29 Sunday Jan 2012
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We found this great shirt at Target for $2 on clearance. It says, “I’m rollin’ in the Doh!” Kaitlyn has been wearing it a lot lately. She also finds it inspiring while making Play Doh pizza.
Kaitlyn also gave her first talk in Primary today. She wasn’t shy about speaking into the microphone and she was adorable, even if it was hard to understand what she was saying.
19 Thursday May 2011
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We got this sandbox years ago when Abby was a toddler. We used it in Kentucky, but in Idaho we didn’t know where to put it in the yard (Mike didn’t want it killing the grass) so it just sat empty in a muddy corner of the yard for the last couple of years. This year I decided Kaitlyn would enjoy it. We decided on a spot -a place we would eventually like to pave anyway. I hosed off the mud and bought new play sand. The kids loved it and then I noticed there was sand all over the deck and in my kitchen, and down the hall, and all over the bathroom where one kid took off their dirty clothes for a bath. What was I thinking? I might need a better vacuum.
02 Monday May 2011
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When we lived in Kentucky, we found great trash. Mike would drive around the neighborhood on trash day and find all sorts of treasures. People threw out perfectly good stuff like this picnic table. We rescued it and ever since it has been one of the most popular toys we own. The weather actually feels like spring today and the kids are back at the table where they spend a lot of time in the warm months. The neighborhood kids come over and they do art projects, eat lunch, play with all sorts of things at this table. It’s a gathering spot for them. Today they are playing school- not one of Sam’s favorite games, but he puts up with it.
Sadly for us, we don’t find good trash in Idaho. People tend to pass things on to family or to Deseret Industries. When stuff is in the trash, it is truly worn out. I suppose that is a good thing, but I do miss our treasure hunts.
27 Wednesday Apr 2011
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The doorbell has been ringing a lot this afternoon. When I went to check on the kids in the playroom, I counted 8 kids in there including my own. They were dancing to the Phineas and Ferb soundtrack, making a fort, and playing with all the toys. Abby likes having friends over and we usually do. We just don’t like cleaning up the mess.
14 Thursday Apr 2011
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The kids have started riding their bikes again in the last few weeks. Now the weather has been mild enough that they have been complaining that they want their scooters. During the winter we keep all of the riding toys up high on hooks in the garage. Yesterday Mike came home from lunch and got down the toys. Our driveway looks like this:
Which is how it looks during the warm months and Mike days of parking in the garage are over for awhile.
