New blog

Since this format no longer likes me, I switched to a new blog. Follow me there for the latest and greatest!

http://thelittleshacks.wordpress.com/

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Anne

Eating from the rainbow!

Doctors recommend "eating from the rainbow" to get a healthy, balanced diet rich with vitamins and nutrients.

Caroline misunderstood... and ate the rainbow.

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Anne

Progression of timeout

Caroline was told no for chewing on something. This is how she processes punishment.

She frowns. The she asks if she earned a time out. She does this by putting her hand to her head and asking, "nine out?". Then, she bawls.

All because her mean old mommy said no.

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Anne

I'm hoping you get the pictures in the right order since I can't control it through the app.

Swimming? Yes, please!

Looks like the littles are ready for swim season. Look out Grandma Mary!

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Anne

Andrew's first game

Andrew had his first tee ball game this weekend. He did really well considering he held his pants up by the string when he ran.

He made some great "plays".... And by plays I mean he picked up and threw the ball occasionally. Sometimes he even got it close to the first baseman. Once the lead off runner got to the grounder before Andrew could field it, do there was a hand off of sorts in the baseline... Very interesting. One boy spent the majority of the game lying down throwing dirt at the other players.

Here's one picture to show Andrews umph when up to bat!

Seriously, that leg adds so much power.

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Anne

Ps- I still can't log in to the real vlogger site, so if anyone knows of someone who knows anything about this I would love to talk to them. It's been several months since I was able to log in.
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Big strawberry, big smile

She giggled as soon as I let her pick this mondo strawberry. Happy girl!

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Anne

Picnic & Sweet Boy

Here are some pictures from our first picnic! It's not super fancy, but the kids loved it. I think we will have many more of these in our future!

As an aside, I have noticed something pretty fantastic about my four year old. He shares so freely! I have never seen anything like it. He let his sister eat all his waffle fries, always shares his candy, and always asks if he should save some for Daddy. What a big, loving heart for such a tiny tot!

Even more than sharing, though, he risks his life for Caroline daily... Ok, that might be overly dramatic, but he does endure bodily harm quite frequently to keep her safe.

Of the many examples, yesterday's is one of my faves. Chris and I were meeting with a real estate agent in the kitchen, so I asked Andrew to "keep her entertained and don't let her eat any rocks". (Rocks, dirt, rolly-pollies, etc.)

Things went swimmingly until we hear a blood-curteling scream. I ran outside to see Caroline content as a cucumber, and poor Andrew screaming and holding his finger.

Being the caring mom that I am, I immediately asked Andrew in a scolding tone "what did you do?" (Mom of the year 2012...blames hurt child for being hurt. It's usually his fault anyway, right?)

Antway, he fights through the tears and sobs, "she was trying to eat a rock, so I used my finger to scoop it out...and she BIT me!"

How crappy did I feel? Super crappy, so I scooped him up for some mommy TLC and made it all better.

Considering his being raised by a heartless witch, he seems to be turning out quite well.

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Anne

By the way, we are listing the house, so pray for my patience and sanity as I attempt to keep the house "showing" ready with two toddlers...