take a picture! For some reason, I am really good about this when I go places but not so great at remembering when company comes here. This was the last night before they left, but hey, at least I remembered!</div>
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Sometimes with kids, I will have them make faces to get their attention... scary faces, ok silly faces, ok happy faces! Doing this I sometimes get natural smiles. But there's no guarantee of course! Here I said make a silly face (and I think I puckered up too). I love Piper's ability to mimic what I do... ha ha, she wasn't the only one!</div>
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See that little pink bag Piper is holding? That was free in a Happy Meal. She LOVES to carry that around and put things in it. I find all kinds of random things in there... Wyatt's blocks, Barbie shoes, hair bows... anything that will fit. </div>
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She is my little bag lady :)</div>
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After dinner, Nana took the kids outside. This was an act of love because it was HOT. You will notice that all of the children have red, sweaty faces. In fact, I went outside to take some pictures and I think I only lasted about five minutes. But she was out there with them for at least 20.</div>
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Piper still loves to drive her car!</div>
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Here she is showing me the car key.</div>
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(Notice our nice green grass? It's actually rained here enough it turned green!)</div>
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This one is always posing with a "flower" of some kind.</div>
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She decided at the beginning of the summer that she wanted to grow out her bangs. We are still in the clipping-them-back phase. I think we may be in this phase for awhile!</div>
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I have no idea why she walked right up to the camera and showed me her teeth. But when your active toddler holds still for more than 2 seconds, you take the picture! :)</div>
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She is getting so big.</div>
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She is getting so big too. </div>
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I tried to tell her that once she turned six she couldn't grow anymore, but I don't think she believes me :)</div>
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We started back to school last week... well, Lila did. Wyatt started preschool today.</div>
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Here's a picture of my new first grader on HER first day.</div>
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And one without the sign. I got the little paper speech bubbles for $1 (I think there are 20); I thought they'd be fun in pictures.</div>
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Lila's long-term aspirations right now.</div>
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Sitting at her desk (1st graders get their own desk, not a shared table!)</div>
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We were the first to arrive that morning... I think the only reason we were able to be that early was that Ben took a work call from home (which meant I didn't have to bring the other kids along).</div>
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I took one last picture as I walked out the door. She has the same teacher (in the red shirt) she had last year in Kindergarten. There was supposed to be one other student from her Kindergarten class in this class, but then we found out that she withdrew from the school. So Lila doesn't have any of her former classmates with her. There were 23 students in her class last year, and five 1st grade classes this year. The fact that she is the only one to repeat with Mrs. A seems remarkable to me. Fortunately she likes her teacher! (Lila does know some of the other kids a little from PE, field trips, etc.)</div>
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I took this picture today before taking Lila to school.</div>
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They weren't very thrilled about taking pictures.</div>
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Here is Wyatt on HIS first day</div>
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Lila starts school at 8, but Wyatt doesn't start until 9. Then his day ends at 2, and hers ends at 3. It is nice I don't have to have them at 2 different places at the same time, although if they were a little closer together I could utilize my time better.</div>
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If you haven't noticed yet, Wyatt has three picture faces: (1) no smile, (2) yelling "cheese!" (which results in squinty eyes and open mouth), or (3) looking away. Oh well, I take what I can get.</div>
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He loves his daddy :)</div>
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When we got to school, we met up with his best buddy.</div>
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They are in classrooms right across the hall from each other.</div>
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Evan said, "Let's hold hands, Wyatt" as they were walking in to school. How sweet is that?!</div>
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Standing next to his cubby in the hall where he hangs up his backpack.</div>
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Finding his desk.</div>
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The classroom is shared with a MWF class, so don't worry - his name was hidden by his paper - nobody called him Alivia :)</div>
