Henry has a major LOVE of penguins. He did an "expert report" in Kindergarten on them and knew more about various penguin species than his teacher did. When it was time for his birthday, a penguin theme was the obvious choice!
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Waddle on in to Henry's 6th Birthday!
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Thursday, November 20, 2014
The Tale of Jack and the Double Digits
Story goes that Jack turned 10 in November! That story is true. Sigh. The days really are long, but the time flies by!
Poor boy got slighted on the cake...but I was going through a miscarriage at the time, so he's kind of lucky he even GOT a cake. He doesn't seem to be offended, though...
That weekend we had a party party party with 5 of his closest friends. Minecraft, baby, that's where it's at. They made pixelated "mini-me"s. Other games (not pictured) were creeper ball-toss (they took out pyramids of foam creepers with a ball) and game that involved hunting piggy balloons. Mostly there was running around attacking things. Yay, Minecraft.
But he loved it and had a blast, which was really the point of the whole shebang!
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Yo ho ho and a Mermaid's Tail
Jack and Sheridan were ecstatic to get back on stage in November. Their school put on "Race for Treasure Island," which had a zany plot about a Naval ship, a Pirate Ship, and a Mermaid posse racing to get the treasure first. Spoiler: the mermaids end up with it.
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
Ode to October
Is an Ode like a poem? Because this post isn't a poem.
October was a glorious, warm month. We were able to go for a few hikes and enjoy the beautiful mountains without anyone freezing their tookus off.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Simple September
After the excitement of August, we took it pretty easy in September. Eased back into the habits of the school year and tried to get used to living in a new house. Henry got used to it very quickly--figuring out that he had 2 buddies on the street opened up a whole world of possibilities!
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Monday, September 1, 2014
Another August, Another School Year
August of 2014, Jack, Sheridan, and Henry put on their new uniforms and got ready to head to SCHOOL!
Ready to learn and make new discoveries! Hooray for school!
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Sunday, August 31, 2014
Out with the Old and in with...
The part of July I haven't talked about was selling our old house and buying a new one. That didn't all happen in July, but the wheels really got moving.
So we started the process of buying their home (by owner)...and we started the process of selling our home (by owner). We had a few friends express interest in buying our house and one ended up offering us a really fair price, contingent on the sale of their home.
A little crazy, but you could follow it, right?
So we moved in the first weekend of August (THANK YOU GOOD NEIGHBORS!!). I spent all weekend unpacking--getting the kitchen in order was priority #1 after beds and basics. I took no pictures of any of that process. Because I apparently don't take pictures.
We were able to close mid-August. Woohooo! 2 days before we were supposed to close on our old house, their buyer fell through.
A good neighbor installed some nice new carpet (why did we not do that earlier!?!? Oh, because we have had lots of little kids making messes and potty training the whole time in that house and we didn't want to ruin new carpet). It took a few weeks in his spare time, but it got done. So it was time to list it, right?
Wrong! Our friends got buyers! We were going to close at the beginning of October! That process ended up being drawn out on THEIR buyer's end and I had a miscarriage at 12 weeks that made everything in the process even more traumatic. In the middle of November, though, we finally sold our old house and were the proud owners of only ONE home!
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