tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35171356708471952892024-03-12T18:49:24.867-05:00Life with the DepewsOrdinary people. With Twins.The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.comBlogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-50976179104116922882014-04-13T23:51:00.000-05:002014-04-13T23:54:39.113-05:00Rock the Farm Carnival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
As part of our marathon Saturday (Baseball at 9, Soccer at 11, Lunch, Shopping, Birthday Party at 2, School Carnival from 4-8, Dinner with friends, bath and pass out at 10) we hit the School Carnival this weekend.</div>
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Despite the fact that we had just come from a bounce party, the first thing the kids wanted to do were the giant inflatables.</div>
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And while they didn't look too big from the ground...<br />
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Connor says that first plunge sure looks like a doozy... </div>
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"And did you know this thing sways like a wooden roller coaster? And on that other side way over there it's 18 inches of plastic keeping you from falling right off!"<br />
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Of course, by the time he start zipping down and gaining speed he was all smiles. <br />
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Ryan on the other hand... </div>
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wasn't phased at all.</div>
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"Woo-hoo!!"</div>
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Can we do it again, can we do it again, can we, can we?? </div>
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So after 4 or 5 trips they deigned to move on and try out some of the other inflatables.</div>
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While Connor tried the relatively tame obstacle course, Ryan b-line for the rock wall.</div>
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No sooner did they strap him in and he was off to the races.</div>
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He climbs like a spider monkey.</div>
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It took him no time at all to fly up the wall.</div>
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Never once giving any thought to how high up he was getting.</div>
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And when he got to the top? He turned around smiled, and then LAUNCHED himself off the wall.</div>
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Ladder 2 - Connor Zilch.</div>
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As we were standing in line for lazer tag the boys spied fly away bubbles from the foam pit. And instantly the begging started.... I had originally planned to let them do it last. Though after 1 peek, I just couldn't say no...<br />
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As the kids dried off we stood in line for the bunjee jump!</div>
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Ryan was jumping in no time at all.</div>
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He kept taunting the operator to go "Higher!! Higher!!" So he obliged and shot him super high up into the air.</div>
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Ready!</div>
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And before I knew it I had a whole set of bag tags and helmet stickers for the team. Truthfully once you have gone to all the trouble to design and make one for your child it is trivial matter to make them for everyone else.<br />
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Especially when you more or less take last year's template, change the colors, and the logos and done.</div>
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All this to say, our team is now appropriately decked out in green and boy do they look stylish. :)The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-60325124869537219202014-04-02T02:05:00.000-05:002014-04-06T02:08:00.386-05:00Best Worst Photos Ever<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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After an epic fail at baseball I was hoping we'd have better luck with soccer.<br />
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Especially as Ryan put up 4 scores and DOMINATED the game.</div>
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He was absolutely ON FIRE! <br />
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He's always been aggressive at soccer. But this season his aggressiveness, his uncanny ball sense, his flat out speed, and his determination to win have made him down right unstoppable.<br />
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It's either that, or those rockin' awesome yellow cleats, and neon socks that are now his indispuitable trademark. :)<br />
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He made an awesome stop running from the midpoint between 2nd and 3rd base running past what I can only assume was the actual short stop to snag a ball headed for 2nd base. He came up with it, and made the throw down to first. While the kid was actually safe it was one impressive play and some serious hustle to pull it off. Way to go, Ry!<br />
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<br />The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-17856030822128896482014-03-22T16:00:00.000-05:002014-03-22T16:10:53.737-05:00Our First Field DayThe boys had their first field day yesterday.<br />
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And at the end all I could say was still "It was AWESOME!"</div>
