Today I had the most amazing conversation with the boys. Just the fact that I had a CONVERSATION amazes me. Anyway, we were riding home from school and the twins saw a military vehicle which prompted them to start talking about “Ministe”. That is their word for military and they talk about it often. So [...]
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Today I had one of those moments. One of those moments since the boys came home where my heart melts and the worries and tantrums and issues disappear just for a moment. MacKenley and I were picking up the twins from preschool this morning. During class they held an “Olympic” competition with games and activities [...]
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Nothing cuter than 3 beautiful boys clean & shiny after their bath AND in Footie Pajamas to boot!!!!!!
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Went to check on the boys last night and this is what I found. MacKenley SOUND asleep (didn’t even flinch when I took the photo) with his baby precariously perched on his head. I couldn’t resist getting a photo!!!
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I have been overwhelmed in the last few days with the amount of healing our boys need, our family needs. Sounds dumb, like it hasn’t been obvious through all this that they would need healing. It’s just lately I have seen things. Little things, like MacKenson breaking down in sobs over simple, unimportant things. Mackenzie [...]
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As Em said on Facebook: Eight kids, zero tantrums, one band-aid! The boys did fantastic, their big sister was the bomb and the day was all together wonderful. The penguins were the biggest hit of the day with the gift shop a close second. The weather was perfect and we had our first picnic lunch. [...]
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I have come to realize in just 5 short weeks that the only way to stay sane is to concentrate on the day at hand. Today. Not tomorrow or next week or next month. I am not naive enough to think because we have a couple of great days things will not come crashing down. [...]
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Yesterday I registered two little boys for kindergarten. In September I will send one BIG boy to college. Weird! There is a young couple in our neighborhood who moved in around the time we did and had children a few years later. Their oldest is 8 or 9 & youngest is 6. We will be [...]
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Just some photos to enjoy from our shaving cream experience.
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As you can see my ability to blog has been severely impacted by three little energetic, curious boys. I cannot believe it has already been a month since they came home. So much has happened in just 4 short weeks. Here are a few bullet points from our first month together. They survived their second [...]
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