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Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Tony and Pony
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading Make Way for Ducklings tonight, and Mrs. Mallard named her 8 ducklings all rhyming names, like Jack and Quack. I asked Claire and Ronin if they wished they had been named rhyming names, or if they were happy with the names we had given them. I teased, “Would you have preferred Ronin [...]
Happy Skanksgiving!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Claire: I’m really looking forward to Skanksgiving. Me: Did you just say Skanksgiving? Justin: Ah, Skanksgiving. I remember fondly the Skanksgivings of my youth, and the warm, fresh skanks. Claire: Why are you laughing? I warned Dinah about Claire’s slip of the tongue, but Claire realized when we laughed that she was wrong, and she’s [...]
“Mommy, wipe me!”
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The funniest thing Soren has been doing lately is yelling out “Mommy, wipe me!” when he wants me to come to him. The twins yell that to me when they are done pooping (yes, we’ve been teaching them, but they still yell it) and he has somehow decided that THIS expression is what he needs [...]
Happy Halloween Weekend! With Pumpkins!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I promised you a post filled with pumpkins, and here it is. We have been doing a lot of Halloween and harvest-related activities over the past several weeks. First we met our twins group at Joan’s Farm in Livermore for the pumpkin patch, pony rides, and petting zoo. Lunch was provided for us, and we [...]
This week at our house
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2011 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday when I picked Claire and Ronin up at preschool, one of their teachers told me they were the happiest children there. She didn’t come right out and say that, but she kept telling me how happy they were, and how enthusiastic, and how when she looks at the pictures of all the kids [...]
Richmond Home Front Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I took Claire and Ronin to the Richmond Home Front Festival while Justin stayed home with Soren. We were there for about five hours. There was a classic car show, booths and displays from regional parks and various merchants, fire and police safety displays (the kids got all kinds of junior badges to [...]
Soren is 17 months old
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Soren turned 17 months this past week and we took him to Children’s Fairyland without a stroller. He can actually go a lot of places without a stroller. He’s a good walker, and can run quite fast, but the stroller is helpful for carrying my diaper bag with a camera and snacks and drinks for [...]
End of Summer
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
We are having the first big rain of the season. I spent all morning yesterday looking for rain boots for Soren. Target only had one pair of boys’ boots left, and of course they were not in his size. By the time I finally found some, I was just happy to get them and didn’t [...]
Trip to Tahoe
Posted in Uncategorized on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend I was helping put on a regional nursing educational conference in Tahoe, so since it was a long ways away I thought it would be a fun family getaway weekend. However, since I was going to be occupied most of the weekend, it seemed like too much of a strain to have all [...]
