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I used to be so brave… …back when I had one child and even when there were two painting.  We would pull out paints frequently. It was fun. An adventure, I’d claim. Now if I haven’t mentally prepared myself, I can feel myself going to the brink of insanity.  There just isn’t enough of me […]

Spring is ‘officially’ here.  Of course, in the beautiful Sonoran desert, it certainly feels like spring arrived about a month ago…  But now it is official. To mark the seasons, we turn to the tree in our front room. It is time to take our tree from barren to budding! I’d love to hear what […]

I love witnessing toddler concentration.  Kids show extraordinary ability to concentrate on things when they are playing. While people lament children’s attention spans all of the time, sometimes I think the adults are the one’s who aren’t able to concentrate.  I’ve seen many times where a parent tries to break the concentration of a child and turn […]

I’m extremely sentimental and nostalgic.   With this thought in mind, my mother-in-law pulled this out when we were back visiting for Christmas! I can’t help but get all warm and fuzzy inside thinking about my big, strong husband fitting in this adorable snoopy sweater! Xander is both thrilled and perplexed at the thought that he is wearing […]

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Xander had quite the adventure last week.  The tooth that he had chipped 3 years ago started to flake apart.  (You can thank Rich for not having to view the scary “before” picture that I took.) The poor guy.  He could feel it coming apart and would actually pick at it with his fingers, so […]