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Did you ever..

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..have one of those days where no matter what you do you seem to be the “mean” mom? My children have judged me to be so. I hear by enter the evidence to be tried by a jury of my peers. Evidence #1: Mom became the alarm clock when said children were not awake on […]

Three Amigos

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It seems these three are always together lately – making messes, reading books, playing outside. The two girls dote on their little brother (don’t we all) watching over him one minute, giving him reasons to kick or pinch them the next. Today they were content to play, happily sliding down the slide, rolling down the […]

Balancing ‘Mom’ and ‘Teacher’

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Interesting topic this week for the Heart of the Matter Meme. I usually don’t differentiate between those two roles of teacher and mother. I think it’s because I view motherhood as a teaching, guiding, instructive role but instead of teaching academics I teach other life skills – cooking, budgeting, sewing, spiritual guidance, moral values, etc. […]

Special Dark – My little man

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Do all little boys steal your hearts? After six girls it’s hard to know whether we are just really biased about him or if he’s just a typical sweet/mean/silly/energetic boy. The lighting is terrible in these photos but I love them because of the candid moment they capture. Semisweet grabbed the camera Wednesday evening as […]

Nicknames

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We are a family that uses nicknames a lot. Some seem to evolve and then morph into something else entirely different. Others have stuck seemingly for good.Bubba came about because Cookie started calling him that when he was just a couple of months old. When you ask him what his name is he will say […]

Sisterly Love

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I just had to show this picture of Bon Bon and Brownie taken last year in April right after they both got braces. At the end of the day after ups and downs, disagreements or not, all the girls end up showing sisterly love for each other. I hope the camaraderie will continue throughout their […]

I heart FLOR

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I’m so excited with the FLOR tiles we installed yesterday in our living room and on our stairs. Carpet tiles are so easy to install! The girls helped my with the living room and Mr. Ferrero Rocher helped me with cutting the tiles to fit on the stairs. Here are the before and after shots. […]

Ewww YUCK! Upchuck!

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I know that’s not the kind of title you really want to read but that pretty much explains our situation at the moment. All plans for the day have been sidetracked by two little girls sick with the stomach flu. Poor Truffle and Fudge having been laying on the couch each with their own containers […]