Another thing we’ve spent hours and hours doing this summer? Playing dress-up. At any given moment you can walk into our play room to find it littered knee-deep with an array of sparkly clothing, glamourous shoes, and feather boas.The best outfits are an eclectic mix of all the Disney characters….who cares if Sleeping Beauty has Mouse ears and fairy wings? Pile it on, baby. Our poor little fairy has flown…
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Summer Wrap-Up. Part 3: The Lufkin Zoo.
Yes, we have a zoo here in town. Its a very nice little zoo. But we’ve been here 172,468 times in the past 8 years, and well, we’ve seen it. With my kiddos being the animal fanatics they are, we try to hit the local zoo wherever we are when we travel anywhere. Because, you know, when you see one monkey you haven’t necessarily seen them all. (Yawn). So once,…
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Summer Wrap-Up. Part 2.
I think I told you in the last post that some of our summer events weren’t all that exciting. This might be one of them. This summer….Annie got her first pair of shorts. I know…ridiculous!….but she has spent a lifetime, three whole years, wearing cutesy *outfits* and *dresses* and never once had a pair of cheap shorts from Target, and you can not imagine how THRILLED she was by this…
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Summer Wrap-Up.
A few major events happened in our lives within the past few months. And many not-so-major ones. Here are a few items that haven’t made it to the blog yet… First grade ended in a whirlwind. Ugh, this rips my heart right out to realize that Second Grade is starting next week and I never posted about First Grade! I hope, at some point in the future, when KB looks…
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A Peachy Weekend.
Peaches and popsicles, that is.My kids’ favorite people on earth? Their cousins! All of them! KB has a special place in her heart for her ‘girl’ cousins…Abby Grace, Daphne, and Micah. This is Abby Grace:Grandmother’s backyard is the most fun place on earth…..better than Disney. Not that we would know, but I’m just guessing.
At the Magic Show.
Where’s Waldo, Watch Me Momma, and Wordless Wednesday (On Thursday).
Tuesday at the pool, *someone* was very upset that her *very mean mother* made her wear floaties. Yes, *very mean mother* totally forgot that age 3 is the age where one become an independent, self-directed adult who is capable of making intelligent choices in life. So she ran and hid and taught the *very mean mother* a lesson. And the *very mean mother* weeped and wailed and gnashed her teeth…
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Wish You Were Here?
Its been a thrilling, exciting, adrenaline rush of a summer at the Blue House. Well, except for the ‘thrilling’ and ‘exciting’ parts. Oh yeah, and the ‘adrenaline rush’ part. My poor kids. They’re a little….bored. Here’s a tiny snapshot of our week so far: Where we’ve been…. What Netflix sent us today… What’s for dinner… There you have it. Try not to be green with envy.
Another Weekend at Lake Fork.
Get ready to see lots more Lake Fork pictures. Since we’ve recently rediscovered how great it is, not to mention budget-friendly for people who, say, might have spent every last penny they owned remodeling an old house, we plan to be here often.And what’s so sad is that its been here all along………but somehow, we’ve forgotten to take advantage of it! This is what a sunset looks like from our…
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A Perfect Weekend.
We spent Memorial Day weekend camping at Lake Fork, and it was by *FAR* the best weekend we’ve had in a long, long time.Years in fact.And it was a MUCH needed getaway for our family!Sometimes its not so much about where you go, but just the fact that you are anywhere but home.We played in the sun for hours.Laughed a lot….about the silliest things.Enjoyed the…..seaweed.Or is it lake-weed?Doesn’t matter…..when you’re…
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Thanksgiving.
Well, I tried to think up a cute title for this post to sum up all the festivities we’ve celebrated the last week and a half, and that was as creative as my brain would get this morning. I need coffee, I tell ya. My brain does not function un-assisted. I ‘quit’ all caffeine yesterday. Officially. We’ll see how far I get with that. This year was Annie’s first Thanksgiving…
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Selective Memory.
So WHY is it, that the *SAME* kid whom I instruct, without fail, every *SINGLE* morning, the same five things: 1) get dressed, 2) brush your teeth, 3) make your bed, 4) brush your hair, and 5) get your backpack….and this kid inevitably forgets at least ONE of those five things that we have done on a DAILY BASIS for a whole year and a half now… (I mean, seriously,…
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