tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63730395289241458382024-02-19T07:42:03.920-08:00The Highly Educated HousewifeSalleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-70841430643901124742016-04-15T10:28:00.001-07:002016-04-15T10:28:26.604-07:00Field trippingToday I strapped the little kids in the stroller and we walked behind Claire's kindergarten class in a field trip to the local cemetery. That might sound a little creepy, but our local cemetery is 150 years old and has some amazing memorials and monuments. <div><br></div><div>Like....</div><div>Herman Melville </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDbJyZgXk26ZI0Yi9FYYsWC94drBlSbkyGaQJNmbKP8UGNmCQ62DP3vbWPfao8dUHgY9WfJKBWLLASknJqbpQR_UBbOl-CraL2ixd0nw8E2GOUB97gk48J0cAVJ9gcUh_cTdk3hoS_B0/s640/blogger-image-1023709151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDbJyZgXk26ZI0Yi9FYYsWC94drBlSbkyGaQJNmbKP8UGNmCQ62DP3vbWPfao8dUHgY9WfJKBWLLASknJqbpQR_UBbOl-CraL2ixd0nw8E2GOUB97gk48J0cAVJ9gcUh_cTdk3hoS_B0/s640/blogger-image-1023709151.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGsQHYgxBtyN2d_YsmMGzliQCsfjQjjd7sCzGVEpeoZkatPitZeH95eSfiMFdw46x1cra3sbjRnSEskX5bAwINrn5HgqMBHlR4I35Ic7M7J0UHv7Zhyxte-jHHfI9bA6ePfyTGJxNPs/s640/blogger-image-912117745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwGsQHYgxBtyN2d_YsmMGzliQCsfjQjjd7sCzGVEpeoZkatPitZeH95eSfiMFdw46x1cra3sbjRnSEskX5bAwINrn5HgqMBHlR4I35Ic7M7J0UHv7Zhyxte-jHHfI9bA6ePfyTGJxNPs/s640/blogger-image-912117745.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Joseph Pulitzer</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAvLMU3PmR__AuRSqNpooURT4CM9FExoZW5nYOOhbdXhn_DJi4Q_0rVuGTuIxCcUGTtGktkUZF95oKg6PkYNkP7fMd6E2W12QOrCsBUABmbqqwkR_qGa1l6wzejjGL6aSYAlVOtP56G8/s640/blogger-image-245793727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAvLMU3PmR__AuRSqNpooURT4CM9FExoZW5nYOOhbdXhn_DJi4Q_0rVuGTuIxCcUGTtGktkUZF95oKg6PkYNkP7fMd6E2W12QOrCsBUABmbqqwkR_qGa1l6wzejjGL6aSYAlVOtP56G8/s640/blogger-image-245793727.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And Elizabeth Cady Stanton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTd5OFeSMZMx91Fvccl9XvedXDY5agWKRi8TA0xmAzSF54toAV5YgnMAAqt4JTLUzp_2AWvS_uRFSRMSuKafB08iHVkyNLZgIZ1gvIg1SUoG2BeasvFMd3jf7lQ1-Vgh9dRenrydJgGM/s640/blogger-image-1397692599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTd5OFeSMZMx91Fvccl9XvedXDY5agWKRi8TA0xmAzSF54toAV5YgnMAAqt4JTLUzp_2AWvS_uRFSRMSuKafB08iHVkyNLZgIZ1gvIg1SUoG2BeasvFMd3jf7lQ1-Vgh9dRenrydJgGM/s640/blogger-image-1397692599.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was quite chilly as we started off and I felt like a terrible mother because my kids were only wearing hoodies, but by lunch time the temp was up to 65. I chatted with some of the other parents, and when we first started out we were saying that when you look at 50 Kindergartners it doesn't look like that many people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">By the end of the trip we all agreed that it looked like a lot more people than it had at the beginning </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-61932237372017777092016-03-29T06:41:00.001-07:002016-03-29T06:41:13.521-07:00MiceWhen I was 4-years old, the cabin we shared with some family friends had a mouse problem. My family loves to tell the story of my dad emptying out mouse traps with me following behind him saying,"dad, they're sorry. They won't do that again." I hated to see the mice get in trouble (little did my preschooler mind understand the consequence of mice getting in trouble which was an awful, poisoned death) just for coming I I the cabin.<div> <br><div><br></div><div>This week I caught 2 mice in my electrocution trap.</div><div><br></div><div>My 37-year old self doesn't feel any differently about killing mice than my 4-year old self. I hate killing things, but I also hate mice poop in my baking dishes so it's a compromise. </div><div><br></div><div>And on a lighter, unrelated note. Millie is teaching me a little bit about living her best life. Here she is after having dumped out a whole bag of trail mix just to eat the M&Ms. At 8 am. The quest for chocolate can't start too early or be dissuaded by too many peanuts, almonds or raisins. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EAWzwOphCC2aGQoPwKOH-lOCrYhjblesrYt4U7SsHESy6qmsSh6MFoG5eKwTP-yzqJi0UZYEXragF8egcMg0axsEM1VoeHxy2WOCCLl5CCr4qC9CWlgGloHhHhgSyAQeynDt5Fhtxxk/s640/blogger-image--1170409129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EAWzwOphCC2aGQoPwKOH-lOCrYhjblesrYt4U7SsHESy6qmsSh6MFoG5eKwTP-yzqJi0UZYEXragF8egcMg0axsEM1VoeHxy2WOCCLl5CCr4qC9CWlgGloHhHhgSyAQeynDt5Fhtxxk/s640/blogger-image--1170409129.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-1123531491707384022016-03-28T08:49:00.001-07:002016-03-28T08:49:01.754-07:00EasterWe spent this Easter with our cousins in Boston.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUZARl_AnB9Yz1c9NfO0clBtfImKvbWzbejpBruni8HTU9bX3_U3D4cK-Z5goUh0FESzOY050zxQEg-FBQpoLPahyphenhyphen_mH0hFjTfjX77YX1MJzdutlMno1Aki41UFFpQLLfllpNUc0W0Lo/s640/blogger-image--1519838658.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuUZARl_AnB9Yz1c9NfO0clBtfImKvbWzbejpBruni8HTU9bX3_U3D4cK-Z5goUh0FESzOY050zxQEg-FBQpoLPahyphenhyphen_mH0hFjTfjX77YX1MJzdutlMno1Aki41UFFpQLLfllpNUc0W0Lo/s640/blogger-image--1519838658.