tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16716556519598697112024-03-05T13:01:20.320-06:00Love, Laughter, and Lyricsjenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-14049064167905455912013-08-01T10:54:00.002-05:002013-08-01T12:36:07.048-05:00Looking for Me???Hey Hey! I've started a new blog. Check me out at <a href="http://www.notjenny.com/" target="_blank">www.notjenny.com </a>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-121021066627601792012-04-12T20:58:00.002-05:002012-04-12T20:59:49.872-05:00thanks for the help, buddy.What I heard...<br />
"Mom. Haywee (Hayley - the cat) was hungry. So I gave her some food."<br />
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What I saw...<br />
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I know I've said it before, but I'm so glad he's cute. 'Cause it helps.<br />
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<br />jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-8765270475257723402012-03-24T22:26:00.001-05:002012-04-12T21:00:55.238-05:00kitty and the beastSo - we got a cat at Christmas this year.<br />
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Correction: Avery got a cat at Christmas this year.<br />
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And Charlie loves to torture it.<br />
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A lot.<br />
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The first week we had her, I caught Charlie "hugging" her tightly around her tiny neck at least twice. <br />
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Thankfully, after only a few months of life with Charlie, Miss Kitty has definitely become smarter and more protective of her nine lives.<br />
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This picture, taken in January, may be the last one I'll ever see of Charlie holding Kitty. Because now, as soon as he comes near her she takes off in a full sprint.<br />
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My brother and sister-in-law moved to Savannah, Georgia earlier this year. From the moment they told us the news of their move, David and I have been excitedly planning our Thanksgiving trip to visit them.<br />
Mostly because it means we get to see them.<br />
But also, because it's Savannah.<i>..y'all</i>...<br />
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Being in Savannah with all the beautiful people, southern
hospitality, historically old buildings, and Paula Deen souvenir's made me just want to say, "<i>y'all"</i> after every phrase.<br />
It was kind of obnoxious.<br />
Even looking at the photos from our trip makes me want to bust out my Scarlett O'Hara accent. <br />
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Our first day in Savannah, my brother and sister-in-law took us Downtown where we checked out beautifully ancient trees laden with Spanish Moss. <br />
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By the way - did you know that all that pretty moss is FULL OF MITES and whatnot? It's seriously a "look but not touch" situation - which is why, when Charlie tried to pick up a handful of it, I lost my ever-loving mind.<br />
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After walking around Forsythe Park, we took a tour of Downtown Savannah...<i>y'all</i>.<br />
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While downtown, we walked past the Mercer House which was used in the movie <i>Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.</i> Look at the architecture on the building...<br />
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The next day, my brother and sister-in-law took us to Tybee Island where we spent some time playing on the beach. <br />
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And later that day, we went to see the 270 year-old Tybee Island Lighthouse.<br />
Once we got there, we decided to just look at it.<br />
You know, enjoy the beauty.<br />
From outside the lighthouse. <br />
Without walking up loads of stairs. <br />
Because all the adults agreed that the only thing less appealing than paying tons of money to climb a million steps would be to climb a million steps while carrying 2 kids. <br />
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Then we headed to The Crab Shack to eat seafood and check out some gators.<br />
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That night, we went to City Market in Savannah to visit the Savannah Candy Kitchen.<br />
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Charlie and Avery were in Heaven.<br />
Evidently, Heaven has a gigantic pixie stixs dispenser and barrels of candy.<br />
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On Saturday, we decided to do a little shopping downtown.<br />
One of the places I was dying to see was The Paris Market.<br />
Everything in that store made me drool. The prices were kind of crazy, but loveliness and inspiration was everywhere.<br />
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(Can I just tell you what Charlie would do with those pretty books if I put them on my stairs? It would be anything but pretty)<br />
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After shopping a little, we headed to the roof of The Bohemian Hotel and watched boats on the Savannah River.<br />
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We took a stroll down the most beautiful streets ever...<br />
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...in order to get to our dinner destination: The Pirate's House. It's been serving people since 1763 and is the oldest house in the state of Georgia.<br />
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The Pirate's House's big gimmick is to have a "Pirate" walk around to greet it's guests. Which, I guess is cool.<br />
If you're not 5.<br />
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If you <i>are</i> 5, and told that you were going to eat at a Pirate's House, you may be expecting something like these guys: <br />
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So, when the reality looked a little more like this guy:<br />
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Avery's 5 year-old reaction was...not good.<br />
My brother had to literally tell the guy to leave the table because Avery was clinging to my neck in total fear.<br />
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The next day, we took a marathon of a trip home. An awesomely long, terribly extended, seriously arduous journey back. In the rain.<br />
But our trip to Savannah was totally worth all of the travel inconveniences. I can't wait to go back to Savannah... y'all.<br />
<br />jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-75742025200960273072011-11-29T20:22:00.001-06:002011-11-29T21:09:23.102-06:00Charlie's Superhero PartyCharlie turned three on November 21.<br />
He is unbelievably obsessed with superheros and "bad guys", so it seemed only fitting that he have a superhero themed party for him.<br />
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For this party, I decided to make the cake from scratch. Which, as it turns out, is a pretty nerve-racking decision since the only way to know if it's good or not is to serve it to everyone.<br />
At the party.<br />
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Thankfully, Al Gore invented the internet.<br />
And the Food Network invented Ina Garten.<br />
And Ina Garten invented a seriously amazing <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/beattys-chocolate-cake-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">chocolate cake recipe</a>.<br />
And included a handy video to watch while you make her amazing chocolate cake.<br />
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Bless you, Barefoot Contessa. You and your fancy scmancy parties, smugly overpriced ingredients, and fantastically intricate recipes are a-okay with me.<br />
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And - Charlie.<br />
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We rented a giant bounce house for the day which arrived at 9 or so that morning.<br />
Charlie and Avery probably bounced in it for 7 of the 8 hours it was at our house.<br />
The energy they have astounds me. <br />
I bounced in it for 15 minutes and had jello legs the rest of the night.<br />
Which either means that bouncing in a bounce house is hard, or I am seriously out of shape.<br />
I can't be sure which... <br />
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Happily, a few months ago, I discovered that my brother Joseph is a close, personal friend of Spiderman.<br />
Charlie insisted that he be invited to his party and talked about how "Piderman" was coming to his "bewrfday pawty" for weeks and weeks.<br />
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After greeting him, we sprayed him down with Spidey Spray. <br />
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And Charlie opened his present from Spiderman.<br />
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Everyone loved Spiderman, but none more than our little friend Spencer.<br />
She asked him to hold her hand and take a picture with him.<br />
Then she sang him the Spiderman theme song.<br />
I think it's safe to say that Spiderman's heart melted just a bit.<br />
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Because half of the pumpkins rotted. And because I'm the kind of gal who gets rid of holiday decorations the day after the holiday is over.<br />
But here's how it looked pre-rot.<br />
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I'm looking forward to adding a few more gourds next year. Having a mantle to decorate has been so fun!jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-1810270040795749282011-11-05T00:28:00.002-05:002011-11-05T00:30:20.633-05:00if i twittered<i>I just found this post hanging out in the "drafts" section of my blog and thought I'd go ahead and post it... It was written in 2009. Remembering how life was for me just a couple of years ago makes me smile... Because now I can take a 5 minute shower with minimal consequences. Hooray.</i><br />
