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  • Separations

    Well, Dave left tonight at 6:30ish for Pittsburgh for business just for tomorrow, but I’ve been feeling mopish all day. I suppose it says something about something that I dread days when he is gone. I mean, it is only …

  • Boundaries

    I’ve always thought I was pretty good at setting boundaries. I mean, I don’t check that I am willing to serve in every capacity on the sheet the PTO sends home annually (just room parent and sending in baked goods for v…

  • Kid Haven

    Life has become a zoo. Forget what I said about gelling; the kids have more than gelled. They are now one continuous, swarming, seamless Being running, walking, chasing, riding bikes/cars/small motorized vehicles bet…

  • The Essence of Maleness (or Boys Will Be Boys)

    Everything is starting to gel very nicely. All the kids are outside right now playing with neighbors, the kids next door and across the street. I am excited to seeing these budding relationships, although none of the b…

  • Aches and Pains

    Well, I have been feeling pretty sorry for myself the past eighteen hours or so. The cousins were swapped yesterday, which involved five or so hours of driving to accomplish it. We met at a children’s museum in NJ call…

  • Cousins

    Cousins are a wonderful thing. It’s almost like a sister or brother; they are so easy to relate to. But in some ways they are better than siblings because you don’t want to fight or argue with them nearly as much as yo…

  • Just Another Tuesday

    Yesterday was an exciting day. Dave’s sister, Katie, and I decided to meet halfway-between our houses at the convenient location of my sister’s house to swap two of our kids for a few days. Katie was to take home Abby,…

  • Happy Birthday, Jack!

    Well, we had such a nice visit with Dave’s parents (and there was enough cake left to run a large hunk over to the neighbors).But today, I am remembering why most of my friends don’t throw birthday parties for their kids…

  • The Borrowers

    So, Dave’s parents are visiting us today and staying over tonight. (Yeah!!) And it’s Dave’s mom’s birthday today, so I wanted to make her a cake, a carrot cake because we love them, and they always turn out good made f…

  • Rain, Money, and Other Things

    In case you haven’t been keeping up with the weather in central Pa, we have been getting rain and rain and more rain. It rained for 10 days straight right after we moved in, sometimes just a drizzle, but mostly lots and…

  • Pools

    I always start Summer off with grandiose expectations. I bought math workbooks and set up a chart so the kids can earn money for completing them ($1.00 for every 15 pages). I decided the kids can make their beds and cl…

  • I'm Still Alive

    Hello!! Hello!!Well, we are in our new house and settling in just fine. You can be thankful that you missed a week of blogs while we were moving because it was completely exhausting… but actually not terribly stressful…

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