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KlJ6BI8808lW19MY3HhyphenhyphenINK5h9ogVjbWKROgAiy_rHS-H8bDevNX-LB4bHp-op-PRwFHrKUu6DioKPcwhM0KwSacz9FLnvG_M6o-taeoCN8IDjI_ulphtr__Z4F1CWlO5vko8I1SPmE/s640/blogger-image-1964595109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7KlJ6BI8808lW19MY3HhyphenhyphenINK5h9ogVjbWKROgAiy_rHS-H8bDevNX-LB4bHp-op-PRwFHrKUu6DioKPcwhM0KwSacz9FLnvG_M6o-taeoCN8IDjI_ulphtr__Z4F1CWlO5vko8I1SPmE/s640/blogger-image-1964595109.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji7BMMAId5AXHoUVjzGzbHSmi4GrXvIf-gcxIDSJtA9tOGAQMOO3wlxuyFOyJgzVbJYW9bFRkV30NDOdKiwq7DbbH14mE2BXDy5Y78Jl6Fedtr2DZt_5695VUgssXTdgWkTsHXOk_7xo/s640/blogger-image--162599042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgji7BMMAId5AXHoUVjzGzbHSmi4GrXvIf-gcxIDSJtA9tOGAQMOO3wlxuyFOyJgzVbJYW9bFRkV30NDOdKiwq7DbbH14mE2BXDy5Y78Jl6Fedtr2DZt_5695VUgssXTdgWkTsHXOk_7xo/s640/blogger-image--162599042.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNotAUooQdebCImniH2dusJg8XTQiyYjAt6o8PQbpODx3nz1Rd53sqHpNI_Y730iurjgl9_Gta63YpXOdDOXDfhdAA6ePhUZgjJ3e2AvPE3sekkxhdKRXn9hHhrByFAtg47xpaFg8Oh0/s640/blogger-image--1065049704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNotAUooQdebCImniH2dusJg8XTQiyYjAt6o8PQbpODx3nz1Rd53sqHpNI_Y730iurjgl9_Gta63YpXOdDOXDfhdAA6ePhUZgjJ3e2AvPE3sekkxhdKRXn9hHhrByFAtg47xpaFg8Oh0/s640/blogger-image--1065049704.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQhozOgeuILP2DUV6mL_Y0D2QBWpnEgjFqtrnmpj2TE0wpErYD50zurX60uZrRfMVpOZ_tnjBxk1uEnx2DYGBKkqKGXIwk49RlTwukQH-Q_vcq7qvW33lq6sIr39zszdnqWmwroGM-VA/s640/blogger-image-347007234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGQhozOgeuILP2DUV6mL_Y0D2QBWpnEgjFqtrnmpj2TE0wpErYD50zurX60uZrRfMVpOZ_tnjBxk1uEnx2DYGBKkqKGXIwk49RlTwukQH-Q_vcq7qvW33lq6sIr39zszdnqWmwroGM-VA/s640/blogger-image-347007234.jpg"></a></div>We had loads of fun. And Uncle Tad taught us an important Easter ritual--using whopper eggs as lipstick. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>No one was fighting in the back seat and we turned around to see this. He had also put "lipstick" all over his sister.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WwRoSkul05hT7dP-SQApvtYInTZl4twtbaiJLzH4UK3wS5Qld2tb4hgCnyKVmPQbSI_7KZggRh5dLgTxbMPBMhJ-1NkOgt9BN_iNJqAqeW8lf8WPIdKR0V9eA-IT6Ed6vvaximTWZes/s640/blogger-image-401189432.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WwRoSkul05hT7dP-SQApvtYInTZl4twtbaiJLzH4UK3wS5Qld2tb4hgCnyKVmPQbSI_7KZggRh5dLgTxbMPBMhJ-1NkOgt9BN_iNJqAqeW8lf8WPIdKR0V9eA-IT6Ed6vvaximTWZes/s640/blogger-image-401189432.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-31234293201313804252016-03-28T08:43:00.001-07:002016-03-28T08:43:34.827-07:00Just because I love this picture.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So many babies in a stroller</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEy8o_0R_kMbMnvtOmd6xJv-ksOnKFf2rtbzJVSd4XwgOE3iEPhMOYmTVLIXhhRjTB-pBRPHvqKWzelzcllEcltPjDK2fe7w_eiBNbYFnEQUUcpjjxXzDlpSygaC0WNNFpD6kaieo-m8A/s640/blogger-image--637724361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEy8o_0R_kMbMnvtOmd6xJv-ksOnKFf2rtbzJVSd4XwgOE3iEPhMOYmTVLIXhhRjTB-pBRPHvqKWzelzcllEcltPjDK2fe7w_eiBNbYFnEQUUcpjjxXzDlpSygaC0WNNFpD6kaieo-m8A/s640/blogger-image--637724361.jpg"></a></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-10713385730628428922016-03-28T08:42:00.001-07:002016-03-28T08:42:16.732-07:00Stylist for hireLast week Millie was outside for some bubble blowing dressed in her finest rain boots, Mardi Gras beads, and life vest. You know. Because water safety is a real concern of hers<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBuEBeXCbFOG87vMtAbcZCTiQBUafC74ovaFrQZQL2ud9oNG6Eu31ZXAAD4ROPtNOFvgtKarkILK0RnPcDIgGsVu8CWMlRRAmOSVsYhcYGIOJTAnNqOYIulPoz6VwWYVveTcDx3s2gzk/s640/blogger-image--725855528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBuEBeXCbFOG87vMtAbcZCTiQBUafC74ovaFrQZQL2ud9oNG6Eu31ZXAAD4ROPtNOFvgtKarkILK0RnPcDIgGsVu8CWMlRRAmOSVsYhcYGIOJTAnNqOYIulPoz6VwWYVveTcDx3s2gzk/s640/blogger-image--725855528.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB5g2J5VzWODAJnrPuEGJ2ZnUqVDXYtqRo3YuuaLcxdTIMeniNm90H23x3NYoPf9DVwt0uq_veJFNrXirp79zOQRBVrChF347k1wG5bikJrEe6FkHMTo_qVNLBb1yCdpkf7zjKEzraDcs/s640/blogger-image-1931887764.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXv4pPZdPPXjzmmIVn8z3-sA3mMj5duXTNKv6a7B8KsQob2CgUUC4yGT5Sv25Hqdhw6ImtAERv5f9OttuYwOgeBu-j1ApUz6hA54-OMKo2Z5rZTPAWr4-965S42KogTWRLn5WEQ6d9qh4/s640/blogger-image-1734030783.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Millie was the official egg taster and dropper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAktkdbWAX5MJ0a_fNYABAl2YnVsnTGvEIJHL8gLeq1V0y86SCFnhX2TfokJMuR5TWKN_wYJ_3_alUt1Mv1XbnJddi_yz_BT0y8-6ZLg0fW__z5jzsfxJ59Xp32JWfRGy1KHYg-8hSLw/s640/blogger-image--251726831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDAktkdbWAX5MJ0a_fNYABAl2YnVsnTGvEIJHL8gLeq1V0y86SCFnhX2TfokJMuR5TWKN_wYJ_3_alUt1Mv1XbnJddi_yz_BT0y8-6ZLg0fW__z5jzsfxJ59Xp32JWfRGy1KHYg-8hSLw/s640/blogger-image--251726831.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-83783997019175035572016-03-16T07:54:00.001-07:002016-03-16T07:54:23.588-07:00RatsOkay. They're not rats. They're mice. And I will admit that it's possible that there is only one of them. But he's a tricky one so it seems like he shou be considered in the plural. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTBpwBDZBtsZjgIuqEzr-T8xCD2IKufYmyrtmmqLypRAdraJQ3EIA4knBBEKEYeDCeohPyKBavqIAKJOGYcG0h-q_6ltpwWlJ7sBw21k0x1vc_dYuqhVyeZvg_kZ7gsXUEKrAS-4G3Ic/s640/blogger-image-548178338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqTBpwBDZBtsZjgIuqEzr-T8xCD2IKufYmyrtmmqLypRAdraJQ3EIA4knBBEKEYeDCeohPyKBavqIAKJOGYcG0h-q_6ltpwWlJ7sBw21k0x1vc_dYuqhVyeZvg_kZ7gsXUEKrAS-4G3Ic/s640/blogger-image-548178338.