Leaving soon for a trip to Orlando. The kids have been counting down the days but I have a lot of stuff to do before we go. This weekend we have been very busy. First, the boys’ basketball team and the girls’ cheering squad had their last games. We ended up being late for the [...]
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Riley asked me today about my blog…I had to admit that I haven’t posted for a while. Then I looked and found out that I hadn’t posted since January 5th…WOW! Maybe if I say I am incognito then that can be my excuse (instead of just uninspired…) Picture from go-parga.com We have been swamped with [...]
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It has been a night of fighting/grumping/and bickering. The kids are swinging between playing and at each other’s throats. I am totally done – wiped out. I don’t think there will be much done tonight. First Matthew and Riley…then Matthew and Amalia…then Addison and Matthew —all with an overview of Riley screaming and bothering everyone [...]
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Last weekend I decided to take the kids to Charolottesville to go apple picking at Carter Mountain. The drive up was beautiful. 75 degrees and sunny. When we started driving up the mountain pass, all of the kids dropped their ipods/DSi’s and started oohing and aahing about how pretty it was and asking where the [...]
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Riley’s All Star local tournament was this weekend. Despite having lost all 4 of their scrimmage games, they boys took advantage of a good draw and two out of 3 games where the opponents were playing their 2nd game of the day. But despite that, they played incredibly well. They won 3 games in a row [...]
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Well, my last baby has graduated from pre-school. This fall I will have 4 kids in Elementary School. The daycare has a nice little ceremony and Addison loved being the center of attention.
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Our schedule these weekends is becoming all baseball – all the time. The weekend started with Riley’s game on Friday night. It was a tough loss for the team against the 3rd place team. Saturday we played the first place team. Riley had a great game. He had a double to start off the game! [...]
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My house has gotten an unexpected spring cleaning today and new pillows…and lots of hot water washes and extra hot drying of sheets and clothes…and one 6 year old girl who is totally excited about the day off of school with her mother and has been announcing our new friends to everyone we see. (I [...]
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Baseball has started again this year. After some of the trouble last year I wasn’t sure anyone was going to play. Riley Then, when I went to sign up, I found out that the dates that allow people into the different levels had changed and Riley was going to miss “Kid Pitch” by 7 days. [...]
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