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I'm sure that most of you know what "Twittering" is, but I've just recently learned about it. If you don't, here's the definition according to Wikipedia:<br />
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Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can send and receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS (receive only), or through applications such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, and Feedalizr. The service is free to use over the web, but using SMS may incur phone services provider fees.<br />
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I don't have any interest in doing it, but if I did - here's what you might have read today:<br />
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- Jennifer is stirring her coffee with a baby spoon.<br />
- Jennifer is trying to remove a penny from her CD player.<br />
- Jennifer is changing a poopy diaper.<br />
- Jennifer just found a moldy cheerio in the couch cushion.<br />
- Jennifer is wondering if she'll get to take a shower today.<br />
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You get the point.<br />
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Riveting. <br />
Fascinating.<br />
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Who wouldn't want to read that stuff?jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-26053445551167156352011-11-01T21:21:00.000-05:002011-11-01T21:35:11.949-05:00halloween<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's Fall, I'm obsessed with <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>, and I'm not afraid to copy a good idea from someone smarter than I am.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.thehighheeledhostess.com/2011/08/fall-into-september.html">inspiration source</a></i></div>
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...So that's what I did.<br />
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A lot.<br />
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<i><a href="http://www.bhg.com/halloween/crafts/frightfully-frugal/#page=9">inspiration source. </a></i></div>
A whole lot.<br />
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<i><a href="http://hisugarplum.blogspot.com/">inspiration source</a></i></div>
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These guys, however, are total originals.<br />
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Happy Halloween!jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-70028681140195896872011-10-06T21:48:00.004-05:002011-10-06T22:08:32.458-05:00avery's 5th birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On September 14, Avery turned 5.<br />
In the Magic Kingdom.<br />
To celebrate, we treated her to breakfast with Cinderella and the Princesses in the Magic Kingdom.<br />
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Avery was so excited to be dining with the Princesses in the castle. <br />
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Charlie was excited about breakfast.<br />
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But was not so excited about waiting for it.<br />
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The Princesses came out one by one, and each one greeted us at our table - taking time to give Avery a hug, and pose for a picture or two.<br />
Sometime during breakfast, the waiter brought Avery a special treat - her own lighted cupcake.<br />
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When Ariel saw her cupcake, she said, "Cupcakes for breakfast? Oh man... all I had this morning was seaweed!"<br />
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Charlie greeted every princess with the same look... which made me giggle. The Ladies make my brave little man a shy quiet guy.<br />
Who knew?<br />
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Belle was one of our favorites. When Charlie asked her where the Beast was, she answered by saying, "The Beast went on a beastly run this morning... and he is taking a bath."<br />
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At the end of Breakfast, Avery made a special wish with her wishing star and magic wand.<br />
Ariel helped her close her eyes to make her birthday wish...<br />
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And... Charlie got... a sword. A sword.<br />
Giving Charlie a large object that is designed to be used as a weapon can only lead to certain disaster.<br />
And multiple injuries requiring swift medical assistance.<br />
They may need to reconsider that idea.<br />
And my Charlie may be the reason for that. <br />
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It was such a fun experience for the family.<br />
But my favorite Princess was definitely our sweet little 5 year old princess. <br />
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Charlie loved playing in the sand at Typhoon Lagoon.</div>
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We played in the wave pool, hung out in the lazy river together, and then hung out in the little kid's area of the park.<br />
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They were both worn out from their busy, busy day.<br />
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The next day, we went to Blizzard Beach (another Disney water park made to look like a Ski Resort that melted in the Florida sun). The kids really enjoyed the melting snowmen at the front of the park.<br />
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Personally, I liked Blizzard Beach a little better than Typhoon Lagoon. We spent a lot of time in the kid's area there with our little guys. The play area had lots of sand to play in and several smaller water slides that even Charlie enjoyed.<br />
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After our busy day at Blizzard Beach we headed to Downtown Disney for shopping.<br />
Look at that Lego girl! <br />
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Then we fed another crazy squirrel like 7 french fries. He was practically eating out of our hand. I probably should have been afraid of Rabies or something, but I just couldn't get over how close the little guy was!<br />
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Plus, everyone knows that squirrels at Disney don't have Rabies. They probably have to have background checks and full physicals.<br />
I love Disney.<br />
I miss Disney...<br />
Humph.<br />
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On the Saturday that Nikki stayed with us, we decided to revisit to Magic Kingdom. <br />
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When we first arrived at the Magic Kingdom, we noticed that lots of characters were on Main Street: Mary Poppins, Daisy Duck, Pluto, and Marie (from the Aristocats).</div>
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After visiting with Marie, we headed over to ride the kid's favorite ride in the park: It's a Small World. We probably rode it 4 or 5 times while we were there!<br />
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The entire Mainstreet area was decked out for Halloween. It was so lovely. The pumpkins were carved in true Disney style - with the utmost attention to detail...<br />
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Since we'd already spent a day in Fantasy Land earlier in the week, we
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the Jungle Boat Cruise, and Aladdin's Magic Carpet ride. Then we took a
break for lunch at Peso Bill's for lunch. I had the Taco salad. It was
really yummy. I think that the counter service food at Disney is almost
better than the character meal food!<br />
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After lunch, we took the kids to Tom Sawyer's Island to play.<br />
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And then headed over to Frontierland's main street area for a good spot for the afternoon parade.<br />
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Before leaving for the day, Avery picked out her present from her Uncle Jordan and Aunt Nikki. She chose Duffy, Mickey's newest friend. It's his teddy bear that he takes on his adventures around the world. She loves it to pieces. </div>
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Charlie was super excited about having his picture taken at the end of the day. Can you tell?</div>
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<u>Avery's favorite: </u><br />
picking out her new teddy bear.<br />
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<u>Charlie's favorite:</u><br />
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The next day, Nikki headed back home and we went to Animal Kingdom.<br />
This is the picture that I made David take to prove that I actually went on the vacation with the family:<br />
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Our first stop was at the Jungle Safari.<br />
During our trek, a giraffe stepped in front of our truck - causing a huge delay. The driver had to wait for the giraffe to decided to move to the other side of the road before she could move on with our tour. And the giraffe was in NO hurry to oblige. I loved it. We have a pretty amazing zoo in our city, but it was pretty cool to see the giraffe that close!<br />
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Later in the day, when the sun was blazing and unbearable, we made a pit stop to the Dinosaur Land area. Each park has a "play area" for little guys built in.The Dinosaur Land play area was exceptionally cool. Avery and Charlie played for at least 45 minutes in the bone digging play area - right under some misting fans. <br />
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After that, we enjoyed a little ice cream before heading to see The Lion King musical show.<br />
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I would go to Animal Kingdom again just to see that show. It was so good. We were able to sit right on the front row. It was awesome!<br />
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After the show, we headed out to get our stroller and noticed a little squirrel hanging around foraging for food. The squirrels at Disney are crazy. They are the most fearless animals I've ever seen. This little guy came right up to us and grabbed this huge cup full of Chips Ahoy cookies. We laughed our hineys off when he dragged it all the way to the bushes. <br />