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Last week he escaped from a sticky trap twice (proof above. You can see a fur outline and soooo much poop. Maybe sticky traps, peanut butter and chocolate chips are the trick to mouse poop production) so I pulled out the big guns and bought one of those traps that electrocutes the mouse when he steps on it. That was 2 days ago. No mouse yet</div><div><br></div><div>I'm only slightly deterred by the factthat the instructions assured me that mice were easy to catch and that only rats represent a real problem. Maybe we just breed smarter mice around here.</div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-78992114395266092642016-03-04T08:27:00.001-08:002016-03-04T08:27:41.352-08:00Bed headThis may be Millie's greatest bead head ever<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TPgx4Ly06jgvfsZjV8PTB7U1GP7wM6UibBEKefR3rm8r2BrcXDEm8etKF1FXaRVtO6_LnBlb9pXCQWIv1P8sVHMgYlOxcYPv8oH5ezuZhzVQxzQ4tsQyPHCtAkv39-a2H2X8dC4htX0/s640/blogger-image-18488104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TPgx4Ly06jgvfsZjV8PTB7U1GP7wM6UibBEKefR3rm8r2BrcXDEm8etKF1FXaRVtO6_LnBlb9pXCQWIv1P8sVHMgYlOxcYPv8oH5ezuZhzVQxzQ4tsQyPHCtAkv39-a2H2X8dC4htX0/s640/blogger-image-18488104.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The trick seems to be puking in the middle of the night, rolling over, and going right back to sleep. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-59287367891295859182016-03-04T08:25:00.001-08:002016-03-04T08:25:26.855-08:00Dance<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-3ix5c0oC2jbVp1SB74DS-TbhBf2LzbEv2QARTEEI7GyDOKbesXeycCID9vvWVtuasGQnFc6yJ1zL1E6No9X3s-DB6l2c_7wTjSk3aqja4GrDdKox9YrRdxqg9izDdVA2cynXYI3NRY/s640/blogger-image--175155740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-3ix5c0oC2jbVp1SB74DS-TbhBf2LzbEv2QARTEEI7GyDOKbesXeycCID9vvWVtuasGQnFc6yJ1zL1E6No9X3s-DB6l2c_7wTjSk3aqja4GrDdKox9YrRdxqg9izDdVA2cynXYI3NRY/s640/blogger-image--175155740.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNvQb9ZdSkDKi2brRFB4-TKJ_nUYNY1pRY64foKxphxpJxRd01dNBVO0JaLNBqJQ2WN_i1UouIP7tdU0cVRIdOM2eYi6Wni4L3p3TbaNy4dU4NaJopwsN8uqRwv9scI9B2wRgvC1mDqc/s640/blogger-image-854191136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDNvQb9ZdSkDKi2brRFB4-TKJ_nUYNY1pRY64foKxphxpJxRd01dNBVO0JaLNBqJQ2WN_i1UouIP7tdU0cVRIdOM2eYi6Wni4L3p3TbaNy4dU4NaJopwsN8uqRwv9scI9B2wRgvC1mDqc/s640/blogger-image-854191136.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That girl in the v-neck with the graceful arms. She's mine. Hard to believe that my no graceful self gave rise to that, but we're running with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And no, she is not suddenly a tiny person, she is just a 5-year old in a class of 8 year-olds </div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-49435903941341971272016-03-04T08:22:00.001-08:002016-03-04T08:22:49.706-08:00Winter in NY when you want it to be springFor some reason during the third week of Feb it seemed like everyone I know was in Hawaii. We were not. We were here, it was a little gloomy and cold.<div><br></div><div>But not at the Botanical Garden.</div><div><br></div><div>There were orchids there. Oh, so many orchids and for just a minute we felt summer. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri8sz2XFVaUpaKBG0Ua3poLgQpbqjt3M16KG6T_iGvBcHqXAo_uBnwCPATerAfhv9QX42GjUuZG_1IfcN8I9hx2hyphenhyphenBGU0j1_z8aC4BVOSRKzsd8LpPdTnmWqPoZirLenfYA9F66CqW64/s640/blogger-image-1203102957.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri8sz2XFVaUpaKBG0Ua3poLgQpbqjt3M16KG6T_iGvBcHqXAo_uBnwCPATerAfhv9QX42GjUuZG_1IfcN8I9hx2hyphenhyphenBGU0j1_z8aC4BVOSRKzsd8LpPdTnmWqPoZirLenfYA9F66CqW64/s640/blogger-image-1203102957.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKP64jSGKJ5YdubRKTBr2Vn7zmGOkNRuOu5WCuQhfC7D2Xou-AjRjOO55ERvug4plcBE7MZBGUhkUZVKSKG05YR6D9NlrkmjVN3Mf7bQ5mfvvxG8hqNeRGeRXIQCooAEaWiNy_TmxDI8/s640/blogger-image-348608491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKP64jSGKJ5YdubRKTBr2Vn7zmGOkNRuOu5WCuQhfC7D2Xou-AjRjOO55ERvug4plcBE7MZBGUhkUZVKSKG05YR6D9NlrkmjVN3Mf7bQ5mfvvxG8hqNeRGeRXIQCooAEaWiNy_TmxDI8/s640/blogger-image-348608491.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_odVgDHv6Cpoj0f3zJNOCLZgtG1sO6Ccqj4ekbdq3A9T2qW8qTMLtWiPoIsX4MYGIrR0qm4msErvIlk9ZresEneNP4Bw4ZZn4kKHVX5ox1a7Wj0zylXUEQNHPz72bSF9KII6n2wy9dhI/s640/blogger-image--1791439055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_odVgDHv6Cpoj0f3zJNOCLZgtG1sO6Ccqj4ekbdq3A9T2qW8qTMLtWiPoIsX4MYGIrR0qm4msErvIlk9ZresEneNP4Bw4ZZn4kKHVX5ox1a7Wj0zylXUEQNHPz72bSF9KII6n2wy9dhI/s640/blogger-image--1791439055.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>(Do you see that little hand resting on his dad's knee? I mean right?)</div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-2593872153856063522016-02-26T18:18:00.001-08:002016-02-26T18:18:05.554-08:00Photo dump<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've had pics and stories ready to post for weeks. They're all just coming at once. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHGVaId9cFpxbZ9VCugmWUV-y5lU-j9vrKklG0trtVfx76as7gLHOFUUyQJGh6DbFUkLIPtxhLKYA5bWppD6JmzDIIgbgdftZXJcCEiNX6I0rW8HOCskDfA2L_-6agXRPAMGYKOTv-Lo/s640/blogger-image--79980711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHGVaId9cFpxbZ9VCugmWUV-y5lU-j9vrKklG0trtVfx76as7gLHOFUUyQJGh6DbFUkLIPtxhLKYA5bWppD6JmzDIIgbgdftZXJcCEiNX6I0rW8HOCskDfA2L_-6agXRPAMGYKOTv-Lo/s640/blogger-image--79980711.