Last August my dear grandmother passed away, so on Memorial day I wanted to visit her grave. When she actually died, I was too emotional to talk about it with my kids so today was the first real experience I had to tell them about my grandmother and her death. Charlotte didn’t say much, but [...]
Posted on May 25th, 2009 by Kathleen
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As we walked into the grocery store today, Charlotte was listing things she likes. She said “I like chocolate, cats, and spiders.” By the end of our short shopping trip her list had grown from three to six. As I bucked her in the car she said “mom, what’s five plus one?” She was holding [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2009 by Kathleen
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Isaac is at the perfect age for adventures. He gets so excited about everything. Even driving down the freeway is exciting for him. He loves looking out his window and talking about what he sees or asking questions. One of his favorite games lately is finding letters in the alphabet. When he sees the letter [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Kathleen
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Taking Nicole camping with us turned out not to be our best idea. Our first problem was that since she couldn’t walk she became filthy very quickly if allowed to crawl around. She spent most of her time either in someone’s arms, in her high-chair, or in the stroller. She seemed happy enough most of [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by Kathleen
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I thought I’d start with the middle child for once. I really think the best way to describe our recent trip to Zion National Park is to tell the story child by child. The way we have our car seats arranged, Isaac and Nicole sit in the middle and Charlotte sits all the way in [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Kathleen
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It’s late, so I’m just going to dump a slideshow here. There are some fun stories to share too.
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Zach
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My little Nicole turned one on Wednesday. So I thought almost a week late, I might write a little bit about her. Being a third must be hard. Number 1 is naturally spoiled with attention, on number two you try really hard to show them as much attention as number one, but by the time [...]
Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Kathleen
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