A Full Day, You Might Say!
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3y ago
{This post was written LAST weekend.  Proof that I can write...and then get lazy about pressing the PUBLISH button.  I'm trying, Y'all!} Towards the end of the day yesterday, we began to recount all we'd done and accomplished. - Worked on school projects. - Daddy went to the hardware store and got a $7 gadget to fix the garbage disposal.  SCORE! - We at lunch at 10:30...seriously...to allow us time for afternoon activities. - We left the house at 11 to drop off one car at the dealership. - We went to the university and dropped off the girls for their first Super Saturdays ..read more
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Persistent Spider Monkeys
My Life as Described by Twin Trials and Triumphs
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3y ago
Since our climbing debut on the girls' birthday weekend, we've been back to climb every weekend (save the one when we were snowed in!).  The girls love it, and so does their mama! There are numerous walls, with varying degrees of difficulty.  One of the most challenging has this shelf with lots of angles.  Last weekend, Baby A set her sights on conquering it. She tried...and she tried...and she tried.  I asked her a couple of times if she wanted to take a break...to have some water...to rest for a minute...to try another wall for a bit. No. She was intent on getting t ..read more
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Backwash
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3y ago
This is a post the girls will probably frown upon when they're a bit older...but it's one I really want to write in hopes of remembering this one day. *** The girls aren't always big fans of showers.  (I can't begin to understand this.  I know they don't like the interruption from their books...or from hanging out with the cats...whatever...but showers are one of the very favorite parts of this mama's day!!!) A couple of weeks ago, I told the girls it was time for a shower, and they headed that way somewhat reluctantly.  While I gathered towels and PJs, they got a head start ..read more
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ROLL TIDE, Babies!
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3y ago
My BEST WEEK EVER post omitted a rather huge piece of goodness...but I decided to save this for a post unto itself. The University of Alabama won its 17th NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP last week!!! Historic!!! The program has quite a history, but prior to 2009, our last championship was in 1992, when I was in 10th grade!  The girls don't have any sense for such a drought, though, as Bama has won FIVE championships in their short lifetime! You may know it wasn't difficult to find pictures of the girls in their crimson best from each championship year.  What a fun look back at our pride and ..read more
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Best. Week. Ever.
My Life as Described by Twin Trials and Triumphs
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3y ago
I'm being slightly generous with defining the past week...it's actually closing in on about 10 days now...but I'm going to give myself a pass on that little transgression. What a glorious last few days!!! It started with the girls' 9th BIRTHDAY last Friday.  WOW!!!  We had all our traditional birthday fun... ...French toast with homemade strawberry syrup. ...lunch with the girls at school. ...goodies (ice cream cups this year) with their classmates. ...Mommy picking them up after school. ...shrimp scampi and MOLTEN LAVA PUDDING CAKE. ...and fun presents, oh, my! Traditional ..read more
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Chief Strategists
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3y ago
At 8 1/2, the girls' milestones are not what they used to be.  They've learned to roll over...to walk and talk...to ride a bike.  Surely one day they'll learn to swim proficiently too (!!!), but it seems less frequent as BIG KIDS that there's a write-it-down milestone. What happened earlier this week, though, I'm counting in that camp. Monday night, I came home and made Hubby's belated birthday dinner, and I had just a few minutes to chill out with the girls before their bedtime.  I was tired, but when A asked to play Connect 4, I thought that sounded like a great activity. G ..read more
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Larger Than Life
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3y ago
Baby A came home a few weeks ago with a paper to let us know that her art teacher had selected a piece of her artwork to display at a pop-up gallery at a local ad agency.  The teacher could only select four pieces from the entire school...and our A was among them!  What a great honor! Baby A was super excited, counting down the days until the "gallery opening" and reception.  (Baby B was tolerant of A's excitement...but she didn't quite share the same level of glee.) The big day finally arrived.  I left work a few minutes early, and we made our way downtown to the agency ..read more
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Sissies Share
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3y ago
I can't say that my girls always share nicely, or that they always get along.  Far from it, at times. But sometimes, they do.  And it's some kind of sweet! Most of the girls' pajamas are matching sets.  (They rarely dress alike...and matching pajamas are my little weakness.  I cannot resist the cuteness!)  They have one set, though, that doesn't match.  One is a watermelon print, and one is an ice cream print. I didn't realize until a couple of weeks ago that one set is more coveted.  (And I'm still not sure which it is.)  When I laid out pajamas, the ..read more
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Book Club at Midnight
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3y ago
well, it wasn't midnight, exactly...but it was after bedtime. I put the girls to bed last night, and headed downstairs, as usual, to catch up on some news.  The monitor in the basement stays on, and I didn't hear anything -- also, as usual -- for a good 15 minutes. Then I thought I heard something.  And then I heard it again. The girls were talking, by then a full 20 minutes after I'd left them for bed. That's not the way it works in our house.  I tell them goodnight.  They go to sleep.  Right??? I'll admit I was aggravated.  I didn't hear them bickering ..read more
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Little House on the Prairie Comes Alive!
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3y ago
We had such a fun Easter day yesterday.  It was relaxing and fun, just hanging out and enjoying each other...and eating too much. In their Easter baskets, the girls got a couple of new books, a pencil pouch (emblazoned with "QUACK" and "CHEEP" in honor of their "spirit animals"...HA!), and they each got a DVD. We've never watched much TV in our house, so the idea of getting a DVD was a bit of a new concept.  One DVD was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" -- the Gene Wilder version.  The other was the first season of "Little House on the Prairie". We've been reading the Li ..read more
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