tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85344026120194292172024-02-18T21:53:42.690-08:00The Gift Finally GivenSarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-82116424934889963232012-11-26T17:24:00.002-08:002012-11-26T17:24:34.950-08:00School's in sessionDaddy here.<br />
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Caroline is playing school this evening with an eclectic group of students. Here's a class picture:<br />
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<i>(left to right: Hello Kitty, Cute Monkey, Raggedy Andy, Loon, Curious George, Sheep, and Baby Rancor)</i></div>
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And here's a picture with teacher.<br />
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<br />Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-71507106054815566212012-11-22T08:07:00.002-08:002012-11-22T08:09:41.062-08:00Thanksgiving 2012 Morning PreparationsDaddy here.<br />
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Work...<br />
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...with friend Gwen. Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-85964320421245102052012-09-27T18:32:00.000-07:002012-09-27T18:32:20.712-07:00Ziplining in a tutuDaddy here.<br />
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The title pretty much says it all:<br />
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That's our daughter, a dance-loving, fall-and-get-up-again, pink-wearing, blue-is-her-favorite-color, adventurous, life-living little girl.Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-31587321544970966022012-09-23T16:36:00.003-07:002012-09-23T16:40:02.677-07:00Continuing to explore the worldDaddy here.<br />
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While I was mowing the front lawn this afternoon, Caroline decided that today was the perfect day to try climbing the tree in the front lawn:<br />
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This was, to the best of our knowledge, her first attempt at this. But this first attempt was also a first success:<br />
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That was as high as she got, as the tree didn't offer viable purchase beyond that point, but she was quite happy to get where she did.<br />
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It's wonderful to see that Caroline's sense of adventure and can-do-it-ness remains strong.<br />
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Caroline decided last week how to tell the difference between boy stuffed animals and girl stuffed animals: girl stuffed animals have hard eyes and boy stuffed animals have soft eyes.<br />
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And now we know.Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-13317231141688387252012-09-15T18:52:00.002-07:002012-09-15T18:52:38.529-07:00When Mommy's Away...Daddy here.<br />
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Sarah had an evening dinner/meeting/gathering tonight, so while she was able to have Happy Hour with us before leaving, dinner was just Caroline and Daddy.<br />
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So we had gluten-full, yeast-risen pizza that was topped with, among other things, cheese and sugar-sweetened chicken sausage. All of the above are no-no's for Mommy's diet.<br />
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During our weekly grocery shopping this morning, Caroline picked out what she wanted on her pizza: shredded Colby-Jack cheese, green olives, green bell peppers, and something called "Sweet Apple Chicken Sausage" which is flavored with apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. All this went on a homemade pizza crust with Kroger-brand pizza sauce.<br />
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This is a combination that I probably never would have come up with, but it was really, really good.<br />
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Here's a shot from assembling the pizzas (we made two of them) before baking:<br />
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And here's the baked result:<br />
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And here are Caroline and Dixie, Jr., enjoying the results:<br />
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The pizza was a hit (though in the middle of the second piece, Caroline declared that "I've had enough peppers" and removed them from the rest of the pieces she ate). That she liked the pizza is also notable as she has for a very long time now had an aversion to melted cheese. She was initially mildly distressed that the cheese had melted on the pizza during baking, but after trying it she declared that she did like it.<br />
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We both had fun making, constructing, and eating the pizzas, so we might very well be witnessing the beginning of a Daddy-Daughter tradition for the evenings Sarah's away for dinner gatherings.<br />
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I'll try to remember to post any future ventures into pizza creation!<br />
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<br />Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-10388645763097227232012-09-11T19:04:00.000-07:002012-09-11T19:04:06.816-07:00Learning to danceDaddy here.<br />
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Caroline has started a dance/movement class this fall, having expressed a strong desire to learn ballet. She's had a great time with the class, and at this past Monday's make-up lesson, she picked out a set of tap shoes from the "Take a pair, Leave a pair" box.<br />
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Here's what she did with them this morning:<br />
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<br />Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-65848683311710469382012-07-27T08:56:00.001-07:002012-07-27T08:56:22.509-07:00Christmas Trip 2011It seems we're always on the road, doesn't it? Or at least that's the main time we remember to take pictures. We headed to upstate New York for Christmas with the Sanderson fam. Twas the first time my parents had all three of their kids home for Christmas in a LONG time... at least five years. This dawned on us as we gathered around the dinner table one of our first nights home. My dad smiled and exclaimed at the miracle of our assembly. Of course we had all been together for the wedding the year before, but such special occasions do not necessarily and did not gather the clan around the family table. Anyhow...
We stopped in Wooster on our way to Syracuse visiting a few dear friends, Bruce and Carolyn Beery were, as ever, our gracious hosts. C had some wonderful time with Bruce, especially! Note the Syracuse sweatshirt... she was ready for Mamie and Papa's!
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Shortly after we arrived C had a building session with Uncle Dan.
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And of course there was some fun with Papa!
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And some t.v. viewing with the fam...
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And then Christmas morning... Actually, perhaps these pics were taken on Christmas afternoon. Christmas was a Sunday afterall... Mommy preached for Papa as a Christmas gift...
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Twas so good to have cuddle time with both Uncle Dan and Aunt Khaki...
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And of course there was much playing with new toys. A representative pic...
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And a Christmas nap was in order... You can see one of her favorite Christmas presents in this pic, a baby penguin puppet. She ended up naming it Dixie, Jr. despite Aunt Khaki's valiant efforts to inspire a more original name.
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It was great to have time with Aunt Lauren and her twin sister Katie and their mom Laurie! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And a special Christmas treat... another chance to blow out candles and make a wish.
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Much cuddling with Aunt Khaki...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And we had a lovely dinner a day or so later at Aunt Debbie and Uncle Terry's house. There was an adorable dog to play with...
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And marvelous music to dance to...
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And generally good times all around...
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Aunt Khaki took C for a visit with two of her favorite little girls in Syracuse. They had a kitten which was, I gather, the highlight of the visit!
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And of course we had some fun at Uncle Dan and Aunt Lauren's house... C was enamored with a certain pillow!
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And we made our way back to Lowville for the first time since leaving. We had a marvelous meal with the Adsit clan. They showered C with gifts, including Fancy Nancy and Bree dolls... C and Kelly got on famously! Not sure why we don't have any pics from the other folks we visited...
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We stopped in Pulaski on our way back for time with Cousins Wendy, Patrick, and their kids Ben, Josh, and Gracie. Again... not many pics... and no good ones, but here's one of the girls...
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And we shared New Year's Eve with Alisha, Tom and family! A delicious Indian dinner followed by much fun. Logan, their youngest child, was born about four months before C and he and C could certainly be siblings. They were both entranced by the iPod allowing quite a photo shoot.
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I will next post a smattering of pics from the amazing photo shoot that Tina Lesley Fox did for us on New Year's Day, but I'll close out the posts on 2011 with just one more solo shot of C from New Year's Eve.
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And there you have Christmas/New Year's... in July! Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-7884893189708250992012-07-26T14:05:00.000-07:002012-07-26T14:06:56.982-07:00Caroline turns 3!Of course this happened seven months ago... and now my memories of the
events are vague... So more pics than text! We celebrated Caroline's
third birthday shortly after returning from our gigantic road trip.
While we were away (or just before we left) her main birthday present
was delivered! Thanks Uncle Dan and Aunt Lauren for the fabulous
trampoline!  And we picked up a slide for the backyard as well for our main gift to her. But we kept these hidden until her birthday party when we had the big reveal. We had a mini-celebration on her actual birthday, bringing
cupcakes to school for a world goes round the sun party. This was a
lovely ritual. She walked around a candle (representing the sun) as the
teacher and kids recited the months of the year 3 times; each time
around her teacher set down a picture from whatever year of C's life we
were marking with that circling. I think there were other elements
too... but anywho... twas nice. That night she blew out candles on a cupcake at home. And we decorated the tree (as we did during labor!) And she opened presents sent by loved ones.
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At some later date, shortly thereafter we had a small birthday party. She said she wanted a Pooh and Piglet party and so we decided to have a "Best Friends" Birthday Party. She invited three of her closest friends- one from school (Josephine), one from church (Gwynne), and then her best friend of all (Fiona). Fiona's brother Ethan joined us too!
We spent most of the party on a craft project. We traced each kid and then they decorated themselves. The idea was that Caroline would have representations of her best friends to decorate her room when all was said and done. They spent a long time on this!
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And then the cake... a rich blueberry molasses cake with cream cheese frosting... Mommy made the cake and frosting and did the basic frosting. Daddy traced the images mommy found on the web and filled them in with colored frosting. And voila! A Pooh and Piglet Best Friends Cake... with blueberries inside for our little girl who has always said her favorite color is blue!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And it was enjoyed by all...
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And then, after dark unfortunately, the big reveal...
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And a few pics in the light from the next day...
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And I think this was taken on her birthday... our lovely girl... WE ARE SO GLAD YOU WERE BORN!
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Caroline has been SUPER excited about the idea of playing soccer. Dr. Who plays soccer/football in one of her favorite episodes afterall. She received a soccer ball for her birthday and she helped daddy pick out black and pink cleats and black and blue shin guards a few days ago. <br />
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She is on a team with 6 other kids, all boys, ages 3-5, all approximately the same height. She listened so well! Most of the kids were struggling with the no hands rule, but she got it pretty quickly. Kept her hands behind her back most of the time. At one point the coach told her to pick up her ball and she hesitated for quite awhile because she knew she wasn't supposed to touch it! She learned how to pass the ball and stop a ball when it is passed to her. She learned to kick the ball down the field towards the goal in five kicks. Before the practice started Kev explained that you try to keep the ball inside the lines painted on the field... the coach was not so much worried about that today... but Caroline was. She'd get very anxious whenever she was near the line. She seemed more concerned with precision than speed... she is definitely our child! About 40 minutes into the practice as she was bringing the ball back down the field I could see her lip quivering and her eyes filling with tears. So tired. Overwhelmed. Meltdown. The practice ended 5 minutes later... So, not bad.<br />
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My heart was swelling with pride through much of the practice. I think I might actually get into this soccer mom thing! First game, April 21st!<br />
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<br />Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-80693126386687463532012-01-22T17:29:00.001-08:002012-01-22T20:42:36.113-08:00Great American Road Trip 2011<i>Please forgive the LONG post that follows. It was a LONG trip. And trust me, I've been discriminating in what I've shared... there's so. much. more.</i><br />
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From November 10-December 3 we went on a HUGE road trip. As is often the case, perhaps especially when traveling with a preschooler, picture taking decreased dramatically as the trip progressed, but... nonetheless we have several pics to share. In fact, all of us were equipped for photo taking. We wrapped up presents for every long driving day of the trip. These were various things that we thought could be entertaining for the car ride ranging from very small and insignificant to more substantial/significant. The very first present of all was Caroline's very own, genuine, kid-tough, digital camera. She was delighted. We have yet to download the pics from her camera and unfortunately she deleted the first sequence of pics. It was hilarious--- a series of interior shots of car interspersed with shots of the front door. What a kid thinks when waiting for parents to finish packing and closing up the house for the month we'll be gone. "Car, Car, Car, Car, DOOR, Car, Car, DOOR, car, car, car, DOOR, DOOR (WHERE ARE THEY???), Car, DOOR, Car, DOOR..." We don't have her pics to share right now, but you'll see several pics of her taking pics!
Here she is all ready to go, camera in hand. No worries. She didn't ride sans carseat in the front seat!
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Our first stop was at the Memphis Zoo. GREAT pit stop. It was a gorgeous day. We did take pics of the animals, but as this is C's blog... well... had to narrow down the pics somehow...
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After spending a few hours (or maybe just an hour and a half) wandering around the zoo (and landing a spot as extras in a commercial for the zoo) we headed out to the parking lot for the first of MANY picnics on our trip out west. Daddy did a great job preparing salads and sandwich stuff and snacks and filling a great big cooler so we were able to eat out of the trunk of our car for most of the first week of our journey. Just one shot from our parking lot picnic.
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And one from the picnic in the car at a rest stop later that night.
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And then C got into pajamas and ate her very first oreo. She was pleased.
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Our first overnight stop was with the Bartlow family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Caroline got to sleep with a giant Dora doll. She was asleep when we arrived she she didn't know this until morning, but she sure was delighted to discover it then. Thanks Heather and family for a wonderful first night! (I thought I had pulled a pic of C with the kids to share, but not finding it now... and it is getting late... So here we are with Heather shortly before heading on our way.)
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The next day was another LONG driving day. Our hosts in Tulsa warned us about the nasty potholes there, but we didn't think anything of it... until we hit one and thought something on our car exploded. This was minutes after leaving the Bartlow residence. I believe I was driving... We got right out and checked out the car and everything seemed fine. So we continued on our merry way. Our destination that day was Albuquerque, New Mexico. We took our longish rest stop/picnic at a rest stop in the panhandle of Texas. This was quite the rest stop. Lots of shots from there...
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We arrived at the Martinez residence LATE that night. Caroline was, once again, sound asleep. David sweetly brought out a quilt in which to wrap C. She transferred sleeping yet again... hallelujah! Waiting on her pillow there was a little penguin puppet who quickly became her BEST friend. We were able to stay a whole morning through to lunch with the Martinez family and they treated us to much fun! Delicious breakfast burritos and other yumminess, followed by a visit to the botanical gardens which features giant fruit and veggies and bugs on which and in which to climb and crawl through. Olivia was a great playmate for C. Caroline was a bit cranky at the botanical gardens, but fun was had nonetheless. Such a cool place.
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We had time so we thought we'd check out the aquarium right next door too. But first a snack break and attempts to get a shot of the girls together...
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And then to the aquarium.
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And then back to their place where Olivia introduced Caroline to Diego... which is now her FAVORITE show. She's seen every episode on Netflix. (On a side note, at these first two stops both of our hosts had a Roku box. We saw a few more as our journey continued. We now have one too... such a gift...
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And one more great shot of Olivia for good measure!
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Thanks, Martinez Family! You definitely made us want to come to Albuquerque again!