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Our final stop of our long, hot, and totally exhausting day was for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. Then we all went directly to sleep. <br />
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<u>Avery's favorite:</u><br />
The Jungle Safari Ride.<br />
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<u>Charlie's favorite:</u><br />
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My sister-in-law drove down from Georgia to stay with us last weekend. We haven't seen her or my brother since their recent move there, so it was a huge treat to have her join us. As soon as she arrived, we headed to Epcot for an afternoon of fun. </div>
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Our first stop was the Character Spot where we saw Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto and Goofy.</div>
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Charlie declared Goofy to be his favorite for the day.</div>
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From there, we went to the Finding Nemo ride - a huge hit with both kids and adults. </div>
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There's an aquarium-like exhibit at the end of the Finding Nemo ride...a fact that made me very, very sad...given my feelings about fish.<br />
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Clearly, Avery doesn't share the same fear of fish that her mommy does.<br />
This picture kind of gives me hives just looking at it.<br />
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After that, we went to the Turtle Talk with Crush show.<br />
Much to my surprise, my reserved little Avery raised her hand to ask a question to Crush.<br />
Her question?<br />
"How do they get bigger when they talk?"<br />
To which Crush said, "umm... what???"<br />
She repeated the question and he said, "ummm...they stand up?"<br />
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And that's what happens when you tell a bunch of kids to ask you whatever they want. <br />
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After talking with Crush, we went to visit Journey Into Imagination with Figment. Avery and Charlie loved it. Charlie really loved playing in the Imagination Room after the ride was over. <br />
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When we had ridden all of the Preschool Friendly rides at the front of the park, we headed to the World Showcase to get some serious education.<br />
Unfortunately, that's when the bottom dropped out and we had to take cover in the France exhibit.<br />
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But because Disney thinks of EVERYTHING, every exhibit has a Kidcot activity for little ones to participate in. Avery and Charlie spent their time coloring a cut-out of Mickey's Teddy Bear Duffy - while David spent his time on the phone making our dinner reservations. <br />
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When the rain finally subsided, we headed out to see the other "countries".<br />
Charlie didn't seem very interested in his first World Tour, but he really liked playing with the umbrella.<br />
A lot.<br />
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Epcot's World Showcase area doesn't have a ton of "rides". Most of the attractions in the World Showcase are about experiencing the culture of the people of various regions. We did, however, ride Maelstrom in Norway.<br />
A decision that I totally and completely regret because it absolutely terrified my little ones. Storms, Trolls, tumultuous boat rides, and more trolls.<br />
Not a good combination when you're 5 and under.<br />
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In an effort to regain my credibility and trustworthiness with my little guys, we headed to Mexico to ride the 3 Amigos ride featuring Donald Duck. <br />
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Our dinner reservations were for La Hacienda De San Angel in the Mexico Exhibit. La Hacienda is a newer restaurant whose decor and ambiance was beautifully modern and authentic at the same time. The restaurant sits right on the World Showcase Lagoon in the middle of the park: the same lake that the nightly fireworks and laser display (IllumiNations) is shown from.<br />
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The hostess sat us at a table next to the large windows that overlook the lagoon. We had a delicious dinner and dessert with really great service.<br />
They even brought Avery a special Birthday treat. <br />
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The fireworks show began at 9, and the audio was streamed directly into the restaurant. They dimmed the lights inside the restaurant and we were able to drink our coffee and watch the fireworks display from our table.<br />
It was awesome!!!<br />
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We had a great day at Epcot.<br />
I think I'm in love with Disney World.<br />
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<u>Avery's Favorites:</u><br />
Donald Duck and the 3 Amigos ride <br />
Turtle Talk with Crush<br />
Finding Nemo Ride<br />
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<u>Charlie's Favorites:</u><br />
Meeting Goofy<br />
Holding the umbrellajenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-29867976668442676972011-09-13T21:24:00.000-05:002011-09-13T21:31:16.690-05:00stir crazyWhile David was at his conference, Avery, Charlie and I stayed at the condo. We did a little swimming and a <u>lot</u> of t.v. watching.<br />
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The following is photographic documentation of the moment that I almost went completely and certifiably insane.<br />
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Table dancing, anyone?<br />
<i>(by the way - notice the pants Avery is wearing? I can't get them off of her)</i><br />
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And here's Crazy Charlie running around the room unrolling all of the paper towels: <br />
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And finally - the money shot: it's Avery throwing a ball. At my face.<br />
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I think it's safe to say I'm glad that the conference is over.<br />
Really glad.jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-35222241865761608792011-09-08T12:14:00.002-05:002011-09-09T08:15:58.549-05:00Disney Day 2: Hollywood Studios<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On Monday, we went to Hollywood Studios where we had lunch reservations for the Play 'N Dine character meal at Hollywood and Vine. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaNIj3YtYfw1fjw4QFjin9l_JdOaUfVyzCkoAW6b495IncnQuFpmWWybWPknp8QSz-lgp8JRAbdpdGtU2nfQcJy1b0ci2ZW3zr6gbuwAjJt75gWFYJdgCjoLvgnBAxQrzIrGYAdgYWm8/s1600/DSC_0130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixaNIj3YtYfw1fjw4QFjin9l_JdOaUfVyzCkoAW6b495IncnQuFpmWWybWPknp8QSz-lgp8JRAbdpdGtU2nfQcJy1b0ci2ZW3zr6gbuwAjJt75gWFYJdgCjoLvgnBAxQrzIrGYAdgYWm8/s640/DSC_0130.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we were waiting to be seated Avery and Charlie found a way to peek inside. They kept yelling, "oooh! I see Oso!" and "There's Handy Manny!". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvkjI5Pu8TafcYGcd2Vsx9ewDpyH_WVm90Ch5z2cYFY2sAUlmc0nuPRw_Hbu4FC_jO6YTfdEsM9494jn4QCxih1-2f27_kth_eB8-Ng6vvyW_3J1uAy2AmPYuMxNwlV5etYikyKTTSHA/s1600/DSC_0131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvkjI5Pu8TafcYGcd2Vsx9ewDpyH_WVm90Ch5z2cYFY2sAUlmc0nuPRw_Hbu4FC_jO6YTfdEsM9494jn4QCxih1-2f27_kth_eB8-Ng6vvyW_3J1uAy2AmPYuMxNwlV5etYikyKTTSHA/s640/DSC_0131.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When were finally seated, Avery and Charlie were greeted by some of their favorite Disney Junior characters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM40YsqCboGzsJHBCtOy7I98RPS4FTfveQXBDlk2_KDZ7FJ6XYKey3V4EvMLJwE0_a9kPLDpzAvwMB1f4f96R1lCfr7Wi7zMBqSxuuP0E5ew5bulQnbxwNehJSYMkxByucVNydo6j_8aI/s1600/DSC_0134.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM40YsqCboGzsJHBCtOy7I98RPS4FTfveQXBDlk2_KDZ7FJ6XYKey3V4EvMLJwE0_a9kPLDpzAvwMB1f4f96R1lCfr7Wi7zMBqSxuuP0E5ew5bulQnbxwNehJSYMkxByucVNydo6j_8aI/s400/DSC_0134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud37B-4B80cAfsKi4URCgJ0h3hyphenhyphenouzsVdRn0sL7VwTdbrHc8GAvb8r5asWJBaVj4WYde3zUUKHI8eqr6N6oFc522pTWsfNWyYmxh1oB3Uwrpoi7PDotmJdvXl_wCnqTP88LTcF9HHYNU/s1600/DSC_0140.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjud37B-4B80cAfsKi4URCgJ0h3hyphenhyphenouzsVdRn0sL7VwTdbrHc8GAvb8r5asWJBaVj4WYde3zUUKHI8eqr6N6oFc522pTWsfNWyYmxh1oB3Uwrpoi7PDotmJdvXl_wCnqTP88LTcF9HHYNU/s640/DSC_0140.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ebcdgko-P7fy_zsQZ_aIkHEc0dCsEN1rq44GQ-35x6RV0ao7Cn2DaNiHyy9pPA5GWUo2UgSJuIU51kc7hAS0aoq2MJbJHBrFSxRKksq8i8eo9R5SBncHyaDOJ7vWh5gEIZakjeRCAAw/s1600/DSC_0146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Ebcdgko-P7fy_zsQZ_aIkHEc0dCsEN1rq44GQ-35x6RV0ao7Cn2DaNiHyy9pPA5GWUo2UgSJuIU51kc7hAS0aoq2MJbJHBrFSxRKksq8i8eo9R5SBncHyaDOJ7vWh5gEIZakjeRCAAw/s640/DSC_0146.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVpp1rSE2URQEr8G6BWahKWY06zEeLF44kpnZZmbJaVlCYzn0BevNJfSAYziHSEJU6bS4f6eLjw1lUtTyelojXMZwKJ7LhlBwKqmXSZMZKN43OjviCFf9s1v-gw23cUkaNwStbZA6CMk/s1600/DSC_0157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEVpp1rSE2URQEr8G6BWahKWY06zEeLF44kpnZZmbJaVlCYzn0BevNJfSAYziHSEJU6bS4f6eLjw1lUtTyelojXMZwKJ7LhlBwKqmXSZMZKN43OjviCFf9s1v-gw23cUkaNwStbZA6CMk/s640/DSC_0157.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5ZPzWdgQgFMc2jCiIYqtrmuwKJikV7ODKOYvqyr1p2vPSDz3qy-LnZ9NuSZ9ZbV-U2zAFelACzJ4R8lslNrkoTMUe0ly6YgtLicx4dM1eO_iOaMEkZWel3lu9EcLlXEP8EhjLzlTmIw/s1600/DSC_0165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN5ZPzWdgQgFMc2jCiIYqtrmuwKJikV7ODKOYvqyr1p2vPSDz3qy-LnZ9NuSZ9ZbV-U2zAFelACzJ4R8lslNrkoTMUe0ly6YgtLicx4dM1eO_iOaMEkZWel3lu9EcLlXEP8EhjLzlTmIw/s640/DSC_0165.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The lunch was an "American style buffet". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The food was good, but not awesome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Avery and Charlie got lots of mac and cheese and chicken nuggets, so they were happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">David and I agreed that while the food wasn't out of this world, the dining <i>experience</i> and atmosphere was. 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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each character came to the table throughout the meal to spend time interacting with our kids. Every 15 minutes or so, a cast member would come out and sing and dance with the kids. They sang lots of songs from the Disney Junior t.v. shows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a huge hit with my little guys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXmM00b9jIfNz1A1DLh0syOpvI5HbZFNU6UMY2s81p7w7aonZedKRTfUic8H2ABjbSkTH7x5cQ_Hoa_6zGo5jDgXRlIM7xH4YtuMKdJCW-_CrS0quvKGf5Xvl5_OHlUIhmkV0mamvoSY/s1600/DSC_0135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXmM00b9jIfNz1A1DLh0syOpvI5HbZFNU6UMY2s81p7w7aonZedKRTfUic8H2ABjbSkTH7x5cQ_Hoa_6zGo5jDgXRlIM7xH4YtuMKdJCW-_CrS0quvKGf5Xvl5_OHlUIhmkV0mamvoSY/s640/DSC_0135.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After lunch, we went to the park to check out the Disney Junior show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BQcaFJYEaLQRCkUjYhSNOMVCcjwKzsniQuqtzrmqtjs4ZaSSr17cZfgSXPHJTziw8pDIpB2tRHe_0xfVhtvWh43QwnPn5GdlNSrFdK1H2IhOdVq9Xm2PXFG_Isa1RaIRChUW1pKZRNQ/s1600/DSC_0170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BQcaFJYEaLQRCkUjYhSNOMVCcjwKzsniQuqtzrmqtjs4ZaSSr17cZfgSXPHJTziw8pDIpB2tRHe_0xfVhtvWh43QwnPn5GdlNSrFdK1H2IhOdVq9Xm2PXFG_Isa1RaIRChUW1pKZRNQ/s640/DSC_0170.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTtcSdc64OCN9g4_zcgnkVZ6GdHGTaCqgKQVck-clQ8_TSFJdUYdfYZ9UW2RpH-PKaYDh2lxIB1ZjgHjWPfSzgFoW99JbVuP3m0DbXv08G1hA3DsHpzZh7hDAxvt20lkVK0HDn4JvPw8/s1600/DSC_0179.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTtcSdc64OCN9g4_zcgnkVZ6GdHGTaCqgKQVck-clQ8_TSFJdUYdfYZ9UW2RpH-PKaYDh2lxIB1ZjgHjWPfSzgFoW99JbVuP3m0DbXv08G1hA3DsHpzZh7hDAxvt20lkVK0HDn4JvPw8/s400/DSC_0179.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW836NSNUzpdXazYaZuv7mBucaSICsCWaQgyhywUE3hwwM8iPnQxDZioLevja8amhaY18LKENnONKVqKmbvsowyIdlkX_mJXc4Z85H932GrxZlm07kekuNNBRsn4yR9O6CkHnrDJK02QI/s1600/DSC_0180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW836NSNUzpdXazYaZuv7mBucaSICsCWaQgyhywUE3hwwM8iPnQxDZioLevja8amhaY18LKENnONKVqKmbvsowyIdlkX_mJXc4Z85H932GrxZlm07kekuNNBRsn4yR9O6CkHnrDJK02QI/s400/DSC_0180.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then we let the kids play in the Honey I Shrunk the Kids play area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zt9gj0dk88IvCcaap6NRaojT8HaXV4XPCvl1fqnFfYVsZ8vlVyVMNvrfKxyn1tbte72bLedWeMIWGJCmCps5IQMgSG7IF0v8k80xadR6pg8uWaXZVtVnFx1xXxS7Yta7_5Og6zv-pH4/s1600/DSC_0181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zt9gj0dk88IvCcaap6NRaojT8HaXV4XPCvl1fqnFfYVsZ8vlVyVMNvrfKxyn1tbte72bLedWeMIWGJCmCps5IQMgSG7IF0v8k80xadR6pg8uWaXZVtVnFx1xXxS7Yta7_5Og6zv-pH4/s640/DSC_0181.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Avery loved the rope web so much that she decided to do it on her own. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Without telling us. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She just disappeared. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">David and I finally found her at the top of the web. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was the most terrifying 1 and a half minutes of my life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's when we decided that maybe it was time for a crash course on stranger danger and what to do when you can't find your mom and dad. Just remembering it makes me a little sick to my stomach. Ugh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Later, we saw the Beauty and the Beast stage show. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PvgG-0vgPBjbmOCI8NeXdWslPdKWVDoXp5fdvT7kiL3PegUwTxtE_D0PFAAiLkx6qKoppiOlhxjO5peKRBXUDRQnKC-7nl8j4vWAo8B6a-72lp7kDNTjDsRDOCNzYLAwASKtkOW7HRs/s1600/DSC_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PvgG-0vgPBjbmOCI8NeXdWslPdKWVDoXp5fdvT7kiL3PegUwTxtE_D0PFAAiLkx6qKoppiOlhxjO5peKRBXUDRQnKC-7nl8j4vWAo8B6a-72lp7kDNTjDsRDOCNzYLAwASKtkOW7HRs/s400/DSC_0184.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But by that time, it was hot, hot, hot. And raining. And hot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFVprexghJRuMKglnav4iHgHnYxFWs0hInqrCAEJbUVzm0fFXTPI15RBCzUvOb5sC41jseWhTSm6KwJzDmWXNbVDldwMALQglQblGroBgDFMW2IedE_50LLIwpsHlHZOxwimVT2JsNPk/s1600/DSC_0187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFVprexghJRuMKglnav4iHgHnYxFWs0hInqrCAEJbUVzm0fFXTPI15RBCzUvOb5sC41jseWhTSm6KwJzDmWXNbVDldwMALQglQblGroBgDFMW2IedE_50LLIwpsHlHZOxwimVT2JsNPk/s640/DSC_0187.jpg" width="428" /></a></div> So unbelievably hot.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5jYl6v0jsZFKD5o6xqDv97r1-zepCzvPMRdo9vj0yi3gWY2_g-MboloDoAl-TEVWNC65iMU56Skx0_S-gHJ1OKKCn7q9I3cLXHOyGw4gzKa4amJt_iu_pEy3VleKqUy8ImC9Ii_auB0/s1600/DSC_0188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb5jYl6v0jsZFKD5o6xqDv97r1-zepCzvPMRdo9vj0yi3gWY2_g-MboloDoAl-TEVWNC65iMU56Skx0_S-gHJ1OKKCn7q9I3cLXHOyGw4gzKa4amJt_iu_pEy3VleKqUy8ImC9Ii_auB0/s400/DSC_0188.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> So we decided that maybe it was time for an ice cream break.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmtHqJ_y1fgum-uYYIzFRKjV9cQrCy6JTN-a46JqNEcIp3TCKi5mYR8xudsi1y9mY6JhDSMgx-koDlP-5KR72G6LNWYZt7WpA7qKF_NF-gd4QGywiH9fPiL9PmWUXxQluhnkdyeIJTN4/s1600/DSC_0191.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzmtHqJ_y1fgum-uYYIzFRKjV9cQrCy6JTN-a46JqNEcIp3TCKi5mYR8xudsi1y9mY6JhDSMgx-koDlP-5KR72G6LNWYZt7WpA7qKF_NF-gd4QGywiH9fPiL9PmWUXxQluhnkdyeIJTN4/s400/DSC_0191.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After ice cream, we thought that a visit with Woody and Buzz would do us good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">While we waited in line, Avery and Charlie posed for the camera.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkDkAPig9mFrvC6YYKNvcYHAMO6HoS5F0igO8bGby2agLdkCzgNFc5qvPPXlo0g0_PjQh_ZE-S3fmIzwkj5j7PRcs-gaD3Fqzf1pBIE7qjoMVHBr_QpFzGwFtZZKc3JFQJ4WEMA8tViY/s1600/DSC_0211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkDkAPig9mFrvC6YYKNvcYHAMO6HoS5F0igO8bGby2agLdkCzgNFc5qvPPXlo0g0_PjQh_ZE-S3fmIzwkj5j7PRcs-gaD3Fqzf1pBIE7qjoMVHBr_QpFzGwFtZZKc3JFQJ4WEMA8tViY/s640/DSC_0211.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q7fwZ2ci71aeBXnYTXNQ_oFqmEihxEEnxwGkad7LNB8WV8Zxf_8O46mZ7QBRV-FUnYnXKmaqszKExqs3NQm4fo3iSfaOCnZleDBbMQZwQbIi0G4V11FJ0shR59QuLW4_ngaRccKQE_s/s1600/DSC_0216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q7fwZ2ci71aeBXnYTXNQ_oFqmEihxEEnxwGkad7LNB8WV8Zxf_8O46mZ7QBRV-FUnYnXKmaqszKExqs3NQm4fo3iSfaOCnZleDBbMQZwQbIi0G4V11FJ0shR59QuLW4_ngaRccKQE_s/s640/DSC_0216.jpg" width="428" /></a></div> Charlie thought the line was way too long.<br />
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Charlie was definitely worn out. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3XwkNLb_3m-owlRlNFRFY51sYAW8QhrW_b_QeWBj2vL8NqdQcgPuw33yrEKLlnQGe35Kbbw2OCd1v-YcJi5mjrBxKIEccmaTm9uIFJ2cViI3z0ZfvyJ_q2Va6mNltsF4J15nyIyi_rw/s1600/DSC_0230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha3XwkNLb_3m-owlRlNFRFY51sYAW8QhrW_b_QeWBj2vL8NqdQcgPuw33yrEKLlnQGe35Kbbw2OCd1v-YcJi5mjrBxKIEccmaTm9uIFJ2cViI3z0ZfvyJ_q2Va6mNltsF4J15nyIyi_rw/s400/DSC_0230.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Avery's favorites:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of it. I just asked her and she said that she loved all of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u>Charlie's favorites:</u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Toy Story Mania and The Disney Junior show.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><span id="goog_470223422"></span><span id="goog_470223423"></span>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-34742789608133716982011-09-02T07:55:00.002-05:002011-09-02T07:59:31.906-05:00back to schoolIt's that time of year again. My favorite time of the year... A time for new backpacks, school supplies and (to quote my favorite movie) bouquets of freshly sharpened pencils.<br />
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Avery and I made a special banner to celebrate the start of the school year.<br />
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And, like her Momma, Avery could barely contain her excitement for the start of a new school year.<br />
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Here's how Charlie felt about it.<br />
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jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-31434060522445688302011-08-03T23:14:00.000-05:002011-08-03T23:14:13.722-05:00georgia on my mind.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>A couple of weeks ago, we traveled to Atlanta with our friends<a href="http://www.malahy.blogspot.com/"> The Malahy's</a>.<br />
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The trip there was <i>unbelievably</i> long. Due, in part, to the actual mileage from our home to our destination, but mainly because we made approximately one bathroom stop every 20 minutes.<br />
No seriously.<br />
No. Seriously.<br />
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Thank you, God for Crackerbarrel.<br />
And portable DVD players.<br />
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And...washable markers.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrx07i6PHlMBxPZ0FH9Dt2bxb9oDXSB74SqrTh58yETgUluy9cjSCJjRiZ9HK3C6Ypj4kOh-rLBEzSEIgx4npTOfixK6V7T2WIvfpQUPW6Gw2q9cPyDxC892tPhsMEE_BD8zh2drm6esbi/s1600/DSC_0026.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrx07i6PHlMBxPZ0FH9Dt2bxb9oDXSB74SqrTh58yETgUluy9cjSCJjRiZ9HK3C6Ypj4kOh-rLBEzSEIgx4npTOfixK6V7T2WIvfpQUPW6Gw2q9cPyDxC892tPhsMEE_BD8zh2drm6esbi/s640/DSC_0026.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Four-year-olds have some amazing taste in clothing, don't you think?</div>I'm guessing that those pants are like 2 sizes too small. At least.<br />
They are supposed to be full-length pants.<br />
Niiiice.<br />
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She was<i> so</i> happy to be wearing it.<br />
