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Monday, October 6th, 2008“Mom, after dinner can we have a fire camp?” ~ Kimberly, Annie or Mimi
Ever since last weekend and our fire in the backyard the kids have been wanting to have another. They call it a fire camp instead of a camp fire. So cute.
Aren’t I Already?
Saturday, October 4th, 2008“Dad, you wanna get rips?” — Annie
While watching Rupert, a commercial for Iron Gym came on and said that it’ll help you “get ripped.” Kimberly said that she’s getting it for me for my birthday and Annie wanted to know if I was interested in getting ripped too.
Open House
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Tonight we went to the preschool for open house. It was neat to see the Girls and have them show us around, even though I remember the church from my childhood it was neat to get their perspective.
The girls have been studying dinosaurs and learned so much. They made dioramas and [...]
Fireside Fun
Monday, September 29th, 2008Last night we had a nice fire in our fire pit. The kids love to roast marshmallows and the new pit makes it easy to have a small fire. I went inside to make dinner, tilapia, oven fries and zucchini, while Bill and the kids set up the campfire. We ate our dinner [...]
Birthday party planning woes
Friday, September 26th, 2008This year for Annie and Kimberly’s birthday we were met with a tough decision. Annie and Kimberly really wanted a BIG Halloween costume party. They wanted all their preschool friends, and since they are all four that means their families as well, all their other friends and their parents, and their family. [...]
You’d Be Surprised What You Can Live Through
Thursday, September 25th, 2008“Look! It’s an eagle and it’s fried!” — Annie
She was looking at a bronze eagle atop a flag pole. I’m thinking she was either recalling the scene from Aladdin where Iago is scorched by Jafar or the one from Mulan where Mushu burns up Shan-Yu’s falcon in the Emperor’s Palace.
Cleaning the playroom
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008The playroom is either in two states, completely clean or complete disaster! Unfortunately we never find a happy medium between the two. Yesterday I sent the girls up to get working on their playroom while I made dinner. They were fooling around and had to come downstairs once to regroup because they [...]
Time to make the donuts
Saturday, September 13th, 2008Tonight after dinner we made donuts for a special treat. It was the first time the kids had made them. We used a can of regular biscuits and popped a hole in the middle. I fried them in crisco and the kids put them in either powdered sugar or cinnamon [...]
My twins
Thursday, September 11th, 2008I have always loved to dress Annie and Kimberly alike. I think there is nothing cuter than twins wearing the same clothes. I was a little sad last year when Annie and Kimberly wanted to dress different. I never said anything to them about it, just bought them the outfits that they [...]
Open Wide
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Today all three girls had their very first trip to the dentist. Last spring they went along with me to my cleaning so they could see what happens at the dentist. That pretty well prepared them for what it would be like. They were a bit nervous this morning, but as usual [...]
Taking a stand
Friday, September 5th, 2008I think Annie is really asserting herself lately. After last nights refusal to eat fish sticks she wouldn’t eat her eggs this morning.
I am so glad to see her making her opinion known. Often Annie can be easy going, and while that is a great thing a lot of the time [...]
Drama much?
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Tonight I made a super fancy dinner of fish sticks and tater tots. Annie loves fish but HATES fish sticks. Tonight it was brought to a new height. She wouldn’t even hold the fish stick with her hands, she used a napkin to hold the fish stick. I am not sure [...]
First of many
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Today Annie and Kimberly got their first birthday party invitation. They are so excited. This is the first party that they were invited to without us being the reason for the connection. (Course really we still are since we sent them to preschool.)
I hope she makes it
Monday, September 1st, 2008This school year is going to be hard on little Mimi. Last week her sister, Annie, had a sniffle for a day. I assume this germ came from preschool as many kids get sick upon entering school or daycares for the first time. However, Annie got better after one day of sounding [...]
Number of the Day
Monday, August 25th, 2008Annie is obsessed with knowing the number of the day. This is some sort of news that she just can’t go on without. Each day she gets a thrill guessing what it will be from the context of the show. Finally, when the count a announces it, she jumps up and down [...]
1st day of Preschool
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Today Annie and Kimberly woke up super excited and ready to get going on their day. I had decided to do a photo journal of the days events. I got some great video and pictures to enjoy forever.
The girls had a great day. Last night I made a checklist for [...]
Change is weird
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Today the kids had Open House at preschool. They LOVED it and were so excited. They met both their teachers and played around in their class today, exploring every nook. Grammy went along with the girls so she could see what a wonderful place they were going and where to take them [...]
Building excitement
Thursday, August 14th, 2008This morning one of Annie and Kimberly’s preschool teachers came to visit them at the house. They introduced themselves to the kids and talked with them about some of the procedures and expectations at school. The Girls were all ears and so excited.
They each colored a rainbow with purple backing because [...]
Anticipating Consequences
Sunday, August 10th, 2008“I should go ask Mommy if I can go swimming.” — Annie
She had asked if she could get on her bathing suit in order to jump into the pool after Sandi finished mowing the yard. I said sure because Kimberly had already done that, but Annie stood there pondering my answer and then said the [...]
Let the games begin
Friday, August 8th, 2008Today the kids and were watching some tv and a commercial came on for the Olympic games. I explained to them that people from all over the world come to participate and they find out who is the best at something in the entire world.
Kimberly was completely awe struck by that idea. [...]