Next stop? Grand Canyon... or so we thought... we had a fine drive into Arizona, a great travel day really. We stopped at a rest area in Winslow, Arizona after dark for a car picnic. Kev gassed up and then we parked to picnic. We were then about 2.5 hours from the Grand Canyon. We had great fun in the car and were excited about our upcoming stop. By this time, just 24 hours after meeting the small penguin puppet, Caroline had dubbed her "Dixie the Glue." First animal she ever named... and a rather mysterious name at that. Dixie is the dog next door. "the glue?" no clue. But she stuck with it. She was definitive and clear... and Dixie was her best friend and ours. If Dixie would eat something, Caroline would eat it. You get the idea. Anyhow. Here is Caroline with Dixie during the car picnic.
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Moments later we tried to start up the car to get moving again. But when Kev turned the key in the ignition the car started shaking and the engine light came on. And then the car failed to start at all. Did I mention it was Saturday night? And we were in the middle of nowhere? So we called AAA. It turns our we were over 40 miles from the nearest AAA approved station. And we had only 5 miles of free towing. I was freaking out not just because of this, but also because we had hotel reservations for that night, in the Grand Canyon and it looked like an impossibility that we were going to make it and I didn't know where we would sleep that night. AAA scored big points as they overrode their typical policy requiring a 72 hour waiting period for an upgrade and got us a tow to flagstaff. C was thrilled at the opportunity to ride in a BIG truck, on mommy's lap. And we managed to get a motel room right next door to a AAA approved shop. So we settled in for two unplanned nights in Flagstaff. It turned out that the next morning we found a 7 day shop that offered free towing in town and had a rental car we could have for the day quite cheaply. Kev arranged with them to have the car looked at on Sunday morning, rented the car, and then the three of us found a Presby church to go to. During the service the phone rang and it was the shop. The car was fixed! "Good news for you. Bad news for us. Car is fixed. Only costs $87.00!" So before the day was through we had a fixed car. And it turned out that it was a TERRIBLE weather day so what was supposed to be our FULL day in the canyon would have been a lousy day to be there. The two nights in Flagstaff gave us an opportunity to catch our breath. Only one pic from Flagstaff. Our first meal out... Caroline building her own burrito...
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Folks at Grand Canyon lodging were super accommodating. We got to keep our two night rate even though we ended up rescheduling our arrival time twice and only stayed one night. We stayed in a very comfortable motel there. And made the most of our shortened and delayed visit. Several shots follow...
When we first got there Caroline was fascinated by a little bit of snow on the ground.
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I'm not sure how much the views impressed her, but they were captivating to us. These first several were taken as we were catching our first views of the Canyon. (Again, we have LOTS of shots of the Canyon, but focusing on family shots here...)<br />
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Before exploring the Canyon further, we had a picnic at one of the picnic areas in the park. As you can see, Caroline and Dixie the Glue were quite the dining companions.
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Caroline also enjoyed pushing Dixie around in her stroller.
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And here she is with daddy after walking down some steps for a better view.
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Shortly thereafter, after snuggling with mommy in an effort to thwart the oncoming tantrum, she fell soundly asleep, making for even more peaceful canyon viewing for mommy and daddy.
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We had a fun stop at a gift store where we got our national parks passport stamped. Caroline bonded with a bluebird there and we thought we'd come back for Christmas shopping, but... that never happened. We'll get to why later. (It's o.k.. Caroline has FAR too many stuffed animals anyhow!)
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And here is one of Caroline's last moments with Dixie the Glue... or at least this version of Dixie the Glue. Not a great shot, but an important piece for remembrance sake. We headed to Hopi Point for sunset, Dixie in tow. Dixie was great entertainment on this bus ride.
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And then we saw the sunset.
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And here are daddy and Caroline moments later blissfully unaware that mommy has dropped Dixie and Caroline's hat, perhaps when taking these pictures. Doh.
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We realized it on the bus. Not a happy moment. For any of us. At all. Especially not for very guilty feeling mama. We had planned to see the sunrise as well. We were going to go to a different spot, but... instead... back to Hopi point... we had hiked up the day before so we rode the bus up, but hiked back so we could search for Dixie. We found the hat, but no sign of Dixie. Sigh. We think she was adopted by animals or is lining a condor's nest... The sunrise was lovely though.
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All that Kev remembers from his childhood visit to the G.C. was that some woman on their ranger-led tour had a button on her hat that read "Life's a bitch." All Caroline remembers is that mommy dropped her baby penguin. And boy does she remember. (Just tonight she was looking at a puzzle she had assembled which depicts North America. She pointed vaguely towards the Southwest and said "That's where the Grand Canyon is. And that's where mommy dropped my baby penguin!") We bought her a baby wolf to soothe her grieving soul, but it wasn't a puppet and it just wasn't the same... Aunt Khaki got on it. Determined to have a replacement ready by the time we arrived in Portland a week or so later...
Before getting to Portland though we had time to spend in California. But before getting to California we needed to get out of the Grand Canyon. We were planning to have a leisurely morning, checking out, some Christmas shopping at the aforementioned gift shop, etc... but en route to these plans someone flagged us down to tell us we had a flat tire. Sigh. We abandoned Christmas shopping plans and made our way to the shop in the park. They diagnosed us with two badly damaged tires on the passenger side (same side, interestingly, where the part that caused the problem before had been tripped)... we realized then-- THE TULSA POTHOLE. Sigh. Bit of rigamorole. As soon as C heard that we were calling AAA she said "Ride in a big truck?" Eventually, yes, we did ride in a big truck again, much to her delight, less so to ours, though we sure were thanking our lucky stars for the upgrade and were pretty darn grateful for a hundred some miles of free gas mileage.<br />
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We got new (to us) tires on the car in Williams, Arizona MANY hours after first having the tire issue diagnosed and shortly before sunset got on our way to southern California. In addition to the bright side of saved gas mileage, we also avoided L.A. rush hour. Hey, gotta count your blessings. Somehow I failed to take pictures of the tow rides... perhaps i knew we'd never forget... We arrived LATE at night at the Fleischman residence, Judy was my sixth grade teacher. She had a full meal waiting for us and most comfortable bed for which we were most grateful. We had a lovely visit in Ventura county, staying through the next morning, before heading on our way. One shot from before we left... SO grateful for our time with these beautiful people! (And in case I'm not saying it enough... we felt this way about EVERYONE we stayed with!!!!! SO GRATEFUL!)
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And then to Fowler, CA, mid-state, near Fresno, to stay with long time friends of the Sanderson Family, the Arakelians. While in Fowler we learned that someone had stolen Kev's debit card number and drained our account. Seriously? Could anything else go wrong? We had enough gas in the tank to get us half way to Napa, our next destination... where our emergency credit card was waiting for us... and we had used all our cash on the trip out. The Arakelians fed us well, taught us a great new game, and the next day, when we learned this troubling bit of news, made sure we had enough gas in the car and cash in the wallet to get us to our next destination. Thanks be to God for them. A shot with them before we left. We are so grateful, still.
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And then, a bit shaken, a bit weary... we made our way to Napa. To Tici's lovely home. Caroline LOVED it there. Big, gentle dog. Sleek black cat. And a mama whose kids are grown who showered her with focused attention. Lots of time puzzling. We were able to stay there five days or so (while I made trips into SF for AAR) and I think Caroline really thrived on being able to stay put for awhile. Here are MANY shots from this time N. Ca.
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Visiting San Francisco, including a GREAT visit to the exploratorium, thanks Thomas J.
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And a few more shots from Tici's house... sweeping up dog hair, and gazing into the garage with the sweet dog Charisma...
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And then saying goodbye. This was our hardest goodbye. Caroline <i>really</i> wanted to stay with Tici. And seriously resisted saying goodbye.
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She acted the most like a cranky, nearly three year old in the Portland visit that followed. We think the cumulative hellos and goodbyes really got to her by that point. Poor Aunt Khaki... she wasn't cranky the whole time, but... In any case, I think we were all super exhausted by the time we got to Oregon. Hardly took any pics at all... not of the marvelous feast we had at Sisters of the Road. Nor the splendid Thanksgiving festivities... nor of the discovery of Dixie the Glue all grown up at a toy store in Portland. (A bigger emperor penguin puppet that Aunt Khaki had scouted out. When first we saw it we said, "Look, Caroline, Dixie got all the way here from the Grand Canyon too and she's all grown up now." She rolled her eyes at me, and perhaps even put her hands on her hips, "Mommy, penguins don't grow up!" she said with a "don't be ridiculous" smirk on her face. "Yes they do," I replied, "There are baby penguins, and mommy and daddy penguins. You used to be a baby and now you're growing up, right? Penguins do too." And then she threw open her arms, "DIXIE!" and the new best friend was embraced.) We had a night in Khaki's yurt, Caroline LOVED sharing a bed with Aunt Khaki (and sharing her iPhone). And then transferred to a glorious house in the western hills where we spent the next several days, inclusive of the holiday. Khaki assembled a lovely crowd and we had a great meal. Twas a great visit to Portland. The babies Khaki was expected stayed tight until we left (their mamas were probably not so grateful, but we were!) Here are far too few pics from our brief sojourn in the pacific northwest.
We visited a play gym with Caroline's new friend Moses. Here are a few shots from that visit.
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One in the house where we spent several days, on our first night there, with Marcie and Aunt Khaki...
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And one as we were saying goodbye to dear friend Jennifer after a great day of worship at her church (and participation in a spontaneous Christmas pageant) and then dining with them, and then hanging and puzzling at their place while C napped.
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And two from when we were saying goodbye... (seriously? That's all I've got? No pics of the spontaneous Christmas pageant... and none of all the other great stuff I talked about before... Sigh.) WE LOVE YOU, AUNT KHAKI! Thanks for a great visit!
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As we were driving away from Portland, soaking up the views of the Columbia River Gorge as we headed on our way to Boise, Idaho, I articulated my desire, once again, to land in the Northwest. May it be so...
We stayed in Boise with Patricia and Byron, dear friends of Caroline's Godmother, Katie. They live in a house Patricia built (literally) with her sister. Amazing! And they have massive gardens, and chickens! This was actually the second time we stayed on a property with chickens. There would be one more such stop before we got home! Here are just a few shots of exploring the gardens and meeting the chickens (Caroline is wearing a vest of Patricia's...) and of a birthday party Patricia and Caroline put on for Dixie the Glue. Caroline's birthday was rapidly approaching and playing birthday party delighted her!
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From Boise to just outside Salt Lake City where we stayed with Cynthia, the mother of a college friend, Laurie. Grandma Cindy doted on Caroline and we had a most comfortable night there. And then on to near Boulder, CO, where we apparently also took no pictures. The snow started to fall heavily while we were in CO, staying with my cousin Erin and her husband, Josh. We had a nice dinner with Erin, Josh, and Adam (Erin's younger brother who also lives out there.) And the next day, thanks to the wonders of facebook we were able to meet up with some college friends in downtown Boulder for a delightful lunch. Thanks, Eric and Jessica! And then we re-routed. Instead of heading to Norfolk, NE, where we had planned to spend a night with dear friend, Steve, we now opted to head straight into Kansas, get a motel room, and call it a night. And from there to Kansas City for the last night of our journey where we were treated to great barbeque, fireworks, and delightful company. Caroline refused to go to sleep that last night. Maybe she knew it was the last night, or she could just hear the happy conversation and didn't want to miss it. So we all had a very late night, and Caroline was loved on by our hosts. (You can catch a glimpse of the new Dixie the Glue in the last of these pics.)
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And then home... with our ONLY stop (in C's entire life, let only the road trip) at McD's a few hours before getting there... in the hopes she would burn off some energy and sleep when we got home...)
Thank you, thank you, thank you to EVERYONE who made our getaway such a delight (even with the hiccups- that's what memories are made of, right?) Caroline was an AMAZING traveler. We felt SO blessed.
Twas good to get home... we had a tree to get up, a birthday to celebrate... we were just. in. time. Stay posted...Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-16539737910432629362012-01-22T08:30:00.000-08:002012-01-22T08:30:23.491-08:00Caroline's room gets an overhaulPa and Eepa moved to South Caroline and blessed us with some new (to us) furniture, including much needed bookshelves for Caroline's room. This prompted an overhaul of her room shortly before we left for our trip. Here are the results...
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We went to a pumpkin farm to pick pumpkins with our dear friends Jenn and Parker. Caroline used to see Parker all the time when Kev was his child care provider, but now she doesn't get to see him very often. She LOVES Parker. No great shots from the day, but a few passable ones.
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One day I picked Caroline up from school and she said as we drove home "I don't have any friends." I'm not sure what prompted this statement... she does have friends... maybe it was a rough social day. In any case, when we arrived home Kev had picked up the 3 ft skeleton he intended to use in his halloween costume and it was sitting on our big red chair. I thought Caroline might be scared of it, but nope! She lit up when she saw it declaring "A FRIEND!" And then proceeded to play with "skeleton baby" as she named it, right alongside all of her other stuffed animals... even changing its diaper, wiping its bottom, putting it down for a nap with Pooh. Skeleton Baby now hangs in her room and is still a play mate. Strange...
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We got out for a walk at one of our favorite parks at least once this fall...
