I Really Need to Update my Blog!

I am really behind in the things I want to put on here!  I have Andy's 2nd birthday, Danish Festival and the sewing I did for it, my garden and I'm sure that I'm forgetting something!  School starts in 2 days and I'll want to blog about that, too.   Maybe I'll get more time once school starts.  (Probably not, but we can hope, right?)

I Do NOT Like Sharing My House With a Mouse!

I'm not scared of them, they are just a nuisance.  Sort of like the fruit flies that always seem to hover around the kitchen, or the tiny ants on parade around my kitchen sink!   There have been a few "face to face" encounters like when I threw away some trash and found a mouse perched on the front corner of the trash can, or when one came popping out at the top of the couch, but mostly just hearing them scurrying or chewing in the corner.   I have tried several types of traps and poisons, but so far, the only one we've managed to kill is the one I whacked with a broom!   I hope that we will rid ourselves of the pests soon!

Laundry Day Mystery

Friday when I was doing my laundry, I started to fold my light colored load and found this:




It looked like gold flecks and I thought some sort of paint pen, but we didn't have any as far as I was aware.

I found about 2 dozen items with gold splotches of varying sizes.

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Then I found the culprit!

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I have no idea where the copper crayon came from as I don't recall seeing one in recent history!

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It was hollowed out.

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I hand scrubbed the things with Dawn dishwashing soap

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The boys liked checking on the laundry being washed in Dawn.

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The after isn't so great, but better than before. I may try again, but it will have to wait!

Just Some Random Pictures

Andrew loves to feed himself!

This is cool!



















Will being a Firefighter
















Emily being Cinderella.

































Holding his own cup



















1st chocolate chip cookie (a CHOCOLATE chocolate chip cookie!!)

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YUM!!!

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We went into the living room the other day and found this note on the LiteBrite. Sarah had started it, but we called her to dinner before she could finish it.

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Andrew's newest favorite thing to do...stick his tongue out!

oh look, Will's doing it too!

A Day in the Life

I wanted to take a picture of Emily & Andrew together since their outfits were similar, but grabbed a couple of all the kids as well.

I like this one as it shows Will "ignoring" me. If he doesn't want to answer a question, or to get his picture taken, or whatever, he scrunches his eyes shut (ie. I can't see you, so you aren't there!)

Here I think he's just goofing around.

Andrew & Emily matching

The picture doesn't really show, but both outfits are fuzzy green corduroy.

This is why I took the bumper out of the crib.

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