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[Natalie putting my lip gloss on herself]Owen: Can I wear lipstick too?Me: Lipstick is just for girls, mainly for big girls and Mommies.Owen: Lipstick is only for girls?Me: Yep.Owen: Oh. Boys don't wears lipstick. Me: Nope.Owen: Blankets don't wears lipstick?Me: Nope.Owen: Dogs don't wears lipstick?Me: Nope.Owen: Carpets don't wears lipstick? Me: No, they don't. Owen: Only girls wears lipstick.

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One of their favorite lunch spots is under the trampoline. It's shady and for some reason it makes them feel like they're getting a special treat to eat under there, they're little enough that they fit perfectly. And it's a bonus for me because their crumbs fall on the ground outside inside of on the floor inside! The only thing is, the static cling. Their hair reaches straight up, they haven't

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We have bikes, scooters, balls, a trampoline, sidewalk chalk, and toys toys toys to keep them entertained outside. All that money spent and instead they've happily "sailed" in this old, free jogging stroller for most of today.

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Me: "Owen, do you want a tickle or a nickel?" "A nickel!!!" "Do you want a nickel or a pickle?" "A pickle!!!" "Do you want a pickle or a sickle?" "A popsicle!!!" "You're fickle, kiddo." "I want a fickle!!!"

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When we found out we were having another boy, I was really happy but a little worried. I knew exactly how much I loved Natalie and Owen and I couldn't comprehend how I could love another little baby just as much. Well. What can I say about Emmett at 6 months? I am in serious love with this child. Can't live without him. When the other two are being holy terrors fighting and making messes,

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She requested a chocolate cake, with chocolate frosting and chocolate sprinkles.Presents!Owen digging in...Relaxing after a long day at the zoo!We love our Natalie! I can't believe she's already four, it's going by too fast. Natalie is filled to the brim with life and spirit and drama for her mama. Today for her birthday Roger took her and Owen to the Oakland Zoo and they had a blast. She came

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Emmett chomped and slobbered on my knuckle for 20 minutes. I hope this doesn't mean he's already teething but he could not get enough and he was biting as hard as he could. He holds my thumbs in the tightest little baby death grip and goes to town, but I love it when they have no teeth!

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Does this make me Mama Miyagi?

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From what I can remember of Easter (since I was in a pretty thick newborn fog), it was sweet. The kids woke up to their Easter baskets and were so surprised and excited. We went to church, came home for naps and then had a really nice dinner with BBQ lamb at my parents house and hung out. I love those kind of days, the weather was really nice too. I look at their baskets now and I cannot even

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I went to pick up a crying Emmett after only a 20 minute nap because he had a blow out. And while I was occupied with him, Owen went into the fridge and got the bottle of BBQ sauce out and poured out almost a whole bottle in order to drown two and a half Dino Bites. And then Natalie stuck her whole hand in it just out of curiosity. And then I felt all my systems shut down one by one until the

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When Roger and I were dating, I visited him down at his parent's house near Pasadena. One day he wanted to take me to this old spot where he used to go shoot his bow and arrow when he was a kid. I didn't really know what to expect but when we got there and I saw the target 50-60 yards back I was definitely interested to see what he could do. When he actually hit it on the first try I was

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I came in Natalie's room to find her on her bed sobbing into her pillow: "I was building you something (sob) special with the blocks (sob) and Owen took the blocks (sob) and hit me in the heart (sob) and he hit the Holy Ghost too (sob) cause the Holy Ghost is in my heart (sob) and he kept hitting me and he yelled at me (sob) and that's-that's-that's-that's why I'm crying. Can I hit him back? I

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I'm so in love with my baby boy Emmett. He is SO chunky, almost 16lbs and he's not even 3 months old! He's already in 3-6 month clothing and we'll soon be switching to all 6 month clothing. I laugh out loud every time I see his super chunky thighs, they are so soft and squishy. The breastmilk is definitely working its magic : )It's been a rough few months and only in the last couple nights has he

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I didn't watch a single episode of American Idol this year, I never really do. I can't handle the pressure! I usually cash in at the end and watch the finale but I didn't even do that this year because I don't know why. But I had heard good things about the winner Scotty McCreery after the fact so I youtubed him and I have to say I would have totally voted for this kid! He has some goofy

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Emmett woke up crying from his nap and Natalie followed me in as I went to pick him up...Natalie: Mommy I think he was dreaming of spiders!Me: Yeah? You think that's why he's crying huh? Natalie: Yeah. He should try to dream of me instead.