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYdh0rSSwfXgqD6d4OsbB7B_8vCVXI_WZMJNJKGT18KO9E83aAXZU_sQBuKg7D-gozKUVkKynQjMYWJlnog9zyt5SGwBO-bD33HdZ7104_OWYPnStPYpQMuvlZMO9ognCm7VAiVqWL0D6/s1600/IMG_0371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYdh0rSSwfXgqD6d4OsbB7B_8vCVXI_WZMJNJKGT18KO9E83aAXZU_sQBuKg7D-gozKUVkKynQjMYWJlnog9zyt5SGwBO-bD33HdZ7104_OWYPnStPYpQMuvlZMO9ognCm7VAiVqWL0D6/s320/IMG_0371.JPG" /></a></div>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-69236337332276504992012-01-20T13:14:00.001-08:002012-01-20T13:58:07.301-08:00Summer Fun 2011Such a backlog of experiences and photos... here are a bunch of pictures from last summer (broadly defined!), when mommy was buried in books much of the time!<br /><br />Several fun moments at home... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqNUVszFNlaRCsTw4MGKnms0CjgrwM2-YHXuUcANebEAFZoKKTQeZqyUTpZdooN4p0S7sueUmwXONKj5r9qtq25DrrpwmCwFn33eOo9y8Ab4_F8O5aUOk5K8YRSVdZxCvxpzmstwh7o16/s1600/IMG_0214.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamKqgQpB8soCyN9LuprVsz0eOV4mj5PjJZvxWNWVBqA5lsFSCYW0Pol9aXg78TuKic0LF8jJ58T8wYCRq4ROogD4FCOxvj6yRfaLhnfTdOKtOEnAu4HHr5_kDQFJnbQahEfnLahJ_2N-t/s320/IMG_0192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699826652953651170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NBiVRoWyNwLc_n3Nkgol9qpxT2vCTE4Gx-E_IdBarlIAQfgifo78M0AqFC6asLm2sz1AFxSl9FYLUUWMQJxiT8SbI1PuzKmyu4TbpY3F-xRZCG5maMZvvyfOftatbCeJ3NGTTBihQoXr/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NBiVRoWyNwLc_n3Nkgol9qpxT2vCTE4Gx-E_IdBarlIAQfgifo78M0AqFC6asLm2sz1AFxSl9FYLUUWMQJxiT8SbI1PuzKmyu4TbpY3F-xRZCG5maMZvvyfOftatbCeJ3NGTTBihQoXr/s320/IMG_0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699826627543438098" /></a> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjBQKNr3W_HtJU6btSgeSmaXHV12IODs3wFmW00KPBWC54E50ku1XvItW_iTqKe6uK21pHanMH5QJORkI3Fslklk6ZgP9viMLBFJ0XlbCCbriuvIcKeaqTQsICuTP5WBG4Z6pT652dKVv/s1600/Photo10020859_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjBQKNr3W_HtJU6btSgeSmaXHV12IODs3wFmW00KPBWC54E50ku1XvItW_iTqKe6uK21pHanMH5QJORkI3Fslklk6ZgP9viMLBFJ0XlbCCbriuvIcKeaqTQsICuTP5WBG4Z6pT652dKVv/s320/Photo10020859_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699827490689515378" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8FGViI5yAB4jm1F1QNfZ-yCZj8t6zqSRwpgF2lpZ1P9zUlZBTp5IXygYtvJAzkaU-AHgmjps09ELlFqfJ2m2yRVIL6jkWcsNp4SY7DIRNu18Cv6Q1MrGvvv40S2AJAZG2oNTR0xFnEuj/s1600/Photo09290838.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8FGViI5yAB4jm1F1QNfZ-yCZj8t6zqSRwpgF2lpZ1P9zUlZBTp5IXygYtvJAzkaU-AHgmjps09ELlFqfJ2m2yRVIL6jkWcsNp4SY7DIRNu18Cv6Q1MrGvvv40S2AJAZG2oNTR0xFnEuj/s320/Photo09290838.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699827493222877858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoinIEG4V2Tvpcr-1V1Z78MXERgDVkpbvEnI0IUsJ_rLNR_ra2hoCPIvS_TMdloOh0YJ62F7nj1yX6DzQ5eMvleBqDlqe1Jk670QWKQ8k-ALVNR4ZIn1JF6ZYk5Kfqw9if3wnlrRF5S0HS/s1600/IMG_0315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoinIEG4V2Tvpcr-1V1Z78MXERgDVkpbvEnI0IUsJ_rLNR_ra2hoCPIvS_TMdloOh0YJ62F7nj1yX6DzQ5eMvleBqDlqe1Jk670QWKQ8k-ALVNR4ZIn1JF6ZYk5Kfqw9if3wnlrRF5S0HS/s320/IMG_0315.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699827487908131538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sJRknFGNx_aRkfZCaYqIV9Fwn_oOH7zGq63o6-U9N1LxA0Oe-bOiZQLWhsr6UiZr16FqGczQNR1rViHoioB4zbHosWben6cPq7IjmBVQmNtaEMdVZa57zel8WPQVl10As1jPuUhKM4Gx/s1600/IMG_0310.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sJRknFGNx_aRkfZCaYqIV9Fwn_oOH7zGq63o6-U9N1LxA0Oe-bOiZQLWhsr6UiZr16FqGczQNR1rViHoioB4zbHosWben6cPq7IjmBVQmNtaEMdVZa57zel8WPQVl10As1jPuUhKM4Gx/s320/IMG_0310.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699827439017896050" /></a><br /><br />A present from Uncle Dan and Aunt Lauren... just cause... starting her early... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2eWYjZ9frezTzMEPe8Mry_IWUOvbsWaINUqJNn89hQmUoPqenRNJzxvPF54mDurkl5lrEg-UBHavp_l5xWWmArCTw9VVeCJCb0O5aaDAuq6RDNkrLcEDu0LN8PaSRnIl2RS0Bn1wSvLm/s1600/IMG_0265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2eWYjZ9frezTzMEPe8Mry_IWUOvbsWaINUqJNn89hQmUoPqenRNJzxvPF54mDurkl5lrEg-UBHavp_l5xWWmArCTw9VVeCJCb0O5aaDAuq6RDNkrLcEDu0LN8PaSRnIl2RS0Bn1wSvLm/s320/IMG_0265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699827891667468354" /></a><br /><br />We had a couple of great visits with dear friends Matt and Jenn this summer. Daddy and Caroline made another trip to Mammoth Cave with them and this shot is from a meal on that trip...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0xANIVvUd-WMDYOFH24sxisU23klgFUc9UHRbrlO_rt8g3e2WDDl3y2FgUXchCsCE5I14DwoR5XzphMzoqJoavORvWRMeU_gLbr3lJw9wXKPbYlr_xH_8F54ZLHaX_3IeCCW96E4GdUY/s1600/IMG_0244.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0xANIVvUd-WMDYOFH24sxisU23klgFUc9UHRbrlO_rt8g3e2WDDl3y2FgUXchCsCE5I14DwoR5XzphMzoqJoavORvWRMeU_gLbr3lJw9wXKPbYlr_xH_8F54ZLHaX_3IeCCW96E4GdUY/s320/IMG_0244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828172239665170" /></a><br /><br />... but they also joined us in Nashville for the fourth of July. No pics of them here... but first, C eats her first hot dog, and then she dances and tosses grass about... she wasn't afraid of the fireworks at all!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU9w6X-mBoDTwtOoKKrvHs9YRJJzYVPq05e82ZFrvaHr2Q55vBfWHC6kyWsEdVEf_YqCvwFET2S9TaNJ_prDhQnJsS2BdSaL0ogZf5TpZAfIQ8P_4UYMezAlaXogZ9bBjRIVOQpVOAOvc/s1600/Photo07031840.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhU9w6X-mBoDTwtOoKKrvHs9YRJJzYVPq05e82ZFrvaHr2Q55vBfWHC6kyWsEdVEf_YqCvwFET2S9TaNJ_prDhQnJsS2BdSaL0ogZf5TpZAfIQ8P_4UYMezAlaXogZ9bBjRIVOQpVOAOvc/s320/Photo07031840.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828912261902802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLYWbVjXkFN3HEDhyphenhyphen8OA6T4UrQgSa3pPwocGnes8anREuyTpKmNmXN_UGOtQ4HKwgB-GuE70xargE4KDnYuxUTCVPsULm85pv8dr5gjqOmlxVRHOSXTmxpyAP0Z8HOrlyI0CS-ZOYV_rN/s1600/IMG_0225.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCLYWbVjXkFN3HEDhyphenhyphen8OA6T4UrQgSa3pPwocGnes8anREuyTpKmNmXN_UGOtQ4HKwgB-GuE70xargE4KDnYuxUTCVPsULm85pv8dr5gjqOmlxVRHOSXTmxpyAP0Z8HOrlyI0CS-ZOYV_rN/s320/IMG_0225.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828903770245746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DGyNAC-G1s8D5OQyVAiQIwuWO_Jn84WXpYnuaXFijvF29VMIu3yj4cw10IaLttq9_aKJMHndXLvwQZxaNfg8VcvgpxqJwIE7V4nL-2OWqRE0OEq-8qboYa4s7CmirUFCe5FIntYkeih5/s1600/IMG_0229.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4DGyNAC-G1s8D5OQyVAiQIwuWO_Jn84WXpYnuaXFijvF29VMIu3yj4cw10IaLttq9_aKJMHndXLvwQZxaNfg8VcvgpxqJwIE7V4nL-2OWqRE0OEq-8qboYa4s7CmirUFCe5FIntYkeih5/s320/IMG_0229.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828890879406946" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmpLKivvryQU4eByMjxPxmcmwAOOPzqKJZtMg3xotLOF8IGevLqyVyYAGPy5hyDtoS0TFLETlPjJ9Dyvs1ZWkIsrgR6K6vbWdL7v1nGnAuqNRMoju7sCPLZtuEHzQBoL7Zqa2u_FUrwnv/s1600/IMG_0231.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmpLKivvryQU4eByMjxPxmcmwAOOPzqKJZtMg3xotLOF8IGevLqyVyYAGPy5hyDtoS0TFLETlPjJ9Dyvs1ZWkIsrgR6K6vbWdL7v1nGnAuqNRMoju7sCPLZtuEHzQBoL7Zqa2u_FUrwnv/s320/IMG_0231.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699828883923372946" /></a><br /><br />Daddy and Caroline had an excellent visit with Pa and Eepa at their (former! hooray!) home in Michigan... many shots... <br /><br />Lots of coloring time with Pa...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmdBBLCRSje-6S3wmXat_NwuS1Yx71rwJTei411YDkZqkq01CCzm-w8Y3xYEp0RnbBrBjFvW6nKVfe2PhRtOOPDFMWl1Zn15Xd2xKfXsgCcbsptL3QaOIopS-2vrPXNcDe8TCol02E4FS/s1600/IMG_0273.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmdBBLCRSje-6S3wmXat_NwuS1Yx71rwJTei411YDkZqkq01CCzm-w8Y3xYEp0RnbBrBjFvW6nKVfe2PhRtOOPDFMWl1Zn15Xd2xKfXsgCcbsptL3QaOIopS-2vrPXNcDe8TCol02E4FS/s320/IMG_0273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699829517432038722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxfGzsk9D4J6307bm0klsAeNZDShko0sxBfsGG2pwhyphenhyphenF0RHkkXaH9wxpwKIiw3rHNMmAqR9GS-iGQGtAkXZczZseqXuER3W0xbzBtVgFrvTWkA0fMIfoKzufyA0DTo7BAobaoyIYLEW02o/s1600/IMG_0279.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizu15M_0AFmPsjTNutcx3ZlGEim5Lns2RrbY8VqAyniyPy-5nQbGEQrWyvKsjB4vNxSp62UAFuV2jzhGfxrlrNqDWMtDVl0CWmT9IvVB3e-CIaeh_bQ4FFgYIjlO1TmGAKc7s7g0mvZK0L/s320/IMG_3791.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699833356384445090" /></a><br /><br />2 moments from bonfires in our backyard... enjoying chocolate milk with Jo An<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUPQvvOiEu17xjRHITRb8bo5UWQAkpTH3QiBiKnVbhPfVMkUHZbjyoZHP58KG1d-2sc7dxTu_Grbv8C1JvtgcH8QBR0TRDMR21n1lHlN4iB1NCx9rV1E7v8ckwQTVGH_AQfQOq8NkeUA-/s1600/Photo07042007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUPQvvOiEu17xjRHITRb8bo5UWQAkpTH3QiBiKnVbhPfVMkUHZbjyoZHP58KG1d-2sc7dxTu_Grbv8C1JvtgcH8QBR0TRDMR21n1lHlN4iB1NCx9rV1E7v8ckwQTVGH_AQfQOq8NkeUA-/s320/Photo07042007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699833833948868962" /></a><br /><br />and after being put in bed while a bonfire continued outside, she clearly decided she wanted back outside, but didn't make it very far...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTq-pGdeUr4-T7BEg9sTuxKi4FMtmr8umK6e8yyjVOGFFRXbfqD9-q7IKToQMtpA8WxgtpUzTnyEPy8_FzNz0jY9DJamBGeYejb4o7K1RJk1XkNCqVvx6pZJuc2o-Pv-H8U4NnckHWLyf/s1600/IMG_0352.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizTq-pGdeUr4-T7BEg9sTuxKi4FMtmr8umK6e8yyjVOGFFRXbfqD9-q7IKToQMtpA8WxgtpUzTnyEPy8_FzNz0jY9DJamBGeYejb4o7K1RJk1XkNCqVvx6pZJuc2o-Pv-H8U4NnckHWLyf/s320/IMG_0352.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699834104097359010" /></a><br /><br />Just one of many lovely visits to the pool at the Y!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlorkWiq8gNKBjc7ZU80WZOMKl-hoHhr6LFTSDoyC1-iVDqN6eVmhfMDwgY9FGYK9jT2Bo5vhH0aypqzgMMJYPWfBqz6-0-iz8zrKuHqyj_ra5lrYxasRfqxxWILazopowXVOU6_PpUfx/s1600/Photo06081559.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlorkWiq8gNKBjc7ZU80WZOMKl-hoHhr6LFTSDoyC1-iVDqN6eVmhfMDwgY9FGYK9jT2Bo5vhH0aypqzgMMJYPWfBqz6-0-iz8zrKuHqyj_ra5lrYxasRfqxxWILazopowXVOU6_PpUfx/s320/Photo06081559.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699834532145569234" /></a><br /><br />Several Sunday moments...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPsIUeoQfD0raE4X1J3mKZ2ffVJkZVMbp3WiI86EkPyC7VDgcO7hMK6xiVzH5NNrct-jJ03Ylocfx0E2rOOeAbwwhUGI8OmIMxgV3fLzNgdAuoKDGBX6l_-NA34jqTDDgaZOxZ1hkf1GV/s1600/Photo07171439_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilD4TAct-Pb62pLmXR_-BNETHQlgjZlbQdIS-FmwjvR16M1M_3B6omUQN_dnKK0_iPTartF6obBMgjqeu6XknvjkdcDq8ru1qKPpL4ZUf2ZfmjnL5GXqP0KAttStOY2ZQBRzylfakaEFTu/s320/Photo07031034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699835113732221826" /></a><br /><br />A visit from Mamie (super helpful... mommy and daddy got to get away for a bit for our anniversary and c got lots of loving attention during the final press to exams...)