And if I would let her, she'd be wearing it every day of the year. Rain, shine, sleet, hail - those pants would be on her body.<br />
In fact, she's wearing those pants at this very moment - sitting right next to me here on the couch.<br />
<i>Hey, Pants. Good to see 'ya again...</i> <br />
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When we arrived in Atlanta, we went straight to Hotel De Malahy. Josh's parents were super generous to allow our motley crew to stay in their home during our visit and we tried our best to keep our kids from totally destroying it.<br />
I'd say that we were mildly successful regarding the non-destruction of said home, but I'm not sure that we were able to do the same for their sense of peace and quiet.<br />
That was definitely destroyed within the first 5 seconds of our arrival.<br />
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My friend Maribeth and I had one main objective for our trip: to go to the famed <a href="http://www.scottantiquemarket.com/">Scott Antique Market</a>.<br />
So, early one morning, we left the kids and the husbands to their own devices and took the hour long drive to the market.<br />
The market did <i>not</i> disappoint.<br />
Not only did it not disappoint... it was just a little bit of Heaven here on Earth. <br />
It was the mecca of antiquiness...the utopia of vintage...and a bunch of other analogies I'm not smart enough to come up with.<br />
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Normally, there are 3300 vendor booths.<br />
That's three THOUSAND three HUNDRED vendor booths.<br />
There are two gigantic buildings full of lovelies. In order to go from one gigantic building to the next one, you have to get on a shuttle.<br />
on. a. shuttle. <br />
In addition to the two gigantic buildings, there's a large outdoor space that houses tons more vendors and a big 'ol building full of fabulously rusty and dusty junky stuff. <br />
Maribeth and I were totally overwhelmed. I think we looked at each other in total disbelief and said, "oh. my. goodness" at least 15 times. <br />
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And, oh, what I would have given for a U-Haul to carry one of these home...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNIk-PabdSCTgUaP2FSNhyphenhyphenuOothRrY_RTw5zXQgAd0omwn8FGrIBhFJUcJCs6It4QimbcRrI1dXHEOYwQEz6i-zbQ3Hg5SOCJEta3Q2X65YjPXe867kDx42twdsQnR4oKEQz5oMsVU-c/s1600/DSC_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlNIk-PabdSCTgUaP2FSNhyphenhyphenuOothRrY_RTw5zXQgAd0omwn8FGrIBhFJUcJCs6It4QimbcRrI1dXHEOYwQEz6i-zbQ3Hg5SOCJEta3Q2X65YjPXe867kDx42twdsQnR4oKEQz5oMsVU-c/s400/DSC_0034.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She took no time to pick out her very first American Girl doll.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOXKssTuUdEBj2eEg8ddFBOUQHsHVWm7gao1m8WojlaXU_uBlBy6pl8WJe0dh_IyevUt3fg-QQMdmO5uhWX61TWEqwZQX348lHF0BJt3IxzZMwmYc6llJ7xsiZrMjuUUa2l8RrFH1POjN/s1600/DSC_0036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOXKssTuUdEBj2eEg8ddFBOUQHsHVWm7gao1m8WojlaXU_uBlBy6pl8WJe0dh_IyevUt3fg-QQMdmO5uhWX61TWEqwZQX348lHF0BJt3IxzZMwmYc6llJ7xsiZrMjuUUa2l8RrFH1POjN/s400/DSC_0036.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And look! Charlie found his doppelganger there. Kinda eerie, huh?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmxlMDV31KZTuFqW0hTCHCuSk56IF3X7oj9RXa15baSUJwFqAdCpNghFyTBbqjhQXBn4JArzDmSD30Ec00w_xWnh0Rh897th-0tlh4Vm2TRFjC9bF01TWj5Om8UbFB5w_ch0TaTz1eiEn/s1600/DSC_0037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTmxlMDV31KZTuFqW0hTCHCuSk56IF3X7oj9RXa15baSUJwFqAdCpNghFyTBbqjhQXBn4JArzDmSD30Ec00w_xWnh0Rh897th-0tlh4Vm2TRFjC9bF01TWj5Om8UbFB5w_ch0TaTz1eiEn/s640/DSC_0037.jpg" width="428" /></a></div>Here he is feeding a sweet little baby doll...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3mDHohymdyrEW1uZVFydgWptAvgxIWwfg5ObLGA8MY7fExsA9MffnHG3nBbLF-LSbrQGc60OKKkkmQlwagA5rT-0LcMz2P2Mm2eK56GywRU8u-UaOvMvAbwZ4rCPBXET0Q96dco9HWyB/s1600/DSC_0039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3mDHohymdyrEW1uZVFydgWptAvgxIWwfg5ObLGA8MY7fExsA9MffnHG3nBbLF-LSbrQGc60OKKkkmQlwagA5rT-0LcMz2P2Mm2eK56GywRU8u-UaOvMvAbwZ4rCPBXET0Q96dco9HWyB/s640/DSC_0039.jpg" width="428" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And here he is banging the sweet baby doll's head against the wall while grunting, "Ugh! Argh! Ouch!".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxCNLO-Yfyjet7CdKwkp47QVYzdEgDlZwzenfsHYcJod9UFPUaZ6zrcfy-xdxoX08NKYDXJBCbX5_PGYnxiCNvIqUl0ZTuNUZi0UUdJ6kDPI6hO7icHvR4ImUIA8xOebcvFIoM55TCOyu/s1600/DSC_0042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxCNLO-Yfyjet7CdKwkp47QVYzdEgDlZwzenfsHYcJod9UFPUaZ6zrcfy-xdxoX08NKYDXJBCbX5_PGYnxiCNvIqUl0ZTuNUZi0UUdJ6kDPI6hO7icHvR4ImUIA8xOebcvFIoM55TCOyu/s640/DSC_0042.jpg" width="428" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's Charlie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Avery was completely thrilled to take her new doll out of the store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr385jCVqsgif04WJJzVqnuRyK2lf2Z3evjrIkwMLmxsXAgwCGB5Y0j1MqCCVLR6dpUctAKNGWri5IcJ8Tyc0IWCUxXSQchJLyJwNsXvOkhIEm7xiZi8-X2MAKe7jRfYIQT8LNaNQPaWaP/s1600/DSC_0044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr385jCVqsgif04WJJzVqnuRyK2lf2Z3evjrIkwMLmxsXAgwCGB5Y0j1MqCCVLR6dpUctAKNGWri5IcJ8Tyc0IWCUxXSQchJLyJwNsXvOkhIEm7xiZi8-X2MAKe7jRfYIQT8LNaNQPaWaP/s640/DSC_0044.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And Charlie was completely thrilled to take off his shoes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the middle of the mall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWtdznsD-Zo0lFq2U4FHKcAC3UHrceA4G1n79XOcJL2pOzYiSRWrxw_M75hhTs1jhexq7B8RmyOpe5kCGYTG7DJVS1R6-WuUA3La7CRq1f2qBXlVdGCjOFCEitgpLXTT90LM8U2gw8bYl/s1600/DSC_0045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWtdznsD-Zo0lFq2U4FHKcAC3UHrceA4G1n79XOcJL2pOzYiSRWrxw_M75hhTs1jhexq7B8RmyOpe5kCGYTG7DJVS1R6-WuUA3La7CRq1f2qBXlVdGCjOFCEitgpLXTT90LM8U2gw8bYl/s640/DSC_0045.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During our trip, we did a little outlet mall shopping, ate some good food, spent the day at Ikea, and went to visit <a href="http://www.passioncitychurch.com/2.0/#/main/latest-1/">Passion City church.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Where---stop it --- <a href="http://www.mattredman.com/">Matt Redman</a> was leading worship that night. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes. That's what I said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And <a href="http://www.christynockels.com/index.php">Christy Nockels </a>was singing background vocals.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/louiegiglio">Louie Giglio</a> gave an awesome message.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I can't even say how cool it was. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was so cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So unbelievably cool. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the drive home, we stopped at one of our favorite places to eat in Nashville - <a href="http://lovelesscafe.com/">Loveless Cafe</a> . I had <strike>every single bit</strike> some of this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMgx7mSVc8BBobGeV0u98yBht3T6C8uvyM0A120bgFabL_iTqtv-jQINTdKQMBRErn5K8x9a4lll2_lk1VvEn-zS4rv4-utkhyphenhyphen3eS0wmwuCgzPebTapiijRtS6rXaPv5dPolGGsmYI4tG/s1600/DSC_0058.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUMgx7mSVc8BBobGeV0u98yBht3T6C8uvyM0A120bgFabL_iTqtv-jQINTdKQMBRErn5K8x9a4lll2_lk1VvEn-zS4rv4-utkhyphenhyphen3eS0wmwuCgzPebTapiijRtS6rXaPv5dPolGGsmYI4tG/s400/DSC_0058.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>(fried green tomato BLT)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">David got their ahh-mazing fried chicken, the kid's got the mac and cheese, and everyone had <i>way</i> too many homemade biscuits and a little of this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJ4V1A2wIUxNdlZbDqd58HNC3SoyvzLM9uHHchSMLm-q86lQzgKl6sSeNnsaaesTKymskOMa3YEoUyc8yAnBmPL6OMzNiB7KJYe_J7JUUoZiAK_StXmxPh9YRWAdKWa2vIecZhakYJulO/s1600/DSC_0065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicJ4V1A2wIUxNdlZbDqd58HNC3SoyvzLM9uHHchSMLm-q86lQzgKl6sSeNnsaaesTKymskOMa3YEoUyc8yAnBmPL6OMzNiB7KJYe_J7JUUoZiAK_StXmxPh9YRWAdKWa2vIecZhakYJulO/s400/DSC_0065.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>oh my.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Loveless makes my heart happy...but my arteries are glad that we don't live in Nashville. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our Atlanta trip was just what the doctor ordered. We totally needed this great little getaway....and Maribeth and I are already planning our next trip to Scott Antique Market- and devising a plan for getting our hands on a gigantic U-Haul or two. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgDewb-5UG7yYeYrOtF3ri42Tss5TiUVhhT0lZF6eY5Ooe8KiMqN1DambMGhn6LpiyDVbBnXQ7lKuwQvo70SqXaI5E1NhzR1GdwJrQGimkilKtuB0Ft-bunKNbTKHlH7B_sXsBPX9tP0/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgDewb-5UG7yYeYrOtF3ri42Tss5TiUVhhT0lZF6eY5Ooe8KiMqN1DambMGhn6LpiyDVbBnXQ7lKuwQvo70SqXaI5E1NhzR1GdwJrQGimkilKtuB0Ft-bunKNbTKHlH7B_sXsBPX9tP0/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-5587539387913827232011-07-12T21:59:00.004-05:002011-07-12T23:00:11.344-05:00the 4th<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Independence Day is such a fun and happy holiday. I just adore it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, after moving to our new home, we discovered that we can see our town's fireworks display from our cove. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stop. It.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To quote the star of my new favorite <a href="http://abc.go.com/shows/the-bachelorette">train-wreck of a show</a> to watch... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCICfA39L35ruDpCjdMRUtL1O4krN_pdWHsFUnEDB7boqUbhYue7hxY25FzB8fujo8EBbfxbExz2R78JZRL0ogJvXOTOrZqo3u4mJky6Jp7Gssp-0O2c6nhNEv-ecijWSIrxj2aPDLlbaJ/s1600/the-bachelorette-ashley-episode-seven.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCICfA39L35ruDpCjdMRUtL1O4krN_pdWHsFUnEDB7boqUbhYue7hxY25FzB8fujo8EBbfxbExz2R78JZRL0ogJvXOTOrZqo3u4mJky6Jp7Gssp-0O2c6nhNEv-ecijWSIrxj2aPDLlbaJ/s400/the-bachelorette-ashley-episode-seven.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was "pearrrfect".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So - we invited a few friends and my parents to join us for an impromptu gathering at our house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you know me, you know that I'm pretty much an impromptu kind of gal. </div><br />
