Spring Cleaning (a little late)

Almost there!
We’ve been painting and cleaning and cleaning and painting. We’re almost done.  Matt & I have each taken some time off over the past week to get some painting done. We’ve had the handyman back this past week to fix the stucco on the back of the house (and we’ve come up with a [...]

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Make my day…

I was biking home today after work, trying to sort out what-all I needed to do tomorrow – we have a furlough day – and trying to keep track of what all I needed to get done at the office when I get back in on Monday.  Off to the side I saw a cute [...]

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Stop the Addictions!

It’s tough to be small. You’ve got no control over anything.  Your parents start you on these little addictions and then stop you and you can’t do anything about it.
Pacifiers.  Again.
We’re doing pretty good with those. They don’t use them at all at daycare. It’s home that’s the problem.  By the time they get home, [...]

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Brrrrrrrrrrrr!

We got up this morning and it was freezing downstairs.  The boiler was out.  What a sucky way to start the day.  I had planned to take the day off anyway because Sam was sick.  Matt took the morning off. Sam’s doctor’s appointment was the same time as the boiler appointment.  The boiler’s working now [...]

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Christmas Decorations of the Mobile Variety

 

 

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Just a little unusal….

So, there I was this evening, riding my bike home, minding my own business.  I was passing the community center a block from home when this kid, walking towards the street, called out, “Excuse me – ” to me.  Thinking he might be lost or need something, I stopped.
“What’s your job?”
Not what I was expecting.  [...]

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Whazzzzz up?

So, what’s new?  Sam’s been sleeping through the night better, with the exception of last night where she was up for hours.  She’s getting four molars and starting to take more steps.
Jessie’s getting her canines.  Yeah.  Two teething babies.  She’s growing quite a bit, too, and is q good bit taller than Sam. 
I’ve been a [...]

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Too Lazy to Walk

My bike is in the shop.  It desperately needed a new chain – it still has the original one it came with 15 years ago, and it was starting to skip really bad.  At first it was just when I was trying to get moving from a stop, but lately it’s been skipping almost every [...]

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Friday, already?

Yep, we’re ok. Just too busy to blog lately.
The kids are mobile.  After Jessie just about broke her neck crawling over the furniture we were using to keep them corralled in the livingroom, we’ve abolished that system and given them the freedom to explore the first floor. A babygate keeps them out of the kitchen [...]

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We broke down and got a second vehicle.

It was getting to be a pain, trying to pick up the kids with only one car. So, we broke down, after much thought, and got a second vehicle.  Matt was supposed to teach a class this fall (although it got cancelled for low enrollment), and that would have meant that he’d be on the [...]

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Wet Wednesday

Yippee! The little tike slept all night last night.  Unfortunately, both kids were up and yammering to each other this morning around 5:30.  They generally wake up before we get into their room to get them out of bed and we don’t feel really obligated to go in there and do anything unless one of [...]

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Take my keys away. Please.

I hate to drive.
That wasn’t always the case. When I was 16 (even in my 20s), I loved to drive.  The thrill of going fast (don’t read this, Mom…), the excitement of speeding around (our girls will be in their 40s before I let them get their licenses), the freedom to go where I wanted [...]

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So much going on…

…and yet every day it seems like the same thing.
Right now we’re having a heck of a little thunderstorm. I managed to get home before it started raining. Somehow that seems so much more important when you’re walking or biking than it does when you’re in the car.
I’m also making soup for supper.  Sure, it’s [...]

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Baby Teeth

Jessie’s working on filling in the big gap on top between her fangs. She’s been more than just a little cranky the last couple of nights.  I’m not sure how Sam is doing on her teeth as she seems to think that is a private thing and I should keep my fingers out of her mouth.  [...]

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June update

Jessie’s doing better. She went to daycare this afternoon.  We kept her home in the morning because we weren’t sure if she was all that much better or not. She takes a while to wake up in the morning and it was hard to tell if her groggy behavior was because she was sick, or [...]

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