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My sister-in-law\’c2\~came upstairs after getting home from school today (she’s a teacher). After the usual pleasantries had been exchanged I asked her, “Did you notice that I blew the leaves today?!” She replied, “I read about it on facebook, but no I hadn’t really noticed when I got home.” (I had\’c2\~recorded that I was making scones [...]

As I was finishing a cup of coffee this morning, I heard one of my sons outside calling for me and shrieking in terror – I also heard the scrabble of claws on the pavement. With vaguely remembered news stories of once-friendly dogs leaping fences and escaping leashes to rip the face off of some poor [...]

Those of you who live in Oregon, love books, and have occasion to listen to books on tape might be interested in Library 2 Go, an online audiobook library that allows library card holders from member libraries to “check out” digital copies of audiobooks to their own computers.\’c2\~I “borrowed” Great Expectations\’c2\~\’c2\~\’c2\~from said library and\’c2\~the whole seems [...]

An interesting variation on our normal greens. I tried serving okra the other night for dinner (before the Two Week Blitz started). I suppose one could describe it as being a modest success. Rose and I both liked it ok, as an occasional variation, and Michael and the boys could both stand it reasonably well. That [...]

I have finally reached the point of “I can’t stand this untidy mess any longer!” and have embarked on an organizing/cleaning/decluttering binge. In prepration for said binge, which I have titled my “Two Week Blitz” I made two weeks worth of evening meals, bought some paper plates, blocked off my schedule to prevent me from engaging [...]

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Phyllis really enjoyed spending time with Monica.

After borrowing TWO portacribs for our visit, we all forgot to bring one with us to the cabin!

Grandpa claimed that he knew nothing about fishing, so Phyllis [...]

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Personality: cheerful and content.\par
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Sleeps through the night approximately 50% of the time!\par
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Loves to watch her big brothers.\par
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Has several [...]

Great-Grandma Monica with [...]

It’s funny how Coloradans consider themselves “western.” I mean, I suppose if you were from Boston, they’d be pretty far to the west, but we had to travel 1100 miles east to get there. Just a thought. \par
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OK, now that that random thought is out of the way, perhaps a little summary of our Colorado trip would be in order.\par
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Overall, the trip was great! As I predicted, the boys had an absolute ball with all of the activities – almost too many activities to list! Even the adults had a\’c2\~splendid time, I know, in spite of the difficulties inherent in traveling half way across the country with two little kids and a 3 month old infant. We spent the first 3 days in Arvada, and then travelled to the mountains to stay at Grandpa Lew’s cabin (Grandma Phyllis also has one, so I have to specify which one I’m talking about!) for the remainder of the trip before returning to fly out of Denver.\par
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What did the boys get to do? It was a big week for vehicles – first a plane, then grandpa’s “spiffy van” with automatic doors, then the beloved ATV on which Grandpa Lew took them for many, many rides – with the Continue reading Cowboy Country

Monica at 3 months:\par
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Weight, 12 lbs. 11 oz.\’c2\~70th percentile\par
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Height, 24 inches, 80th percentile\par
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Head circumfrerence, 38.7 cm, 25th percentile\par
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Ezra at nearly 2 years and 11 months:\par
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Weight, 36 pounds, 90th percentile\par
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Height, 3′ 2.5″, 75th percentile\par
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Head Circumference, 50.2 cm, 60th percentile\par
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Judah at 4 1/2 years.\par
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Weight, 41 lbs., 60th percentile\par
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Height, 3′ 7/5″, 80th percentile\par
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Head Circumference – they no longer routinely [...]