10/30/09 Five Things Friday

1.   I just realized last night that Avery will graduate from high school in 2027. Twenty-Twenty-SEVEN.  Is it just me, or does this seem like FIFTY years from now???
 
2.   Right now, Boston Market is having a chicken plate for only ONE dollar. Two pieces of chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy and a piece of cornbread. Mmmm. [...]

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My Two Kids

Last night I had the privilege of spending family QT with my two “kids” while Mikey had to go into work.

Avery’s starting to become very interested and curious of Gunnar. She likes to watch his whirling dervishes and crazy laps around the house when he becomes excited, or watch him play with a dog toy.
She [...]

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Suz’s First Adventure in Babysitting

So my buddy Suz watched Avery on Friday night for a couple hours while Mikey and I went to Carrie and Marc’s Halloween party.
She did REALLY well. We told her that we would both have our phones on us in case of any emergency, big or small, and to please call us if she had [...]

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The Costume Crusade

Leave it to me to wait until the LAST minute to get my Halloween costume together. As already mentioned, our friends Carrie and Marc had a Halloween party at their house Friday night. Mikey and I were excited to get double duty out of our costumes this year, and get to have a “trial run” [...]

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The Fair! The Fair!

Mikey and I went to the NC State Fair this past week. What a nice treat for us to sneak away and have a “date.” We got to hold hands and laugh with each other.  
Here’s the list of things we ate at the fair this year:
 

A gyro with lamb (my personal fave and a tradition [...]

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Five Little Things Friday 10/23/09

Happy Friday! I woke up this morning in a great mood. Must be this awesome weather.
Here are the five little things I’m thinking about today:
 
1. My friend Carrie’s Halloween party is tonight. I’m excited to take our costumes out for a test run. My buddy Suz has agreed to watch little Bookie Lou for a [...]

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Going Bananas for Solid Food

I just couldn’t wait till tonight, so we did a test run last night.
 
We busted out the “big girl” highchair, which is really nice because it attaches to any chair, so it’s portable, always matches the rest of our chairs and doesn’t take up more room. Now, we’re one less chair in the dining [...]

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SUPER BABY FOODS

A few months ago I started thinking seriously about introducing solid foods to Avery and what the best route to go would be. I liked the convenience of the commercial baby food jars, but they can get pretty pricey over time, and what really is in them? Probably way more sugar and preservatives than I [...]

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Daycare Days

SO – for those of you who hadn’t heard, my request for four day workweeks was APPROVED!!!
Which means, my new schedule at work will be Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 7:30 to 6. I’m off on Thursdays starting the week of January 4th.
We figured we could finish out the rest of the year with [...]

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What REALLY Matters

I had a mini melt-down last night when I had ten things going at once, and Mikey came home and wanted to go for a family walk – which I LOVE, btw, normally. But in this instant I became suddenly overwhelmed with everything else I’m trying to do and I got upset. A walk seemed [...]

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