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Matching hair day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHJ9Ubg4T5qmQ_2OMvu8RnSwnzi5yAESK7kGNv_y2VHes436pQeifJNA9ecp2n2uY8puKFT0RLqj3358_A79D0r0X6XY98jA7MFw2WuugTo5NjZ93zrM_NwFypPrhdkmsD0CseH4TeRM/s640/blogger-image--1282616514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMHJ9Ubg4T5qmQ_2OMvu8RnSwnzi5yAESK7kGNv_y2VHes436pQeifJNA9ecp2n2uY8puKFT0RLqj3358_A79D0r0X6XY98jA7MFw2WuugTo5NjZ93zrM_NwFypPrhdkmsD0CseH4TeRM/s640/blogger-image--1282616514.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYqGWxJNYMksUr1_olniR04i4fesLARy8g1zqiYYzFazxGmW7i1Zbqb6onYX06SU06kOB1uUgvr6AC_Ygz5jkOm1XMtSy3pkXffarb8CHVufOaes0IV7zp01WacUpKS-FG9PaGLytDk4/s640/blogger-image-58248802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYqGWxJNYMksUr1_olniR04i4fesLARy8g1zqiYYzFazxGmW7i1Zbqb6onYX06SU06kOB1uUgvr6AC_Ygz5jkOm1XMtSy3pkXffarb8CHVufOaes0IV7zp01WacUpKS-FG9PaGLytDk4/s640/blogger-image-58248802.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchmLaqU0okJuBcNSyPb0150ab3QdmbiY45hPJHkjH-HeEcuVx1nDZwTaKFp7BNuYX7s2MFQ0btYtKpDAdOemOyn01BQD0dZsVGGx1bnFWU7c85IYqAdsqCAWEd-UwBAsBDlI_buqEs3Y/s640/blogger-image--914165657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgchmLaqU0okJuBcNSyPb0150ab3QdmbiY45hPJHkjH-HeEcuVx1nDZwTaKFp7BNuYX7s2MFQ0btYtKpDAdOemOyn01BQD0dZsVGGx1bnFWU7c85IYqAdsqCAWEd-UwBAsBDlI_buqEs3Y/s640/blogger-image--914165657.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Valentine's Day. (Yes we practice King Fu on Valentine's. Don't you?) That last pic is when I attempted to make chocolate covered cinnamon bears. I know it sounds weird, but they are amazingly delicious. I almost had them right. Next year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBqc9Ww54hGytMEiVt4Eayk60-2Iu_kQzBM9vhodhEvjTVxQ4G-mEsW6Aqg5fAU0Wulz92aqmSbJkzGeBa5RL8wEjJSg5L1qpn0tKeWpD20PPe8ZhJPPx18OV4g7mty0dlMN94DKafhE/s640/blogger-image--1977220471.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBqc9Ww54hGytMEiVt4Eayk60-2Iu_kQzBM9vhodhEvjTVxQ4G-mEsW6Aqg5fAU0Wulz92aqmSbJkzGeBa5RL8wEjJSg5L1qpn0tKeWpD20PPe8ZhJPPx18OV4g7mty0dlMN94DKafhE/s640/blogger-image--1977220471.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gWuBeDZpcXlgQBuFUZEJuk0bsx-wwqthZfuhkJte4yr0n8TdxFUazz5BGxGOuz-MgiRukQyq9YcSlPGeXQ8yAQS5-87BG94OtYkSBNEqu9SfRuHzJr6cd25ceo30Ar5mwb2lSd0cS6s/s640/blogger-image--578823173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gWuBeDZpcXlgQBuFUZEJuk0bsx-wwqthZfuhkJte4yr0n8TdxFUazz5BGxGOuz-MgiRukQyq9YcSlPGeXQ8yAQS5-87BG94OtYkSBNEqu9SfRuHzJr6cd25ceo30Ar5mwb2lSd0cS6s/s640/blogger-image--578823173.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU7M1Y0c3nKgcpXoQTOrRMKGHT5AQEMb40RoEAZ6Z0k0bbt-axFUeVCYOcpf66o9eXoWTPs1HgPRauwGQL3JhvU2GkuFlUYCyB-rQfa2643Ud-XFsulmrN0G0LgWDfK1_SdMcl_Bwx_o/s640/blogger-image--695754581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqU7M1Y0c3nKgcpXoQTOrRMKGHT5AQEMb40RoEAZ6Z0k0bbt-axFUeVCYOcpf66o9eXoWTPs1HgPRauwGQL3JhvU2GkuFlUYCyB-rQfa2643Ud-XFsulmrN0G0LgWDfK1_SdMcl_Bwx_o/s640/blogger-image--695754581.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE6H9t-zcUyVIYjTN43NBi1NIMQCgA1-auG60XQniy2K9tE3C16NCqRgr6aMdjQqnFxVQAXYn3SzEBv0nJUQ_HgvObmsIpvds4_fIuS2a7iam-pqtQ6v6ULNpu1PK9bly8t1lKz2DLmw/s640/blogger-image-1526298090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZE6H9t-zcUyVIYjTN43NBi1NIMQCgA1-auG60XQniy2K9tE3C16NCqRgr6aMdjQqnFxVQAXYn3SzEBv0nJUQ_HgvObmsIpvds4_fIuS2a7iam-pqtQ6v6ULNpu1PK9bly8t1lKz2DLmw/s640/blogger-image-1526298090.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIBN_m1JFn-afXRQr3H6MjBkLxlG4oXvroFafIzZiNneY73IIlzFZqMwB0P7DBJONOuEDtcKRoy7U9VCuQnW0ih65Qa2LWcZ-TRKC9lNPdh61Q-xjHRF2E1oR9QqAvoobMftbElXzCo4/s640/blogger-image--1526290428.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEIBN_m1JFn-afXRQr3H6MjBkLxlG4oXvroFafIzZiNneY73IIlzFZqMwB0P7DBJONOuEDtcKRoy7U9VCuQnW0ih65Qa2LWcZ-TRKC9lNPdh61Q-xjHRF2E1oR9QqAvoobMftbElXzCo4/s640/blogger-image--1526290428.jpg"></a></div><br></div>My brother and his family came to visit and we had such a lovely time. We took them to Washington Square Park on a Saturday which is a guaranteed good time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We also forced them to play 1 million rounds of Uno.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkC1-Z-w7t74RHmD98S3onIwadur6cKAdFcoC-BTcO8DxSlRLzTntL2QgD-oMiRT1QdRAZV69lEuCmAbo4JI9Ka6UKKCjE9WIPwBB8K_PUuASp0eAWxset5JSH0vUZY8WS5oSIiHhLWA/s640/blogger-image--2056433579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkC1-Z-w7t74RHmD98S3onIwadur6cKAdFcoC-BTcO8DxSlRLzTntL2QgD-oMiRT1QdRAZV69lEuCmAbo4JI9Ka6UKKCjE9WIPwBB8K_PUuASp0eAWxset5JSH0vUZY8WS5oSIiHhLWA/s640/blogger-image--2056433579.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZl6eGNfcCFzGuJB3O8YfIuPcRib6Hu0bZl3yuRdDFDSiwzKGqMwL9Ev-GkFkuO6wQzzu0jxljYPRe8_4A9vO5_4beGYA27cPAghp1LvtC3XF3hRFoC_PRQ1mUdAmEh7j84FF2N9w-1Y/s640/blogger-image--2138830108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZl6eGNfcCFzGuJB3O8YfIuPcRib6Hu0bZl3yuRdDFDSiwzKGqMwL9Ev-GkFkuO6wQzzu0jxljYPRe8_4A9vO5_4beGYA27cPAghp1LvtC3XF3hRFoC_PRQ1mUdAmEh7j84FF2N9w-1Y/s640/blogger-image--2138830108.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">100th day of school party. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrrQOfgAUacN9kp_dkRTdMoXQbjkY83FGHjS71fFU86bcmDTdJaCDOyvzKiogiKWKBBXqe1oaOjUtNgtES9XKtHvfLbIfrTXD3BG3iiP5-y6PI8jyl0jRcbmnbOMvX-y1sqcbSs5Mpzk/s640/blogger-image-935377602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsrrQOfgAUacN9kp_dkRTdMoXQbjkY83FGHjS71fFU86bcmDTdJaCDOyvzKiogiKWKBBXqe1oaOjUtNgtES9XKtHvfLbIfrTXD3BG3iiP5-y6PI8jyl0jRcbmnbOMvX-y1sqcbSs5Mpzk/s640/blogger-image-935377602.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPxOjrr0E9Tz1DCNobAqs95dipoI64rGBwUFLPos2Fqdq941zVoRfUHq8cKxUrZsdGb3jsWqzOnsJAgmPm3-rMQPUZeCHV1Ao9re7WvmAtG5dfC-0E6thJqZDBxn30XjXD-klepiW8Oc/s640/blogger-image--454159822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCPxOjrr0E9Tz1DCNobAqs95dipoI64rGBwUFLPos2Fqdq941zVoRfUHq8cKxUrZsdGb3jsWqzOnsJAgmPm3-rMQPUZeCHV1Ao9re7WvmAtG5dfC-0E6thJqZDBxn30XjXD-klepiW8Oc/s640/blogger-image--454159822.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>And finally, two artists and the cutest pig tails you have ever seen</div><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-28184136883089521622016-02-08T08:56:00.001-08:002016-02-08T08:56:44.051-08:00YouTubeDid you know the highest YouTube earner in the world is a woman with perfectly manicured nails who opens kids toys and plays with them? You never see her face or body, just her hands. There are hundreds of people who review toys. Some of them do it with their kids, but most of them are adults who know the name of every Hotwheels car. <div><br></div><div>You might be thinking, what is the target audience? Who on earth would watch that?</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJxst4WZ1sd73f3xbirLSMMv0rDFu0tOyRZAv_n3YCtUjFLuDPGUnuQggkfvde_fGqrjghcIBgTf730bpsLMzo6xWP2CCazQ8e-yZCsm_tigZJXbv8ZFX8BvDJ5lddIQh9ziRYCAHoWo/s640/blogger-image-1204875261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJxst4WZ1sd73f3xbirLSMMv0rDFu0tOyRZAv_n3YCtUjFLuDPGUnuQggkfvde_fGqrjghcIBgTf730bpsLMzo6xWP2CCazQ8e-yZCsm_tigZJXbv8ZFX8BvDJ5lddIQh9ziRYCAHoWo/s640/blogger-image-1204875261.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Right there. That's it. </div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-256339982180083372016-02-08T08:53:00.001-08:002016-02-08T08:53:13.525-08:00How we watch the Super BowlThis is the selfie I took at 10:00 last night. See that smiling, giggly baby? We have church right during nap time and it basically messes up everything. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BUjnBuhAs-viNJc_4gp9_aWA_tsYCDVvIBkDPA5IZiwW1_dnndixg8Wq23KK7OgiA2xaZ6nm4T1RE_tyW1j01RLtfpuix2y0NX_VEoRcjoJl42FIopuE2n8uOLVjKOmy1aM6xXordJ8/s640/blogger-image-630908127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2BUjnBuhAs-viNJc_4gp9_aWA_tsYCDVvIBkDPA5IZiwW1_dnndixg8Wq23KK7OgiA2xaZ6nm4T1RE_tyW1j01RLtfpuix2y0NX_VEoRcjoJl42FIopuE2n8uOLVjKOmy1aM6xXordJ8/s640/blogger-image-630908127.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I feel good about the game. I'm firmly on team Beyoncé, so luckily my team always wins. </div></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-83531995996260673692016-02-08T08:50:00.001-08:002016-02-08T08:50:56.016-08:00Road TripSaturday afternoon we took a road trip to Ikea. Now, ikea is only 37 minutes from my house so some of you may be questioning the term "road trip" but trust me, by minute 10 the parents were questioning our decision to go at all, and by minute 27 we were counting down Siri's estimated minutes until arrival. The kids were anxiously awaiting Siri estimating the same number of minutes as their age. At 5 minutes (Claire's age) until arrival they erupted into chanting "5,5,5,5" which lasted until it switched to 4. At 3 minutes (Noah's age) until arrival the chant was repeated. At 1 (Millie's age) they decided that instead of chanting "1" they would just say "da da" over and over, because Millie can't say 1 but she can say "da da." All three of them chanted for all of minute 37. It was the best minute of the whole trip.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3PSkfwCB6ZSke9Zj9v-cufqQ0nIITwlmP7JhsV_MHSlUsWA8d_tK-CZ-yJnKEWdLgbeKcVyYkjG4mAvx9n46bvYgq1QlMywjM7iSeDYyFL0lQMwGS3kLLVgERTJdWLBzQkReGdjwOKE/s640/blogger-image-237259089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3PSkfwCB6ZSke9Zj9v-cufqQ0nIITwlmP7JhsV_MHSlUsWA8d_tK-CZ-yJnKEWdLgbeKcVyYkjG4mAvx9n46bvYgq1QlMywjM7iSeDYyFL0lQMwGS3kLLVgERTJdWLBzQkReGdjwOKE/s640/blogger-image-237259089.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here is Millie climbing the stairs during dance class. I call this her "Drew Carey" dress because I swear she looks just like Mimi in it.</div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-90378558485183233772016-02-03T08:40:00.001-08:002016-02-03T08:40:32.190-08:00The MuseumFriday afternoon we veered off the path of sane people and drove 45 minutes to Connecticut after school in order to spend an hour at a little children's museum there. <div><br></div><div>The kids fought the whole way there and the whole way home. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp7M1_UdkHruBN1ScLgf7-BPg6lQonuBQV3p7-eFuJqjSK-jPL-Pxc4gh8J9Fo2lc3RbE24uL5vX-RyEJtKEOoqwYmUlvFRr7lCV5umpX4Ljf15zf34G6YjeVJ3iyUv7n0v9DDKv9Xfk/s640/blogger-image-599955143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp7M1_UdkHruBN1ScLgf7-BPg6lQonuBQV3p7-eFuJqjSK-jPL-Pxc4gh8J9Fo2lc3RbE24uL5vX-RyEJtKEOoqwYmUlvFRr7lCV5umpX4Ljf15zf34G6YjeVJ3iyUv7n0v9DDKv9Xfk/s640/blogger-image-599955143.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZeWcDCkkp2UOVTQKupI7sXVk88oyMwEky2s1cLsL3Wno_A2cWwLqJXQbrExBD1BZifkBp0GDssS8ji8ZWoiGHiKNFodWSyR3ChM2nBcxfk0HyiRzk6CELZGorc_lsKOaFwmIKI8F3n8/s640/blogger-image-16155412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZeWcDCkkp2UOVTQKupI7sXVk88oyMwEky2s1cLsL3Wno_A2cWwLqJXQbrExBD1BZifkBp0GDssS8ji8ZWoiGHiKNFodWSyR3ChM2nBcxfk0HyiRzk6CELZGorc_lsKOaFwmIKI8F3n8/s640/blogger-image-16155412.