Because I have 3 daughters, I am no stranger to the American Girl doll franchise. Given their extremely high price tags, I was once a big opponent, however like any parent, once I saw how much my kids enjoy something, I’ve changed my mind. Grammie bought our oldest daughter an American Girl doll a few […]
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…tape a student to a chair. That’s the lesson an Illinois man is learning after being sentenced to probation following an incident in a McHenry County classroom. Sorry Derek – this is really a story for your blog… you have my permission to steal it. Hopefully they cover not taping kids, especially special education students,
After months of blogging about my pregnancy, it’s finally over and with the best result possible – a healthy, beautiful baby boy! His name is Christopher Vincent and he was 8 lbs. 2 oz. and 20.7 inches long when he was born at 2:53 pm on July 11. He is named for his father (at
The following contains information and possible spoilers about the Mole episode that aired on July 14. Do not keep reading if you haven’t seen it – consider yourself warned! We’re getting down to the nitty gritty – there is only one woman left for one thing, who would have thought that it would be Nicole.
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We became home-owners about a year and half ago, and as fellow home-owners know, it’s a lot different than renting. For one thing, we now have a yard to maintain and being 2 very busy people who know absolutely nothing about landscaping, we’ve found this aspect of home ownership quite challenging. As many of you know,
Unless I finish some of the drafts I’ve been working on today, this will be my last post for a little while – the Dr. finally gave us the green light to have our baby tomorrow! I am to report to the hospital at 7 am for an induction, and hopefully (unless this baby takes after 2
I caught the tail-end of a news story the other day… something about a judge ruling that Pringles are not potato chips. What in the world? I wondered why a judge would be ruling on such a thing and also if they’re not potato chips, what are they? Since I have limited time, I did
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Yeah right. I’ve heard that before. I went to the dr. today and we were supposed to schedule an induction date – AGAIN. But we have to wait and see how I’m doing at another appointment – AGAIN! My body is very slow to react and I think that if I weren’t induced, my babies would
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We finally saw the movie 88 Minutes the other night. I don’t know what we were so busy with when it came out in the theaters, but we somehow didn’t get around to seeing it then. The reviews were so unfavorable that I forgot we had missed it; I guess I just wrote it off.
We had a wonderful Independence Day – happy birthday USA! Went to the local airport where they have a fly-in breakfast every year. There are lots of planes to look at; some grounded, some taking off and landing… and they even have a few that give rides. My middle daughter, the daredevil, was the only one
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