Some of my friends are impromptu kind of folks like me, and others prefer - and need - time to plan things a little more; a fact that may have contributed to making our gathering of friends much more "intimate" than it would have been had I given my friends a bit more notice.<br />
Noted. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are those that may argue that a small gathering of friends and family does not an official "party" make, but I consider any time that I can be with the people I love a reason to celebrate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And decorate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The week before the 4th, the kiddos made rockets to hang on our chandelier (idea from <a href="http://www.alphamom.com/">alphamom</a>) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKXpWhGOrfoL5XWa2ZG7vt24jNUTasow6RVnfhQStoIPn_sqIuhaAlEO1Zlpl4jmfcO5P2uOhykRl2X0PYgp09PZGwOnGYaLKxZgaW0Zd5QSRHBZx0AVYhcnjEKn4-BVRAKPdkhikHQky/s1600/DSC_0101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKXpWhGOrfoL5XWa2ZG7vt24jNUTasow6RVnfhQStoIPn_sqIuhaAlEO1Zlpl4jmfcO5P2uOhykRl2X0PYgp09PZGwOnGYaLKxZgaW0Zd5QSRHBZx0AVYhcnjEKn4-BVRAKPdkhikHQky/s640/DSC_0101.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And I brought out the cookie cutter star garland Avery made last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjma1MkZVglZeHmzEE6AOE14KvEVH-VdGxb3hI2bAp2mDtcrE9O-byJ0TqJivFIA-Zk9haYx_Dyt30Pz4it3avqRWNeSEUw39Z8P_q6-DZW-d6b5IRbbdrXuugdHYa8gmiICalpk0rrta-E/s1600/DSC_0104.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjma1MkZVglZeHmzEE6AOE14KvEVH-VdGxb3hI2bAp2mDtcrE9O-byJ0TqJivFIA-Zk9haYx_Dyt30Pz4it3avqRWNeSEUw39Z8P_q6-DZW-d6b5IRbbdrXuugdHYa8gmiICalpk0rrta-E/s400/DSC_0104.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I added a little something to our mantle.<br />
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It would definitely be the center of all the action, and must be pretty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because, as my friend Sonya says, "pretty is important." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Vl-2qN8MuxXdJxOYjdQtxrypCxma9TLse0_vJO3fOylLTwWlFXVQLFUC43MzOqq8g5BMmk8jac6f7ogHuAwkWfw7G5NKaHQErvfRw1bwaBNAD9-5PO-S0ugyouOZqBIeJaaXNcuYY3j/s1600/DSC_0008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP6Vl-2qN8MuxXdJxOYjdQtxrypCxma9TLse0_vJO3fOylLTwWlFXVQLFUC43MzOqq8g5BMmk8jac6f7ogHuAwkWfw7G5NKaHQErvfRw1bwaBNAD9-5PO-S0ugyouOZqBIeJaaXNcuYY3j/s400/DSC_0008.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMG6agSmRdBuIBoDTi9R4ice4BVN5IBp73yv_6In9RYIV7V_2e-60GdP2UvwgVJRLV9da-H_fQeRfQwhez4xX3s3acF8ylgiAXu_oGdXnZZPSTi2ehuXyuXcWgJfZ8Vmfbg12GfUvK36X/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKMG6agSmRdBuIBoDTi9R4ice4BVN5IBp73yv_6In9RYIV7V_2e-60GdP2UvwgVJRLV9da-H_fQeRfQwhez4xX3s3acF8ylgiAXu_oGdXnZZPSTi2ehuXyuXcWgJfZ8Vmfbg12GfUvK36X/s640/DSC_0010.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAK80_KD8Fi_qlsxiOKxeLEcTlrD5LxXx8q0omtFRTbdpeREhyphenhyphenlNmzOiG4YvXKuiwsE7KX6I1v0mgcnFAXTyENJrz6azdTLi6aB-SRm_okrzWk5byp1zxu20gBgTKbgrl-OSNdtuqQ73BU/s1600/DSC_0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAK80_KD8Fi_qlsxiOKxeLEcTlrD5LxXx8q0omtFRTbdpeREhyphenhyphenlNmzOiG4YvXKuiwsE7KX6I1v0mgcnFAXTyENJrz6azdTLi6aB-SRm_okrzWk5byp1zxu20gBgTKbgrl-OSNdtuqQ73BU/s400/DSC_0020.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Despite all the important prettiness, it was the food that was the true the star of the show - at least until the fireworks started. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6IGeXA_dIHAqv8BKTzZ3fyts0siBEF5YAREOvUv0kn8kPDf1sFiYCQkYJaOdgn0RQMmepfCqfBYqcPWdhfRhL7Sde71J_rQNUN_CGkX7_kBulgIJWolSXnPDvQC3jTjfQdu0TfJTL0GC/s1600/DSC_0021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT6IGeXA_dIHAqv8BKTzZ3fyts0siBEF5YAREOvUv0kn8kPDf1sFiYCQkYJaOdgn0RQMmepfCqfBYqcPWdhfRhL7Sde71J_rQNUN_CGkX7_kBulgIJWolSXnPDvQC3jTjfQdu0TfJTL0GC/s400/DSC_0021.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Ok - so take a quick look at the cupcakes in the next photo. <br />
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Those were the 4 cupcakes that my mom brought.<br />
Four.<br />
Quatro.<br />
To be divided among approximately one million children.<br />
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In her defense, she only brought them because they were left over from another event. She brought them to our house for <i>my</i> kids but I decided that we should stick them on the cake plate. Because pretty is important.<br />
Not my best idea.<br />
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Can I just say that every child there was obsessed with those cupcakes?<br />
Obsessed. <br />
I think we told them 100 times that they would have to wait until after dinner to even think about touching those cupcakes.<br />
At <i>least </i>100 times.<br />
And when dinner was finally over, each child got 1/2 of one.<br />
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<i>Mental note:</i> <i>make lots of cupcakes next year. And don't bring them out until AFTER dinner.</i><br />
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Avery and our neighbor - "little" chris.<br />
Isn't he too cute?<br />
Avery just loves bossing him around. And having him do her bidding.<br />
Oh goodness.<br />
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Ok, Dear, Sweet, Planning Friends: consider that your official notice.<br />
One year in advance.<br />
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</div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-74164354071655229632011-07-02T23:47:00.001-05:002011-07-02T23:49:06.429-05:00completely two.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Charlie brought this to me the other day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Just handed it to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5thY1MopdSX7NEh9iMSVNM7vSCtHPDWV4w6iUx7a2V3MynDq2NQiFqtBqWFLQuk7H_u3kUX6qkRXQNUDkqieuMVxSvAaRnOpsEuF85ZxUs0NW84qR59hcXwDHv69Kt40GJRVCPJSwVZB/s1600/DSC_0041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5thY1MopdSX7NEh9iMSVNM7vSCtHPDWV4w6iUx7a2V3MynDq2NQiFqtBqWFLQuk7H_u3kUX6qkRXQNUDkqieuMVxSvAaRnOpsEuF85ZxUs0NW84qR59hcXwDHv69Kt40GJRVCPJSwVZB/s400/DSC_0041.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I think I said, "What is this?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To which he responded with the usual, "Nuffing."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqLProcEIgg_laL23kLx7j40XrlMqwhvh4c8WC15cG69f9Pc8y3d7bd2igQxSaGt6cZXkhvVJYm8VzfYArivMNfFpXYHgqspmq20Z6Iu412xfn7XdsoE2snvVWuUchqUxevs3Jc-aGQw8/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibqLProcEIgg_laL23kLx7j40XrlMqwhvh4c8WC15cG69f9Pc8y3d7bd2igQxSaGt6cZXkhvVJYm8VzfYArivMNfFpXYHgqspmq20Z6Iu412xfn7XdsoE2snvVWuUchqUxevs3Jc-aGQw8/s400/DSC_0038.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>It looks like I arrived just in time to save his favorite racing car from being lost forever. Who knows what else is in there.<br />
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He's <u>so</u> two.<br />
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And totally inquisitive.<br />
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And curious.<br />
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Charlie.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwQfS08BXztxKcGV7DLm8P2o6hZ8wdASmDHJZEkKi_uGPnKc6X9qnHVO1XuM8XqSPx8rEqhcK3nlKCMA0bBR_iZgn1tYPQGv9QtLx9hr0ZovxPSvHU0GGMqlnBvt6ShpajfyTusx_Rx-7/s1600/DSC_0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXwQfS08BXztxKcGV7DLm8P2o6hZ8wdASmDHJZEkKi_uGPnKc6X9qnHVO1XuM8XqSPx8rEqhcK3nlKCMA0bBR_iZgn1tYPQGv9QtLx9hr0ZovxPSvHU0GGMqlnBvt6ShpajfyTusx_Rx-7/s400/DSC_0001.jpg" width="267" /></a></div>And today, after I walked in the kitchen and surveyed his latest handiwork, I said that word more like...<br />
<i>CHAR-LIEE!!!!</i><br />
<br />
Immediately I started cleaning up the millions of tiny glass shards on the back porch. And as I emptied the dust pan into the trash, this is what I found:<br />
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In my trashcan.<br />
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It didn't take too long for me to put 2 and 2 together.<br />
Broken glass...heavy banging instrument thrown into the trashcan... <br />
I know. Just call me Matlock.<br />
<br />
After some questioning, he totally fessed up.<br />
Readily fessed up. <br />
Shamelessly fessed up.<br />
And dare I say <i>proudly</i> fessed up?<br />
<br />
Awesome.<br />
Thank goodness he's cute.<br />
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A lot.<br />
<br />
And the closer he gets to 3, the more worrisome his love becomes to me.<br />
Because I know something that he doesn't know.<br />
I know that the Day of Reckoning is coming.<br />
The Day of Doom.<br />
The Day of No. More. Pacifiers.<br />
<br />
How am I going to get up the nerve to separate him from his one, true love?<br />
I may just break his sweet little heart right in two.<br />
<br />
It's been weighing heavily on David's mind too.<br />
<br />
The other day when we took the kids to the Library, I ran across this book.<br />
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It was like a sign. <br />
And I actually found myself entertaining the totally delusional thought that this book could be the key to ending my 2 year old's serious paci addiction.<br />
I just knew that the words of the book would speak to him so clearly that he would have no choice but to get rid of his paci forever. <br />
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Looking at David, (and feeling quite proud of my lucky little find) I said, "Hey, Daddy - let's read this one."<br />
I could be wrong, but I thought I sensed in David's eyes a little glimmer of hope too.<br />
