Big Week

It's been a big week at our house.



1. Addie lost another top tooth. Now she can sing "All I Want For Chrithmus is My Two Front Teeth"

2. Addie won 3rd place in the School Spelling Bee. The word that eliminated her was "elephant.". The most exciting part for her was the white ribbon that she got as a prize.

3. Autumn came to live at our house.


She's a Long haired German Shepard. She's 8 weeks old so I'm sure we're in for a wild ride!

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The Crafting Genes Run Strong

In case there was any doubt, the crafting genes run strong in my family. The grandmas on both sides were knitters back in the day. My paternal grandma is still a wonderful seamstress and could probably knit circles around me if she chose to. She made the girls beautiful flannel robes for Christmas.



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My 1st Grade Leader

Addie is already showing leadership ability. Wait for the second song, it's hysterical.

We had two concerts yesterday. Lily's concert was in the morning and was absolutely adorable. I have some video clips of that, but will have to upload them from my phone. The preschoolers all walked out wearing halos and little snare drums made out of decorated ice cream buckets. They all seemed a little stunned by the bleachers packed full of parents and grandparents.

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A Day at the Farm

While visiting my parents a few weeks ago, we took the kids to a farm. It was a very chilly, windy day but that didn't stop the kids from playing hard.


We fed the new lamb, the sheep and tried to avoid the greedy goat. Lily was afraid to feed the sheep at first. I had to help her by holding my hand under hers so she wouldn't panic. Once she realized that the sheep just licked and didn't bite, she thought feeding the animals was hillarious.


The farm had these ingenious duck races. The ducks floated down a piece of gutter into another holding tank. The kids had a ball - luckily there were enough pumps for everyone.



We had to "pause the play" to get cookies and hot chocolate and for me to warm up. After snacks it was posing on the pumpkins and watching the pig races.

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My Little Pupcakes

Addie took Lily for Show and Share last week. It went something like this:
"This is my little sister Lily. She plays with me and she's sweet. Any questions or comments?".

Tonight the girls were eating when we overheard Addie say, "That's not how you say it, it's not pup, it's c-c-cup. You say cupcake.". I wanted to cry! We have so few of the Kidisms left, I want to keep that one a while longer.


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You Can't Make This Stuff Up

The backwards numbers, the single line of hopscotch numbers, this couldn't be made by anyone other than a five year old. I hopped on one foot down the line of numbers only to be told I was doing it wrong. Apparently you alternate single foot hops with two-footed hops.

We are off to the zoo to celebrate fathers day! Happy Fathers Day to all the Dads out there!


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