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFEvHBtD6c09YIf_OMBQW25XSQ9P0fYOFkK1eIk6qHgDv7RJ6aXD1fVyT1cJAhJeLVlPlMQI8WbMiIRbC0kBSG7djHBQ3CUJcP8CqmyolioHOs_NSGsuT2-yHRFqaCD2P_EZ4C76o91k/s640/blogger-image--1202083145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUFEvHBtD6c09YIf_OMBQW25XSQ9P0fYOFkK1eIk6qHgDv7RJ6aXD1fVyT1cJAhJeLVlPlMQI8WbMiIRbC0kBSG7djHBQ3CUJcP8CqmyolioHOs_NSGsuT2-yHRFqaCD2P_EZ4C76o91k/s640/blogger-image--1202083145.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uJHCtEULPDXqmMhGFc13gwysL7TfJM0Xl2qk4qDzwXFm5wK9TRJ0Hy636MVOdhKurIeiQbkAPui4lDdP43DdxE8Nv_Qm8eBA1d7JCtt4nOwxgvNGvYWGF2NkzLsbee5MD8UrNDPSA6E/s640/blogger-image-986087261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uJHCtEULPDXqmMhGFc13gwysL7TfJM0Xl2qk4qDzwXFm5wK9TRJ0Hy636MVOdhKurIeiQbkAPui4lDdP43DdxE8Nv_Qm8eBA1d7JCtt4nOwxgvNGvYWGF2NkzLsbee5MD8UrNDPSA6E/s640/blogger-image-986087261.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXITctF9XkI9eytTPc_synnhQ4Rbx0MYI4Lfz8dMjxYxMARM7xGAOkN7ayEfY6W_5QNuZWd7hof2P92bX63qwgrRCJdvAEl1Du9JYRv5KQ96f00rm7j65THUJ96K4qeF7vrmaz06nZ3mo/s640/blogger-image--1617265885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXITctF9XkI9eytTPc_synnhQ4Rbx0MYI4Lfz8dMjxYxMARM7xGAOkN7ayEfY6W_5QNuZWd7hof2P92bX63qwgrRCJdvAEl1Du9JYRv5KQ96f00rm7j65THUJ96K4qeF7vrmaz06nZ3mo/s640/blogger-image--1617265885.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS31Ci6cTpPsVrSKwE8NwmewHlA7KDjs_pvst5-hWv0xt7GC_8n-ByFXEszBBXy0H0teToeGrQsf_xWAYGpNaIKQHzphAqnqdioDMJwE1rUIs3yVSWpVlW_Ia9eaktqDi7Rbkh6S3vzxk/s640/blogger-image--1216711761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS31Ci6cTpPsVrSKwE8NwmewHlA7KDjs_pvst5-hWv0xt7GC_8n-ByFXEszBBXy0H0teToeGrQsf_xWAYGpNaIKQHzphAqnqdioDMJwE1rUIs3yVSWpVlW_Ia9eaktqDi7Rbkh6S3vzxk/s640/blogger-image--1216711761.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But dang, they love it there. </div><div><br></div><div>Was it worth the drive? Hard to say. Will we do it again? Yes.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-15263104062592494632016-01-29T07:43:00.001-08:002016-01-29T07:43:22.081-08:00BribesNoah saw a marble set and really wanted it and I really wanted him to go to bed without sneaking out and down the stairs to "help with the dishes," so We struck a deal; he would stay in bed after he was kissed goodnight and I would get him a marble set. <div><br></div><div>I took a video of him using it and asked him how long he had to work for it. His reply, "like seven years." Yes, something like seven years. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TfzxMoj9uSqJjKTh8Y8AOA80z1ODbM4OD3j3T4Q-fkohce_D_CA5AIHk3gRzOeVMJzXE_9lTsBdWuuGkLDsM8rUT34s9tpLk5CfcsRzR3UYvgt3E4MxefmBhMdnpigH8vkuGGQ_3wiM/s640/blogger-image-1108921498.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6TfzxMoj9uSqJjKTh8Y8AOA80z1ODbM4OD3j3T4Q-fkohce_D_CA5AIHk3gRzOeVMJzXE_9lTsBdWuuGkLDsM8rUT34s9tpLk5CfcsRzR3UYvgt3E4MxefmBhMdnpigH8vkuGGQ_3wiM/s640/blogger-image-1108921498.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Next step is getting him to stay in his bed all night long. I'm going to have to start saving up.</div><div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-6420357613787554542016-01-29T07:38:00.001-08:002016-01-29T07:38:08.933-08:00The snowy dayWe got a lot of snow here this weekend<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO-tEnxhdzPAExJr9zh36PCMrATUQxoUpDhvWvDd0aDCG2I0EIEYfeP4a-IrZYmB8Gr2uwCYvbDZUXV2L8naRZyZ3bV3YoxQ23ZM6lJ05N4EWE6oJOLk-b_LvMZ_wOMyq-KM_pfVoKQk/s640/blogger-image--1363539603.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVO-tEnxhdzPAExJr9zh36PCMrATUQxoUpDhvWvDd0aDCG2I0EIEYfeP4a-IrZYmB8Gr2uwCYvbDZUXV2L8naRZyZ3bV3YoxQ23ZM6lJ05N4EWE6oJOLk-b_LvMZ_wOMyq-KM_pfVoKQk/s640/blogger-image--1363539603.jpg"></a></div><br><div><br></div><div>A lot. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWc3bbb1XT2geFijICtlahuCIL1JsXhY4Bfh_LL9zOweumaIQvJ4tSXXN8rROgtcgOx4sATnClgwm2ZkhR9SWSaPo5kmCgcViqdIFQPmdku6T0TxDgoT0_avx2sqOAbpVreXp4jI6xZY/s640/blogger-image-994992785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWc3bbb1XT2geFijICtlahuCIL1JsXhY4Bfh_LL9zOweumaIQvJ4tSXXN8rROgtcgOx4sATnClgwm2ZkhR9SWSaPo5kmCgcViqdIFQPmdku6T0TxDgoT0_avx2sqOAbpVreXp4jI6xZY/s640/blogger-image-994992785.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We made good use of the time we had at home. </div></div><div><br></div><div>Did some baby wrasslin' </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmkx2iOTTkFJLsXWzLXfSQUv_2HJWFDK6A3YRQYdP6Ry7WSma-PvO6fi8hXlUNCjq2Fs4KEDkM-UOzhmk38Q71gXzOBLdlofjwVySNTfvHtPH7WW9_bKtCmTrNKpWIl4v2pStvShP-zI/s640/blogger-image-606275054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmkx2iOTTkFJLsXWzLXfSQUv_2HJWFDK6A3YRQYdP6Ry7WSma-PvO6fi8hXlUNCjq2Fs4KEDkM-UOzhmk38Q71gXzOBLdlofjwVySNTfvHtPH7WW9_bKtCmTrNKpWIl4v2pStvShP-zI/s640/blogger-image-606275054.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Why yes, Millie is wearing Jammie's and glittery cowgirl boots in this picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We practiced making squishy faces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43SFTVM7XoHyblLlqRXGA0aEtkpP-AFZjGoMg-U7dXWEBPvz-9C33RohCJbRr5Yf5_vasoH9b5go58OdmeRFWDPnVP3xZpsGTpTXTBSLP1jQK4PidHKKz_HyJlW08H7PBcE8_gBzsQk0/s640/blogger-image--956856781.