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2sAST1XQR7zh0tkyDRKboiEMKzD73vPKQ23TT4r_6orhDVBVJhZbEG8OgwzDmSW1w5N4fkkpVZbRMKvhicnBT8LLkmy1Ptsp7mXdsSlXUtis6Gi0v3XSWkDgHQEi_koNwXFmIOyhRX83/s1600/Photo09171734_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2sAST1XQR7zh0tkyDRKboiEMKzD73vPKQ23TT4r_6orhDVBVJhZbEG8OgwzDmSW1w5N4fkkpVZbRMKvhicnBT8LLkmy1Ptsp7mXdsSlXUtis6Gi0v3XSWkDgHQEi_koNwXFmIOyhRX83/s320/Photo09171734_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699835747529519474" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYzeosyq-bc6_dtsMewE9m9o8oexw7_Sg7kAm8cTljIXBow8GDuiMfjb-YpF0-b2JwE505aB-ohpEfAAz4z-C1inazKa6cvyBsgBBZ4T_xcAA_x50vOyqkgBpl5edbcZQxPMCv7UCyz-0/s1600/Photo09241019_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYzeosyq-bc6_dtsMewE9m9o8oexw7_Sg7kAm8cTljIXBow8GDuiMfjb-YpF0-b2JwE505aB-ohpEfAAz4z-C1inazKa6cvyBsgBBZ4T_xcAA_x50vOyqkgBpl5edbcZQxPMCv7UCyz-0/s320/Photo09241019_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699835726007880626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I3KvsCeqlwT3pthjXYC3RysScKqT3Gfgeg_bDhGWiZAoWSGw6V7athmWznBCtq2EDQJXpwFadiLkJeAJJVQ0t2wr34ETQAGb0N-k7xGPlC4YFvMoQqdHO5dz4iJJmj87dfxRZuvgdPpz/s1600/Photo09241044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I3KvsCeqlwT3pthjXYC3RysScKqT3Gfgeg_bDhGWiZAoWSGw6V7athmWznBCtq2EDQJXpwFadiLkJeAJJVQ0t2wr34ETQAGb0N-k7xGPlC4YFvMoQqdHO5dz4iJJmj87dfxRZuvgdPpz/s320/Photo09241044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699835720703957906" /></a><br /><br />This was a moment from Mamie's visit too..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjfswKlS6w6E-jn3-ikuTBZzuTZ0RbK99gcR5VzQ6lqvaR-W0ulC88Zr7UApUXagl5nqgOkGeEHpIxSyiwprnOcie9VgE1SVrAN2DYRoPBF3HpiWGxhmgMn7as-cgj9hxgbBV9pOykxxQ/s1600/IMG_0323.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjfswKlS6w6E-jn3-ikuTBZzuTZ0RbK99gcR5VzQ6lqvaR-W0ulC88Zr7UApUXagl5nqgOkGeEHpIxSyiwprnOcie9VgE1SVrAN2DYRoPBF3HpiWGxhmgMn7as-cgj9hxgbBV9pOykxxQ/s320/IMG_0323.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699836122283208274" /></a><br /><br />Three more random moments...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRgvHRsWMRyr2CJ8FPr8vu9OCDlF6NOJ_euyUH7zGeBGGhcnKwR0PanZnoblYCkQyuYRkuWIXcxvU-wKOgLRWRYLwjC7661ikGgY8JIJq4AzB3-e7xK0TCz0hRfrJ1pxIV5T-5fyx17iV/s1600/Photo09041427_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRgvHRsWMRyr2CJ8FPr8vu9OCDlF6NOJ_euyUH7zGeBGGhcnKwR0PanZnoblYCkQyuYRkuWIXcxvU-wKOgLRWRYLwjC7661ikGgY8JIJq4AzB3-e7xK0TCz0hRfrJ1pxIV5T-5fyx17iV/s320/Photo09041427_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699836528880142322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcSTpyjX19aE91boqUXmaoGERUtTFL_GiqEZyKPnMKnpT2u2hLaOA4JaiZxeuHKmNf1d8SXVrORkPbO8P2Tqqb6hTJKF1oOWEoQ9BfjaCn9RUQnlvEUhRyXktu52TxkuD11v4g6BpnWUR/s1600/Photo09021253.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBcSTpyjX19aE91boqUXmaoGERUtTFL_GiqEZyKPnMKnpT2u2hLaOA4JaiZxeuHKmNf1d8SXVrORkPbO8P2Tqqb6hTJKF1oOWEoQ9BfjaCn9RUQnlvEUhRyXktu52TxkuD11v4g6BpnWUR/s320/Photo09021253.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699836508844093186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLo0Qgsdyv3cSprSIy4OOkFv5JtwOqzH_5vGyhlVCybm62awZDMUKxF8oI8VuwfL_l05YgYZFU0JkhYNIZ_OXsvaLWmq2WBAvBO5WvDoWciTe8DJ5UU6vOgK7WsB_RckRFMsjYua7MpAZ/s1600/Photo07201856_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLo0Qgsdyv3cSprSIy4OOkFv5JtwOqzH_5vGyhlVCybm62awZDMUKxF8oI8VuwfL_l05YgYZFU0JkhYNIZ_OXsvaLWmq2WBAvBO5WvDoWciTe8DJ5UU6vOgK7WsB_RckRFMsjYua7MpAZ/s320/Photo07201856_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699836505469586626" /></a>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-84086228908462822432011-11-05T18:47:00.000-07:002011-11-05T19:12:24.961-07:00Halloween 2011I'll begin from the recent... and then work back... so much to catch up on... and soon SO MUCH MORE WILL HAPPEN! <br /><br />But let me start with the recent cuteness of Halloween. <br /><br />Mamie had the idea for the costume. Caroline LOVES to hop like a frog and does so very well. We have NO idea where she learned this, but she is impressive! My brain was consumed with exams so I was grateful for the idea from Mamie and for the wonders of Amazon... Kev has even better pics of C in her costume from a few weeks before halloween, but I don't have those on my computer yet. Here are a bunch though... first several from a day of the dead party at her school a few days before halloween. <br /><br />When we arrived at the party one of her friends, Wyatt, said "Well, hello Caroline dressed like a frog!" (This was moments after the screaming fit she threw in the car about not wanting to wear her costume... though she'd be telling people for days she was going to be a halloween froggy!)<br /><br />One of the moms brought sugar skulls and frosting with which to decorate them. Here she is working on the first skull she decorated, and a close up of her work!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxk17W8F6DZ5hElgr9Ap8exEwDnSLuJHPJcTtIIYR4tGcE4LKqWFwd49UeTRrPnMQep2hfMIYDmsP67W3o8lHLTDKk0WdE3q_dBf8adw9wIpwvwWwswSTHumSSEqyPDpYFZEujR0_msSZ/s1600/IMG_0398.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfxk17W8F6DZ5hElgr9Ap8exEwDnSLuJHPJcTtIIYR4tGcE4LKqWFwd49UeTRrPnMQep2hfMIYDmsP67W3o8lHLTDKk0WdE3q_dBf8adw9wIpwvwWwswSTHumSSEqyPDpYFZEujR0_msSZ/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695271486077362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifPVL94G9BgcdtsNoGuYNn4Aa8ge2vYM4HsmaM6U4vanGQldh-Jvpk3BsdqX9KEF2cXFljgYRbw6WgigdXhdMvgeIj-EPaGAqUmiIPFy3chh96lYOd_qjOp16V-EGVqOWAu3lHE-WqWBJ/s1600/IMG_0401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifPVL94G9BgcdtsNoGuYNn4Aa8ge2vYM4HsmaM6U4vanGQldh-Jvpk3BsdqX9KEF2cXFljgYRbw6WgigdXhdMvgeIj-EPaGAqUmiIPFy3chh96lYOd_qjOp16V-EGVqOWAu3lHE-WqWBJ/s320/IMG_0401.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695255912316850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGVYAzH_hf97LNZPE3KfhzLui4mj6_oew0gyCEq-DAK_jpUohg03r3eYlyT62aSeIJDkx5CRbEUhMcIZ3iiLhgsN0jiZH7kSh024TlUoebuUNs7I0LFcGwQT8oSst0tOjK2J3kCGbkSkC/s1600/IMG_0404.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGVYAzH_hf97LNZPE3KfhzLui4mj6_oew0gyCEq-DAK_jpUohg03r3eYlyT62aSeIJDkx5CRbEUhMcIZ3iiLhgsN0jiZH7kSh024TlUoebuUNs7I0LFcGwQT8oSst0tOjK2J3kCGbkSkC/s320/IMG_0404.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695255716087202" /></a><br /><br />And here she is doing some of her favorite things she does at school... biking... and swinging on the hammock... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnym9rn-Le2X2j5dPO-XhNq8YHv0WDcdr5YtTWR1w8mBj4uaUdyNUxwWX6d5YoOpN0TLFqaMlnwmywJ41LdXRspSRVzzY03zN7SVQAB7FWFx_RInUF18OgvSOU6UY1mco0gmR6WYkORy7/s1600/IMG_0407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnym9rn-Le2X2j5dPO-XhNq8YHv0WDcdr5YtTWR1w8mBj4uaUdyNUxwWX6d5YoOpN0TLFqaMlnwmywJ41LdXRspSRVzzY03zN7SVQAB7FWFx_RInUF18OgvSOU6UY1mco0gmR6WYkORy7/s320/IMG_0407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695970809232466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yDwnKpNZd99oAWaHhmXjGy37jf7nwD_B5dSQ6j8B4ds8qCNF0fTUwY9pYizal_ASApD69gAYiTefwRiS0gvPkameooPkp9xtYYfIbQd3LVa-OoA5cFFmYkmWnQcXVJNmGoUIknVyMNRi/s1600/IMG_0408.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8yDwnKpNZd99oAWaHhmXjGy37jf7nwD_B5dSQ6j8B4ds8qCNF0fTUwY9pYizal_ASApD69gAYiTefwRiS0gvPkameooPkp9xtYYfIbQd3LVa-OoA5cFFmYkmWnQcXVJNmGoUIknVyMNRi/s320/IMG_0408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695964608703058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtdxH2J8TzsqT2msiLpmI2bp64yoSJ1ozP1mO1gWicuPvVhdn5k3YgaVUjguBEb19FyvR2JZh-ff5Lc5Bkhp_EkafxKE0AkFTyqnYjT9Q0FtxmC1dQHSxI62s83xyBctGSUgRrwOoC4Ol/s1600/IMG_0415.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCtdxH2J8TzsqT2msiLpmI2bp64yoSJ1ozP1mO1gWicuPvVhdn5k3YgaVUjguBEb19FyvR2JZh-ff5Lc5Bkhp_EkafxKE0AkFTyqnYjT9Q0FtxmC1dQHSxI62s83xyBctGSUgRrwOoC4Ol/s320/IMG_0415.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671695964859519202" /></a><br /><br />And now the day itself. We went to a neighborhood trick or treating event with some of our friends, Alistair is the one dressed as spiderman and Wonder Woman is Ella, his big sister. Ali is one of the kids Kev has been taking care of in addition to Caroline the past two years. Here they are all ready to go! (A funnier version of this pic is up on facebook!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtrNvxUmEkOtH0GNLUj2xbuZH5Q-MrXLXx7n7uQXB2v3TieM5UCAFvLo8e2x7zM_FgwmGncokSka67Gqct6Z_hn_aLpPrv5m1beSw919GwYkL6Z9kR0SpYUtBWkJFACfxhSHf9a0X-4hh/s1600/IMG_0418.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtrNvxUmEkOtH0GNLUj2xbuZH5Q-MrXLXx7n7uQXB2v3TieM5UCAFvLo8e2x7zM_FgwmGncokSka67Gqct6Z_hn_aLpPrv5m1beSw919GwYkL6Z9kR0SpYUtBWkJFACfxhSHf9a0X-4hh/s320/IMG_0418.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671696582879658338" /></a><br /><br />First we went to the parking lot of a business where there were games to play, and face painting, balloons, etc. Caroline was pretty shy at first, MUCH more shy than I've seen her in a long time, but when she realized she could get candy she got a bit bolder. We took off from there to trick or treat on that street. Lots of folks were seated in front of their homes with bowls of candy. She would typically whisper trick or treat, but she'd forcefully shove her bag forward. Many people admired her costume... only one person thought she was a boy. : ) Many pics from the night follow.<br /><br />Where we began... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwkRV2T0TCiyRSvjSYp3yRRIHAT1uCxY3MfS0R_1LEEe2TFZFlLtEiqIX0bcFPqKPZettFjEH4yzh88gYjFKd_1fvvy_okDrdiwoQsU_zBGB_ok3J5CAnOYhwcmVuw_qr8sRBtH40L-Gu/s1600/IMG_0425.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQwkRV2T0TCiyRSvjSYp3yRRIHAT1uCxY3MfS0R_1LEEe2TFZFlLtEiqIX0bcFPqKPZettFjEH4yzh88gYjFKd_1fvvy_okDrdiwoQsU_zBGB_ok3J5CAnOYhwcmVuw_qr8sRBtH40L-Gu/s320/IMG_0425.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671697601783785618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlB5KGCQ9aaKLXcYva1w_9B4PbpqBjVxfrco0xey4_b4fLlQLvYfAetxivmuMl9Q0zfHebz4Yxmj2tvEtEdN22i95KYuGLysS7QUKFbJC7MxOmp7z11nrh7SqQi5o_VXTGywj9GGGOPpt/s1600/IMG_0434.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZlB5KGCQ9aaKLXcYva1w_9B4PbpqBjVxfrco0xey4_b4fLlQLvYfAetxivmuMl9Q0zfHebz4Yxmj2tvEtEdN22i95KYuGLysS7QUKFbJC7MxOmp7z11nrh7SqQi5o_VXTGywj9GGGOPpt/s320/IMG_0434.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671697597356548098" /></a><br /><br />And trick or treating galore... <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVo-G43VGnWAUj8lCWiRoBKBJ5xbNtQFkwDGfZByZvZvU73fTLu7MHLe4Wx3OuVRd4FfZUPfZAD7CqmgJoV3eM9n1GOGPRzFCI50p6C43GzSWP2vIS-e3iZjgz3HKONE3BfebQFUwcJkb/s1600/IMG_0443.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHVo-G43VGnWAUj8lCWiRoBKBJ5xbNtQFkwDGfZByZvZvU73fTLu7MHLe4Wx3OuVRd4FfZUPfZAD7CqmgJoV3eM9n1GOGPRzFCI50p6C43GzSWP2vIS-e3iZjgz3HKONE3BfebQFUwcJkb/s320/IMG_0443.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671698426339252754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih46OU8NMEyIt_qYztMee9ubnog04EeeCuedJP5qjzfx2WvHGYN4ZugMZ3jT1u_bTmLkkB84D-n0ZgDdQiCCLkUDWiRxIQnXEgtGmyLc3Avg-C-LmraBuvF6t6xvrs83D8vFBLHeI5tgK8/s1600/IMG_0444.