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  • At Five

    Oh sweet, sweet Tuesday, my five year old! How quickly it happens, as they all say. And I’ve loved every minute! I celebrated her trips around the sun with pictures from five wonderful years, and had all this set up so she would see it when she woke up. She was not as surprised as last year (the first year I did this), but loved it none the less. I’m glad I stayed up until one making the crown (a last minute decision). I used the PDF from this tutorial, but none of the directions. I assumed she’d want to…

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  • Resolutions

    Ah resolutions. I don’t always make them, and I don’t always follow through when I do. But I’m feeling particularly enthusiastic about this coming year. By the end of the year I won’t have any kids in diapers and they’ll both be sleeping through the night (a girl can dream)… the world is my oyster! The first thing I decided to do this year was have a word to keep in mind as I move through the year (inspired by Ali). My word is smile. I know, look at these two! How can I not? But I get frustrated, I’m…

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  • Year in Review

    I really feel the need to do a year in a review, since it was probably my slowest blog year in the last 8 (almost 9!) that I’ve been blogging. January Celebrated Tuesday’s forth birthday with a car themed party. Oh how they’ve grown! I loved the way we set up the dining room on Tuesday’s actual birthday too, we are definitely doing the photo strips again. And it will be the third year of the quiz. February I spent February blogging just in pictures, one of my favorite things to do lately. Rainbow Rice was my most popular post.…

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