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Snow Day

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The kids have been off for 2 snow days this week.

They are literally climbing the walls , so today we braved the cold to do some sledding.

I was there…I know there is no evidence I am always behind the camera instead of in front of it.

I did sled down with the kids, no one caught it on film but I did it.

I used to be a pro. My dad would take us a few times a year.

I must be getting old though cause I don’t remember it being so fast!

Thank goodness we had the foresight in the spring a couple of years ago to by 3 big tubes when they were only $4 on clearance!

The kids shrieked with joy as my hubby dug them out like a forgotten buried treasure . All we had to do was blow them up and strap them to the top of the car.

SO FUN!

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Little Ghouls

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Every year my neighborhood starts Booing each-other. It is like a Halloween version of secret Santa.

Neighbors make up little gift baskets/buckets of Halloween treats and leave them on each-others doorsteps.

You leave a little Boo sign for them to post on their door so that others know they have been Booed. And another note asking them to do it for two other neighbors in the next couple of days.

It is fun to see all the signs on your neighbors doors as you go trick or treating on Halloween. It also spreads good will as you are not sure which neighbor went out and did something for you.

My kids squealed with delight as they found our Boo basket this week.

It was full of goodies, but my favorites had to be the wax lips! They were too funny.

I think my little ghouls looked great!

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Soccer Stud

Children's Sports Photography of My son's Soccer Season

My little soccer stud has been a bit….spacey?….this season.

Watching other teams and girls pass by instead of getting after the ball at the game.

But this Tuesday night he had an awesome practice and was back to his ball attacking self.

He also seemed to really have a good time with the boys and reassured me that he was really into the soccer thing.

I just want him to be involved in something and have fun doing it. I like soccer. I like that he plays with a team and that there is a lot of running involved.

Boys need activity, especially him!

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Cousins

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This is the first ever picture of all the new generation of cousins!

My sister was here for 10 days and we still were rushing to get pictures in, I swear where does the time go!

Also note to photographer self…….do not take your own kids to a park with a lake and think you can watch them and still take pictures of your sister and her baby!

Here are some out-takes, and some pics of my sister and my darling nephew!

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Mtn Pics

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We just got back from a family weekend in the mtns.

My sister came out all the way from back east to join us. My little nephew is so sweet, and such a great baby. I love him to pieces!

Sometimes we forget the beauty of the things we take for granted, like being only an hour and a 1/2 from a place like this.

I love it up there. So do my kids, they didn’t want to come home and I don’t blame them.

I promised them we would go back again soon.

Feeding the chick-a-monks as Beauty calls them was definitely a “gotta do it again” experience.

We tried to get them to venture down the trail for a longer hike but they were obsessed the the chick-a-monk stop.

They also had a really great lake side park, so fun they could have stayed for hours.

I love the mtns!

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Birthday Girl

My baby is four, where has the time gone?

She is so silly, soooooo girly, and precocious. She is smart and fussy about details, the very definition of a Miss Priss for sure.

I can only laugh as I realize she is so much like me.

She is the first one to hug me when I feel out of it, without saying a word at four she gets me.

I love her big round brown eyes and and crinkled nose as she squeals with laughter.

I love that she packs a purse full of lip gloss to pick her brother up from the bus stop, and runs to embrace him as he hops off the bus. Then she does everything in her power to pester him to death for the remaining part of the afternoon.

I love that she is obsessed with a mini shampoo bottle she found in my bathroom drawer. She declared it “so cute” and now keeps it in her room. Anytime I ask her to take a shower she runs and gets it and oohs and ahhs over it’s cuteness again.

I love that she loves HOT PINK. Anything hot pink….a dress…. a pair of underwear…….a pair of shoes…..a hot pink paper napkin, it doesn’t really matter. Hot pink just makes her feel good.

I love my little Beauty…….

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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