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih46OU8NMEyIt_qYztMee9ubnog04EeeCuedJP5qjzfx2WvHGYN4ZugMZ3jT1u_bTmLkkB84D-n0ZgDdQiCCLkUDWiRxIQnXEgtGmyLc3Avg-C-LmraBuvF6t6xvrs83D8vFBLHeI5tgK8/s320/IMG_0444.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671698412553926770" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR4I5hYfZ77jkSxmEZvx6AFwBqOLiQcao5oXrr99sj-pg6S4-M9zXfgoLALF17Qvfcsv_fxgARTHHTPpL1Hk9AMGwYQ69b88v3ojpHC_NBT2v81Q5TLDCAPk-sXO2Cx24OXAYp34h9gyg/s1600/IMG_0449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR4I5hYfZ77jkSxmEZvx6AFwBqOLiQcao5oXrr99sj-pg6S4-M9zXfgoLALF17Qvfcsv_fxgARTHHTPpL1Hk9AMGwYQ69b88v3ojpHC_NBT2v81Q5TLDCAPk-sXO2Cx24OXAYp34h9gyg/s320/IMG_0449.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671698406557174482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxpFYepEpMtmg1VLUxiVz5p_3jX6DKQs16b0fg7L53uHcT52kEbggbBQh2KVpbu6A-o9W_nOqZO6i6ybEAMMFIBm-7bCXtzX-zGX_1Ax3Ra01hJ5EriEvM1hbNAKN6_Me0nibeSehyphenhyphen4P8/s1600/IMG_0455.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNxpFYepEpMtmg1VLUxiVz5p_3jX6DKQs16b0fg7L53uHcT52kEbggbBQh2KVpbu6A-o9W_nOqZO6i6ybEAMMFIBm-7bCXtzX-zGX_1Ax3Ra01hJ5EriEvM1hbNAKN6_Me0nibeSehyphenhyphen4P8/s320/IMG_0455.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671698395138271810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-kpznBdGw187bXPyv5IP8K37VEJoTuDCcLR8Xr1rA30TNWl82Ux8m1dWRI4lBWz0YiLHrHurUBqGpjG-npgCO-KSP5g6LM9Qbde4ySelAZLRw3W_86FXiYgxpE7xRTwaJyxwdguevLwm/s1600/IMG_0480.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-kpznBdGw187bXPyv5IP8K37VEJoTuDCcLR8Xr1rA30TNWl82Ux8m1dWRI4lBWz0YiLHrHurUBqGpjG-npgCO-KSP5g6LM9Qbde4ySelAZLRw3W_86FXiYgxpE7xRTwaJyxwdguevLwm/s320/IMG_0480.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671698386880240418" /></a><br /><br />I had planned for us to just be out for an hour... figured that would be enough and that that would facilitate decent bedtime and daddy getting out to a concert he wanted to attend (he went dressed as a bad dad, with a 3 ft skeleton in the baby bjorn!) But we ended up being out 1.5 hours. At about 1.25 hours we declared trick or treating done. C was insisting on riding in the stroller and Kev told her that we wouldn't keep taking her in and out. If she was done, she could get back in the stroller, if not, she should stay out. She opted in. And then TOTALLY melted down when she realized there would be no more trick or treating. Massive tantrum that went on and on and on... lovely end to the night. Ah... almost 3. But eventually we got to this... ah... now, that's a lovely ending. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRis8aDwJ4vAU1gyESlyc-T8iAnDkexO5Gx7NJQvBsFW438nZ_v4X1Fnb5eCN2KtoHxW5rY7PNTY_0sU1daI5YEeGPhFkg_lZB0hOj8i7vCTVhicHQ3KA_Xs8ZdvVd7g8Zf6qRr3TnBzZd/s1600/IMG_0495.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRis8aDwJ4vAU1gyESlyc-T8iAnDkexO5Gx7NJQvBsFW438nZ_v4X1Fnb5eCN2KtoHxW5rY7PNTY_0sU1daI5YEeGPhFkg_lZB0hOj8i7vCTVhicHQ3KA_Xs8ZdvVd7g8Zf6qRr3TnBzZd/s320/IMG_0495.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671699679036904882" /></a>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-11438854665724368642011-08-06T13:46:00.000-07:002011-08-06T13:51:46.005-07:00blurb 4- cuttingCaroline LOVES to cut. She discovered this passion at school. (She's now going to the homebased montessori program at which she started in the spring 3 days a week. And she seems quite happy to go. The drop offs, according to Kev, are getting easier and easier.) She will cut and cut and cut. She loves cutting lots of little pieces of paper. She's doing some collage making as well. Her teacher is an artist and encourages all sorts of artmaking. We bought Caroline some scissors a few months ago so now this is a favorite home activity as well. Sometime in the last month she asked to take her scissors and paper into the bathroom for potty time and Kev agreed. He then let her be as it was a long potty break and he had some things to do. When he came back in to help her wrap up this potty break he discovered that she had cut her shoelace. She has one very short shoelace... no attempted haircutting yet...Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-10174739939797901152011-08-06T13:38:00.000-07:002011-08-06T13:45:36.392-07:00blurb 3- bodiesFor the last several months Caroline has become interested in primary bodily differences and in her former home inside my belly. A few cute snippets that suggest this dawning awareness...<br /><br /><ul><li> On the way to church on Easter morning she declared that the Easter Bunny has a vagina.<br /><br /><li> At church a few weeks ago I was helping her in the bathroom and she said "I don't have a penis. Akil (a friend from church) has a penis. When I grow up I'm going to have a penis."<br /><br /><li> Quite regularly now she snuggles up to me and says "Mommy, I want to get back in your belly button. Can I get in your belly button please?" </ul>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-29730590272560796152011-08-06T11:08:00.001-07:002011-08-06T11:15:59.448-07:00Blurb 2- "You have a choice..."About a month ago we were blessed to have some time at Uncle Don and Aunt Debbie's lovely Kentucky cabin. It was a nice change of scenery for my studying and allowed Kev and Caroline some fun day trips and connections with Kentucky friends. We enjoyed having dinner on their screened in porch each night that we were there. Caroline spent a fair bit of time exploring the contents of the porch and she especially enjoyed moving the pillows from their porch furniture around, and, in particular, putting them on the floor and then laying down on them. She was always eager for us to finish eating and talking and to join her in playing. One evening she put the pillows on the floor and then urged Kevin to come lie down on them. He declined her invitation. She then looked at him rather sternly and said "Daddy, you have a choice! You can lie down on the pillows OR... you can take me to the zoo. Hey..." her voice turned from stern to sweet "You want to go to the zoo?" <br /><br />When the child is the disciplinarian...Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-76677104191619357292011-08-05T14:09:00.000-07:002011-08-05T14:21:12.223-07:00first of hopefully many blurbs to come- "She's my sister."<span style="font-style:italic;">It has been TOO long since I've made a written record of the developments of Caroline Grace As I read and take notes and prep for the biggest exams of my life I keep thinking of things I should get on this blog. SO, trying something new today. In a break between books, I'm going to write up one recent moment/story... hope I can do this a bit every day until I'm more or less caught up! I don't want to forget...</span><br /><br />Yesterday was an election day in Nashville. We dropped Kev off at a meeting and then Caroline and I headed to our polling place, a Baptist church about a mile from home. I (shamefully) admit that I was a fairly uninformed voter this time around. I did a bit of research on the candidates for my district's council seat and had made my choice before arriving, but I didn't realize I'd have to pick 5 (!) at-large reps... first five on the list got my vote. Sigh. And I didn't know there was a proposition on the ballot. And I didn't know anything about any of the challengers to the mayor so the incumbent got my vote. Anyhow... this is not the forum for confessions of my democratic delinquence, but thanks for allowing me to get that off my chest. Anyhow... when we arrived at the polling place I said to Caroline "Would you like to help mommy vote?" She shouted "YES!" from the back seat. Not that she knows what voting is... She wanted to bring her little notebook, but leave her bag of almonds behind. <br /><br />As we came to the corner we needed to turn to get to the proper entrance for voting, we encountered an older African American woman holding a sign for the candidate I had decided I wanted to vote for before arriving. It turned out she is his mother! Caroline took to her immediately and started babbling away about this and that, showing offer her bracelet, and her notebook. The woman, who had been outside in excruciating heat on behalf of her son ALL day (nearly 12 hours at that point) was absolutely tickled by Caroline. As we walked away, Caroline looked back at her and then at me and said "She's my sister!" I turned back and said "Ma'am, Caroline has declared that you are her sister." She gasped, "Well, that's wonderful!" She said, "I'm honored. I'd love for her to be my sister. What am I saying? She is my sister. We're one. You said it, child! You know! " I said "Are you a Christian, ma'am?" She said, "Why yes, I most certainly am! And so is my son!" "Well, then, we truly are sisters in Christ." "Thank you Jesus, yes we are!" (I love however, that she affirmed universal human siblinghood regardless of faith... I would never want to take that premise away from her... she knows something of Christ's intentions surely!!!!) <br /><br />As we were leaving she delighted in Caroline some more... and said "Out of the mouths of babes... we are sisters indeed."Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-64004410050251473732011-06-05T12:50:00.000-07:002011-06-05T13:26:48.694-07:00a tutu, a visit, a ponytail, fun with play dough, a birthday party...One last pic from our visit to the boat at the beginning of the month. I went shopping with Debbie one day and picked up this outfit for her. So cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rD7NhwCI7cQ3efIUlbb-3Q87OnEpR5cV8EPMICmwIsQDi2HCPlv3MO5t0YESeK6XXqvIwNJq5csWxiiRTLjbQGoQJct6ThRCpkQKJfqr_AVjRusQBoD8Gmp0oPlYz0QkbO_14HUnEMzu/s1600/Photo05100952.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4rD7NhwCI7cQ3efIUlbb-3Q87OnEpR5cV8EPMICmwIsQDi2HCPlv3MO5t0YESeK6XXqvIwNJq5csWxiiRTLjbQGoQJct6ThRCpkQKJfqr_AVjRusQBoD8Gmp0oPlYz0QkbO_14HUnEMzu/s320/Photo05100952.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614829873169501586" /></a><br /><br />We had a great visit from Godmama Katie and Godsister Abby early in the month. There were some aspects of having two two year olds together for a weekend that were exhausting for the parental units, but... others were quite delightful. Abby loves her bath so Caroline decided to love it too! And we haven't had bath issues since! They had a blast in the bath together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tfkh7tSAugC_2CqQXjyhl-_lcK0lAeZU9Yix7W4BDoZAnaMSwpDqhhqfDHS9x9WJPQeBz7jrCaTIYUtFlLp9NZICYkoxZZgNteWELoVspfDC4zmvhOF1Agw4F6vmdYKmgsKe3Pj1Q6qw/s1600/IMG_0170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tfkh7tSAugC_2CqQXjyhl-_lcK0lAeZU9Yix7W4BDoZAnaMSwpDqhhqfDHS9x9WJPQeBz7jrCaTIYUtFlLp9NZICYkoxZZgNteWELoVspfDC4zmvhOF1Agw4F6vmdYKmgsKe3Pj1Q6qw/s320/IMG_0170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614830824067080562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc_TFjWc7tk8GxwESZl-yc_JmsZzxDA2n0Vqdlu9QBGi2lBPgO_FPlSiWnRAA368PApSACxlTOMvY78q7rAZ4L-72OO83_sNdTZxDjCrIdupC6Q_kYkEue-F00PNjHSX-8v0El2dUanPo8/s1600/IMG_0171.