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My Week, Day By Day

So this is pretty much how my week went:Sunday- VBS kicks off. I have 16 kids in my class. EB does exceptionally well as far as not freaking out because OH MY GOD MOMMY IS NOT WITH ME AND I AM IN MY OWN CLASS!!!!!Monday- EB starts to freak at View Post

Mad Scientists For Jesus

We're up to our ears in Vacation Bible School this week. The theme for this year is Power Lab and the kids are having way too much fun making slime and alien headgear. I volunteered to teach the 3rd and 4th grade this year and had 16 kids in class View Post

Pink Floaties

Yesterday afternoon E.B. and I attended a pool party for a freind's daughter's birthday. I was hesitant to take E.B. at all. He can be very hard to manage sometimes and the husband wasn't home. I just knew if I took him I would be chasing him View Post

Rescue

Dear Bonnie,I don't really blame you for climbing that tree Sunday afternoon. When I heard the neighbor's HUGE dog let out a deafening "WOOF!", I knew he had escaped his backyard. I also knew that you and Clyde were out enjoying the mosquitos, so I View Post

How We Spent The Fourth

We spent the day of the Fourth at my parent's house. Mom had some beautiful, fun little paper lanterns hanging on their front porch:Old Glory was flying at several houses on their street:We ate barbeque, played in E,B.'s pool, and just enjoyed the View Post

I Scream, You Scream Pimped Out Ice-Cream Truck

I can remember when I was about 4 or 5, we had an ice cream truck that came through the neighborhood.  They sold snow cones, ice cream, and popsicles.  As soon as I would hear the circus-type music playing, I'd run into the house and grab the nearest View Post

So We Went To The Coast

OK, so I warned you guys that our trip was super quick and that also means that every picture I took, except for a couple of these, was taken as our car whizzed by whatever it was down the highway. No time for pictures, no time for the beach....no View Post

Contemplating a Feat

As EB has grown from clumsy toddler into daring preschooler, I have become more and more convinced each day that he is part monkey. Case in point:My parents have a flag pole in their front yard:EB very seriously contemplates whether or not he can View Post

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