The story/crucial life lesson started out really well.<br />
Charlie was super engaged.<br />
He happily and eagerly pointed to the pacifier on each page we read.<br />
Then, we got to the good stuff...<br />
Here's how it went:<br />
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<b>me</b> <i>(reading)</i>: ...Goodbye paci. Let's throw our paci in the trash-y.<br />
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<b>Charlie </b><i>(looks at me in utter disbelief, like I had just read the silliest book known to man): </i>Noooo... we don't throw our paci's in the trash-y.<br />
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Then he promptly walked off. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Rg-yMx30C5ZPCSiIHV8-q3p3ZvS81gheqyPhMdivjfJAV356Flc0Cbg_6DBNZ_gEPsS8YI6jHp4FjwBnSBtJJtjQ8XfCy2BfGkOYszgr5DuNJsUQYo23QEQFrReID4ZTzTbm9PgpuilS/s1600/DSC_0085.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Rg-yMx30C5ZPCSiIHV8-q3p3ZvS81gheqyPhMdivjfJAV356Flc0Cbg_6DBNZ_gEPsS8YI6jHp4FjwBnSBtJJtjQ8XfCy2BfGkOYszgr5DuNJsUQYo23QEQFrReID4ZTzTbm9PgpuilS/s400/DSC_0085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Clearly, this is going to be more difficult than I'd hoped.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, since she got out for summer break a few days before we did, I decided to give her a little taste of what one can really do with a hard earned degree in Early Childhood Education.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA68e9uCoHxtCpXEOr4DY1uPJ3oBDlfWvAGeKreaaahW3XVcPM0KHHETvZdPRkySRQWPPwYy7kzrdw3os0eEivY4UBix4HdOz-4uOQej0qBTF-pddG3t4ywwbDPd0Ok8wmiSpSUlqo12BX/s1600/DSC_0043.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA68e9uCoHxtCpXEOr4DY1uPJ3oBDlfWvAGeKreaaahW3XVcPM0KHHETvZdPRkySRQWPPwYy7kzrdw3os0eEivY4UBix4HdOz-4uOQej0qBTF-pddG3t4ywwbDPd0Ok8wmiSpSUlqo12BX/s400/DSC_0043.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> I think I'm doing some sort of hillbilly move in this next picture...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYGpJW0hjKIA8ZJJic1CddxbaRN80eg6BWOqeKAVWB5iUe6duOng421QVi-HaxrsisxPeQcuErcKK9p6LTNtFPvAZIeTflfzeM1p2_ZQhhpf2Nn-ns_oGQ2aGppvsZ5_aqIaFuclD5X2E/s1600/DSC_0044.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYGpJW0hjKIA8ZJJic1CddxbaRN80eg6BWOqeKAVWB5iUe6duOng421QVi-HaxrsisxPeQcuErcKK9p6LTNtFPvAZIeTflfzeM1p2_ZQhhpf2Nn-ns_oGQ2aGppvsZ5_aqIaFuclD5X2E/s400/DSC_0044.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Dancing is serious business in my class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGd17XKe-i-RpUkLvmSrNBNYAfw-tfXRxSVEfjcVyNDPt2B-z1uQFwcCemnXzv86n6XHffFUFEQgbC3EMJFv8qdOoWReYJ2vDjnelcrNfJdJpJ2cNcW-l9E-W_I4wP6zDZNNAibl2Y47p/s1600/DSC_0048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJGd17XKe-i-RpUkLvmSrNBNYAfw-tfXRxSVEfjcVyNDPt2B-z1uQFwcCemnXzv86n6XHffFUFEQgbC3EMJFv8qdOoWReYJ2vDjnelcrNfJdJpJ2cNcW-l9E-W_I4wP6zDZNNAibl2Y47p/s400/DSC_0048.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Good times were had by all. As usual.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm pretty sure she left feeling the weightiness of her decision.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLukZz9TgRoTzOAnbjEACzTZtWeqkc8rGxpJRZ1yyIci3ZeevvNFBq8wvvpM_Bg4aRS-RU-TeIUZLfEZTkbrATtUAlehxyM4GEGSQZsfsRDpx5cyH4WU9ljoUSoUY1qrnfScJRgpKX9ok5/s1600/signature.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLukZz9TgRoTzOAnbjEACzTZtWeqkc8rGxpJRZ1yyIci3ZeevvNFBq8wvvpM_Bg4aRS-RU-TeIUZLfEZTkbrATtUAlehxyM4GEGSQZsfsRDpx5cyH4WU9ljoUSoUY1qrnfScJRgpKX9ok5/s1600/signature.png" /></a></div>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-42394723117659403582011-05-31T01:26:00.006-05:002011-05-31T18:40:19.252-05:00feathering my nest and other nonsenseMay was a whirlwind of a month for me.<br />
I wrapped up a very busy Preschool year with a Water Day party, 15 sweet little scrapbooks, an end of the year music program and parent/teacher conferences. <br />
And as if that wasn't quite enough, I agreed to host David's grandparent's 65th wedding anniversary party at our house.<br />
I'm a glutton for punishment.<br />
For reals.<br />
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Honestly though, we were totally honored to host the party here. And the it gave us the perfect excuse to get all the little projects completed that we had on our gigantic check-list.<br />
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So - in an attempt to ready my house for the big partay, I re-arranged things millions of times, eye-balled blank walls, hung things up and took them down again, stared at magazines, sewed a few things, cleaned a LOT of things, and painted some others... <br />
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With each picture I hung, each piece of furniture I found the perfect place for, each nasty cabinet I cleaned, I watched what was once somebody else's house slowly transform into our home.<br />
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It's kind of magical how that happens...<br />
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Anyway - One of the things that I've really been super excited about was being re-united with my porch swing. The porch swing that David bought for me when we were dating. <br />
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It got a new, darker coat of stain on it and I'm happy to say, has not collapsed.<br />
Yet.<br />
Nice work, David.<br />
He's a whiz with the power drill, that one. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSRTqoTfIwZNoGMxWSbh_HdE_9dEa2Zp5LVCIPKOvzetMot8THs8mvxU2720ts8rnGwPIno8jy37ZxebYECAko7RbVqZtNr2Mgq2ii239b7psN1euTjQh9gaC5tqshpH_CY9xqeIo_2Nx/s1600/DSC_0002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSRTqoTfIwZNoGMxWSbh_HdE_9dEa2Zp5LVCIPKOvzetMot8THs8mvxU2720ts8rnGwPIno8jy37ZxebYECAko7RbVqZtNr2Mgq2ii239b7psN1euTjQh9gaC5tqshpH_CY9xqeIo_2Nx/s400/DSC_0002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Another check-list item for me was to make some pillows for our Living Room couch.<br />
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And while some gals get jewelry or chocolates for Mother's day, my sweet husband knows that beautiful fabric will make me just plain giddy. So - that's what I got. Some really awesome, really beautiful fabric.<br />
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Originally, I discovered the awesome, beautiful fabric at a really snooty place here in town.<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">After what could only be described as a horrible, no good, very bad shopping experience, I decided that giving my hard earned Mother's Day cash to a snooty place wasn't really what I wanted to do.</div><div style="text-align: left;">And since Shopping Necessity is the Mother of Creativity ... and Snootiness is the Mother of Desire-to-Stick-it-to-the-Man-ness, I opted to try my luck with the world wide web. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Lady Internet was kind to me. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I found both fabrics I loved for waaaay less money.</div><div style="text-align: left;">So there, mean 'ol snooty fabric store. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I used some of the fabric to make these little lovely ladies:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF6gig46XodEXTyQxhBtRsWsv3c4vBx3LGnqWReMW1MQ-oFpndgGxWdmADXY89ijQRQl0ddPCgGTjdT2kTwUhd7F03n-0D7uia14hekb34dZ-xQhvPfWiums9_bge-ho6HI_tnCK_09J-/s1600/DSC_0013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF6gig46XodEXTyQxhBtRsWsv3c4vBx3LGnqWReMW1MQ-oFpndgGxWdmADXY89ijQRQl0ddPCgGTjdT2kTwUhd7F03n-0D7uia14hekb34dZ-xQhvPfWiums9_bge-ho6HI_tnCK_09J-/s640/DSC_0013.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>I was hoping that they would turn our pumpkin of a couch into a beautiful coach.<br />
Or at least make the toddler stainage less noticeable.<br />
They didn't.<br />
But I love them anyway.<br />
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I used some of the extra fabric to recover a lamp shade. And I painted my formerly red lamp robin's egg blue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowK115zIXyf0KPmy3_ryEDJMsUKD_pTrw50wyYmlzjEznUZ7GVk2L61bNzOXrLlD4a5WxNQkMS05PLRz4HUfBOw4bc-3-4o6Dyt41q9U3J7KFfs1c8bGUrV5oAVE3ek3uNRXu4VYKm89r/s1600/DSC_0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowK115zIXyf0KPmy3_ryEDJMsUKD_pTrw50wyYmlzjEznUZ7GVk2L61bNzOXrLlD4a5WxNQkMS05PLRz4HUfBOw4bc-3-4o6Dyt41q9U3J7KFfs1c8bGUrV5oAVE3ek3uNRXu4VYKm89r/s640/DSC_0014.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next up, I recovered the seat cushions in my kitchen.</div><div style="text-align: left;">They used to look like this:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfl2MxR46mDcgo_Rlg9gtZrjGLkCSLGj2fi4YPbig9M3Wp9kpS9v-MhQBFjnteSxXJJZIt8AeHvW8Yuq-dP3srRfFRQfpThnygSedzHo9FrO9VxJzBjfvSXVl5SGPs_WsXWBPiMH_hdTZi/s1600/DSC_0175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfl2MxR46mDcgo_Rlg9gtZrjGLkCSLGj2fi4YPbig9M3Wp9kpS9v-MhQBFjnteSxXJJZIt8AeHvW8Yuq-dP3srRfFRQfpThnygSedzHo9FrO9VxJzBjfvSXVl5SGPs_WsXWBPiMH_hdTZi/s400/DSC_0175.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>And now they look like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpgLqgPEHgfe9pnbZyJLtcYKYpRk-JiGHxZbOM3Y8v_kwyGs31tUo_Lj6JQtC9PunVLcKU_wBoLxhYnvC-RgvTWaixd-uiQ9aO4XCSM_PSC6wK0NFSpzjX7mmyGpWW3P3XZW28tsQ6j3d/s1600/DSC_0005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJpgLqgPEHgfe9pnbZyJLtcYKYpRk-JiGHxZbOM3Y8v_kwyGs31tUo_Lj6JQtC9PunVLcKU_wBoLxhYnvC-RgvTWaixd-uiQ9aO4XCSM_PSC6wK0NFSpzjX7mmyGpWW3P3XZW28tsQ6j3d/s400/DSC_0005.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And this...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tOv8b-Rb27YWiuEk65dGAwmGo3zXXLEAwdr1QBsNIWVWy4vVEzCNRho3YSkK-baOOCto8CK2UvhtYSpywTWlbqcxATwx6vmdyxqCGsgMPauVAlURvn7rtKDZcca7Ix7eIY1hAVFvzwcv/s1600/DSC_0006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tOv8b-Rb27YWiuEk65dGAwmGo3zXXLEAwdr1QBsNIWVWy4vVEzCNRho3YSkK-baOOCto8CK2UvhtYSpywTWlbqcxATwx6vmdyxqCGsgMPauVAlURvn7rtKDZcca7Ix7eIY1hAVFvzwcv/s400/DSC_0006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The fabric is called Hip Dove by P Kaufman. I want to stare at it all the time.<br />