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I have about a million pictures. Literally. I fell like I have been working on nothing but pictures for the last 24 hours. Other than the 4 hour dinner break we took with friends after last night's baseball game. I even skipped soccer this morning as I was so wiped out and needed to finish picture processing for the yearbook deadline.</div>
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So I will be back with pictures later when my poor fingers and eyes recover. For now, you will just have settle for these teasers.</div>
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Oh, yeah.... Tie-dye. And yes, yes, we do match. :) All in people. Go big or go home. :) <br />
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-58914099903698984372014-03-18T01:06:00.000-05:002014-04-06T01:09:29.196-05:00Sneaky Little Leprechauns<div class="MsoNormal">
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Thank goodness for the internet! A few weeks ago I stumbled on this <a href="http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2012/03/st-patricks-day-treasure-hunt-printable.html">scavenger hunt printable</a> and had bookmarked it to come back to. </div>
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I staged the first clue on the dining room table - a pot with some "shinies" to get the kid's attention with the first clue in side.<br />
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The boys celebrated their 6th birthday a few weeks ago.<br />
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And yes, that's Mutt & Jeff. Dressed alike for the first time since school started I think. And yes, there really is a 3 inch height difference between the two of them. Right along with that 3 size gap in shoe size, too.<br />
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For their birthday I finally really did, figuratively at least, write that check to the bounce place and let them take care of most of the work. :)<br />
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Ryan blew his candles out in one fell swoop.</div>
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And blew them out... one... at... a.... time....<br />
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And while we settled for the "ease" of a birthday place you knew there had to be a twist, right?<br />
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I told the boys that after cake they could spend the last 15 minutes (which turned out to be more like 30 because they were ecstatically thrilled with the idea and I just couldn't wait anymore...) socking each other silly with inflatable hammers and swords. <br />
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Of course as soon as everyone saw the weapons cake was quickly forgotten and everyone grabbed their weapon of choice and the melee began on the giant bouncing pillow.<br />
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Trust me when I say that words simply can't adequately describe the awesomeness of an inflatable fight.<br />
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It was worth every second of the two hours Kevin spent airing up 60 or so hammers and swords. I am pretty sure even he'd agree with that statement. :)<br />
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It was all, a big, big hit. :)The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-80374341833828553362014-03-16T14:47:00.000-05:002014-03-16T20:20:25.678-05:00Lego Mania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The boys have been working their way through their birthday presents. Ryan put together a wolf lego a couple of weeks ago. Since then he's been pretty lego obsessed. It was the only toy he wanted to take on vacation. </div>
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He spent the morning building lego treasure boxes with free floating treasure in the middle that rattles when it shakes. It was actually really cool. It reminded me of a Japanese puzzle box. </div>
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And spent the next 3 hours trying to convince me to let him take it to school. I told him we'd talk about it tomorrow morning and now he's sitting down writing a note to make sure I don't forget. "How do you spell "gonna??" and "remind!!"The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-54096000532781190142014-03-16T14:23:00.000-05:002014-03-16T14:23:30.573-05:00This Baseball SeasonThis weekend's game was actually our third of the season. Thus far we are 1-0-2. 1W, 0L, 2 Ties. One 0-0, and one 5-5. They actually keep score this year (unfortunately for us, as we aren't on near as good of a team as last year.) It's also coach pitch. From the mound. 5 pitches (3 feet over your head, bouncing on the ground - it doesn't matter). Just 5.<br />
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Unlike most vacations where I have poured over everything there is to read on the internet about what to see and where to go and what to do, this time we went without a single plan. Other than to eat at The Original, and a handful of other places with positive reviews. We had to eat after all, no matter what we did. :)<br />
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The hotel we stayed at was just down the beach from the Pleasure Pier. Though we walked past it heading to eat one day the boys never paid it much attention.<br />
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On the second day Connor discovered the pool and was determined to go for a swim. The OUTDOOR pool. And while they claim it's heated, it certainly isn't heated to my definition of heated enough to swim in the off season. Especially when the air temperatures are in the low 60's at best and the cloud cover kept the warming rays of the sun at bay. Not that he noticed of course.<br />
