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Autumn Fun in the Front Yard

20 October 2011

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Recipe for AutumnFun: Combine crisp leaves, chilly winds, and a few rays of sunshine. Blend in four siblings. Stir well with dirt and air. Throw in a football, 2 brooms, 15 pieces of broken chalk into days with empty hours. Cover in jackets. Let cool outdoors until people start crying or the sun sets.   [...]

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Today I’m Grateful For…

9 September 2011

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Books. My library card could catch on fire from all the action it gets from checking out books. Fresh Produce from friends and family. Between my brother-in-law, mother-in-law and my neighbor we ate like kings this summer. Homegrown kings. (my salsa recipe will be coming soon — save those tomatoes!) School Supplies. I’ve been collecting [...]

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We Do School at Home

5 September 2011

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This school year Ryan, my first grader, has started homeschooling. We do school at home, at the zoo, during van rides, waiting in line, before bed, in the school room, at the kitchen counter, you get the idea. Basically, our lives have turned into living lessons with some worksheet thrown in for good measure. Establishing a [...]

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Happy Labor Day Weekend!

2 September 2011

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I hope you have a great weekend chilling and grilling! I’ll be back next week with a great salsa recipe and pictures from our first couple weeks homeschooling. Love, Jess

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Afternoons with Molly

11 August 2011

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The day has come, drum roll please, Molly developed an attention span! {Applause inserted here.} She can play without a companion for about 20-30 minutes. Mid-afternoon has become a time for dolls, littlest pet shop, and other rainbow-colored shenanigans. I am often right next to her as she plays. For real, I could play next [...]

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My Nest – the center of my domestic affections

4 August 2011

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The word HOME is defined, as the place in which one’s domestic affections are centered (online dictionary). The blaring difference between a house and home, it seems, must be affection. I can clean, cook and entertain all-the-live-long day but if I do them without love, I do them in vain. I have a long list of domestic affairs. Yet, do I have a centered view [...]

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Nesting – beyond housewares and diapers

31 July 2011

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“Nesting” brings to mind a period of preparation before a time of need or expectancy. Envision a typical nester. A newlywed filling a new wedding-gift vase with flowers from her first garden. A pregnant lady folding and refolding tiny, freshly washed baby tee-shirts and stacks of cloth diapers. A business woman saving her precious funds [...]

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The Twins Cooling Off in the Heat-Wave

23 July 2011

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Having fun, Jess

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Leah Rose

15 July 2011

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Leah Rose, born the youngest of my twins, is my forth child. Leah was breach pretty much the whole pregnancy, so her sweet little head spent a great deal of time under my ribs. She was born at 36 weeks at 5 lbs. 5oz. via c-section. She spent 8 days at the Hospital in the [...]

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Claire Joy

12 July 2011

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Born the eldest of the my twins, she is my third child. Born 5 lbs. 12 oz. at 36 weeks via c-section. She spent 8 days in the Natal Intensive Care Unit after birth. She was healthy but too early, so she needed a little help eating and staying warm. We couldn’t have visitors for [...]

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