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“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.” ~ H. Jackson Brown


“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.” ~ Unknown



Thursday, December 29, 2011

Sickies!

We spent our day in pajamas, relaxing and trying to ward off these germs that have taken residence in the kids.

Adri has had a temp of 103, but is fine if given medication. She doesn't seem to understand that the medicine is temporary and is the only reason she's feeling alright enough to get out of a fetal position off the chair (which is how she spent her morning until the meds kicked in).

Here's some pictures from after her medicine kicked in and she felt fine for a couple of hours.

I'm going to pretend to be sick (really all I have is a snotty nose) because it gets you a lot of attention around here!
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Where is Adri?
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There she is!
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My silly girl.
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Adri and her Spider Man socks...
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Where is Sammer? Bet you'll never guess...
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Peek a Boo little man!
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They love the apps I loaded on my iPad...
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Wait Adri! That's not how you do it!
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I'm getting bored. Is it my turn yet?
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Gotta do what Sissy does...
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I want to play with the iPad! Adri got to!
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Sammer decides he's going to play my game of Words With Friends. He'll probably do a lot better than I do! :)
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Movie time! Yes, he sat that close the whole time!
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Adri's medicine is wearing off...Getting ready for nap time.
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And this is the poor little baby doll right now...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Meijer Gardens

Ahhhh...One of our favorite places to play, Meijer Gardens. Our day started out great there and ended on a not so great note, with poor Adri sick with a fever.

Here's some pictures from the good part of our day. :)

Adri enjoys a ride in "Santa's sleigh" according to her.
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Look at that shiner!
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Trying to look but not touch...
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Mom look! It's a buffalo, or horse, or something...I want to touch it!
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Apparently the no touching rule doesn't apply to Sam Man...
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You can tell Adri's beginning to not feel well...
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The train, the train! Where is it?
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Gonna find that train...
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I think I hear it!
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There it is! Over there!
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Oh how I love to watch the train...
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Mom! This is the coolest thing ever!
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Wow! Oh Wow! It goes from room to room!
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A rare huggy moment that I didn't instigate...
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Let's come back again! I love it here!
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I don't want to leave the trains!
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Spaghetti Head

We went to the Children's Museum today. I'd love to have pictures to document the trip, but unfortunately I forgot to put the photo card back into my camera. So, I had my camera to lug around but no card in it to take pictures. Go me.

Instead, here's some photos of reason # 1 that I don't feed the kids spaghetti at home...

Spaghetti turns them into wild animals...Seriously.

Yes, she is trying to guzzle the Parmesan cheese...
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Care for a little spaghetti with your cheese, Adri?
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This was the beginning of the meal, and he already looked like this! (Helps one to imagine the surroundings)
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Just how much spaghetti can one fit in their mouth at one time? Ask Sam, after he finishes chewing.
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Words can't do the picture justice...(Yes, his pants are falling down around his thighs)
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Adri tries to figure out how to cause some trouble, cause there wasn't enough already.
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Little Funny Man...
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Let's see who can scream louder Sam Man!
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Hmmmm. A screaming match. Now that's tempting.
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Then again, so is the ice cream!
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This is Adri's trouble look. If you know her, you've seen it and you know, trouble is yet to come!
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I'm the innocent one. :) (As long as I don't follow Adri's lead)
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Monday, December 26, 2011

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone that shared Christmas with us. We enjoyed your company and the kids are loving your presents...Thank you for decorating our living room in the likeness of a Toys R Us store. The kids graciously thank you! :)

Thank you for sharing Christmas with us! We love you!
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Adri and her Great Grandpa...
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Peek a boo Sammer!
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Oh yeah! A bulldozer utensil set! Sweet!
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Reason #500 we don't light candles around Sammy...
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But Mom! I wouldn't get hurt!
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And reason # 1...
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Santa came to visit while we were at Boo Boo's!!!
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Sam would have none of it!
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Oooh! Look! Another stocking! I love stockings!
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Adri has a different process of checking her stocking...
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This one's so great I don't even have a caption...
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