We love having friends over to swim! Slap some life vests on the non-swimmers, add some pool noodles, noodle connectors, goggles and the Millenium Falcon, and watch the fun unfold!
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Shockingly enough, this was our ninth annual St. Patty’s Day party. Next year we’re going to have to do something super special I think! Anna insisted on wearing the blue dance skirt all day, and Carrie had a blast hanging out with all of her friends. I forgot to buy a silly hat this year, [...]
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We went to Jenny’s Strawberry Picking Party today, except that (surprise, surprise) it was raining. So we didn’t pick, and instead we went to Jenny’s to eat yummy strawberry shortcake instead. Anna and Carrie certainly enjoyed themselves despite the lack of picking! (And Carrie got to see Wallace and Grommit while we were there. She [...]
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I always feel like such a neglectful mother, keeping my kid (now kids) out late at a superbowl party, but since Anna fell asleep while we were there and Carrie wouldn’t be sleeping until 10 or so at home anyway, we decided to stay for the whole game and hang out with friends we don’t [...]
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Today is Lisa’s birthday, and to celebrate we went strawberry picking. Or, in Carrie’s case, strawberry eating. I really think I should have given them an extra couple of dollars for all the strawberries she ate! I wound up with something like six pounds of strawberries. Yummy! We also picked some raspberries, which was much [...]
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Our 6th annual St. Patty’s Day party was today. It was a blast! The power went out an hour before everyone was supposed to come. Luckily, I had already vacuumed. Unluckily, the corned beef and scalloped potatoes were still cooking. Denis went out and fired up the generator so the crock pot (with the potatoes) [...]
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I’m pretty sure this was this very first pool party I’ve ever planned where it didn’t rain! I’m so thrilled! And it was so much fun, too – we had 11 adults, 6 toddlers, and 3 babies. All the kids had a blast in the pool, and Carrie was so excited to see all her [...]
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Have you ever wondered what might happen if you took a toddler who could eat her weight in strawberries to a strawberry patch? This was before the carnage really got started. Carrie stood in between the rows while I picked (when she wasn’t trying to trample the berries and plants) saying “eat-ing? eat-ing?” and trying [...]
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Whoever’s not ready, holler “I”! I never did post about our apple picking adventure last Friday. Carrie and I met up with Lisa, Henry and Sammy. We picked an unbelievable number of apples – I ended up giving half the ones I picked to my parents and I still, almost a week later, have a [...]
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