tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834031339049078842024-03-12T23:12:02.731-05:00Ordinary MiraclesSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298632258557474170noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583403133904907884.post-66689212747550385672014-10-22T09:36:00.003-05:002014-10-22T09:36:43.445-05:00Look Who's 3!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Our little Claire turned 3 at the end of August.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my very favorite picture of the day, and I apologize for the bad quality. I took a screen shot off Facebook and stuck it on here and I know it's not the best.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, look at the joy on her face!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She loved the attention and as we all sang she kept turning to her mom with the biggest grin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">*<i>love</i>*</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The big girl and her party food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Snips and snaps of cute decor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the party guests brought Jackson a present. His party had been a few weeks before and they couldn't attend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He would not let that bag out of his hand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Auntie Laura made the cute hat and Tshirt. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perfect for our Minnie girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a little celebration at our house too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth got her bitty baby at age 3, dressed in an outfit to match her, and we wanted to do the same for Claire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a great way to end our summer ~ celebrating our littlest grand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We couldn't love her more.</span></div>
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And then, it's Back to School</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How many days till Christmas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before the leaves fall off the trees, and I forget all these special memories, I offer the rest of our summer, in no particular order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to our cabin in Northern Wisconsin for a week with the grands. We all have the best time and make so many memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My brother has a place 30 minutes away, and we spent a few hours there enjoying his lake and his new cabin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No railing on the deck then, but it has one now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ben and Cooper in the front, Elizabeth and Jackson in back, and Jessica, the lifeguard I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It looks like they are in an inch or so of water, so I will assume that they took a little ride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The whole gang. Isn't it so green and pretty in Wisconsin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{Too bad most of the years it's white}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{I give no directions for the game because I think you can all figure it out. It's that simple:-) }</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the reasons for the family to join us in Wisconsin was to help celebrate Bob's folks 60th wedding anniversary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We held a dinner at a small hotel ~ all arrangements made from Texas via phone and internet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was so happy and relieved that the whole evening turned out just the way we wanted. Whew!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When they married 60 years ago, Bob's dad was in the Air Force and they married on the base, no wedding dress, no cake, or pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cake turned out so well, and the topper has some "diamonds" as the 60th is the diamond anniversary.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">9 great grandchildren ~ so far</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bob's mom, 1 daughter, 4 granddaughters, and 3 great granddaughters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bob's sister, Jan, passed away in 2010 and was missed terribly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We all did have a wonderful time. We stayed together at the small hotel and all met in the morning for breakfast before everyone had to travel back home. No one lives near his folks, the closest are about 5 hours away, so I was so glad that all of the children, grands, and greats were there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bob and I put together a DVD highlighting the 60 years and all received a copy as their party favor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And now the party is over ~ we actually took this on our way to the 60th on our way out of town.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And for reasons that deserve their own blog post, this may be the last BIG FISH picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Early in the summer we met some good friends for a stay at this resort. It is the Osthoff in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our guys went to a few golf courses in the area and Robin and I yakked and ate and sat on the beach or at the pool. Pretty much a perfect vacation in everyone's opinion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And while they golfed we toured this lovely <a href="http://www.holyhill.com/">basilica</a> that we could see from miles away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I did do the "camp" again. The kids read lots of books and earned lots of prizes. I now have 3 readers and we do have lots of fun doing different activities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But of course swimming is our primary fun, and a close second is playing with oobleck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did that a few times, with the addition of shaving cream for a real <strike>mess</strike> fun time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It went with the book <u>Sweet Dream Pie</u>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a sugar cookie, strawberry jam, orange coconut, and jelly beans and gumdrops for toppings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth and I made it and it really fooled the boys. They didn't want to try it with all of those toppings!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a fun summer, and we ended it celebrating a little girl turning 3! But that's for another post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello little blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I've missed you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of fun has happened around here this summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many "grand" adventures and special memories made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am too overwhelmed by how much I have to catch up that I won't even try, instead just some</span><span style="font-size: large;"> snips and snaps of our summer, in no particular order.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Elizabeth is now in the 4th grade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know why grandchildren grow up so much faster than my own children did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our tradition is to take the grandchildren on an outing for back to school. We give them a choice of a few different things. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Every year she chooses to go <a href="http://www.americangirl.com/index.php">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I will be so sad when this is <b>not</b> the choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{just like grandma}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a wonderful time and after <b>a lot </b>of deliberation she choose a new doll. We give her some money for a treat and she had saved up the rest. She usually comes home with a new outfit or accessory so this was a treat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We won't even try to count how many of these dolls she has.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But, I love a little girl that loves dolls and I love that she <b>still</b> loves to play with them. She also loves the books and AG has lots and lots of stories to go along with the dolls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't even know what that is and so you see there is not much in the decor department. I guess it's a game on the iPad and it's <b>AWESOME</b>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When we bought our house in 2007 this is what it looked like.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I like Bradfords, for about a week in the spring when they bloom, although for some reason our blooms don't last nearly as long as some on our street. But they are a weak tree and only last about 20 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For you see, under the tree there is no grass. It is getting worse every year. And the worst part is the dirt from the yard washes down to the sidewalk, and so everyone who comes to my front door has to dodge the mud on the sidewalk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the shrubs were either not favorites, or very overgrown and the grass was all weeds or dirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now after a hard week of work we have this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always put ferns out front, and then spend the summer sweeping the front porch of all the little dead fern leaves. I decided this year to try little boxwood balls and ivy. The hope is that they will actually grow and live for more than a year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love this time of year when the tulips are plentiful in the store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I actually started this little vignette on the counter when the daffodils came to our grocery store. They were so inexpensive that I had several bouquets around the house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In honor of the yellow I changed out the books in my living area too. All yellow and black.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, just because I am so happy they came up, here is a shot of my daffodils last month.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So many of my favorite spring flowers don't grow in Texas that I am so happy daffodils will!</span></div>
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<br />Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07298632258557474170noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2583403133904907884.post-7820249583328668172014-04-11T11:19:00.000-05:002014-04-11T11:19:04.988-05:00Happy Birthday Elizabeth!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Today is the day that this girl made me a grandma!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided this year to have a celebration at our house near each grands birthday to celebrate just how special they are to grandpa and me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this antique plate on ebay and will use it for all of our birthdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been lot's of fun in February around our house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ben celebrated with friends at our local gym with a swimming party. They had so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then Bob and I headed to Pensacola to visit some friends from Kansas. They recently bought a condo that Linda has beautifully redone and I felt like I was staying at the Ritz! She thinks of every detail!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Look at the cutie in her soccer duds. Laura has a new business making adorable children's things and I love this shirt.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{Notice the repeat football theme ~ Pete and Repeat ~ that's our Ben and Cooper. And yes, Bob made another football tablecloth} </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids love it and it's just cream cheese and butter and sugar and funfetti cake mix.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I can't believe he is 7 already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our first birthday of 2014 is grandson #1, Benjamin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Such a funny theme for him, he certainly doesn't play football, he must watch it with his dad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He is a sweet boy, loves to be silly, and is best buds with cousin Cooper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Love this shot of the matching guys. {Even the Bud matches!}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We put the kids on almost every square and I still think the grownups won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was a beautiful day and so we had to go out back and have a silly string fight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think that will always be something they associate with grandma and grandpa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just something fun and silly and a little messy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although poor Claire didn't know what to think. She hung on to mom's hand the whole time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So does Cooper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jackson too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Claire and Jackson spent a little time in the playhouse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A little frightening, and a whole lot of fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">January held many special moments for our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bob retired after 36 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And our entire family got to witness the readoption of Claire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Really she was adopted in China in May with just Jessica and Ryan present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I forget exactly why they did this one, it may have had something to do with getting an American birth certificate. {I don't remember, but it was something to do with her being in the family for 6 months}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We just all thought it was so special to go to court and get to witness it for ourselves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The domestic ones were of little 6 month old babies. This was their "real" adoption.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then it was over, we all promised to love her forever and treat her as a natural born member of our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The court let each of the children pick out a stuffed animal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Before I had even finished putting my Christmas decor away Bob and I went to California for a week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He was presenting at a conference in Palm Desert, and I was going along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He had to give a 30 minute presentation and then he was done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I mean as in the end to a 36 year career done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is the end of the second week and it still feels like he is on vacation to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, my new normal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In Palm Desert, because he was presenting, they gave us a room with an adjoining living space. It was so nice to have the space as we both had trouble with the time change and were up at odd hours. Because we had this space we could go in here and not bother the other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But do you notice something missing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are only 2 lamps on the buffet. Not a shred of light in the sitting area. I am not impressed with the decorator of this space. And what is the purpose of that weird round ottoman?