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I helped him find a crayon - he chose black which seems to always be his first choice of crayon color - and then I gave him a little kiss and said goodbye.</div>
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One last look before I left (his teacher is kneeling beside him).</div>
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I was very surprised there weren't any tears or pleading for me to stay. Even this past Sunday, he didn't want to go to Sunday School at first! But today, he was fine! I felt a little emotional... not sad to leave, just sad at how fast he is growing up. He came home saying he had fun. I asked if he wanted to go back, and he said yes! Oh, and the raccoon picture made it home too... filled in completely with black! :)</div>
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This is the last week of our summer break. It seems to have gone by so fast... I don't think the rest of the year moves that quickly. Recently the weather has cooled down some, so on Monday morning I took the kids to a fun park. I have been trying to do some "summer" things with the kids this last week. Tuesday Lila and Wyatt spent the day doing fun things with Aunt Janina, then Lila spent the night at her house. Wednesday we went for ice cream after dinner. Today we went to the library (not necessarily a summer thing, but we had books due!). Anyway, back to the park.</div>
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It has a fun space theme.</div>
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A rocket with three levels! Shortly after we arrived, some other kids showed up. It was fun to listen to all of them play together and talk about "aliens" and having "permission to board" the spaceship :)</div>
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Someone else was determined to board the space craft!</div>
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Then we found a space shuttle more her size.</div>
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There was also a smaller playground next to the larger rocket that was also more her size (or at least Mommy thought so).</div>
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My little astronaut... he seemed to prefer hanging out on the second level, although he did go down the big slide a few times.</div>
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Speaking of slides, the little playground had a few too. They were electrifying to Piper :)</div>
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As soon as she got down the slide, she would run around to the steps...</div>
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There is a little bridge that spans a creek near this park. When we first arrived, I told the kids I wanted to try to take a picture of them before they played on the playground. They were fascinated with looking down at the creek.</div>
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I finally got them to sit down together.</div>
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But Piper immediately wanted to get up and wander off. Lila tried the "give her a hug" technique, but she wasn't thrilled.</div>
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Ok, back to playing on the bridge.</div>
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<b>Lila, 6 years old</b></div>
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Can you tell from this picture that this girl is full of personality? I love the little sparkle that comes into her eyes when she figures out a joke or that I'm teasing. She loves to create stories, making up an animal and then telling me all about its characteristics. Recently she has discovered Lego Friends (her first smaller sized Legos), and I have been amazed at the time and imagination she puts into building with them. She still likes catching bugs and critters (we recently had two little gecko lizards spend a couple nights in her bug hotel). She has also developed a good friendship with two neighbor girls, and the three of them will spend hours playing together in our back yard.</div>
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Due to low enrollment in Kindergarten this year and high numbers in First Grade, Lila's K teacher got moved to 1st. Lila was THRILLED to learn that she is going to have the same teacher again. Needless to say, I think her first day of school will go smoothly :)</div>
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My sweet little guy is going to start preschool this year. He's asked me several times if I'm going to go with him to school. I don't expect the first day to be easy on him (or me). He is a contradiction of personality: loud, rough and tumble yet shy, sensitive and snuggly. He still likes building with blocks and recently has discovered super heroes. His favorite is Batman. He also likes robots. This year he will go to school two days a week. His good buddy from church will also go to the same school on those days (but in a different class). I am glad that they have the same schedule, so they can still play together during the week.</div>
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This picture sums up the independence and determination that oozes out of this little girl. She still likes to snuggle up, but only on her terms. And if we are outside, she wants DOWN. When she's down, she's off and running. In the highchair, she wants to be the one holding the spoon. Same with her toothbrush. She is getting better and better at communicating and can say so many words now. She says several of her words backwards, putting the end consonant first. She loves to go "dise" (outside). "Nay" is again. She started by saying "nofe" for phone, but now she says "fofe". "Wawoo" is water. She is great at saying no (of course) but doesn't say yes all that much. Instead she says uh-huh or nods her head. I call her a little mimic because she loves to copy whatever we do. My favorite might be when I whistle for the dogs, and then she says "woooooo" in a high pitch :) Today at the grocery store she was winking (blinking slowly) back at the cashier. She really is a delight (and usually very happy); I love this age!</div>
