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Octoberfest Fun

This past Saturday, E.B. and I headed out the door bright and early to attend our town’s annual Octoberfest, which is basically an arts and crafts festival and BBQ competition all rolled into one.  It’s a good time because a lot of people come View Post

Swimming Lessons

E.B. has a new after school activity.  In an effort to keep him active this fall and winter, I signed him up for swimming lessons.  When he started getting really brave in the bathtub by holding his breath and going underwater (without holding his View Post

May I Help You?

E.B. earned his first allowance last week from my mother.  Mom’s back has been giving her trouble, so E.B. has been “helping” her pick up things around her home and be an extra set of hands and feet for her.  He did this all week not expecting a View Post

The Young Man and The Sea

“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” --Jacques Cousteau View Post

Cuddly Cuteness Overload

It sure makes it hard to wake either one of them up on a school morning when they’re looking so darn stinkin’ cute and comfortable.  View Post

Lego Cake

Once E.B. decided he wanted to have a Lego-themed birthday party, I was too excited because I couldn’t wait for our “cake lady” to make his Lego cake.  I just knew it would be cute.  This woman had made my birthday cakes when I was little View Post

6 Years

Well.  It happened.  E.B. turned 6 years old last Thursday.  When I started my blog he had just turned three.  Three.  Break a mama’s heart! His four-year-long obsession with trains and Thomas the Tank Engine has been View Post

Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

We're sick with the sinus infection again. I'm finding it difficult to believe we have to go through this again, less than two months after the last time, but here we are. I took E.B. to the doctor yesterday and got him fixed up with his medicine, View Post

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