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsgI9OHnzUJruJwE1DlZokJfnKlWzNAG7uNqNjMhbdeUYrancFH-Xk8dvpMtownvx9nleYQciXgS3_uXTRR6QG7428odeEpmI3EemRxtL5227YDOOZ93C524VJFup4OR1AJ5_mfxZqG5B/s320/IMG_0175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614830801168307490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEmWLpd6JPdIeQKbbYLbixWyU5x-xJjPiCmvKsoI_x2Wmxnd0o5wFoSUcuiDSsGgpsYKZdt1HcaITLFftQNGJgO4Il4JrNVsenSwMVd2Gc2KqQ4jCJjpBal7M3wMh_gxKgUKJ0HPfbvan/s1600/IMG_0180.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEmWLpd6JPdIeQKbbYLbixWyU5x-xJjPiCmvKsoI_x2Wmxnd0o5wFoSUcuiDSsGgpsYKZdt1HcaITLFftQNGJgO4Il4JrNVsenSwMVd2Gc2KqQ4jCJjpBal7M3wMh_gxKgUKJ0HPfbvan/s320/IMG_0180.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614830792808315298" /></a><br /><br />Some post bath books...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHjAbFOkVCwTagThDS7cOAQ8sC56asU05c0GrGzYXa0d3g9t3s6p3tfAo3etR6MKCLN_Q4iu7VZ8aqle4Ww_8BpzltccsytNHOyOVSm9_PDX5sLf1_peqqQmUKt0niMD_BI5tXl72-QH7/s1600/IMG_0181.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHjAbFOkVCwTagThDS7cOAQ8sC56asU05c0GrGzYXa0d3g9t3s6p3tfAo3etR6MKCLN_Q4iu7VZ8aqle4Ww_8BpzltccsytNHOyOVSm9_PDX5sLf1_peqqQmUKt0niMD_BI5tXl72-QH7/s320/IMG_0181.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614832062029236162" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyhX4NDI9Xqj35rmf0oHZwa_sLamfNhJriC5t2ypuhUiG5mAjazNBXhc-ocxBUsgrG4zFpXBDZ0toflZgWEwCxCx0Vaj_YipUm__u3M6nhkSYrerjyqPecmwxSUqtUeTz1RswRjdLKQUL/s1600/IMG_0183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyhX4NDI9Xqj35rmf0oHZwa_sLamfNhJriC5t2ypuhUiG5mAjazNBXhc-ocxBUsgrG4zFpXBDZ0toflZgWEwCxCx0Vaj_YipUm__u3M6nhkSYrerjyqPecmwxSUqtUeTz1RswRjdLKQUL/s320/IMG_0183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614832057580662482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcU0wnbJeTng1yZuUAiZ7xIhWZ4EwVCiLX_5v7EHr27L5RXHnFrqWQmw5qb8f1y6AfiJ2cdU6_fVF1m0egG2RO36FqGkwvyrtHxgtFapaTOnOAwz_rZpa-NYW83ejEIT5hXSkeHmP4dCa/s1600/IMG_0184.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcU0wnbJeTng1yZuUAiZ7xIhWZ4EwVCiLX_5v7EHr27L5RXHnFrqWQmw5qb8f1y6AfiJ2cdU6_fVF1m0egG2RO36FqGkwvyrtHxgtFapaTOnOAwz_rZpa-NYW83ejEIT5hXSkeHmP4dCa/s320/IMG_0184.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614832051751319682" /></a><br /><br />Unfortunately I don't have any good pics from the puppet show we went to together at the library. This was the first time we went to a library show and Caroline stayed quiet and focused the whole time. She loved it! Abby was frightened by a loud moose that popped up early in the show so, unfortunately, she wasn't able to enjoy the show with us. She remained afraid the rest of the day that a moose was going to pop up and scare her. Poor dear. The girls had fun together while we were waiting for the show however.<br /><br />I also don't have any pics from mellow mushroom or ben and jerry's. Two great treats enjoyed immensely! C's first taste of ben and jerry's. She wants to go back!<br /><br />Saying goodbye...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcS9LJA8ftHZ4ubGwcm3E4Ln2TvX2UakTMWDseI04ryFbsKa6_NyzOWA5FDQ6PXU9M7bejVyhFrSwXiUCNRV4us8dy9YkSdAhuyhox668npgvQdDgHwIuFWCae1TObw2tpIX6mblzreuT/s1600/Photo05151850.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYcS9LJA8ftHZ4ubGwcm3E4Ln2TvX2UakTMWDseI04ryFbsKa6_NyzOWA5FDQ6PXU9M7bejVyhFrSwXiUCNRV4us8dy9YkSdAhuyhox668npgvQdDgHwIuFWCae1TObw2tpIX6mblzreuT/s320/Photo05151850.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614832523889169714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix78sUQ5z2tK8r6c79eVjQSJjYvupo_FRsoYTmviHtaFlpqTDefJK9_ANIqT0AC420YaTZclX3g3IofTavgmO00cX4g3alY2zL97srWQ8jindaan0PRFL5Tjd7_vU8j9JB0Qanqrj1_0_r/s1600/Photo05151857.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix78sUQ5z2tK8r6c79eVjQSJjYvupo_FRsoYTmviHtaFlpqTDefJK9_ANIqT0AC420YaTZclX3g3IofTavgmO00cX4g3alY2zL97srWQ8jindaan0PRFL5Tjd7_vU8j9JB0Qanqrj1_0_r/s320/Photo05151857.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614832525006463746" /></a><br /><br />Caroline's been having a lot of fun with the playdough kit Uncle Dan and Aunt Lauren sent along. She is very into cutting at the moment. She spends a good deal of time at school cutting paper. At home she cuts playdough. Kev thinks she's been making some delightful things so he took these pics. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxLjGDt9fb6Vniup4lWAi9HiCZ8LhiJ704S1SC7xHFWbzGNCRYTGOTP8NJTXdGh_ljUjcYiN0NYqoixnZXDxbTYUBQ_lzqKxPhBcoli9JjRgLkINgPD1bbkIKyodV_zEm6qp9FC3svR2W/s1600/IMG_0186.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxLjGDt9fb6Vniup4lWAi9HiCZ8LhiJ704S1SC7xHFWbzGNCRYTGOTP8NJTXdGh_ljUjcYiN0NYqoixnZXDxbTYUBQ_lzqKxPhBcoli9JjRgLkINgPD1bbkIKyodV_zEm6qp9FC3svR2W/s320/IMG_0186.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833176807693058" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrJHYImzjNOifty2xslP5u-DpQ2sq0ojqyU0wKvLFKtovhQfE1oY-06G5HxaxILSxe4DPcnsl55DVWA-bhzKuNBerUmoBHCKtAHZhHEC-OOZkPpE38-DCkvHRZDzp5NNJHUWSdf7dwSpo/s1600/IMG_0187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrJHYImzjNOifty2xslP5u-DpQ2sq0ojqyU0wKvLFKtovhQfE1oY-06G5HxaxILSxe4DPcnsl55DVWA-bhzKuNBerUmoBHCKtAHZhHEC-OOZkPpE38-DCkvHRZDzp5NNJHUWSdf7dwSpo/s320/IMG_0187.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833162168574786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvjHEalFBZsqRxSgjKSWd-YiQPIcX8bHzW_nD7s5O-OkZzh1m2zgCVvy5Hs7vpniwjBaXmebgZB81LRB5IrNcQBtJ_NBJkmNGDSMLOIY7SCpzQI5MvGbuc2ahvBO_CwyO0-KJI7t1Y9z1/s1600/IMG_0190.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvjHEalFBZsqRxSgjKSWd-YiQPIcX8bHzW_nD7s5O-OkZzh1m2zgCVvy5Hs7vpniwjBaXmebgZB81LRB5IrNcQBtJ_NBJkmNGDSMLOIY7SCpzQI5MvGbuc2ahvBO_CwyO0-KJI7t1Y9z1/s320/IMG_0190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833149482622146" /></a><br /><br />A ponytail!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0L6Zk0cjtw4kEzR6KjPK9je18Z4isj6ZxnFr8m4qbgFoE6U2zUBQ_2TmALeul4lwdxjo-vzm1SKO6xKLEVIj3qGGuuH5FBzsrMP5wS00cmozlXs2uZbSptG-BKI3lIifJn0Oczg_cynt/s1600/Photo05261726.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU0L6Zk0cjtw4kEzR6KjPK9je18Z4isj6ZxnFr8m4qbgFoE6U2zUBQ_2TmALeul4lwdxjo-vzm1SKO6xKLEVIj3qGGuuH5FBzsrMP5wS00cmozlXs2uZbSptG-BKI3lIifJn0Oczg_cynt/s320/Photo05261726.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833538842784322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3iLiZfrFAraCh53jCUdOGL7HclcR6KyxizpGnn01zw-8YNolRH3VUtLL8TL8BeXEEEKctZDIlQngRu1m1IomDXHkqM8OsAqVdCU2xcou4eVDwwOX1-LdZrWQE6zMEnE4AIjwlKkR8H58/s1600/Photo05261727_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3iLiZfrFAraCh53jCUdOGL7HclcR6KyxizpGnn01zw-8YNolRH3VUtLL8TL8BeXEEEKctZDIlQngRu1m1IomDXHkqM8OsAqVdCU2xcou4eVDwwOX1-LdZrWQE6zMEnE4AIjwlKkR8H58/s320/Photo05261727_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833529171824466" /></a><br /><br />And just yesterday we helped to celebrate the first birthday of Caroline's dear friend, Alistair! Caroline is VERY into birthdays at the moment. She keeps wishing us a happy birthday. And talking about who's birthday is coming next. She asked if we could have cake for Uncle Daniel's birthday (next week) even though he lives FAR AWAY. That's the next family birthday, so surely there should be cake! Happy Birthday, Alistair!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEtPKZwciebCLXuNa4DGOn-zAaUEYoYmG6wACZpg6vtBIRSoNQevFFTsea1SwbxxsT0oKjpK0pa8ZRnTPwmnLeXaZsyt2KhVuhHdSyYBpvEfilgfbGzWolEran8bypCaL1MvKr2ySfjaJ/s1600/Photo06041010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEtPKZwciebCLXuNa4DGOn-zAaUEYoYmG6wACZpg6vtBIRSoNQevFFTsea1SwbxxsT0oKjpK0pa8ZRnTPwmnLeXaZsyt2KhVuhHdSyYBpvEfilgfbGzWolEran8bypCaL1MvKr2ySfjaJ/s320/Photo06041010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833924710879938" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5i4Wc00UOiKBFyUhIwLOyIT2HgoPA333dluFaPFnBfrtFtVnoc0Of37Ja8qjPIpZoeFceOvaW2WnwsiNrhy9D2FDL5M6iKDGDzxVCkHbvT6GdmuuBonViVBuZsg71x5q7_GLjy57Ui__/s1600/Photo06041022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5i4Wc00UOiKBFyUhIwLOyIT2HgoPA333dluFaPFnBfrtFtVnoc0Of37Ja8qjPIpZoeFceOvaW2WnwsiNrhy9D2FDL5M6iKDGDzxVCkHbvT6GdmuuBonViVBuZsg71x5q7_GLjy57Ui__/s320/Photo06041022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833919047148786" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtplcUT_EKvQMDNFoIONosyDlgJVIdcXpk-67R0IOhin5guTTj7rcpp1CJU88KankEiFk6RwBKPoRHtHamIqTdRkLWGWVk4x03vJ7xEgv95m277ZMEHRU7Zet6bE9_OA7pUqzZUUDf_8p/s1600/Photo06041038.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrtplcUT_EKvQMDNFoIONosyDlgJVIdcXpk-67R0IOhin5guTTj7rcpp1CJU88KankEiFk6RwBKPoRHtHamIqTdRkLWGWVk4x03vJ7xEgv95m277ZMEHRU7Zet6bE9_OA7pUqzZUUDf_8p/s320/Photo06041038.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833912978602466" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qNE4gCsl_9O0zCs8ilexChKETRIL_w34svE_vBVkQy_D6HA_uQK743gKgpQGmlI11BG5dSK7cd43pHuy8YTXh1PitnIsSNZlAX07RluUefKpImJAHvUJxQ5HzL6XvzyBOSCWLHofg8qm/s1600/Photo06041105_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qNE4gCsl_9O0zCs8ilexChKETRIL_w34svE_vBVkQy_D6HA_uQK743gKgpQGmlI11BG5dSK7cd43pHuy8YTXh1PitnIsSNZlAX07RluUefKpImJAHvUJxQ5HzL6XvzyBOSCWLHofg8qm/s320/Photo06041105_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5614833910759673890" /></a><br /><br />As of today Caroline is 2 and a half. She (and we) had a rough night last night... she got sick in the night. Taking it easy today. Hoping she'll be well enough for school tomorrow. She's going three days a week now! <br /><br />More updates are needed, but this is a start!Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-88846685552832552412011-05-09T18:41:00.000-07:002011-05-09T18:57:14.980-07:00A Whole Bunch more Pics...Twirling in her new polka dot dress... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7xyUwYQCiHPlBdTkr4eqQ-fkBS1GTd-SvsEOH1bQ__8tfuJgVlA-4Wdndg2ayXJI_cj1tgKw6DIi5dB6qAWpI9utnjCvzYXZIunNlD_ku-BtLXmh4axWcB2aY15ZCTEPm2Q8Jk6tVgvf/s1600/IMG_9990.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7xyUwYQCiHPlBdTkr4eqQ-fkBS1GTd-SvsEOH1bQ__8tfuJgVlA-4Wdndg2ayXJI_cj1tgKw6DIi5dB6qAWpI9utnjCvzYXZIunNlD_ku-BtLXmh4axWcB2aY15ZCTEPm2Q8Jk6tVgvf/s320/IMG_9990.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604897350188586018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACGxPWRT-s920sa1sdmrO9yH3gPuO4BNs_3Y1ebJFyB_v8z2maHMVNgiQrCiE90DUjFL_OQsthOSCwnKJTd4XuV5uB5AGeccQpsHMbpbjda8p5nWXlYgxunnimiaQ9Y4FJzPFzU3avuvA/s1600/IMG_9991.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRMhVlfgRGDK5kKxmzmktATMVZuipmvAvh91LmiUnmEEq9QChdgEpXjCvvab3-boDuCwTVMWWBWlMU3LhCO0rk3g2JgvZrxYLit-sJnCqXYSbD-vUM66DOwrdq1j5Nf-7xRTVCPE4XmLv/s320/Photo05031728_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604899756845394514" /></a><br /><br />Score... out for dinner at a place just after a birthday party wraps up! Balloons!