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During the first part of June, we drove up to Kansas to spend a few days with Ben's family. His mom retired from teaching this year. To celebrate, the school planned a very nice luncheon for her that weekend after church where several people shared stories and congratulations. (Unfortunately, I didn't even think of taking my camera, so no pictures but it was a really nice time.) Ben's sister and her two daughters also came, so the cousins were all together again. The night before the kids enjoyed a dip in the backyard pool.</div>
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Piper thought the water was COLD.</div>
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She didn't last long after this picture, but her cousin Nicole (in the front) didn't mind the cold :)</div>
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Sunday afternoon we drove out to Uncle Bill's farm. We met them in the field where they were bringing in the last of the wheat. Lila and I got to ride in this combine - a first for both of us! It was really loud until you got in the cab. Then it wasn't too bad, and it was air conditioned. After we came back, Brian (Ben's cousin who drove the combine) gave a couple more rides. Brian (Ben's brother, in the yellow shirt) arrived just in time for David and Rachel to get in the last ride.</div>
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Then we all went over to the farm, where the kids wanted to play with the kittens. There were three kittens, all gray like this one. They did a pretty good job tolerating all the love they got from ten children! And the ten kids did a good job sharing three kittens!!</div>
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Silly faces.</div>
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(L-R) Claire (7), Lila (almost 6), Britton (8), Kaelyn (6), Rachel (6)</div>
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After we ate dinner, we headed out to the orchard to pick some apples. Ben's uncle Bill decided to help Ben's dad reach the top of the tree!</div>
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All the kiddos. As you can see, there is a *slight* dominance of the females :) Luckily, Wyatt and David are the same age at least!</div>
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Piper decided someone had left some perfectly good apples on the ground.</div>
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Here she was trying to carry them by the stems.</div>
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(I had no idea we would be picking apples when I dressed her.)</div>
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My shy guy picking an apple.</div>
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Brian joined his dad in the tractor perch.</div>
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Another method of picking apples: one person picks, then tosses the apple to the waiting catchers.</div>
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Piper with Nana.</div>
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And Piper with Aunt Rebecca.</div>
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My sweet Lila girl. She puts up with my "just one more picture" so well. Usually :)</div>
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The next morning it was time to see if there was anything ready for picking in the garden behind Grandma and Grandpa's house. Lila had asked a few times about it already.</div>
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Lila cracks me up.</div>
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Grandpa was about to dig up the potato plant. He had some spectators. Taters. Ha!</div>
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She wasn't sure why I was telling her to stand still... she hasn't quite figured out this whole picture-taking Mama yet :)</div>
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These two are four months apart.</div>
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I will be curious to see if they get along better as they get older. Right now they don't really want to share :)</div>
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Kaelyn tried to help Piper out by bringing her another ball.</div>
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That immediately got Nicole's interest though, so she was willing to trade :)</div>
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Nicole sat down on this tree stump to watch Ben and his dad cut down a dead tree in the backyard (which I was going to document but my camera battery died right before they began).</div>
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Yes, I put Piper up there next to Nicole. Couldn't resist the photo op!!</div>
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Wyatt enjoying an Icee Pop in his favorite t-shirt (he's into Batman right now).</div>
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The next day Ben's dad offered to take the kids up for a ride in his airplane. First up was Britton and Kaelyn.</div>
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The spectators watching from the terminal.</div>
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The girls with the pilot :)</div>
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Ben was going to go along as well. Look at Wyatt's face. Does he look unsure or what?</div>
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Still saying he wanted to go and still smiling.</div>
