From Pictures of the Day 2012 This evening with Melissa out seeing her doctor about her injury (Broken Tail Bone) the kids and I were left to fend for ourselves for dinner and evening entertainment. So after we ate we cleaned out the living room, complete with Jacob vacuuming the carpet, before the kids headed …
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Mobile Monday: Cracked up
A couple of weeks ago I had a tragic accident with my phone. It slipped from my pocket at the pool and landed on the hard ceramic floor, cracking the screen. It was a tragic event, specially considering the phone is less than a year old and that kind of damage isn’t covered. I tried …
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Fall Cleaning
I don’t know if it was the change of seasons, or the kids new bedrooms, but over the last little while, we’ve started a fall cleaning. Going through closets getting rid of things we no longer use or need.It’s amazing how much stuff you can accumulate if you’re not careful, and the kids both help …
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POD: Sunday Morning Practice
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today’s picture was taken at Jacob’s practice this morning. It was an early start, but considering how much Jacob has improved over the last few weeks of Hokey Games, Skills and Practices I think it’s worth going to the rink as often as we can.
POD: Family Board Games
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today after we got home from hockey while Violet had her unexpected afternoon nap, Jacob asked if we could pull out his Monopoly Junior. I was reluctant at first, there was a bunch of other things that I wanted to do this afternoon, but he was so excited by the prospect …
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What happened to lazy Saturdays?
Saturday mornings, once a time for relaxing and recovering from a night out are now one of my busiest days of the week. With Violet’s 9:30 Ballet class and Jacob’s Hockey, which this season can start any time between 10:45 am and 12:50 pm. Add to that any errand that we’ve left for our weekends and it seems that …
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POD: Violet’s new Room
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today Violet got her new bedroom set, So of course I had to use a picture of her new room as my picture of the day. I could write more, but I think I’ll let the bonus pictures show it off.
Dear Violet
My Baby Girl, I know you don’t like me calling you that, you are as you say a big girl. Today we have more evidence supporting that too, today you get your big girl furniture. A new full size bed, a new dresser complete with your own mirror, even your very on bed side table. …
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POD: Late night Prep
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Tomorrow Violet get’s her big girl bed, and new bedroom furniture. So tonight we moved out some of the old furniture to make room for the new. Of course Violet wanted to help get her room ready. Of course I had my phone handy to snap a picture as …
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Sugar induced Holloween Ramblings
It’s the morning after Halloween, the beginning of new month. I wanted to start the month fresh, so instead of waiting a few days to share my post about Halloween night, I wanted to have it finished before I went to bed, so I could start the month with my first post early on the fist day. …
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