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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Today was the first game of Fall Baseball. Both Matthew and Riley were excited to be playing. Matthew was totally “on” during the practice. Yesterday someone had taken his helmet and we got a different one. So I handed it to him and told him to bring it to the dugout and someone would realize [...]
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Not sure which of these natural disasters are the worst. Definitely glad that they are all in the past. Haven’t posted since mid-July. Not that there wasn’t anything to talk about – just emotionally and physically spent. This summer flew by and when I wasn’t working then I was driving somewhere or going away somewhere. [...]
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Friday I had a doctor’s appointment for Matthew mid-afternoon. Turns out the 3rd grad had a field trip to the Science Museum of Virginia. So, I picked him up a little early and we headed out to look for shoes (sneakers, really). Ever since I bought Riley new sneakers, each of the kids has been [...]
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We made it through naps and then the boys had a basketball game at 4:00 so we headed back out to the Church. Seems like several of the girls on our Cheer Team have a brother in the 3rd grade. Last week we ran into one family and this week another. It gave the girls [...]
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It started with about 10 loads of laundry that were …done…but not folded and an extra load that was folded but not put away. (anyone else have issues with laundry that seems to get done but not put away? and what is it about laundry that is my absolute nemesis?) I was sitting on the [...]
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It was a busy day…first work, then over to my friend Randy’s for the boys to learn about people who were cubscouts years ago and then to dinner with Wendy and Pat. We arrived home at around 4:30 and we finished getting ready to head out to go Trick-or-Treating. We left around 5:45 to start. [...]
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One of the best things that the boys and I have been doing since they were 3 is going bike riding in my neighborhood. It started with their tricycles and going to the local park. When they were 4, I bought them both 16′ bikes with training wheels. After a small stutter, we had about 2 [...]
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well, it was the 3rd but we celebrated with a barbecue with some friends for a birthday party, a trip to the local minor league ball park and fun had by all. First we went out to dinner with our good friends. I got some great pictures of the 4 kids with their matching American [...]
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You guessed it. I have more than a couple screws loose. when I got this invitation to a wedding in NJ I thought …1) that’s not too far …2) how fun, the kids would love it …3) I have that weekend off and it’s a long one at that …4) it’ll be fun to have [...]
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