The month of October is marked with two emotions: fear of all the spooky displays in every shopping center and excitement about an evening of costumes and candy. This year Ava started planning her Halloween costume as soon as the streamers from her birthday party came down. To say that she loves to play dress-up [...]

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It’s no secret that I love summer. I like it hot. Very hot. So hot you have to swim to cool off hot. I like it sundress hot. Flip-flop hot. Tall glass of ice tea hot. When the temperature drops, my mood wants to take the same path. This year, I’m flirting with the idea [...]

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Ava received this delightful CD for her birthday called “You Are My Little Bird.” Accompanied by a acoustic guitar, Elizabeth Mitchell and her daughter sing a round sweet songs about birds. Since Ava’s name means bird, the CD quickly became the number request from the backseat. One afternoon last summer I was driving to some [...]

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When you find yourself on the cusp of a milestone, you pack all the necessary devices to capture the moment. Like the first-time parents that we are, we arrived at Ava’s school with more cameras than children. While Ava’s first day of Kindergarten is well documented in still and motion pictures, there are pictures that [...]

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Early this morning, we were off to the doctor for Ava’s five-year-old check up and the much dreaded shots. She shed not one tear, and was doubly awarded with four brightly colored bandaides and four trophy prizes. Her doctor confirmed our suspicions that she is growing like a weed, more than ready for school and [...]

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Last year I was amazed to find four candles on my baby’s cake. You can imagine my surprise when someone added another one. This past year has blown by. And with three birthday parties in one weekend, this one doesn’t show any signs of letting up. Nor does she. Look out five, here she comes! [...]

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a shiny, silver basket… It’s the perfect day for hanging some spring blooms on your neighbor’s doorknob!! You need: Clean tin cans, floral foam, ribbon, and flowers! Punch two holes on either side of the can String the ribbon through each hole and tie on knot on the outside of the can. Cut the foam [...]

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1979 (siblings) 2009 (cousins)

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Hi. Remember me? It’s okay if you don’t. WordPress nearly didn’t. It may of had something do with the fact that I forgot my password. The trouble with long absences, other than technical difficulties,  is that it is hard to know where to start. It’s kind of like when you forget to call someone back. [...]

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For the past three weeks, HungryMan was working overtime. And by overtime, I mean twice the amount of time that he normally works. He walked out the door before we woke up and didn’t put his key into the door until Ava was sound asleep. Let’s just say that my empathy for single parents has [...]

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