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg43SFTVM7XoHyblLlqRXGA0aEtkpP-AFZjGoMg-U7dXWEBPvz-9C33RohCJbRr5Yf5_vasoH9b5go58OdmeRFWDPnVP3xZpsGTpTXTBSLP1jQK4PidHKKz_HyJlW08H7PBcE8_gBzsQk0/s640/blogger-image--956856781.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Did some sailing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTf6QnIG9BIjQ4kBtSrqGc_nCZVEhmzsMUpnIbOCQoGeakAD776JQKp737SoFjDTmVFuLyrTOdvxHORAPPnT_q45Ou6uKiCyrg5rvTEJk6AoQOy9Drkb3fDO9YbJm_A83_t3tJVwSN2M/s640/blogger-image--329486191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTf6QnIG9BIjQ4kBtSrqGc_nCZVEhmzsMUpnIbOCQoGeakAD776JQKp737SoFjDTmVFuLyrTOdvxHORAPPnT_q45Ou6uKiCyrg5rvTEJk6AoQOy9Drkb3fDO9YbJm_A83_t3tJVwSN2M/s640/blogger-image--329486191.jpg"></a></div><br></div>And I made good use of the sourdough starter I just got from a friend. I'm still not a great bread baker, but we're getting by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iGREEqle2hs9T_GtVCSVIKRmCi1qULstt-_Bq3OR9CwNR4Jgos1dP1uDMxnRBCuGJ6Uqtq-buHIKwYKruvmtzwkwqeqImtptefp2FeazEK6A-jdmk_Xzc_dYSir28KzWhryNZTyjwuo/s640/blogger-image--1048371152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iGREEqle2hs9T_GtVCSVIKRmCi1qULstt-_Bq3OR9CwNR4Jgos1dP1uDMxnRBCuGJ6Uqtq-buHIKwYKruvmtzwkwqeqImtptefp2FeazEK6A-jdmk_Xzc_dYSir28KzWhryNZTyjwuo/s640/blogger-image--1048371152.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-44946311713203317342016-01-29T07:32:00.001-08:002016-01-29T07:32:35.679-08:00Secret admirerClaire is back on dance classes. I don't have any pictures of her--which is a shame because she is suddenly all long limbs and graceful movements. <div><br></div><div>The only picture I have from dance class is of Millie. Millie is too, too noisy for dance, so she and I walk the halls, while Noah plays on the iPad. Millie's favorite thing to do is have me lift her up so she can peer through the galley windows so she can point at Claire.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhWyWwPPndX34oHTXiAGAItmt55U31jcA5xLfT2TuQAMmBDg2_stsCkrDAV4pLhUuDWIZjeC2iZU5pK0DeSHBgqDeSsHOzTptglVoz1t3_j0TnoArzjVjsZhClBwmk5FuOC5hLH23VIU/s640/blogger-image--833095799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhWyWwPPndX34oHTXiAGAItmt55U31jcA5xLfT2TuQAMmBDg2_stsCkrDAV4pLhUuDWIZjeC2iZU5pK0DeSHBgqDeSsHOzTptglVoz1t3_j0TnoArzjVjsZhClBwmk5FuOC5hLH23VIU/s640/blogger-image--833095799.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-46333594644355415252016-01-20T09:33:00.001-08:002016-01-20T09:33:02.756-08:00Lots of ChangesThis are changing pretty fast around here. Not only are we tying our own shoelaces, but my kids have started telling me that they want to play by themselves. Claire has been going off to her room for a couple of days to play with dolls by herself. This morning Noah followed suite and told me that he and Millie wanted to play by themselves. I had a lovely 20 minutes before Millie came upstairs crying. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEqJR4rGVpeRoxzSwQ4jhAV1EPUZ_Ha6Smkrp80HKnr2w39YGjlOINnBTlTH5mn55gqYcZaja3IQzX3_-7GsCXdmfOBOf5LExF2ndelncmaLjiQaG0077qAdmF8Rm1Y_T8J3B9-I4SFk/s640/blogger-image-1644942292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrEqJR4rGVpeRoxzSwQ4jhAV1EPUZ_Ha6Smkrp80HKnr2w39YGjlOINnBTlTH5mn55gqYcZaja3IQzX3_-7GsCXdmfOBOf5LExF2ndelncmaLjiQaG0077qAdmF8Rm1Y_T8J3B9-I4SFk/s640/blogger-image-1644942292.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This week I also worked my first daytime shift since I had kids. I asked a neighbor about babysitting and we have a deal worked out that benefits everybody. I had nightmares about it the night before, but luckily I have a highly supportive husband who helped me get the kids ready, work was good and I felt more engaged because I was a regular daytime employee instead of the night/weekend employee, and the kids had a great time at the babysitter. Everybody wins. </div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-4166318926928621342016-01-14T17:35:00.001-08:002016-01-14T17:35:47.865-08:00MorningI used to wake Claire up 45 minutes before school started. She likes to take her time in the morning and I've found that 45 minutes isn't really enough. Lately I've been waking her up an hour and 15 minutes before school and we seem to be a little better off. Less stressing out about shoes and how much time she takes putzing around the house.<div><br></div><div>This morning I took a second to appreciate what a few extra minutes in the morning means to us.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEArevKKX65s5GfNpCqLMFyDDmAKr-5KcxeF9Vw-Sgr-9gndj9DeaEBqkRbgS9TAmAglO5pJ2Tplrjv-RRW-CzAWen12jxAXIVbhEwqw4xLbilHgGWlbNXwzy00D6JvBcdu-fQg_lY8bQ/s640/blogger-image-634013990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEArevKKX65s5GfNpCqLMFyDDmAKr-5KcxeF9Vw-Sgr-9gndj9DeaEBqkRbgS9TAmAglO5pJ2Tplrjv-RRW-CzAWen12jxAXIVbhEwqw4xLbilHgGWlbNXwzy00D6JvBcdu-fQg_lY8bQ/s640/blogger-image-634013990.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Claire was brushing her teeth when Millie joined her. Claire took care of Millie all on her own.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdLe9rrieDjJ3y88L5BTGOChmq-KwuA6VZyZ90Wx-yIAHXzOMz44hMuRE8ElQpOKPlC15DVaUMOvd7Mh1NuppeVr4KVWpQ1mhNSO33RRuOA1kPAzwbzQs2vQDnefzTcC0ePstab6oX3E/s640/blogger-image--248940204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdLe9rrieDjJ3y88L5BTGOChmq-KwuA6VZyZ90Wx-yIAHXzOMz44hMuRE8ElQpOKPlC15DVaUMOvd7Mh1NuppeVr4KVWpQ1mhNSO33RRuOA1kPAzwbzQs2vQDnefzTcC0ePstab6oX3E/s640/blogger-image--248940204.