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HQjvNugJC3mtXqAX8dMuF2UZRUQ-PgKdJxM7wi4t3upSBLN5l42Z4rM5wgcjfJ1SLaHTUeiP87Y6HHV8mcF1MzJ3wFsxbfyBmgc6JCl6R29MuLem3iUPetj_l1ArmxZwNpWGNblsRgJA/s1600/Photo04091813_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8HQjvNugJC3mtXqAX8dMuF2UZRUQ-PgKdJxM7wi4t3upSBLN5l42Z4rM5wgcjfJ1SLaHTUeiP87Y6HHV8mcF1MzJ3wFsxbfyBmgc6JCl6R29MuLem3iUPetj_l1ArmxZwNpWGNblsRgJA/s320/Photo04091813_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898128863272146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims06jhcW9pBq_RAcQpOxjLJBx_f6Zd6yu0qabQxaSNhHC1WYwUfqq8tydYK2uo715uiObbRLpYUPjU779GTgp2uHEVCfJAeWjfqTu5YjaB8NebEZEUQS6brKfbl2BjhPZqGIB_QdPcdKy/s1600/Photo04091813.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEims06jhcW9pBq_RAcQpOxjLJBx_f6Zd6yu0qabQxaSNhHC1WYwUfqq8tydYK2uo715uiObbRLpYUPjU779GTgp2uHEVCfJAeWjfqTu5YjaB8NebEZEUQS6brKfbl2BjhPZqGIB_QdPcdKy/s320/Photo04091813.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898119204756610" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KRASudLlIO7ES5_ShVFwrBGgnZA4FVfuNDW0yUf36936X7m-JclLSNw1FNlygNRnC9-kqVbsapb7YQDPd5Z2JmMV-84bPaX8w7Zh9rM-Q8DEZXQA7g3tFmDlPV2x_pI14zeZ59-mcNKH/s1600/Photo04091815.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4KRASudLlIO7ES5_ShVFwrBGgnZA4FVfuNDW0yUf36936X7m-JclLSNw1FNlygNRnC9-kqVbsapb7YQDPd5Z2JmMV-84bPaX8w7Zh9rM-Q8DEZXQA7g3tFmDlPV2x_pI14zeZ59-mcNKH/s320/Photo04091815.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898115816824370" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgJ9qyRFj71R-wwdp9YpTqWhaJPIUagYlPDvcEjDEhBxy6-3iMCrJyOl66DMGDm0JiDGpUbRZsNBZJRO1f_XxzQX1pt_27dXtdgTiRnxC6t2I1d3epnj0fxLjIDD3DXdQ-tlp6oR1unK6/s1600/Photo04091818_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgJ9qyRFj71R-wwdp9YpTqWhaJPIUagYlPDvcEjDEhBxy6-3iMCrJyOl66DMGDm0JiDGpUbRZsNBZJRO1f_XxzQX1pt_27dXtdgTiRnxC6t2I1d3epnj0fxLjIDD3DXdQ-tlp6oR1unK6/s320/Photo04091818_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898115687614946" /></a><br /><br />First sushi and use of chopsticks!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQeqI6gDhD-trali3jFwAytRSVPAtHKJnpDVOkGAQd3R5y6nv6IpK3mIrTd683zRi8-2W6LsomgNZbQPGa32AqTAmO48FcdDrN5SaVUbDluGio6hxlp4SiGzPHEd0BQk-vcWK6QSW8ehp/s1600/Photo04291904_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQeqI6gDhD-trali3jFwAytRSVPAtHKJnpDVOkGAQd3R5y6nv6IpK3mIrTd683zRi8-2W6LsomgNZbQPGa32AqTAmO48FcdDrN5SaVUbDluGio6hxlp4SiGzPHEd0BQk-vcWK6QSW8ehp/s320/Photo04291904_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604899243752950130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPxcBCMlNUTw5J33oriRohgLMeNr_ZLpJuPe_DRy1msdS5DR7UDMmkLlNVUSx7oCuCs-JQm0dQtW1qQLRL8Q57n8_PaCPLbdEiyA6sKAqpr6IQgfs4k5V05Px5c8O2MytBzoHIdXOwmjj/s1600/Photo04291904_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPxcBCMlNUTw5J33oriRohgLMeNr_ZLpJuPe_DRy1msdS5DR7UDMmkLlNVUSx7oCuCs-JQm0dQtW1qQLRL8Q57n8_PaCPLbdEiyA6sKAqpr6IQgfs4k5V05Px5c8O2MytBzoHIdXOwmjj/s320/Photo04291904_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604899237727978466" /></a><br /><br />Caroline is finally warming up to folks at church. She made herself at home with Ayinka this particular Sunday, to Ayinka's delight! Ayinka had a cool phone to play with during church... <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvIoTKRg2E56_cvVGHuX13yQvgtgSGuShN0YxYNYTMXGzzzE1oLOEoE-KdzHbh3iemLZcO1Hbm6An6uyaGiNadpVKBSysJ-JF8IvGWYDWgEk2_MXjf7Vtwf-TnYRjzXChsp0z6KGkgzPF/s1600/Photo04171307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvIoTKRg2E56_cvVGHuX13yQvgtgSGuShN0YxYNYTMXGzzzE1oLOEoE-KdzHbh3iemLZcO1Hbm6An6uyaGiNadpVKBSysJ-JF8IvGWYDWgEk2_MXjf7Vtwf-TnYRjzXChsp0z6KGkgzPF/s320/Photo04171307.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898505903533762" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSlv9m0eRcy7QkwEkaBM_PH_ZmjTtJaZ1u7-NPOfy8IqZxv3EJsxkD2ZpEHz82D5YUKI_kaiL9LBQZy8FwCAUx-m3OeVbg_GrfhebRLVGTn5Vt0Cmh_Nuof8ymh2a_4pvxBm0fj-wBMvU/s1600/Photo04171410_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSlv9m0eRcy7QkwEkaBM_PH_ZmjTtJaZ1u7-NPOfy8IqZxv3EJsxkD2ZpEHz82D5YUKI_kaiL9LBQZy8FwCAUx-m3OeVbg_GrfhebRLVGTn5Vt0Cmh_Nuof8ymh2a_4pvxBm0fj-wBMvU/s320/Photo04171410_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604898499954570994" /></a><br /><br />Several sleepy shots.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUiUOOFfLNuECbVMxFhb2PLlAGE6oBOyVMXbxGym1Ui2McHpU_BYX0FfRvUoiZjWrOas1lK6B9I1e-2bc9RTPX6YID9KU55qb-Yg_Ycn29udPYJRaXwDogaVw1XXKbCgbMDqA0WSGiG6Q/s1600/Photo03201625.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUiUOOFfLNuECbVMxFhb2PLlAGE6oBOyVMXbxGym1Ui2McHpU_BYX0FfRvUoiZjWrOas1lK6B9I1e-2bc9RTPX6YID9KU55qb-Yg_Ycn29udPYJRaXwDogaVw1XXKbCgbMDqA0WSGiG6Q/s320/Photo03201625.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604900276228669906" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UG1yuWAMvgBpDKSV_KD5qtdVe6EKbgfBA1vLlYybBWZWNwdvQLVPAqjpthQziOXt2FlMVCd9VPMPk6uOxrWiYjKlOtq7cJMF4AmfMvQ9V2nPJwxlClxOxii8X4r57VYtcdGKdXQqZ2gv/s1600/Photo03261657.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4UG1yuWAMvgBpDKSV_KD5qtdVe6EKbgfBA1vLlYybBWZWNwdvQLVPAqjpthQziOXt2FlMVCd9VPMPk6uOxrWiYjKlOtq7cJMF4AmfMvQ9V2nPJwxlClxOxii8X4r57VYtcdGKdXQqZ2gv/s320/Photo03261657.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604900270003907538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcfK3_b9t6royHaWheOziahzT5CA20OwRIgsvfWbtIXltV3-6-4CIC1eAlpdE4mL_MxGgnI1Az2q-R3SV4yiqKkkNKWgZ2Bxh-UPEgJcSYz_Sn5clp8BLr_YxNT-CjsURToyAtFSxFxbj/s1600/Photo04302027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcfK3_b9t6royHaWheOziahzT5CA20OwRIgsvfWbtIXltV3-6-4CIC1eAlpdE4mL_MxGgnI1Az2q-R3SV4yiqKkkNKWgZ2Bxh-UPEgJcSYz_Sn5clp8BLr_YxNT-CjsURToyAtFSxFxbj/s320/Photo04302027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604900271364070882" /></a><br /><br />Look, Ma, no cast! Cast removed Friday, May 6th, just in time for our boat get-away! Hooray!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheldDptsJEIR6BMoptj1X8zJLJKOrmdG6lHiIQi6UNkw-EHUHzzc4eTdxMUAp4O1meoIFJnDSc2VLGM1kVJTHCG1aNSqiDGzxT7jyS3FNLIVzcRfP9jmeyOp02rd5hyphenhyphenKfm6n5EuPuugLnL/s1600/Photo05061754.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheldDptsJEIR6BMoptj1X8zJLJKOrmdG6lHiIQi6UNkw-EHUHzzc4eTdxMUAp4O1meoIFJnDSc2VLGM1kVJTHCG1aNSqiDGzxT7jyS3FNLIVzcRfP9jmeyOp02rd5hyphenhyphenKfm6n5EuPuugLnL/s320/Photo05061754.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604900471860588562" /></a><br /><br />All caught up! Phew!Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-90214087598013504132011-05-09T18:34:00.000-07:002011-05-09T18:37:45.505-07:00First Shampoo at a Salon!Thought Lindsay was going to see a scarier side of C... as she is not a fan of having her hair washed. But... she's a smart girl and she quickly realized that this IS the way to get one's hair washed. She did great! And we can see her eyes again! Woohoo! Both of us were LONG overdue for haircuts. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauHKL3jDoAr9BUP-xIdkGmBQaJ_iNL8qIgQiLg3Uh5FS3-RgCVofo_kKtvO20t21I_cztXtzF-BqtRiDJaNBDOKYA6kWjS0EQanCeifQdJZkVpVlMCTK_zfD9PobsHlJao2dfZbJ_2DS-/s1600/Photo05061442_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauHKL3jDoAr9BUP-xIdkGmBQaJ_iNL8qIgQiLg3Uh5FS3-RgCVofo_kKtvO20t21I_cztXtzF-BqtRiDJaNBDOKYA6kWjS0EQanCeifQdJZkVpVlMCTK_zfD9PobsHlJao2dfZbJ_2DS-/s320/Photo05061442_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604895186461917890" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOc6K_Au2Z7ubaUnaKNK21qykTQBqEkxvgmnDNknUQnwgyJTNfA_TlmGaseANf12cJ4ndaxQ3CzunZYrJF5YaUkixIPt-rQTfoHfhSEqXzxtqyH2WflV1v8AMpk4cX0KUt8okOYINQ0Qw/s1600/Photo05061443_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOc6K_Au2Z7ubaUnaKNK21qykTQBqEkxvgmnDNknUQnwgyJTNfA_TlmGaseANf12cJ4ndaxQ3CzunZYrJF5YaUkixIPt-rQTfoHfhSEqXzxtqyH2WflV1v8AMpk4cX0KUt8okOYINQ0Qw/s320/Photo05061443_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604895180623551570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfQQGpnVombaQgWdW9XrSXG26Qb2Vn8XXCKan7NuWvPsiMBG3VlupGvDjwnjcH5RsQOgPeJ2sJ-LP1tLcbEwEPfbNRYbV5EQjXLuB_z6mzx2V7hoZ7aAjznEPNLny057u1f3bJvMsNGyF/s1600/Photo05061443_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfQQGpnVombaQgWdW9XrSXG26Qb2Vn8XXCKan7NuWvPsiMBG3VlupGvDjwnjcH5RsQOgPeJ2sJ-LP1tLcbEwEPfbNRYbV5EQjXLuB_z6mzx2V7hoZ7aAjznEPNLny057u1f3bJvMsNGyF/s320/Photo05061443_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604895178561015890" /></a>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-16590426635571796042011-05-09T18:25:00.000-07:002011-05-09T18:33:35.483-07:00First Protest!Last Sunday we were grateful that our church worships at noon as we were able, therefore, to participate in a morning protest at the state capitol against a bill before the State Senate being called "Don't Say Gay." The bill would make it illegal for teachers or other public school employees (working in grades k-8 to talk about any sexual orientation other than heterosexual, under any circumstances. If a student were being bullied because s(he) was gay, can't talk about it. If a kid asks a question about someone having two moms or dads, can't talk about it. Etc. Etc. Ridiculous. Worth protesting. So we did. We met a nice mom with twin two year olds who joined C in decorating and then holding a sign. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd1p3ZPswWa-kopiG6zdiEnUmm59dl3c0dwxxQobrpjqMVbYqXxjcEIqWx0Dl1tyHO0y6C59Ch5ibZJaIglDfz6LOKEmvRczFZpCdvzK1_QvIhfSKqHInB1GoG1IoAhaAk4rVApDQPAHy/s1600/Photo05011103_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd1p3ZPswWa-kopiG6zdiEnUmm59dl3c0dwxxQobrpjqMVbYqXxjcEIqWx0Dl1tyHO0y6C59Ch5ibZJaIglDfz6LOKEmvRczFZpCdvzK1_QvIhfSKqHInB1GoG1IoAhaAk4rVApDQPAHy/s320/Photo05011103_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604892882496793426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-60Xd99sKzP-INToMjx3qWTIDSv2iggMuNnoSR2TC0akvaIsjTmFs1CBnAlT4KgmBB20oySKSS7TLXCjPmtXDtWQoYvJBl9-fJ_rt9ayh-90ixRtUA0ABYffyDIDw0__RjBOhUBLS60n5/s1600/Photo05011103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-60Xd99sKzP-INToMjx3qWTIDSv2iggMuNnoSR2TC0akvaIsjTmFs1CBnAlT4KgmBB20oySKSS7TLXCjPmtXDtWQoYvJBl9-fJ_rt9ayh-90ixRtUA0ABYffyDIDw0__RjBOhUBLS60n5/s320/Photo05011103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604892882712246514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aXYKVHx4fti7DUl7fdq95ISsiCYX02vegbmYxF1kyCrbB1AYO4ngda72EY_gzJGPcrqUpS_GjWn3GcgVczotuh1K8V-uPP3PAYteYv8ZSIVre19VpyyU3BeZOHAyZ6X5t7X9m1SZfj-_/s1600/IMG_0134.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aXYKVHx4fti7DUl7fdq95ISsiCYX02vegbmYxF1kyCrbB1AYO4ngda72EY_gzJGPcrqUpS_GjWn3GcgVczotuh1K8V-uPP3PAYteYv8ZSIVre19VpyyU3BeZOHAyZ6X5t7X9m1SZfj-_/s320/IMG_0134.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604894439282649714" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16_cRZXnIzoxNKnSRruRNG7mouVUOS5g3jvjPWaVJK-Gvuoe6wFWYhh9K67WEsQ2h0SopJlnlRncoTpNAO1KFh3XcN_1CFmqXZc8ID0LcYjhF52LWZXPlnjwGLJ0IZVRuMMkCgRKgyLTZ/s1600/IMG_0135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16_cRZXnIzoxNKnSRruRNG7mouVUOS5g3jvjPWaVJK-Gvuoe6wFWYhh9K67WEsQ2h0SopJlnlRncoTpNAO1KFh3XcN_1CFmqXZc8ID0LcYjhF52LWZXPlnjwGLJ0IZVRuMMkCgRKgyLTZ/s320/IMG_0135.