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Still smiling...</div>
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Wait, the door's opening...</div>
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Ok, they're ready for take-off now. But, where's Wyatt?</div>
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Then he decided he DID want to go (but we knew better).</div>
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So he screamed and threw a fit on the tarmac where no one but me could hear him, and then a few minutes later, he was fine.</div>
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They flew around the airport twice, then landed.</div>
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Pulling up to the terminal.</div>
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Lila's still smiling! She had a great time.</div>
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As usual, we had a great time visiting with family!</div>
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I took these pictures back in June, when we went down to my sister's for our first swim of the summer in the "big pool" (as the kids call it).</div>
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Piper LOVED the water!</div>
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She was so cute in her little tutu swimsuit :)</div>
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And she had fun filling and emptying the watering can toys.</div>
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Lila enjoyed the pool -- and the safety of the inflatable turtle :)</div>
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Fun times.</div>
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A week after we were here, the kids started swim lessons. After that, Wyatt had very little interest in the shallow part of the pool. He put on an inflatable ring and was jumping into the 3 ft section!</div>
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But before the swim lessons, this was how he spent most of his time. Of course, the times we went swimming after the lessons, I didn't take my camera... too busy trying to keep three little kids who wanted to be in the deep end safe!</div>
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On the last day of school, the Kindergarten class had a special awards ceremony followed by a class party.</div>
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Here all the kids are sitting and waiting for things to begin.</div>
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Lila found me (right in the middle of the picture).</div>
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Each child received an award. Lila got the Creative Thinker Award. When we got home, she asked me what that meant, and after I explained, she said, "Oh! That IS a good award for me!" :)</div>
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The party was a luau theme. All four Kindergarten classes had the same theme. We had the party in the gym, each class took a different corner.</div>
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I volunteered to make the Sun cupcakes.</div>
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Everyone in the class got a "goodie bucket" and a lei.</div>
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The room mom made each of them a little photo book with pictures of all the kids in the class.</div>
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Wyatt was very concerned that he wouldn't get a chocolate cupcake (I had made two flavors), but fortunately enough kids wanted the other flavor that he could have a chocolate. </div>
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They played one game: the limbo. The kids didn't seem to care whether you touched the floor or not, though - just get under the stick! :)</div>
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We went to the party bearing gifts. Going along with the beach/summer theme, I put together this little gift for Lila's teacher. The tag said, "Now that the year's all wrapped up and done... may you relax and have some fun in the sun!" Gum, sunscreen, a crossword puzzle book (you could also do a magazine if you knew the teacher's interests), and flip flops were wrapped up in a beach towel.</div>
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For Lila's classmates, I made these treats. They were a big hit. Some kids didn't even wait till they got home to eat them! I put two graham crackers, a mini hershey's bar, and a large marshmallow in a clear treat bag. I just folded my tag over the bag and stapled it shut.</div>
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A few weeks before school ended was Teacher Appreciation Week. I had seen on Pinterest <a href="http://bloemersfamily.blogspot.com/2011/06/tisket-tasket.html" target="_blank">this idea</a> of doing a class basket. Each child was supposed to contribute an item for the basket that corresponded to a letter of the alphabet. Our tag said, "You've sure got the ABC's of teaching down! Thanks for making our Kindergarten year so special! Love, Your Students". I had to fill in the gaps a little bit, but we got pretty good participation. There were 24 students in the class, so I didn't assign anyone the X or Z. I bundled up some letters submitted by parents & students and labeled them "Xpressions of Gratitude" for the letter X. Q was a Quik Trip gift card, and Z was a box of Ziploc bags (which the teachers are always needing). Lila's teacher LOVED this basket. It really was a great way for the whole class to participate, but each family could contribute whatever and how much they wanted.</div>
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In the fall, Ben went to the Dallas Zoo with Lila's class. This spring he stayed home with Wyatt and Piper, so I could go with Lila to the Dallas Arboretum.</div>