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We did indeed make it over The Original mexican restaurant one day for lunch. Afterwards we made a quick stop at the Strand. Despite the number of times I have been to Galveston and my affinity for shopping I have never been to the Strand before. And other than a quick 30 minute foray where I ventured into Gracie's and then the Nestle shop next door for a peanut butter cup while the kids looked for the whole reason for our visit La Kings' Confectionary I didn't have much time to explore this trip either. Though I will certainly be back. I could have spent a whole hour in Gracie's alone. Between their monogramming, soft washed Life is good collection, Vera Bradley, owl stuff, and wood signs I was in heaven. <br />
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The boys were indeed successful in locating La Kings. We watched a man make Pina Colada taffy that he periodically threw out to people in the crowd. And perused case after case of treats. Connor picked a handful of flavors of Salt Water taffy as his treat, while Ryan decided on some Lemon slices.<br />
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We had hoped that while we were gone the morning fog would have burned off. Despite the sunshine, and complete and utter lack of fog near the Strand the Seawall was still heavily shrouded.<br />
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Not that it put a damper on the boys' enthusiasm for the beach one iota.<br />
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Though they were also perfectly content to sit in the hotel room and play games on their Touchpads or Connor's DS. Or watch Jake and the Neverland pirates on Netflix. I think the tv in our room was in fact only turned on once during our whole visit - the next to last night - we watched the end of Casper.<br />
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One day for dinner we walked down the beach to The Spot. After seeing the crowds and standing in line for what seemed like an eternity in the chilly wind we gave up and headed back to take the car somewhere else.<br />
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Thankfully we didn't give up on The Spot entirely. Because it was hands down the best food on the island. Connor loved their Frickles (fried pickles). Kevin and I split the March special - the St. Patty Burger - swiss, mushrooms, onions, jalapenos, thousand island dressing ??, on texas toast - and a Shrimp Po Boy with fries and onion rings. I practically licked my plate clean they were so delicious. The fried shrimp were super flavorful and the jalapenos, and dressing made the burger. So much so that we had to go back one last time before we left. We also made a special run by Tortuga for a plate full of Sopapillas. :)<br />
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One morning the boys came down to the beach to discover this giant hole. Ryan claims someone dug his moat around his castle even deeper. Yeah... About 3 feet deeper. I joked someone was planning to bury a body. Then hit the water table and gave up as the boys discvered it was only a few inches deeper. Or was planning to roast a pig. A very large pig. Or searching for buried treasure.<br />
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Regardless the boys had all kinds of adventures in over the next day or two. Ryan even created some slides to get down into it and stairs to help get out.<br />
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While I had a short list of other things we could have done - visited the Moody Gardens aquarium, or rain forest pyramid, gone to Seawolff park to see the ships, etc. we spent most of the time playing on the beach, making sand castles, digging in the sand, flying kites, and looking for shells, or playing in the pool or hot tub. <br />
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I was even lucky enough to sleep in a couple of mornings, and spent part of one afternoon lesiurely reading by myself in the room. I managed to polish off almost the entire Divergent, Insurgent, and Aligent trilogy during our trip. I started to just pick up Divergent as I wasn't sure I would want to read all three. Thankfully I picked up the collection all at once as I practically finished Divergent the first night and couldn't wait to see what happened next.The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-41028136481680239132013-10-31T21:49:00.000-05:002013-10-31T21:49:06.292-05:00Happy Halloween!Criminals beware - Ironman, and Iron Spiderman may be on the prowl in a neighborhood near you! :)
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-86312642971064021212013-10-31T00:03:00.000-05:002013-10-31T00:14:52.980-05:00And More Halloween Treats for SchoolBecause I am a glutton for punishment... And had more gloves than I needed. And couldn't find Scooby Doo coloring books. And didn't want to take back the 40 Scooby Doo cups I found first. And I finally found the cute Scooby Doo Activity books. And I love Scooby Doo. And we already had all the stuff... and I wanted to get.rid.of.it. And everyone needs to eat a popcorn ball once in their life. And, and, and... I am just me. :)<br>
<br>I made treats for the boys' afterschool program's Halloween party, too. <br />
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Lucky, lucky, boys. :)
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P.S. Those popcorn balls are messy, but *delicious*. Found them at Walmart. They started out as soccer treats. We won't even go into what happened there... )The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-76567304446696891772013-10-30T23:47:00.000-05:002013-10-30T23:47:14.271-05:00Halloween Treats for SchoolAnd speaking of being proud of your creation... I was pretty estatic with how my Halloween school treats turned out this past week as well. :)
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-72471705456793865552013-10-30T23:34:00.001-05:002013-10-30T23:39:17.541-05:00Decorating PumpkinsConnor's class decorated pumpkins at school earlier this week. He was quite proud of his creation. :) <Br> <br>