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604894432144178386" /></a><br /><br />Here's to a lifetime of witnessing for justice!Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8534402612019429217.post-57075312585107722422011-05-09T17:48:00.000-07:002011-05-09T18:23:01.966-07:00Easter 2011The Saturday before Easter I decided to take Caroline to the zoo for an Easter Egg Hunt. Daddy thought he had drum practice so it was just the two of us out and about on a gorgeous spring day. When I first pulled out this dress to put it on her (first time ever worn) I said "Do you want to wear this pretty dress with Pooh and flowers?" She said with wide eyes "Yeah! Sure!" She likes to show off whatever she's wearing or about to wear to whichever parent is not dressing her (actually, she's taken to a dramatic, slow prance out of the bedroom to show off her style. Pretty hilarious.) When she showed the dress to Kev she said "Look! It's Pooh in a field of flowers!" No idea where she even heard the phrase "field of flowers" before... ah the mysteries... Anyhow... LOTS of other people had the same idea as us and we sat in traffic for a LONG time and missed the first 2 year old egg hunt. So we had lots of time to wander the zoo. While wandering we ran into some friends of friends and had some company for awhile. In the first pic here C is with that friend of a friend. Others were taken during or after the egg hunt. There was also a bounce house/slide set up which thrilled C... until she got in... and discovered the pain of hot plastic under bare feet. She went back in in socks a bit later, but that was the first meltdown in an entertainment venue resulting in removal from said venue that we've experienced. I remember once screaming in a haunted house at the state fair until someone came to take me out. It reminded me of that moment. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp6nhwj2tzanp9J3vVeB2nZAhF2dkTW26RKTN2E1okXdVPs29qsDpoOYae1M7NKYvvGMFiDN2p4P1_3yjETxPFFlP_ED7ojO7C6Xrd6fWSdBiK_2r-WX0QqdcFrlDtNzXqmQV4n8nCdIG/s1600/Photo04231112.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVp6nhwj2tzanp9J3vVeB2nZAhF2dkTW26RKTN2E1okXdVPs29qsDpoOYae1M7NKYvvGMFiDN2p4P1_3yjETxPFFlP_ED7ojO7C6Xrd6fWSdBiK_2r-WX0QqdcFrlDtNzXqmQV4n8nCdIG/s320/Photo04231112.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604883546546404018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XvD0gFEuqYFGAWJ0bH0KlW3S9h6ORNaa8cyvofYypQBgJZSPsZWpcVwplLSYb9pbOcyjFf5JPSxxfO0zSXsvcniL0904UQGv0PWmHTZkgzPPQ0XcruNzrLWsxZz1Im-_NeIIO_8-8MQf/s1600/Photo04231231.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XvD0gFEuqYFGAWJ0bH0KlW3S9h6ORNaa8cyvofYypQBgJZSPsZWpcVwplLSYb9pbOcyjFf5JPSxxfO0zSXsvcniL0904UQGv0PWmHTZkgzPPQ0XcruNzrLWsxZz1Im-_NeIIO_8-8MQf/s320/Photo04231231.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604883540457340226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eDkYBbN9XGR__632xn6-OVEyFNxk1NccI-rxTrpNph5zqhDgrvppthz0Ym0v7z2loDZqFre6h9j-lIXX2Sraj7ZMuK3r_f6AjqWqDJdzIJY3gRZ-Lz-WpHl4e6hgxYjqfhb5dol1VrqC/s1600/Photo04231233.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eDkYBbN9XGR__632xn6-OVEyFNxk1NccI-rxTrpNph5zqhDgrvppthz0Ym0v7z2loDZqFre6h9j-lIXX2Sraj7ZMuK3r_f6AjqWqDJdzIJY3gRZ-Lz-WpHl4e6hgxYjqfhb5dol1VrqC/s320/Photo04231233.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604883542716432210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA9bkFWisVKxU6CJJ-vUHAcVlp46SAVaG8KGnN2q4ZmrWCCle9QH1caaoEFYdaobXqI770v4pRyBuC9DxlhGdPxqFoGwUE6FGuYdfJmwPjKIpn73gfbnZHWoku4PbOEpXc56HDuuCaP2G/s1600/Photo04231235.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUA9bkFWisVKxU6CJJ-vUHAcVlp46SAVaG8KGnN2q4ZmrWCCle9QH1caaoEFYdaobXqI770v4pRyBuC9DxlhGdPxqFoGwUE6FGuYdfJmwPjKIpn73gfbnZHWoku4PbOEpXc56HDuuCaP2G/s320/Photo04231235.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604883535220100066" /></a><br /><br />The next morning C opened a bag of goodies from Mamie and an Easter basket from us. In the Easter basket was a large egg with a small stuffed bunny, a lightning mcqueen toy cell phone, several jelly beans and small malted chocolate eggs, and a reeses peanut butter egg. There were also many small eggs each with a few jelly beans and one chocolate egg each. Our hope was that she would enjoy the contents of the large egg on Easter and then one small egg a day until they are gone. I wasn't at all sure that such self-restraint would be possible for her. But... we figured it was worth a try. And guess what? She is GREAT with it. She didn't consume all the contents of the large egg on Easter and the next day she took several small eggs and placed them back in the basket each time saying "This is for later..." One egg even split open and spilled and she restored its contents, put it away saying "This is for later..." She even put the clear ziplock bag with jelly beans (from Mamie's bag of goodies) away saying "This is for later..." She then pulled out the large egg and finished the half reese's peanut butter egg and other candy she hadn't finished the day before. And left the rest for later. And she has been GREAT about just having one egg a day ever since. Last week she got home from school and I was in my office, where her Easter Basket is stored, she came through the front door saying "My egg! My egg! My egg!" And came into the office with Kev, retrieved the basket, and chose her egg for the day... and never noticed I was in there... (Oh, and she LOVES her new cell phone... it makes sounds like it is taking pictures and she has been making us say "Cheese!" a lot!) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhgQRJoLrZ2Jx29izLXjgmzHceLboxLlM720SIBhj_2xTJnNoICp3g-gMzV70Vp141cc59f5ctWVlMhvB_DCOaEDCTnlKI15ukkWnchgV0t6WMKvFP9lFT4MGThqMYuuKJp2osG5pdY_Q/s1600/IMG_0111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhgQRJoLrZ2Jx29izLXjgmzHceLboxLlM720SIBhj_2xTJnNoICp3g-gMzV70Vp141cc59f5ctWVlMhvB_DCOaEDCTnlKI15ukkWnchgV0t6WMKvFP9lFT4MGThqMYuuKJp2osG5pdY_Q/s320/IMG_0111.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604889151210967746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBPSp-CQqdg-GejJP74kFLtHQl_IwoVWwvo-qGfqCGMLMMSIbliFBI7QtfJaCW76VYnjFzR9ab-dkqgLK6UCnr4eGAOJDSYIi7ODnKDfXo6vOUaHxomr6EEJk3I532fjyylJRTvaAVBCb/s1600/IMG_0113.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBPSp-CQqdg-GejJP74kFLtHQl_IwoVWwvo-qGfqCGMLMMSIbliFBI7QtfJaCW76VYnjFzR9ab-dkqgLK6UCnr4eGAOJDSYIi7ODnKDfXo6vOUaHxomr6EEJk3I532fjyylJRTvaAVBCb/s320/IMG_0113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604889152510865266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEM4O27OMeYn3Cr5owbTihmo14xd-Sbh9IjzBHONEQqtkWDhkv7SjeM5f5sbaDUbw6VY_iYUkp6CeIOzqkmqxH2h78XoaimlVAiiFDNrSecp53SnpslEgzbxVfwpnde0mZPf7DfabEi7k/s1600/IMG_0115.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXEM4O27OMeYn3Cr5owbTihmo14xd-Sbh9IjzBHONEQqtkWDhkv7SjeM5f5sbaDUbw6VY_iYUkp6CeIOzqkmqxH2h78XoaimlVAiiFDNrSecp53SnpslEgzbxVfwpnde0mZPf7DfabEi7k/s320/IMG_0115.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604889146198536642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNnO0VhTQrpXvgGIfpxM1_E0A4t-m0RnLSspID6g5vgb06u7l_2M9TrnpKTTI1qQUlfI6xziTxf0y6BZnWFxjvpcY1-U8n7En7maAQHRTOz_5AXET1aPoDvq8ocLeGIEtX8hyphenhyphenHdxWnrIi/s1600/IMG_0122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNnO0VhTQrpXvgGIfpxM1_E0A4t-m0RnLSspID6g5vgb06u7l_2M9TrnpKTTI1qQUlfI6xziTxf0y6BZnWFxjvpcY1-U8n7En7maAQHRTOz_5AXET1aPoDvq8ocLeGIEtX8hyphenhyphenHdxWnrIi/s320/IMG_0122.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604889146307470706" /></a><br /><br />And lest it seem like we forgot and suggested Easter is just about eggs and baskets, we did attend two church services on Easter (and services Thursday and Friday as well!) And here she is just before church... hat and purse courtesy of good friend Ella! The bunny was in her Easter basket and the little notebook she's carrying was in her basket as well. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet-puyQVEPSMMgTtKdkovU0ymfvHpyMtbMxSBAMyUVeNG5cCLmKzXBOYwCUiDQ9GDV3sxIBJ51lXZLI6VtPYXCRhyq2Wfwbfnj1xUdi1n0Pbuq9OZdaCl1MOChXSjfqr3Irp6PdfXs8zs/s1600/Photo04240911.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhet-puyQVEPSMMgTtKdkovU0ymfvHpyMtbMxSBAMyUVeNG5cCLmKzXBOYwCUiDQ9GDV3sxIBJ51lXZLI6VtPYXCRhyq2Wfwbfnj1xUdi1n0Pbuq9OZdaCl1MOChXSjfqr3Irp6PdfXs8zs/s320/Photo04240911.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604890586903226754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa4nsXmTULwqoY2_gEP9303-nQp7hnPGjifyA9R-mPfpl5aom-IHl5JfZxMJpfmVqqWX43qGFLUtNhNeG_TpH5yIppwTnfe_FbLpaXSoV0xDqEXUC3KvMIVXuuU6zNBOVmAJ-6FvzQQ-B/s1600/Photo04240911_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTa4nsXmTULwqoY2_gEP9303-nQp7hnPGjifyA9R-mPfpl5aom-IHl5JfZxMJpfmVqqWX43qGFLUtNhNeG_TpH5yIppwTnfe_FbLpaXSoV0xDqEXUC3KvMIVXuuU6zNBOVmAJ-6FvzQQ-B/s320/Photo04240911_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604890583101711266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWx-8IzAPPdvjNbqn4VeMmn4YpUuWqk1k-f-SVYOTzLcqWl89ue9qVHjXca-uDlBIf551k5bOAK452vKPBvSXf4KR7BlSN4vz5O4dsIdd5qJ9jlp-8F4PCnBEJ9gjOxk4fvQlb5286fbs/s1600/IMG_0131.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgWx-8IzAPPdvjNbqn4VeMmn4YpUuWqk1k-f-SVYOTzLcqWl89ue9qVHjXca-uDlBIf551k5bOAK452vKPBvSXf4KR7BlSN4vz5O4dsIdd5qJ9jlp-8F4PCnBEJ9gjOxk4fvQlb5286fbs/s320/IMG_0131.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604890579501831234" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiQqyd3o0msNiJyt_aUrHJ0xc_Ve2W-xgEg4sq9G8ghWwdveERkv4DhQFuD8Lz_I88cTQOneiCO9GbD9Kjcn-eudUchA679tTqQT0mps1K3uOP4abGLeTsFbd5v7PSjViSr_iGeDDpkOg/s1600/IMG_0129_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiQqyd3o0msNiJyt_aUrHJ0xc_Ve2W-xgEg4sq9G8ghWwdveERkv4DhQFuD8Lz_I88cTQOneiCO9GbD9Kjcn-eudUchA679tTqQT0mps1K3uOP4abGLeTsFbd5v7PSjViSr_iGeDDpkOg/s320/IMG_0129_2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604890580527670018" /></a><br /><br />Easter evening we went to Brad, Heather, Ella, and Alistair's house, joining several of their other friends, for a lovely meal in their backyard. The kids had a blast together. Here's Caroline with a little boy who is very close in age to her. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLext5c9bxdq67nxJNeUzXjmi3BZUZW0nNVn2I9_ypTFGw_rJRMXY1m1orMvJiWBE2UxX000VyQwmFB5qckdqCfLY7lqIgOPKXAc6ti0OPX61U4mrA-nyPhjm8j4ecn0k9tJrLgTCQ-5MO/s1600/Photo04241857.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLext5c9bxdq67nxJNeUzXjmi3BZUZW0nNVn2I9_ypTFGw_rJRMXY1m1orMvJiWBE2UxX000VyQwmFB5qckdqCfLY7lqIgOPKXAc6ti0OPX61U4mrA-nyPhjm8j4ecn0k9tJrLgTCQ-5MO/s320/Photo04241857.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604891614104329634" /></a>Sarah S-Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02839861820297123884noreply@blogger.com0