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am so glad that I remembered to pack my reading light. It is now a staple in my suitcase along with my pillow and my sleep sac.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had lunch here in Laguna Beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then on to our hotel in Laguna Beach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I loved the decor. It was just like a very large comfortable living room and I could just move right on in. So many hotels now are decorated in a very contemporary style and while they are very nice, they seem cold to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Books, a roaring fire, lots of yellow and comfy places to sit, the ocean right outside the window, oil paintings….</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The grounds were so pretty, lots of blooming things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I took a few pictures of the room because I could just move in here too. In fact I want that yellow plaid sectional for my library.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what we did for 2 days, sat on a lounge at the pool facing the ocean, reading our books. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course, now we are home and getting nothing accomplished! I still have the trees up in the grandchildren's rooms!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sister and her husband came to visit the weekend after we got home but no pictures of that. They needed to escape from MN where they have had 5 days off from school in January due to the cold. I was glad it was in the 70's while they were here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, hello there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been awhile.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do love a fresh new year, lots of memories to be made in the days and months ahead.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But before I move on to the new, I need to recap a little of the old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our Christmas season was wonderful, as I hope yours was, filled with lots of grandchildren activities and many evenings curled up by the tree with a good book.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">{I am doing well with my resolution to read more:-) } </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are a few snippets of decor and activities in no particular order, for my memory. I change my decor very little from year to year, so when I do add something like this monogram to the front door, I like to remember it for next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best part was it showed up great from the street. The green wreath on the dark door kind of gets lost.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the few pictures I took on our annual trip to the Gaylord.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tree in the media room that took ~ oh ~ about 5 minutes to decorate while we watched Christmas Vacation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My sweet book club friends and the crowns from our Christmas crackers. It was fun to introduce some of the women to our family tradition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was to be Claire's first tea party and she was sick:-(</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course the highlight was the addition of Claire to our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My aunt had 2 villages, I think the Dickens and the North Pole and she had many pieces. I always admired them and whenever I see them all set out in the store I love to look at all of the details.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It requires a lot of space both to set up and to store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And, I don't have the knack for display that is very much needed to make an interesting village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My grands <u>love</u> the little villages that they have at their house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So when I saw this Disney village that was it. We have taken them to Disney the past 3 Januarys. We are skipping this year because we weren't sure how Claire would do. { You have to book so far in advance. And there is that pesky thing called school too;-( }</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So far I have 3 houses, with 1 more ordered and the plans are to have 5, one for each grand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They are really cute, and all of the accessories are cute too ~ just don't think I like it in my family room.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it's here for this year and perhaps next year it will get moved upstairs to the kid zone. With a couple of little kiddos we need to have it where we can keep our eye on it for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the outside I have the same greens and wreath I've had for a few years. They are all getting a little tired so perhaps I will get some new next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We talk about actually getting a different house next year, Bob will be retired and I think that would be a great project for him:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love the look of this one though, and we don't have a very big area to expand. The main problem with this one is the ceiling is too low. So maybe we would sacrifice the porch and raise the roof.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do have a lot of projects for him though so we will see where this one lands on the list:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do love the heart window and this year I added some battery candles to the chandelier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That little peppermint light string that is so cutely hung with masking tape still lights up and plays music after 3 years. I don't even take the batteries out ~ I can't believe it's not corroded.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">and Maria Elena for her <a href="http://mariaelenasdecor.blogspot.com/2013/12/tuesdays-at-our-home-40-and-features.html">Tuesdays at Our Home</a> Party.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our season began a little early this year, which suits me just fine.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We always take the grands to a Christmas play. This year </span><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">The Grinch</span><span style="font-size: large;"> was playing the weekend before Thanksgiving and so Bob and I bravely took the oldest 4 to the theatre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The weather was very dicey that day, and we kept checking the radar to see if the dreaded ice was coming. Our temperature hovered a few degrees above freezing so their moms let us take them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And we were happy that it did not get icey and we were able to get there and back easily. Or as easily as you can with 4 little ones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The cold did prevent me from getting a good shot of the kids outside the theatre. By the time we walked there we were all just a bit frozen so we just went into our seats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The show was adorable and the sets and costumes were so Dr. Seussish ~ we all loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">No one quite knew what our fruit was supposed to be ~ can't you tell it's the Grinch with a Santa hat?