I want to decorate every room in my house with it. I just loooove it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This was the chandelier in my dining room when we first moved in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_b2VG6hOZJX94K7LRsCdYCyGANS2JDMndjlVwAC_oDOBOGO7fuh8IWM0Ee41g0hDwwIorTG3v5-k4EWLzaxXp2JPewi9ENp-CM0K3V1IMPHBTkUFfPaKj4Iut1j50tGlZDZiHODe9b8x/s1600/DSC_0084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_b2VG6hOZJX94K7LRsCdYCyGANS2JDMndjlVwAC_oDOBOGO7fuh8IWM0Ee41g0hDwwIorTG3v5-k4EWLzaxXp2JPewi9ENp-CM0K3V1IMPHBTkUFfPaKj4Iut1j50tGlZDZiHODe9b8x/s400/DSC_0084.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">David said it reminded him of the chandelier in Beauty and the Beast.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm thinking he meant this one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIVEllimTqcXUGPQXq_ywzo1_C_ws-t40-2Spg1wJQmNLn4dDY_JhbdBZOmUDKtATyxvJZv4fsZuWiZWyR6I-mCCbNavU0GCcGgnclzQRESclpXd0ClpyFMQM9cbS439-_OH8Fqe3dwQa/s1600/giselle_17362_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIVEllimTqcXUGPQXq_ywzo1_C_ws-t40-2Spg1wJQmNLn4dDY_JhbdBZOmUDKtATyxvJZv4fsZuWiZWyR6I-mCCbNavU0GCcGgnclzQRESclpXd0ClpyFMQM9cbS439-_OH8Fqe3dwQa/s400/giselle_17362_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeZCT79XA2lDlcqQp65p0IWHSQm6vn9Pm4q0ZpL_DVSY9WQqHnPOQn8sBdsRybnxcwS0naR73inuDeVXkfLdnPdX7FhHi_9BWfWQPVJ_fm3r5BAZJe45FMbpI9fugsa8zXhHc8KKs_Sy8/s1600/giselle_17362_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>...not this one.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqGEzY0nC8OUhf09GLflC0qC3u2uF_gAnxVDF0fkCGTGToc0BJseY-MF8w1ZjHUw1VCWjDBdZ_uRguLWirnRIMhSLpA7z_SWUklozcU98MEVYVlUDH5rjADb9mqoThCn8CfnKpBadz0yq/s1600/l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSqGEzY0nC8OUhf09GLflC0qC3u2uF_gAnxVDF0fkCGTGToc0BJseY-MF8w1ZjHUw1VCWjDBdZ_uRguLWirnRIMhSLpA7z_SWUklozcU98MEVYVlUDH5rjADb9mqoThCn8CfnKpBadz0yq/s400/l.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">She's creepy.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, now it looks like neither.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Just a regular, Oil Rubbed bronzish one. </div><div style="text-align: left;">After a can or two of spray paint.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl6cesc80hOkwYqMvdXFjoSSECkPnMtEmZywYhIUN3w-ZaykwXfYjRC4M3Nv4ZS5VC0AM1sdMw2nYQlScegcMWSfb798nBmuQJcoaoWG2xU1uD762gNsAHvitlfbMDn9vaR5216_F5VYD/s1600/DSC_0009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkl6cesc80hOkwYqMvdXFjoSSECkPnMtEmZywYhIUN3w-ZaykwXfYjRC4M3Nv4ZS5VC0AM1sdMw2nYQlScegcMWSfb798nBmuQJcoaoWG2xU1uD762gNsAHvitlfbMDn9vaR5216_F5VYD/s400/DSC_0009.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">When we first saw the house, the kitchen looked like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVQzer_yfMzxBU7CQaS349clpJzbRjjierJVFtyA0DDaUSSKlGE-ZCyh5OvpKSaGVJqMsqiVIJpwMDTkKvRblatJQIZ6SwOtYQ9ZvS-GoCTK4OOVDZ5dlDFCR9eAHfMUOu0e9ZMIXhBhc/s1600/DSC_0089.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVQzer_yfMzxBU7CQaS349clpJzbRjjierJVFtyA0DDaUSSKlGE-ZCyh5OvpKSaGVJqMsqiVIJpwMDTkKvRblatJQIZ6SwOtYQ9ZvS-GoCTK4OOVDZ5dlDFCR9eAHfMUOu0e9ZMIXhBhc/s400/DSC_0089.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pretty range hood, eh?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now it looks like this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlUu0G3LUJK5akJdCvpfKJEFw6XqzESlsn-wzMUpylyFBmYyd9YZsHI1I4Y_Qoun_nhnjtvLXrqLduKlYBCrciEm_SfDlxLBjW1pGeKXij-vrDNRUCA_e6mLSQx02u5WgDxqPt8HzIawt/s1600/DSC_0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWlUu0G3LUJK5akJdCvpfKJEFw6XqzESlsn-wzMUpylyFBmYyd9YZsHI1I4Y_Qoun_nhnjtvLXrqLduKlYBCrciEm_SfDlxLBjW1pGeKXij-vrDNRUCA_e6mLSQx02u5WgDxqPt8HzIawt/s400/DSC_0008.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I know, I know, it's a subtle difference, but I painted the cabinets white (they were dark cream before) and changed the knobs. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBlj9OMpXaw1DyDkartELdOPySNXmGYXDuYpP2liZfdqPlFHH0NDet5lL0K6yY6ahTuMQ3HlVylCGOp5YMJJkxOjepoaaDzbAVTNm18rwhIakEuA4hOiMb0j7rV3G9WgZyF7Eoee0xGKW/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqBlj9OMpXaw1DyDkartELdOPySNXmGYXDuYpP2liZfdqPlFHH0NDet5lL0K6yY6ahTuMQ3HlVylCGOp5YMJJkxOjepoaaDzbAVTNm18rwhIakEuA4hOiMb0j7rV3G9WgZyF7Eoee0xGKW/s400/DSC_0007.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thankfully, the bank who owned the property put a microwave in place of the range hood before we moved in.<br />
Hooray for that.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Cause y'all know I'm not even trying to living in a house <i>sans</i> microwave.<br />
<br />
May is over.<br />
I made lots of little checks all over my huge list.<br />
And I feel totally happy.<br />
And inspired to rest.<br />
A lot.<br />
But not until I finish just a few more things...<br />
Specifically, Avery's bedroom. </div><div style="text-align: left;">She requested a purple room, but I talked her into a subtle lilac-y color instead.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Does that make me a control freak?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Don't answer that.<br />
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<span id="goog_913176934"></span><span id="goog_913176935"></span>jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08307012176653521496noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1671655651959869711.post-84389458906233829862011-05-07T22:37:00.007-05:002011-05-31T18:33:57.681-05:00house love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuizUXbbf-MSA9Vz-Wuyu37qkPJBlqSYs6syHCisXf1MJ375yI9zRDvhCCe7Un5OUg3bQr5OyaAaTOp0XGHQ0rlwiq769GGp-rR5UNs8ssP7oxVU7gt7OjLGlecprvv25AwJomeOGv1mpS/s1600/DSC_0042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuizUXbbf-MSA9Vz-Wuyu37qkPJBlqSYs6syHCisXf1MJ375yI9zRDvhCCe7Un5OUg3bQr5OyaAaTOp0XGHQ0rlwiq769GGp-rR5UNs8ssP7oxVU7gt7OjLGlecprvv25AwJomeOGv1mpS/s400/DSC_0042.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> I'm enjoying our house so much.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74DwlAey4RMXZbVMckKLjMG7wAE7uT-7FCmvR5mrqh7IMZX_N2fR2Q3-nqa2zrQPwLSuzYVRgUi_cCyqPb_-ZQNboBAAMLEY2zRjwW2cLwFGs0D98KZfM7EH07b8G9Q9at72vk7KqPq8c/s1600/DSC_0032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74DwlAey4RMXZbVMckKLjMG7wAE7uT-7FCmvR5mrqh7IMZX_N2fR2Q3-nqa2zrQPwLSuzYVRgUi_cCyqPb_-ZQNboBAAMLEY2zRjwW2cLwFGs0D98KZfM7EH07b8G9Q9at72vk7KqPq8c/s400/DSC_0032.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Look what bloomed in our yard during the month of April...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eh4jOSFWIep9AlffdlNzsBInyMitGx0ByGqlKw_YDzOBhhS8fOFXmxJ0fvau-xyKp7kVNRhcqc0avmIdJKaZBEripMDNpyV6gsGWnWqLfMUI6SyT__LIJXKFnavvF6kfa4vC6SgbDxm8/s1600/DSC_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1eh4jOSFWIep9AlffdlNzsBInyMitGx0ByGqlKw_YDzOBhhS8fOFXmxJ0fvau-xyKp7kVNRhcqc0avmIdJKaZBEripMDNpyV6gsGWnWqLfMUI6SyT__LIJXKFnavvF6kfa4vC6SgbDxm8/s400/DSC_0034.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I only wish the blooms would have stayed longer...<br />
It's been so fun to discover the things we have growing in our yard. <br />
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These little guys like our yard too.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl441RLsEBcnK8RuzwRZe7dwMchMItpm3gHhBe1pVsbMbuLBDBmfuFay47DkmcMWvzv0lla3PJLwbqNV-TMaxgvtwPuMSCfc7YGrPOE5juIuriYl4WSX4ISaSP-1Rt9SdS_DsZF17Tu5_/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCl441RLsEBcnK8RuzwRZe7dwMchMItpm3gHhBe1pVsbMbuLBDBmfuFay47DkmcMWvzv0lla3PJLwbqNV-TMaxgvtwPuMSCfc7YGrPOE5juIuriYl4WSX4ISaSP-1Rt9SdS_DsZF17Tu5_/s400/DSC_0027.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>I bought them at Hobby Lobby one day after Avery and Charlie completely freaked out over them. The boy gnome was quickly claimed by Charlie while the girl was scooped up by Avery. Charlie was totally confused and nooooot pleased about the "putting them in the garden" part. It was a real battle to get him to leave them outside.<br />
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So now, whenever Charlie walks out the door and sees the gnomes, he pulls the "Juliet" gnome out of the ground and throws her down on our driveway. Her head has been broken off and glued back at least 4 times now. I'm pretty sure he does it just to tick Avery off.<br />
And it works.<br />
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He's a tender, gentle lamb, my Charlie Boy.<br />
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Should you be tempted to feel the slightest bit of jealousy over my lovely front yard, allow me to take you on a tour of the back.<br />
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This is our super awesome pool.<br />
That's filled with super awesome frogs.<br />
And surrounded by our super awesome dilapidated fence...<br />
Which a gigantic, super awesome tree branch is lying across.<br />
That's still there after our last crazy bought of super awesome storms.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLQwfZHHwAIx6gpjrjx8xLttR9f_LoR7yF4qTqsgiCJ4vsmIoc9n7yiNJxNwzBjVd03HCU41cOhIXsYXYcnFK6u1T3A9v8aORWUNRxUXNMUeqrody2tOT0Ozw8oUdwaH-6l-S0c6UUf4O/s1600/DSC_0050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLQwfZHHwAIx6gpjrjx8xLttR9f_LoR7yF4qTqsgiCJ4vsmIoc9n7yiNJxNwzBjVd03HCU41cOhIXsYXYcnFK6u1T3A9v8aORWUNRxUXNMUeqrody2tOT0Ozw8oUdwaH-6l-S0c6UUf4O/s400/DSC_0050.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>We've affectionately named our pretty little swimming hole the "Frankenstein Pool". Since, after several diagnosis from various pool experts, it'd been discovered to be a total and complete enigma. One man who has been in the pool business for over 20 years told us that he'd never seen anything like it before.<br />
Awesome. <br />
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Bottom line: It's a hodge podge, crazy nightmare of a pool.<br />
A breeding ground for Botulism and the Black Plague.<br />
And it must go.<br />
Next year. When we have more money.<br />
But for now, we've decided that we'll just clean it, cover it, and pretend it doesn't exist.<br />
So that my kids don't get Malaria this summer.<br />
<br />
Gross.<br />
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We've been working like crazy around this place to get things in order and livable. Look for pictures soon.<br />
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