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      • Brother Watching
        02/25/09
        Lennox loves to watch his brothers. I swear he learns more by their visual stimulation than anything else. One of his favorites is to watch them run circles from the kitchen, through the family room, down the hall, through the living room, the back again. Lennox will crawl as quickly as he can in pu

      • Game Playing
        02/21/09
        My sister and I have had some pretty killer Scrabble tournaments this week. Our new standard is scoring two seven-letter words, each, in any given game, in addition to the usual words. Staci set that pace---she's a natural wordsmith. After every game, we're only a few points away from each

      • Puddle Jumpers
        02/16/09
        My dad took the boys for a walk this morning and made it as far as the neighborhood elementary school---not in session due to Presidents' Day. A wonderful surprise waited there in the form of an empty parking lot with lots of puddles and even a few swimming worms under boot!

        Who sa

      • Heart Attack
        02/14/09
        The young women I work with at church conducted a "heart attack" for our activity this Valentine's week. We decorated cookies then took them to some of the women in our congregation. If you've never done one of these before, it's a service project of sorts, and here's h

      • Waiting for Dad
        02/13/09
        K: "Hey, Mama?"
        Me:"Yes?"
        K: "Can we get the chai's [chairs] down and wait fo' Dad come home f'om wo'k?"
        Me: "Yes."
        K: "C'mon, Doey. Let's wait for Dad."
        G: "Yeah. OK."
        K: &q

      • Tissue Please
        02/12/09
        Ummm....tissue, please? Anyone? Anyone?

        (Let's face it, this picture is just too good not to post. Thanks, B, for reminding me to grab my camera before grabbing the tissue---no, wait, it was a wet wipe. I actually used a wet wipe to mop that slimy stuff off his face! Hee...hee!) <

      • Team for Hire
        02/11/09
        <b>Is your toilet paper tired of being stacked in the same old place? <br> <br> Are you ready to rearrange your bathroom cabinets? <br> <br> Look no further: here's a dynamic duo who will help you think outside the box (or cupboard, or drawer system, etc.).

      • Monkey Vines
        02/08/09
        Last month, the boys were walking on the path behind our house when Kellen said, "What that, Mama?" He was pointing to the long, leafless branches that were hanging from one of the trees. I'm not sure what kind of a tree it is, but on this winter day it looked like it belonged in a ju

      • First Wagon Ride
        02/04/09
        Lennox took his first wagon ride today, which meant one of the brothers had to walk. We traded off---Grant would ride, Kellen would pull; Kellen would run, Grant would chase him. They were good sports, but they did like the idea of sitting next to Lennox best.

        When we eventually got to

      • The Seranade
        02/02/09
        The boys love their "band in a bucket" they got for Christmas, and one of their favorite things to do is march around---especially around Lennox. Kellen goes for the tambourine, Grant for the harmonica, and baby gets the egg shaker. ---SM

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      • (Not So Much Slumber) Slumber Party and Reunion
        02/01/09
        So I thought my most sleepless nights to date were staying up with sick babies, but last weekend not only topped my "Most Sleepless Nights" list, it also topped one of my "Most Memorable Weekends" for reasons too lengthy to ever describe on a blog.

        The long and the

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