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I've asked Owen 6,483 times not to leave his bananas or peels on the ground when he's done. I'm so proud of him for listening! And kind of impressed at what his little mind came up with as pictured above, that little stink bomb definitely thinks outside the box. It truly warms the depths of my mothering soul when I notice that the things I tell my kids are sinking in on some level, even if it

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We moved Owen's bed into Natalie's room and with that came a greater selection of stuff to choose from in the pitch dark. He was pretending to be a horse at one point today and I think that's why he went for boots on his feet and hands. I also love how all the animals on his pillow seem to be looking at him, sweet dreams kid. Don't get up before 7am!!!

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POST EDIT: How I make broccoli that my kids love...Over medium-high heat, add a couple tablespoons of light or extra virgin olive oil to coat a skillet (I have stainless cookware). I usually buy broccoli crowns and cut them up into florets. Rinse the florets well and throw them wet in the pan, the water in the vegetable and the water used to rinse them is enough to steam them. Lightly salt the

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Last week we picked up some goggles from Costco for those hot summer days ahead...Owen must have walked around for the better part of an hour with his goggles squeezing his eyes almost shut, but he wouldn't part with them long enough to let us fix them (he insists on doing most things himself). Natalie loves her pink ones, hopefully going under water will be more fun for her this summer!

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I went in to check on Natalie a little while after Roger had put her to bed. I found her sleeping with her pillows set up like this. Apparently she requested to sleep in a cave so her daddy came up with this for her. Pretty soft, colorful and comfortable huh? And no critters. That's my kind of cave.

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They each get a chamber of my heart.

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We just got back from a quick trip to Disneyland with the Wright and Morwood cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. We spent two days in the park and had so much fun, best of all Emmett pretty much slept the entire time. Natalie and Owen loved getting to go on all the rides, especially exploring Tom Sawyer's Island and riding all the fun kid rides in Fantasyland. Roger took them on the Matterhorn and

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I should blog about this sweet baby, his arrival and all that good stuff but I've been too busy watching out for his sleep smiles and getting used to his dark hair.I love our newest little love!

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Our little man Owen is 2! He is a crack up and a tough little guy, we love him so SO much. We're excited to see how he does as a big brother in a couple months, we think he'll be great. Happy Birthday buddy!

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Most nights when Natalie is all ready for bed, we'll turn out the lights and I'll lie down with her for a few minutes. We talk about our day, sometimes I'll list all the things I love about her and other times I tell her made up stories about two imaginary best friends, a princess named Emma and a poor villager named Daisy who go on adventures together. She loves it, it's our routine.Last night

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I never know quite what to expect when I go in to check on him.

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It's because we're stuck at home. The kids and I have been sick so, no church, no pre-school, no library time, no play dates...it's just the three of us trying to contain our germs. Together. All day. I have a bad case of cabin fever and so do the kids, this picture is from last night just hanging around the house...can you tell they want to go somewhere? We did take them to Cold Stone last

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Some days I feel like 89% of being a mom is about saying "Get down!" It is so funny listening to Natalie "read" to Owen. She makes up a whole story of complete nonsense and Owen hangs on every word.

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For about the last month I've been encouraging Natalie to make her bed by herself. We also expect her to put away her toys, dress up clothes, books, and put her dirty laundry in the basket. She'll do everything pretty well except making her bed; that job has turned into such a chore for me to get her to do it. I end up eating irrational amounts of dark chocolate to compensate my losses (time,

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Roger and I have been waiting for what seems like forever to ring in 2011...the year he will graduate pharmacy school! We're also very excited to meet our new little boy in a couple months and see just how crazy life can get with three kids. We'll most likely move to a bigger house and better locale this year too. Lots of changes, but we're excited to see all that 2011 has in store for us. Happy

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Lady bug ears, Aurora sunglasses, Belle cell phone, Barbie bandaid, fairy wings, Dora underwear, Rapunzel jelly heels, picking at her lunch... she's out of her snow clothes and back to accessorizing herself, I think she's glad to be home.

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www.whitedaisyphotography.com

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Today I took my one hour glucose screening test, tomorrow I will find out if chocolate is my ex-best friend (again). Walking around Target tonight I happened upon Nestle's Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa Mix and, two aisles later, Ghiradelli Intense Dark Sea Salt Soiree with Roasted Almonds. In a moment of weakness plus 27 1/2 weeks of pregnancy hormones built up in my body, it all went into the cart!I

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The kids made that known a week ago when they opened every day and polished off their count-down candy. I even taped the calendars up high but it turns out the little red heads, Natalie especially, have Inspector Gadget arms.