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-66855516462982177962013-08-23T22:07:00.000-05:002013-08-23T22:23:19.441-05:00Meet the Teacher Gifts<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
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Let me just say upfront that I am well aware that I might have gone a teensy bit overboard in my enthusiasm for "Meet the Teacher" gifts. <br />
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I procrastinated even thinking about them for weeks, then on Tuesday night around midnight as I was fuming about something or other work related well aware that there was no way I was going to be able to sleep I sat down and started brainstorming ideas. In the span of about 30 minutes I had come up with 4 spectacular ideas, and had drafts already well underway in Photoshop. And I cannot tell you how excited I am about how they turned out! </div>
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The first put to good use a couple of extra succulents and pots I picked up at Ikea last weekend. On a side note - I can't say enough good things about these plants. They take my abuse and are really just about the only house plants I haven't managed to kill over the years even as I regularly in turns forget to water them, then overwater them for weeks at a time. Despite all that not only have they survived, they have outright THRIVED. </div>
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So I threw together a quick printable, glued it around a skewer, tied on a bow, et VOILA! Done! <br />
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And you have to forgive me for my tangent here, but I am *IN LOVE* with the new glue sticks. The boys needed 4 and of course they come in a 3 pack each so I ended up with 2 extras for my craftin' stash. I pulled one out to glue on the flags and just about died when I opened it and discovered it was PURPLE! It actually goes on purple SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOU HAVE GLUED!! Then dries clear. OMG. Gluing will never be the same again. The boys can just keep their grubby little mitts off. I am so not sharing. :) <br />
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Though I will share a little tip I learned about keeping those ribbons in place on pots or anything else angled and slippery - put a tiny little piece of double sided tape up under the ribbon in the back and you don't have to worry about it slipping down or off. <br />
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And, yes, in theory, I should have been done with teacher gifts. But I just couldn't help myself. These little guys had already taken on a life of their own. And I knew I had to finish them. <br />
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I found the alligator clips at Dollar Tree the other day. Thought they were super cute so I picked up a set. Luckily when I realized that they would make a cute teacher gift and headed back to the store they still had plenty. So I picked up an extra set, or 3. :) I even turned a couple into magnets for our fridge using some leftover neomydium magnets. <br />
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And they really couldn't have been easier to make. Clips + snack bag, cardstock, a topper, and done. Designed and printed my topper. Cut it out, and then used the left over scraps to cut a little piece of cardstock to clip the clips onto(6" x ~1"). Took a scalloped punch and made a "bite" into the cardstock. Then clipped the 3 clips on and slid them into a snack bag. Zipped it up, then stapled my topper on. And done. :)
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I showed both of the presents to the boys to let them pick which ones they wanted to take, and of course, they want to take both. As they are already done, why not? I am sure the teacher will love them both. And if I let the boys carry the clips I don't have to worry about them dropping and breaking the pots. :) <br />
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-62284049613001777202013-08-23T08:01:00.000-05:002013-08-23T08:01:00.430-05:00Why my mother is awesomeReason # 8761. <br />
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From: Me <br />
To: Mom <br />
Subject: Bad puns <br />
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Need teacher gift. <br />
Have plant. <br />
“Looking forward to growing with you this year!” <br />
“Can’t wait to grow with you!” <br />
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From: Mom <br />
To: Me <br />
Subject: RE: Bad puns <br />
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Neither one of those is bad - it's kindergarten....or kinder-garden keeping with your bad pun theme <br />
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Ring... Ring... <br />
Mom: Hello <br />
Me: That's brilliant! I am so totally using that. Kinder-garden. Why didn't I think of that? <br />
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For the record I think it was also my 4th call of the day. :) <br />
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Call 1: <br />
Mom: Hello <br />
Me: "Shhh! {stage whisper} It's me again Margret! <br />
Mom: {stage whisper} Are you sneaking out? <br />
Me: All I can say is the nurse better be at school so I can drop off these shot records. Because if my kids can't go to school on the first day I am homeschooling. <br />
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Call 2: <br />
Mom: Hello <br />
Me: The nurse was gone and the school was locked. I gave the records to a random stranger who happened to walk by. I am taking my bike rack back to the shop. They installed it upside down. <br />
Mom: The new one? <br />
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Call 3: <br />
Mom: Hello <br />
Me: Turns out it wasn't upside down, they just installed the parts in the wrong places. <br />
Me: On the bright side they could fix it today. <br />
Me: On the down side - they broke another piece.