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We rode on the bus together and played the Alphabet game on the drive down.</div>
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Here she is with a large group of kids from her school (not all of them are from her class though).</div>
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The Arboretum was installing a new exhibit - these strange but pretty glass sculptures everywhere. I thought they were neat.</div>
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As a chaperone, I was in charge of three kids. Just to clarify, the kid on the left is a boy (who got a haircut right after this trip).</div>
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Lila is good friends with the girl on the left. Her mom and little sister joined us for the outing. I was the only one who had been to the Arboretum before so I took them to this fish pond which they thought was neat.</div>
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Because they were in the process of installing all the glass sculptures, a lot of the Arboretum was taped off. This was one area where they could still get close to the water. We ate our picnic lunch really early because the kids were hungry. I think it was 10:30 (which at school they eat at 10:45). I didn't think to take any pictures of us eating though.</div>
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The school shirts were incredibly long, so I had to be creative (safety pins on the sides).</div>
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The Arboretum also had five little houses that were each based on a different artist. This bridge was in front of the Monet house.</div>
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And here they are "inside" the house (it was really more a wall with a short roof).</div>
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This was "inside" the Georgia O'Keefe house.</div>
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And then we found the jackpot! This was a stone structure that had a fountain bubbling in the middle and the water spilled over the grooves. They loved putting their hands in this! (You can see the Georgia O'Keefe house in the background.)</div>
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Here they are again in one of the little houses in the Texas Town area.</div>
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And outside the house. We were only there a few hours before it was time to get back on the bus, but we managed to see several areas of the Arboretum. It was the perfect time to go -- before it got way too hot. I'm glad I got to enjoy the field trip with Lila! Thanks Ben :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-91854365280229876162012-07-07T09:15:00.000-05:002012-07-07T09:15:53.691-05:00Warrior Dash 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It seems appropriate to post about this today, even though it happened back in April. Ben is currently doing a sprint triathlon this morning. (We didn't go along because he had to leave the house around 4 a.m. to get there.) He hasn't been able to participate in as many races as he'd like due to work travel and other commitments. But, back in April, he asked if any of his coworkers would want to join him for the Warrior Dash... and he got some takers!</div>
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Here are some of the TI participants (a few weren't in this picture). Notice how clean they all look before the race?</div>
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Entering the race area.</div>
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Everyone who ran the race got a viking hat that had a big fuzzy brim and plush horns. Some wore theirs while they raced. I think Ben's is currently in Lila's dress-up bin :)</div>
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At first when I saw these guys, I thought that is so cool! See, one big thing about the warrior dash is that many people dress up to run the race. I saw several Supermans and Wonder Womans. So when I saw a Stormtrooper? I was like "now THAT is a Star Wars fan!!" But then I realized that they were just there for anyone to have a photo op. Hmm. Not as cool. But, you see that mesh fence behind them? And all those people behind the fence? Those are racers about to begin the next heat! Ben's group was in the 2nd to last heat on Saturday. I think it was at 4:45. I asked him why he picked such a hot part of the day, and he said that was all that was available when he signed up! They had been running heats every fifteen minutes all day! Plus I think they also did the same thing the day before! I think there were maybe 100 people in each heat? That is a lot of people who want to run the Warrior Dash!!!</div>
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Here is the actual starting point of the race. Unfortunately I couldn't go anywhere beyond this point (the end was basically on the other side of that tree), so all the spectators could see was the beginning and the end.</div>
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Did I mention it was HOT? I wasn't sure what the viewing area would be like, so I had brought along a large quilt to sit on. Instead, I used it to create a small tent by draping it over Piper's stroller and the barrier fence that held the spectators off the race course. Bottles of water and a snack made the kids happy.</div>
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This guy ran the whole race as a banana. I can't even imagine how hot it must be in that costume.</div>
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The Warrior Dash is basically a 5K but with all kinds of obstacles along the way. Most of these we couldn't see from the viewing area, but I could get this rope wall with my zoom lens. Ben is the guy in red about to go over the top.</div>
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Coming around the final bend.</div>