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(She dresses for success.)

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I’m going to tell you about an experience that happened to me Friday night that I just barely told Roger about his morning. I didn’t tell Roger or anyone else because I felt embarrassed and foolish about this experience. Friday night we got home around 9pm from a trip to Auburn. After we put the kids to bed Roger was tired too and turned in early. I wasn’t very tired yet so I stayed up to clean

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After I tuck you in at night you quietly empty ALL of your dresser drawers. When I go in to check on you I step on a heaping pile of unfolded clothes all over your floor. I'm surprised my teeth grinding doesn't wake you up. But when I see you sleeping peacefully in your bed how can I be too mad? You point and say in your biggest voice, "Do NOT do DAT!" and "I'n not HAPPY!" when you feel that way.

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Today was costume day at preschool so Natalie went as...a pumpkin elf? She was excited to dress up and go show Teacher Celeste. We took some before shots and I had to inlcude the knock down one of Owen crying even though it's reallyblurry, it's just so typical of those two...they hug and kiss then tackle each other and one of them always ends up crying. Anyway, they did face painting at her

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After the goldfish fiasco of 2010 I figured maybe Natalie just really wants to be in the kitchen cooking and baking because it's what she sees me doing a lot. So today she picked out a mix at the store and together we made an Apple Caramel cake. Instead of taking her clothes off we put on her apron to keep from getting her clothes messy, she agreed that was a good idea! Progress. And while she

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When I discovered that Natalie, within a matter of 10-15 minutes, had taken off her clothes and emptied half the pantry so she could set up shop and transfer two pounds of goldfish crackers into my roasting pan for no apparent reason, I was reminded again of the dangers of "too quiet" play.

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Natalie is really excited for Balloween as she calls it (I can't get her to pronounce the H). This year she's into being (mildly) scared and scaring other people. When we go to Michael's she loves hanging out in the scary Balloween aisle and letting me know how "scary scary" everything is. This morning she stood in her room sticking her spider out her door yelling, "Mommy! Look! A scary Balloween

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Owen loves to pull up a chair and help with the dishes! Even though water is sure to get everywhere, the whole job takes longer and he ends up soaking wet it's impossible to resist his cute enthusiasm.

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Last night Roger and I climbed into bed around midnight and my feet were freezing. They were so cold I could not fall asleep. So I whispered to my dearest, "Will you get up and go find some big stones, put them in the hot oven for awhile and then stick them at the foot of our bed like they did in the olden days? But don't make them too hot because I could burn my feet." In a kind voice, he

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This Polar Bear book is Owen's favorite, we've read it to him over and over. Then he requests it again and so we read it one more time. All that tedious repetition has paid off, Natalie has passively memorized it and can now read it to him! Close enough anyway. My favorite part of this extremely boring video (yes, it's one nodder-offer of a video even to me and I'm their mother) is how Natalie

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The Mamarazzi was out in full force today...for the first day of preschool!!! Natalie is so excited to be a big girl and go to school. I am so excited for her. She loves other kids, loves playing and learning, this is going to be a great place for her. And I'm happy this day has finally come too (because right now Owen is napping and I'm eating carrots and hummus and reveling in the glorious

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As far as seating options go the laundry basket, turned on its side full of clean laundry, beats the couch. They like to reserve the couch strictly for jumping, forts and getting threats for time out. Hay bales. Hay bales would solve all my problems. So cheap and I think I could get over the debris.

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Owen recently discovered his pockets. He walks around with his hands in them, rides in his car seat with his hands in them, stands and watches TV with his paws tucked in. He even likes to nap in his play shorts and will fall asleep with his hands in his pockets. Tonight at dinner he was trying to get himself in his chair with no hands and after we helped him with that he was all ready to eat...

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I've recently reflected on some of my personal interests and I've come to a startling conclusion: in hobby-years I'm about 103 years old. Some of my extremely mature interests include classical literature, swapping lemon curd tips with the elderly ladies at church, drinking fish oil everyday, collecting dishes, driving slower to get better mileage, crocheting, British theatre mini-series and

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Just after Roger finished his summer rotation earlier this month we ventured down south with Bruce/Jen/kids to spend a week in the Laguna/New Port Beach area. We hit a new beach everyday and I have to say that Treasure Beach right under the Montage Resort is probably one of my favorite beaches ever. I want, to go, to there (again). I have so many good pictures of the whole trip but one of my