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Life around here is never, ever, dull. :)The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-39432670899170506222013-07-28T19:46:00.000-05:002013-07-28T19:46:03.153-05:00My new gadget It's no secret I love gadgets. :) Out entire house is full of them in fact - from the kitchen's array of cherry pitters, potatoe ricers, and microwave bacon plates to the ridiculous number of electronics fighting for outlets and recharging space - the dueling Droid phones, the obscene number of HP touchpads, and now slates. I think the only must have gadget of the last decade we haven't yet made the jump to is the kindle. Call me old fashioned, but I still like paper books. <br />
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Some gadgets of course have worked out better than others... like the #epicfail microwave egg boiler in which I have only managed to literally explode eggs. <br />
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So yesterday, I skeptically, but giddlily none the less, made my way to the Container store to pick up another new gadget. The Flipfold Jr. I figured it would be a complete waste of time, but if there was any chance it could bring order to the never ending piles of kids clothes cluttering my laundry room it'd be worth it. And after folding 4 laundry baskets full of clothes, I have to say I think this one is going to be a keeper. <br />
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It really was quick and easy to use. So much so that my kids fought over, and folded at least half the shirts. You heard that right. The kids - my two 5 year old boys - folded half the shirts. All by themselves. And I wasn't going behind them and refolding everything they "helped" with. <br />
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From PJ sets, to shirts, to shorts it folded them all into neat little stacks that fit perfectly and easily into the cubbies we use to keep all their clothes in. Though I am not sure I am going to be folding shorts with it in the near future (at least not until they get a little bigger) I will definately be pulling it out and folding, or turning it over to the kids to fold!, their shirts and PJs. Essentially any of the shirts size 6, or youth XS and up it folded brilliantly. It handled the majority of the size 5's as well, though some of the size 5T - tight PJ's in particluar - were too small in width, or too short in length to be folded properly. Though as the boys have outgrown most of those sizes anyway it shoudln't be a problem for long. I am shocked to say I am actually kind of looking forward to that next load of laundry for once and hope that I actually get to fold some of it - it was actually kind of fun! :)<br />
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The Depewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715036880636120213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3517135670847195289.post-67341982828349079252013-06-16T10:37:00.002-05:002013-06-16T10:39:36.554-05:00Kicking Off SummerOkay, so technically it's not "officially" summer yet - not until June 21st, but given it's been 111 degrees (while we were in Odessa), school's out, and the pool's open - I'd call it summer regardless of what the date on the calendar says.<br />
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So we kicked if off the way we intend to spend most of it - at the pool. Really it's the only thing you can (or want to?) do when the temperature tops the century mark with humidity to match.<br />
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Though their form can he, ahem.. comical?, they both remember enough not to drown for the most part. Ryan I don't really have to worry about - even in the deep end. Connor I still have to keep an eye on. He doesn't always remember to come up and breathe... he forgets sometimes that he just can't breathe under water... </div>
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The boys really enjoy having friends to play with at the pool.</div>
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They spent most of the time at the pool pretending they were some sort of attack sharks - even when beached for adult swim time. :)<br />
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