Author Archives: kiddiepool

Someone is 4!

Abigail had a birthday last week. She is very proud of being 4. I guess 4 is eons more mature than 3. We had quite the birthday weekend extravaganza. The grandparents came up for the weekend and we had that … Continue reading

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Haircuts are fun

It was finally time to do it. The fights and screams over combing the snarls out of Abigail’s hair just got to be more than I wanted to spend energy dealing with. Daddy suggested a Mohawk. Abigail was in full … Continue reading

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A little news

So there’ve been some things happening lately, and I’ve been a bit busy, but here’s a little news for you all. We decided to take the plunge again. Sometime around Labor Day, Abigail will get a baby brother or baby … Continue reading

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Water park marathon

I always thought water parks were supposed to be relaxing … not something to recover from. That was before Maura’s birthday party. This year we allowed her to invite three friends from school to have a slumber/birthday party at The … Continue reading

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Circle of life

My grandma died Tuesday. She would have turned 93 next month. She enjoyed going south in the winter and staying with her daughters in Mississippi and Florida and always sent craft projects and e-mail to her grandchildren for birthdays and … Continue reading

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Dancing Queen

Maura still has a lot of elementary and middle school years ahead of her before she can even think about high school, but a few nights ago she made her dancing debut with a horde of other youngsters at halftime … Continue reading

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Is preschool necessary?

With Abigail turning 4 in a month, we find a new parenting question ahead. Do we send her to preschool? Some friends of mine with kids the same age are looking into sending their girls to preschool. They tout the … Continue reading

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She’s 7 already!

Time sure does fly when you’re a parent. It’s hard to believe that our oldest child, Maura, is 7 already. Here are a few pix from her birthday celebration yesterday:   This year’s theme was easy to pick … my … Continue reading

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Where does the time go?

Today, Mike and I have been married for 8 years! Here’s to 10 times that many more. 

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Princess parade

We were assembling a box of goodies to send to Uncle Ryan in Kosovo and I wanted to include a picture of Abigail wearing her Belle dress, which she had gotten at Christmas from Uncle Ryan. She agreed, but insisted … Continue reading

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