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Be planned, we packed, we drove, we hauled, we played, we built, we laughed, we got wet, we ate, we talked, we relaxed, we walked, we climbed, we napped, we went a little crazy, we joked, we watched, we loved it. That about sums up our Tahoe trip this week with our family/Chisholms/Lnenickas. Since today happens to be our 5 year anniversary I think it also sums up the last five years too. Maybe

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This last Saturday Bruce/Jen/kids came up to give our yard a makeover. What was once dirt is now awesome! The side yard was originally completely closed off from the deck and could only be accessed from the driveway. The major project, in addition to laying down the bark and setting up the swing set, was taking out part of the existing deck railing and fence and building a new bridge to connect

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Up: If I was myself (huh?) and on the same baby delivering schedule as my previous pregnancy, I'd be delivering #3 next month instead of in 8 months. Cray Zay. I've got awhile to go this time and it feels good. Down: The kids unloaded every can, jar, bottle and box from the pantry that their little mitts could reach and lined them up on the kitchen floor this morning. I was powerless to stop

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Besides yesterday's first official run to Jack In the Box for tacos, which is par for the course during my pregnancies, I had my first weirdo pregnancy craving: Honey Nut Cheerios, plain yogurt, apricot jam all mixed together. Now does that sound sooooo good or what? Don't say what.

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These are our tomato plants this year...they make me love summer even more. We planted Green Zebras, Pink Caspians (not pictured because we ate them all), Brandywines, Black Krim, Green Grapes and Mr. Stripeys. Black Krims are my favorite. When they're ripe they turn a dark purple green and they are so delicious on their own or with a splash of balsalmic vinegar (If you click on the link, I got a

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Last night a bunch of women from church ventured out for Amanda's moving away/girl's night out...we dined in Napa at Rutherford Grill. Not only was Anna (light turquoise) cracking me up the whole time, not only was the general conversation so good in general, not only was the service excellent, it happened to be the best restaurant food I've ever ever ever ever ever ever tasted. Did you take

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Dear Owen, Today my mind was a nuclear wasteland. You were the nuke. My eyelids were propped open by toothpicks all day. Had I needed to sign something my signature would have been a big fat sloppy X by whatever hand could manage the pen. Last night when we put you to bed at 7pm you went down with a fight. You cried at your door. You then got a bowl of kix. I rocked you, cuddled you, you giggled,

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My other blog post about how I love not camping seems to have ricocheted off Roger's eyeballs and landed in a little place called oblivion. He accidentally (and I use that word very loosely) bought a small purple women's external frame back pack off craigslist a couple weeks ago. Wrong size, wrong color, and yet it remains in our humble home! While the kids and I were in LA this week I came home

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Today was a beautiful day to visit the temple. Natalie loved kneeling in front the Jesus at the visitor's center and stayed there looking at him for a long time. I think she's been wondering about him... we walked around and looked at all the pictures and she pointed out which one was Jesus in every painting, "Look! It's Jesus!" with genuine surprise every time. We walked all around the temple

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This year's 4th of July weekend was busy. It included a double ward BBQ on Saturday...tons of food, tons of people, tons of food, we lost Owen for a few minutes...it was hectic and I think I spent more time running around locating my kids than having nice relaxing conversation like everyone else there. Right after that we drove over to my parent's house for backyard sparklers and bike decorations

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They fight, yell at each other, chase and take toys, cry because of the other, Natalie tells on him for everything, "Mom Owen's being quiet!"...but with the help of Caillou on TV once in awhile they will snuggle together. I love them even more when they love each other.

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Today Roger was excused early from jury duty so on a whim we took the kids to see some redwoods. I'd been here once before and what I love most about this place is the complete silence as you walk along through the trees (if you don't count our children, so sorry to other hikers who were hoping to get away from it all). The ground there is almost spongy under your feet, it's not dusty and rocky

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...because they sell this exclusively and I randomly discovered it while in LA. So they buy a lot of stuff from China. And fix the market by buying en masse. And possibly/probably screw their employees out of benefits. And crush small businesses like a wrecking ball to a sand castle. They have this ice cream and it is SO GOOD! It comforts me when I feel guilty about shopping there (sincere

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Where to begin. How about the end? We just got home from our trip to LA couple hours ago. We left at around noon today and made it back up here by 8pm. All it took was a ton of junk food and Little People music in the car (kill me, kill me now if I ever have to listen to Little People music again...the window might have to accidently suck the CD out on the freeway if you catch my drift) to keep

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A few things you should know. One of our kids, her names starts with N and ends with an atalie, can be that kid in public. Not too often, but it can happen when she needs lunch and a nap pronto. When you watch the second video, the one where her exhausted parents resign to finally go home, please notice the sweet little girl in the pink cardigan watching Natalie freak out about seeing the camera.