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Jumping over the first fire pit.</div>
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And the second & last fire pit.</div>
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This was the last obstacle - the mud pit. You had to crawl through it to get under the barbed wire. Some people did try to walk around it, but then they got a lot of grief from the crowd. If the guy in the hat hadn't been there, you would be able to see the finish line.</div>
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And this Warrior is all done. Just a little dirty :)</div>
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Most people didn't even attempt to clean - or keep - their shoes.</div>
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Waiting for Daddy to get clean.</div>
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Lila wanted to wear the medal.</div>
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Ben had a coworder who came to watch, so here they are checking out his pictures. It was hard finding people; luckily I knew Ben was wearing a red shirt and he is tall. He had a blast and said he'd even do it again. It did kind of look like fun :)</div>
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We've had a swing set in our back yard for about three years now. It was starting to get in rough shape. First, the vinyl canopy started to tear. Then the wind and the kids helped it along till it reached the point that we just removed it. It used to have a wood bench and ledge (like half of a picnic table), but one of the boards broke, so Ben removed it. We were thinking about adding a wood roof, but then decided that the whole structure just wasn't sturdy enough. If you had more than two kids on it, it would move. And that was before the neighborhood kids started coming over to play. Suddenly, we had a 3 year old, 2 Kindergartners, a 1st grader, a 2nd grader, a 4th grader and a 5th grader who would sometimes play in our backyard together. When they were all there, I was really nervous about the safety of our play set.</div>
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So we tore it down, and in its place, we put something sturdier. The kids (all 6+ of them!) have really enjoyed it. I breathe easier knowing it's not going to fall apart when they're playing on it.</div>
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The new set has some fun things the other one didn't: a "rock" wall, monkey bars, trapeze bar, rope ladder and disc swing, plus an upper deck. And a full size picnic table underneath (which we had enjoyed a few times before it got blazing hot.)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8992099290654288044.post-78730264374741023312012-07-04T09:23:00.000-05:002012-07-04T09:23:53.022-05:00Spring Fun {April 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Ok, I'm trying to play catch-up with my blog (when am I not?). Here are some pictures from April...</div>
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Back when it was still somewhat cool in the evening (not blazing hot like it is now), the kids wanted to go down to the nearby creek to look for bugs. You can see Wyatt was holding the bug-catching equipment. Lila was helping Piper to look at the camera.</div>
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Then one Saturday it was so nice, we decided to have a picnic at the park. I picked a shady spot to avoid sunburn, but apparently with the breeze coming off the lake, it was a little too cool for Lila and Wyatt :)</div>
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So we moved into the sun.</div>
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Wyatt enjoyed getting to use HIS lunchbox :)</div>
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At Easter time, we decorated some eggs. Wyatt scribbled on his. He did a good job not dropping the egg.</div>
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Lila trying to decide which color she wanted to dye her egg.</div>
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We had a fun Easter breakfast too. The kids made crosses using grapes and toothpicks.</div>
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I shared the Easter story with the kids while they helped make these Resurrection rolls - using crescent roll dough, cinnamon sugar and a large marshamallow. The white (pure) marshmallow represented Jesus who did not sin but died on the cross for our sin. We prepared his "body" for burial by dipping the marshmallow in melted butter and then rolling it in cinnamon sugar. Then we wrapped it up with the crescent roll dough. In to the tomb (oven) he went, and 3 days (about 12 min) later, when we opened the tomb, Jesus was no longer there, just the strips of linen he'd been wrapped in! This picture shows one roll where Jesus is gone. Unfortunately, many of my rolls didn't get sealed well enough (even though I REALLY tried to!) and the marshmallow oozed out. But they all tasted yummy, and the kids still got the point.</div>
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Then Aunt Janina hosted an Easter egg hunt at her house.</div>
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In both of these pictures you can see eggs that are "hidden." Aunt Janina had them color coordinated so everyone would end up with the same amount. Pink was one of Piper's colors, so I'm sure Wyatt and Lila both saw the eggs but knew not to pick them up.</div>
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Wyatt found one of his colors!</div>
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Piper's other color was purple.</div>
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She liked carrying around her basket and did a pretty good job finding her eggs too :)</div>
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