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I served their little grinchy snack on these little snack sets I got at GW. You see them every where at antique malls for about 4 or 5 dollars each, so when I saw a set of 7 for only $7 I had to buy them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So now with our Thanksgiving feast over, and our first holiday event under our belt we are ready to celebrate in earnest.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Elizabeth loves to read and I like to pre read the books I give her. I don't read each and every book I give, but I have been reading more lately just because I love to read children's literature. I've always agreed with this quote from my favorite C.S. Lewis. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">This book was wonderful, but for a little older child. It's about WW2 in England and a little abused boy who is sent to the countryside to </span><span style="font-size: large;">escape the London bombings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Another World War 2 book, this one set in France and it is about a small school hiding some Jewish children. It's a short book and very good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Elizabeth loved this sweet old fashioned book and I did too. There are a few others in the series and I know we also read The Middle Moffat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is supposed to be J. K. Rowlings favorite children's book. It is an adult author that I really enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Elizabeth likes many different series of children's books. When your child or grandchild is a voracious reader, series are your best friend! Her mom has started her on many different series, but I have started her on a few of my old favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> The first 2 are favorites from my era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">She really likes The Happy Hollisters. There are about 40 books in the series and I have found lots of them in second hand stores "up north." </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">{That's what we call the area our cabin is in ~ northern Wisconsin} </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The rest I bought on ebay. I think I am missing 1 or 2.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This series was a favorite of my girls and she likes it a lot too, but as she is in 3rd grade now, we are steering her to more challenging books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I use many sources for finding children's books. I remember many books from my childhood, or from my girls'. Of course now you can find all kinds of book ideas on pinterest too. And then I use several books about books that have great suggestions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This is just a small sampling of the books I have for Elizabeth. I haven't even touched on all of the picture books I have for the boys! I'll save that for another day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">September is past the half way mark and 4 of my grands are off to school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even though I was not ready to say goodbye to summer, I knew that I had to <b>get</b> ready so I put a few goodies on the kitchen hutch to mark the special occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{I see that next year I need bigger ABC's.} </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I went to Hobby Lobby to pick up some letters to paint, this was the only size available. I think lots of people had the same idea because they were sold out in all of the larger letters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was pretty excited when I acquired it because it is the same book I used in first grade. I still remember those pictures that accompany the ABC's hanging above the chalkboard in my first grade classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kitchen table got a few special things too. The picture is of my girls on their first day of first grade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{seems like yesterday :-( }</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We like to take the kids on a little outing to celebrate the beginning of the new school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took Cooper and Ben to Legoland last year and they wanted to go again this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cooper and Ben are in first grade, and I can hardly believe I am typing that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last year was super crowded, and this year it was so much nicer with no line and not too many people inside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this year, because of the less crowded conditions, the boys were able to play at this lego table. You build a big tower and then you push a button and the table jiggles, like an earthquake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think this is our 4th back to school trip with Elizabeth to the American Girl Store.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I pray that all 4 of my grands have a wonderful year of learning!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And both of us grandmas had the same idea and got her her very first baby doll that looks just like her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so thrilled to have Claire in our family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We began with Laura and Jessica's birthday dinner at Cheesecake Factory.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My 3 boys, I could not find one picture without food in someone's mouth:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And this little missy is only about a week or less from her surgery at this time and eating like a champ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I tried to get a picture or 2 of Claire, but you will notice there is always a blur ~ she is a BUSY girl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This boy loves soft blankets. In fact when we watched him when his mom and dad were in China he wanted to go to Target one day with just a shirt and underwear on. He told me he would wrap his blanket around his legs and he would be good that way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a little cabin in the Big Woods of northern Wisconsin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{Doesn't that sound just like a Laura Ingalls Wilder book?}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We love our little cabin, even though we don't get there very often.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year, the whole family {minus Ryan who had to work} got to spend a week there and we had so much fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids didn't make it up last summer, and so Jackson didn't really remember the cabin, so it was fun reintroducing him, and introducing Claire to life in the Big Woods:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had Bob's side of the family up one day, spent another day with my side at my brother's place which is about 30 minutes from us, and the girls had a childhood friend up another day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beginning with a sweet tradition...