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I have a thing for British theatre and this newer version of Emma featuring Romola Garai is pretty awesome. I originally saw it on PBS.org and though we never really buy movies (this one is actually a mini-series and is about 4 hours), I bought this at Target cause it's a keeper. Emma and Johnny Lee Miller's character Mr. Knightly have Amazing chemistry. Did you notice I capitalized the A? At one

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Jac: "Rog how does this look?"Roger: Silent shrug with some nodding.Jac: "But it's denim and burlap. That's boyish right?Roger: "Yeah. But it's still a basket."Jac: "But it has BURLAP. Burlap rhymes with whap. And thwap. And baseball cap. And treasure map. And...hunting for crap." Cue Roger's attention fading into the distance. Hey self: Point proving strategy loses significant momentum when I

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Today I finished making this Easter basket for Natalie. I've looked around the last couple years for a basket for her that I really liked and last year I settled on something from Target. Then I saw a tutorial for this basket here and decided it was doable for me. It's meant to look scrappy, the scrappier the better! I can so do scrappy. Once I had all the materials it took me a couple days to

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St. Patrick's Eve was a horrible, awful, no good really bad night for us. Well, not so much for me but for Roger. I don't really know, I was sleeping for most of it. It all started yesterday when Natalie whined and cried about everything all day long and skipped her nap. By 4:42 p.m. I had completely had enough of the whining and by 4:43 p.m. I decided to cheat and go against all my better

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This video is boring and sideways but it will help me not give into whining and crying at Target...

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This is from his first birthday, before I let him go buck wild with cake and icing.

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Reason #11 I haven't been blogging? I saw this awhile back and decided I would do some spring decor along the same lines, I especially loved the music paper. Right now I'm growing thyme, rosemary, basil and oregano so I thought I'd send out a strong message to the universe that I mean business! And it was really just an excuse for me to bust out my mod podge because I LOVE mod podge. Ok so I've

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10. I've gotten so behind, do I catch up or start from today?09. There are 55 blogs/sites on my Google Reader list. 08. My kids climb all over me, demanding food and attention. 07. I started going to the gym at night a couple months ago.06. We misplaced both our camera chargers so pictures are lacking.05. I have to see my crush Simon Baker wear a vest on The Mentalist at 10pm on Thursday nights

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My sister Jess was turning 22 for the tenth time so we all went to the Cheesecake Factory a little over a week ago. As we were leaving I saw red velvet cheesecake in their selections upfront...when I saw it I literally stopped talking mid-sentence to stare. I think I was even about to start chasing Natalie down in the restaurant but something more important suddenly came up (pictured above).

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I'm calling to find out if orange tiger lily flowers are toxic.My two year old ate two full flowers plus a couple petals from a third one...stamens and all. No, she seems to be breathing ok, she just looks like she ate a bag of Cheetos.Sure I'll hold.Hi again. They're not? Ok, great. Thanks for your help.Can you find the missing petals?

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Yesterday I drove to my sister's house. Yesterday I drove to my sister's house and forgot my wallet.Yesterday I drove to my sister's house, forgot my wallet and the gas tank was on empty.Yesterday I drove to my sister's house, forgot my wallet, the gas tank was empty, and I didn't realize it until I was already driving back home.Yesterday I drove to my sister's house, forgot my wallet, the gas

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Our first lesson in potty training: The How-to's of UnderwearWe might be here awhile.

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Roger fell asleep for the night. Natalie fell asleep for the night.Owen fell asleep for the night.I'm still wide awake.I have two hours until I go to bed. The rotating plan starting now:Book.Chocolate Eclair.Smile until my face hurts that I have time to myself.

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Michael Phelps has nothin on me : )

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Today we headed out to Crab Cove with some of our play group pals. We had a little picnic then ventured off to disturb the wild life at low tide! Natalie loved splashing around in the water and throwing rocks, she picked up the biggest ones she could manage and plunked them back into the water. They pushed aside big rocks and underneath were tons of crabs, Natalie was totally fascinated holding

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Happy Anniversary Rog, I love you so much!

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We've threatened Natalie with so many timeouts during dinner to get her to concentrate on eating, now if we don't say, "Do you need a time out?" before every bite she reminds us, "Nee time out?" and then takes a bite.That's what I call self-discipline. Whatever works.

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Everywhere you look, Aspen Grove is beautiful. Compared to the golden hills of California in the middle of the summer, it was neat to be surrounded with so much greenery.

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