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div>We had our first snowfall today--just a skiff that didn't last until lunch, but it was still falling when they woke up. Claire and Noah camped out by the window to watch. Claire turned to me and said, "mom, it's just like fireflies." </div><div><br></div><div> What a perfect description </div><div><br></div></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-43681635928237030202016-01-10T13:14:00.001-08:002016-01-10T13:14:46.175-08:00Boy time.After church Noah told me he wasn't ready to leave because he needed to have some boy time. <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2LKnXIPd8Lq0_dKIta7DvUJ_8NhI0igiNh3lzp88PWNmufNdFjnjt7SkSunk5esEq6bnLpsgx17p23Je49C-QBpuinS6f3W78tDKvyDvLgEHgmbTkP27tW3N_MxCSDMC10W87asHcIw/s640/blogger-image-1231192075.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2LKnXIPd8Lq0_dKIta7DvUJ_8NhI0igiNh3lzp88PWNmufNdFjnjt7SkSunk5esEq6bnLpsgx17p23Je49C-QBpuinS6f3W78tDKvyDvLgEHgmbTkP27tW3N_MxCSDMC10W87asHcIw/s640/blogger-image-1231192075.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-53330787981065486472016-01-10T13:13:00.001-08:002016-01-10T13:13:03.515-08:00A holiday trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-FqwjSw9Zs6uDOSPpZ7jKj1aqLNjjGbEgKliY-B3vOd8nTfPnMoUG2nlco1rZSalrCVKQa3-vFGhVuZnl8WCpjbA_NAY8_yvFhjvboliiF2JfnQK4RbZVf7Qgy2oLPHJEMC9JMeDWfE/s640/blogger-image--124406642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-FqwjSw9Zs6uDOSPpZ7jKj1aqLNjjGbEgKliY-B3vOd8nTfPnMoUG2nlco1rZSalrCVKQa3-vFGhVuZnl8WCpjbA_NAY8_yvFhjvboliiF2JfnQK4RbZVf7Qgy2oLPHJEMC9JMeDWfE/s640/blogger-image--124406642.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Over the holiday break we went to the Pez factory. It's great and my kids are now obsessed with Pez and Pez dispensers. They are currently pooling money so they can buy them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_9KB2utQ9qGq-cZbqCkOgokFMNnRnN9fwKvEu_zhG4PXs8rVrH8GTUwN4_grFtmFVLv-otBYmaOt7K1I5ukL4e3NzfijCBSUxlQp54NXBddCC8kqXfX_sUPlWX5eiNU_O_ur-p_yhsk/s640/blogger-image--8079559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL_9KB2utQ9qGq-cZbqCkOgokFMNnRnN9fwKvEu_zhG4PXs8rVrH8GTUwN4_grFtmFVLv-otBYmaOt7K1I5ukL4e3NzfijCBSUxlQp54NXBddCC8kqXfX_sUPlWX5eiNU_O_ur-p_yhsk/s640/blogger-image--8079559.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92ew8VYqpofA02PwMRad-_1I23ACwqe2Yih-qhvGecW7XjIt656ZbxIrl1rX7dP5GKKvRTym2L1zBE3jRg0sgtQJAp4oKM1DXakT5MnpHn0QvZt2lwYAXlDnTHUxO65ja7C_hAU1G1kg/s640/blogger-image-1395328536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92ew8VYqpofA02PwMRad-_1I23ACwqe2Yih-qhvGecW7XjIt656ZbxIrl1rX7dP5GKKvRTym2L1zBE3jRg0sgtQJAp4oKM1DXakT5MnpHn0QvZt2lwYAXlDnTHUxO65ja7C_hAU1G1kg/s640/blogger-image-1395328536.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6373039528924145838.post-48324862479954886412016-01-10T13:08:00.001-08:002016-01-10T13:08:04.859-08:00Shave and a haircut....I cut Millie's hair this week. <div><br></div><div>She had a doctor's appointment later that day and the doctor asked if Claire did it or if I did it.</div><div><br></div><div>Yea. It's that good</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzW3yshRvl-Rk3VlHLmfnNL6aZa-0jQbnpZARj6bUD3ehbMCoKEJHihmVvKpMmKOOVeX-Atsyotc40N3nW96N48UeXyqL4qzIiBuWZu0eJr_O03cVZKjS8uAfF-MfoWjAJ42aAJTl7x_o/s640/blogger-image--1069048949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzW3yshRvl-Rk3VlHLmfnNL6aZa-0jQbnpZARj6bUD3ehbMCoKEJHihmVvKpMmKOOVeX-Atsyotc40N3nW96N48UeXyqL4qzIiBuWZu0eJr_O03cVZKjS8uAfF-MfoWjAJ42aAJTl7x_o/s640/blogger-image--1069048949.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Before</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpauJO0DgK1S8rM2OjRyUqenALLOUPkAExngUBMuB4dNfaDUE_M4UGT3Sdyywe8jEEndSItEF3Qe9EiDATF4VJM_B5_RVvo_AJD6AULn1IbJwDSMXs5J0HTflgb7xjrcwnh1SWMtqBtQ4/s640/blogger-image-269769721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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That look of concentration on her face. Is she not just the most adorable?<br />
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How is it that I have a child who knows how to tie her own shoe? I remember learning to tie my shoes. I remember the feeling of freedom that came with it. (Of course, I learned to tie my shoe under great duress--I had lied to my best friend and told her I already knew how to ties shoes while we were putting our shoes back on after jumping on the tramp. Through some miracle I actually did tie my shoe and then proceeded to run all over the yard and into the house screaming that I could tie shoes now. Claire's first time tying her shoes feels like a more honest victory than mine did.)<br />
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After watching that video, you're probably thinking, "Wow, that was a lot of noise and mess." And maybe you're giving me some credit and thinking, "it was probably just a crazy moment." Nope. It's always like that. One of the struggles that we're having is finding a time to have time for Claire to sit down and practice reading her books from school. Any time we try to do it there are 2 crazy people running around, jumping on laps and trying to steal the books. If we wait until bedtime everyone is tired and grouchy and things don't go well. So we haven't found a solution yet, but we're working on it.Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944361481839967188noreply@blogger.com1