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year I began the week with the giant bag and I know I had to add a few more bags as the week progressed:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everyone loves them and it's a sweet treat that we don't dare indulge in at home. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We were also blessed with hot weather. It can go either way up north ~ cool ~ rainy ~ hot ~ humid. We had more of the hot this time and that is good because when you have 10 people + lots of company you want to be outside in the water!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I like to make the grands pancakes in the morning. I saw these on pinterest and wanted to make these at the cabin. Our cabin has kind of a bear theme going on that I started for the grandchildren.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My brother has planted hundreds of trees on his property. This tree was planted when Elizabeth was born and it was teeny tiny. She loved having a tree named after her:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This one represents KC, where we lived for many years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And of course this is where we live now, and where all of the grands were born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One day when we didn't have any company we went to a nearby town and went to the county fair. I knew the kids had never been to a county fair, and I'm not sure if my girls had ever been to one either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">{of course these are llamas, I don't know why they'd be on a farm, but we did see pigs, sheep, cows and horses}</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He ended up loving it as it went around in a circle forward, but then it reversed and he hated it. After that he was done with rides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And at the end of the trip on our way out of town we always stop by and arrange ourselves in many combinations in front of the big fish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One evening as one of the "prizes" for Camp Read A Lot we had the 4 big grands over for a movie and sleepover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First up was make your own pizza.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks Papa Murphy for making these adorable mini kits that are so easy for a grandma and grandpa:-) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had to top each pizza a little differently so that we would know which one belonged to which grand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After supper we watched Elizabeth's choice of movie which was Dumbo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did have to start watching before it got dark as there was no way the kids could begin a movie at dark, which is around 9 or 9:30. Our littles don't do well without sleep:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I included a picture of the set up so you could see that even though it wasn't dark out we could still see the show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here you can see a picture of the little gadget that shows the movie. It is really small, but it does a good job. When the kids are a little older we will stay up late and watch a movie in the pool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the morning I always make them waffles with whip cream and sprinkles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is something I started last year and you can read all about it<a href="http://suesordinarymiracles.blogspot.com/2012/06/grandmas-camp-read-lot.html"> here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are the books I read to my 4 grandchildren during last summer's camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1. The Very Hungry Caterpillar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">12. Pretty Salma, A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">23. Madeline's Rescue</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">24. Mother Goose Numbers On The Loose</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">25. Where the RIver Begins</span><br />
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I wish I had the grand total for how many they read last year, but I didn't keep that, it was well over 100 books, I know that for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought it would be fun to memorize a few little poems.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The first one I choose is The Purple Cow.</span><br />
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<i><b>I never saw a purple cow,</b></i></span><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I never hope to see one.</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">But I can tell you anyhow</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">I'd rather see than be one!</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After successfully learning it, you can see our camp snack, a Purple Cow.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">{grape pop and ice cream}</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">YUM</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">{Don't you love the sunscreen? We are serious about sunscreen here :-) }</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">8.The Star Spangled Banner</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The kids have been reading up a storm, and have earned lots of prizes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been pretty bad with activities this year ~ it's been a hectic summer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have spent lots of time in the pool, and we just returned from a week at our cabin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had a great time and read lots of books about bears at the cabin!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, even though I haven't been a good blogger about our reading, we are reading!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that's what it's all about after all. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On May 1 our daughter, Jessica, and her husband flew to China to get our new granddaughter! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bob and I stayed at their house during the week so Cooper could go to school and Friday and Saturday nights they went to Laura's so we could go home and have a little break:-)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I didn't take one picture on my camera the whole time, I did take a few on my phone but as I can not get those on my computer I can't share them here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The boys were very good, but I know why I had my kids when I was young ~ 3 meals a day, laundry, and keeping a 3 1/2 year occupied all day ~ it is work!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The day we met them at the airport!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't know exactly what I thought it would be like, maybe a little more separated from "real" town?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I don't know, but it was a pleasant surprise.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I could have spent all of my time in a little nook reading a book and enjoying my view out the window!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our room was on the second floor in the far right wing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then we motored on to Norfolk, just for 1 night. It was rainy and cold and I satisfied myself with a good book and glances out the window at the busy river/seaport.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We were home for a just a few days and then May 1 another adventure unfolded! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fun never ends around here ~</span></div>
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