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Saturday, August 14th, 2010Rainbows have always been a symbol that represents peace and love to me. As a child I slept in a bedroom that had a bright rainbow across one entire wall with a sky blue background. This mural was painted by my Father. I remember clearly watching The Muppet Movie with my parents and listening to [...]
Baby Club
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010We have spent a lot of time in the pool this summer and the kids have come up with so many inventive games they like to play. One of their favorites is to play “Baby Club.” Basically all you have to do is put on floaties, whine a lot, and act like a baby. The [...]
Last Day of Swim 2010
Saturday, July 31st, 2010Thursday evening we got dressed in our bathing suits and headed down to the public pool. The kids were excited to go swimming and I brought my camera to capture video of Paul jumping off the diving board. When we got to the pool clouds were rolling in. Unfortunately they pulled everyone out of the [...]
Underestimate
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Never underestimate what your children can do. As I mentioned in the last post I didn’t know fully how good of a reader Madeline had become. If I had sat her down to read to me I would have given her a easy reader. At the beginning of summer I had enrolled Paul in the [...]
Bill’s Movie Debut
Friday, July 23rd, 2010In case you ever wanted to know what Bill does for a living.
A Father’s love
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010There is nothing in the world that compares to love. Love is such a strong emotion. It gives us great hope in life and brings us great sadness in death. One thing I have realized is that the relationship I had with my Father was unique. Many people have issues and strained relationships. I was [...]
Just Like Old Times
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Yesterday Bill and I had the opportunity, thanks to Grammy, to go for a drive up to Prescott, AZ and have dinner. This is one of those things we used to do when we were married without children. It was nice to have this experience again. The drive up was nice and peaceful. Just Bill [...]
Rounding the corner to school
Friday, July 16th, 2010There are only 30 more days until school starts. We have lots of school supplies to gather, new school outfits and shoes to find, and I need to wrap my head around the fact that all three Girls will be gone all day. The last one is going to be the hardest to come by. [...]
Playdate
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010The other day we enjoyed an afternoon playdate with Mikaleigh. You may remember her from back when I used to care for her while her Mom worked. The kids were so excited to hang out with her and I enjoyed catching up with her Mom. We had a pizza lunch and then took a swim. [...]
Birthday Girls
Monday, July 12th, 2010Over the weekend we celebrated two very important birthdays. We celebrated my Mother’s and my best friend, Steph’s birthdays. These are two very important people in our lives. Annie and Kimberly share middle names with them for this very reason. I love both these ladies and I am glad we had a nice day together.
Puffy Paint Pictures
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010This week the kids were itching to do a craft. They were suggesting big involved crafts and I just didn’t feel up to it. I had seen this blog entry about making homemade puffy paint and had kept the link for such an occasion. It called for self-rising flour, and though I didn’t have any [...]
Farewell Seal Beach—Until Next Time
Saturday, June 26th, 2010We enjoyed another lazy morning wake up in the Pineapple Cottage. Grammy wanted to buy some shells from a store on Main Street so we headed out. We had a cinnamon roll for breakfast at our favorite bakery and bought souvenirs. Each girl bought a necklace and I bought my Christmas ornaments. We were only [...]
Beach Trip and Friends
Thursday, June 24th, 2010This morning we woke up and had a nice breakfast with the cousins before they headed up to Hollywood and home. Once they left we got ready to go to the beach. Bill and the kids worked on a trench to the ocean. Kimberly kept hovering around him because she really wanted the shovel so [...]
Fish and Failures
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010On Wednesday we went to the Aquarium of the Pacific in the morning. We had a great time petting the sharks and rays. It was Paul’s first time doing this and he really enjoyed himself. He enjoyed himself so much that we had to keep a hold on him so he didn’t dive on in. [...]
Cousin Day at the Beach
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010My Brother and his family drove over from Phoenix to spend a couple of days. On Tuesday they came out to the beach with us. This was their first time to the beach and they were very excited! It was nice to have some extra people at the beach to hang out with for a [...]
1st Day of Summer and a Chill
Monday, June 21st, 2010We got the group up and headed down to the beach. Despite the fact that it was the first day of summer, it was quite chilly down at the beach. Once there Bill set up our camp area and we started playing. Grammy brought a bag of toys and taught the kids how to play [...]
Beachy Keen
Sunday, June 20th, 2010This morning we woke up and had breakfast in the beach house. Grammy made waffles and I made eggs and bacon. We all ate our breakfast and then got ready to head down to the beach. With all our gear in hand we headed out. The beach was so nice and quiet when we arrived. [...]
Go time
Saturday, June 19th, 2010This morning I was woken up by the youngest at my bedside. He said, “Today I going to the beach Mom!” He really had no idea what the beach was but he is good at joining in when the girls are excited. The kids got themselves dressed, we got showered, and we headed out of [...]
Beach Practice
Thursday, June 10th, 2010After dinner tonight, I took the kids over to a playground while Sandi attended a gluten-free cooking class. They played for a while and then it was time to head home for a bath. As I spun around the parking lot, I spied something intriguing: I stopped the van adjacent to it and everyone was [...]
Pool time
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010With a very chilly May our pool was not heating up. Just this week I have felt like it was warm enough to plunge into. We have started our 2-3 swims a day and I can feel the laundry load lightening. The Girls are really enjoying the time spent in the pool. Kimberly “surfing” Annie [...]
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