tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48688083117963579312024-02-07T20:21:18.094-08:003 Little Blonds3littleblondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14694864558369390414noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868808311796357931.post-85803021314019111322012-11-02T08:17:00.001-07:002012-11-02T08:17:15.624-07:00Fall Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Halloween was a lot of fun this year with our BYU cheerleader, 50's waitress, and a Vampire. Hmmm. One of these things is not like the other.</div>
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We were so glad Hurricane Sandy was over so that we could go trick-or-treating (among other things).</div>
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(Thanks to a broken camera, I just got a couple quick pictures with my phone. Oh well.)</div>
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Before the storm came, we were enjoying a beautiful fall. Here's a picture of Rebekah and Danielle by our favorite tree - it's in our church parking lot.</div>
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Last month Gary went out of town, and my mom came up for a few days of quality kid time. She did all the cooking and kids' stuff while I re-painted and re-decorated the girls' rooms. It was so great! Danielle had outgrown her nursery, so now we have a couple of grown-up girl rooms. I'm happy with how they turned out.</div>
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Samantha has her own room right now. We love the twinkle lights with the bed tent. Still working on finding a desk for her.</div>
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I also painted the bunkbeds white. I really like them. I just need to work on making gray bedding and pillows now.</div>
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And the girls and I have worked really hard to get some organization in their closets. Ahhh, much better!<br />
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<br />3littleblondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14694864558369390414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868808311796357931.post-62479001533760068872012-09-05T17:51:00.000-07:002012-09-05T17:51:01.916-07:00First week of schoolThe girls are enjoying their first week of school - 5th grade, 2nd grade, and preschool! Today I had four hours without any kids at home - I didn't even know what to do with myself! The girls are doing really well, and Danielle feels so grown-up because she finally gets to go to her own school.<br />
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We just got back from a fun summer vacation in St George, Utah. We had so much fun with the family!</div>
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We loved Zion National Park - so beautiful! And they even have tame squirrels that come up to you and beg:</div>
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We found a little place outside of Zions that had ponies, a noisy donkey, and a spitting llama. We were having fun until we got caught in a little wind storm:</div>
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We always love visiting the St George temple and visitors' center:<br />
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Saw dinosaur tracks at Johnson Farm:</div>
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Got very wet riding bumper boats at Festival Fun Center:<br />
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Of course the highlight of the vacation was Samantha's baptism. It was so special! Our sweet Samantha!</div>
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We are really enjoying our summer break so far! Thanks to Pinterest, I came up with some fun things to help us get off to a great start:</div>
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<br /><br />We made a summer fun bucket list of about 50 things we want to do this summer - everything from "have a picnic," to "visit the beach," to "try the Mentos and Diet Coke experiment." The kids love having the list up so they can see what fun or silly thing they want to do today.</div>
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I updated our chore charts, and we have a good schedule going. We do our morning stuff, our workbooks, cleaning, play outside, the pool for an hour or two, lunch, reading time / quiet time, and then there's usually just enough time for the kids to play really well together (and not quite enough time to start arguing or getting into trouble). Just the way we like it.</div>
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Our summer cleaning is working well. I took pictures so that even my 4-year-old can keep up. They get to choose which chore(s) to do each morning, they write their intial on the chart (which is laminated), and by the end of the week our house is completely spotless (in theory).<br />
(I copied part of the layout from here <a href="http://www.dandee-designs.com/2011/08/modern-toddler-chore-chart.html">http://www.dandee-designs.com/2011/08/modern-toddler-chore-chart.html</a> )<br />
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And I found the cutest thing at <a href="http://www.simpleasthatblog.com/2011/08/back-to-school-reading-logs-free.html">http://www.simpleasthatblog.com/2011/08/back-to-school-reading-logs-free.html</a> - reading logs for the kids' summer reading. And I added pages for the kids to do weekly book reports. And to make it fun - book worms (gummy worms). So great!<br />
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We were so proud of Samantha at first grade authors' night. She did a great job reading her books to her class. First grade is my favorite - her reading and writing has improved so much!</div>
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Samantha. A cupcake and a soccer medal. What more could you want?<br />
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Our Danielle is constantly "great with child." Here she is expecting a hedgehog, an elephant, and a baby. One night after she fell asleep, I went in to check on her, and she had a hedgehog and a puppy in her shirt!<br />
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Danielle "plays" for the Sabres. That's probably an exaggeration. What she actually does during soccer games:</div>
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We had such a fun birthday party on Friday - easy barbeque, simple crafts (wooden picture frames) and games (pictionary and charades). And of course we had to take pictures for their picture frames, so I printed out some cute props from <a href="http://go.tipjunkie.com/">go.tipjunkie.com</a> and <a href="http://www.accenttheparty.com/">www.accenttheparty.com</a> (thank you Pinterest). And I made some cute new birthday banners that I can use for all our birthday needs. Very fun!<br />
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Danielle's having fun hunting for eggs in the backyard, in her pajamas, with her shoes on the wrong feet. Love it!<br />
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We felt really special standing by the largest crayon in the world:<br />
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In March, Rebekah participated in the county fine arts festival. She sang with her chorus group, and she had a piece of art on display:<br />
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My favorite pictures - Christmas morning:<br />
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Our ward Christmas party was wonderful - "Christmas around the World"<br />
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Then I finished the unthinkable: I put some order to my storage room. I know it's still an ugly, unfinished storage room, but now at least I don't dread going downstairs. Yea for organization!<br />
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Rebekah was our pumpkin artist this year. She was very proud of herself.<br />
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This year we tried a new pumpkin patch - Temple Hall Farm out in Leesburg. Our favorite attractions were the cow train, climbing the bales of hay, and the corn box - Very fun! <br />
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And a new wreath I made for the front door:<br />
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Our door gets very hot - I couldn't find a wreath that would work, so I made a wreath out of paper roses. Should I be embarrassed about how much time I spent on this? In case you're wondering, there are 170 roses, and each one took a few minutes to make, so you can do the math ...<br />
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I found the idea on <a href="http://www.madebymarzipan.com/">www.madebymarzipan.com</a> - the coolest website that even had a video tutorial!3littleblondshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14694864558369390414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4868808311796357931.post-8117915266161747152011-08-31T18:51:00.000-07:002011-08-31T18:51:37.932-07:00Summer picsA few pictures from the summer.<br />
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Enjoying $1 night at the baseball stadium (which turned out to be much more than $1 when you add lots of food and treats):<br />
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A fun day in Washington DC. No matter how many times we visit, there's always something fun to do.<br />
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How have we missed the Hirshhorn Museum and sculpture garden all this time?<br />
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Thinking of Grandpa and Grandma and their all-time favorite tv show:<br />
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Eating ice cream is our family's favorite:<br />
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The NC Aquarium was fun (but very small):<br />
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We did the Nature Conservancy:<br />
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Bumper cars and Go-Karts on the last day:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even Danielle took lessons this time. She loves to feel included. As she says, "Mommy, I'm big now, right?" Here she is with her class playing, "Weatherman, Weatherman, what's the weather like?" Danielle always answers, "Sunny!"</div><br />
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Then we took a friend to Build-a-Bear Workshop, and they each got an animal. They loved it! It was a fun Teddy Bear Birthday!<br />
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Samantha learned how to ride without training wheels! Notice how big she is on her cute little bike:<br />
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