That's better
I got to plant a little bit today. That looks much better.
Read more →Special Breakfast
For Samantha’s 4th birthday, she got a subscription to Highlights High Five magazine. She loves it. Not only does she read it from cover to cover constantly, there are also games, crafts, and recipes that she wants to try. Every. Month. This month’s recipe was Breakfast in a Glass, so we tried it out yesterday. She …
Read more →Happy Birthday Ellie!
How time flies! I took Ellie to the doctor today for a check up, and she’s doing great! She still has a slight murmur, from the ASD. We go back to the cardiologist in December for a check up. (We last went when she was 6 months old.) Otherwise, she’s a regular long, tall Sally in her stats. We took her to the mall for …
Read more →Playground
Well, once again, I am woefully behind on pictures and updates to the blog. At the end of March, we decided to make use of the slide that Santa brought to us. It had been on the back porch since Christmas morning, and it was getting plenty of use there. However, the slide was propped up on the arms of a rocking chair, …
Read more →Easter 2012
We had a great Easter this year! We stayed at home and did Easter crafts on Good Friday (both girls were out of school). We dyed eggs, made Easter Egg Hunt cookies and decorated a tree on Holy Saturday. The Easter Bunny hid baskets this year, so after some early morning hunting (for Sam at least), the girls dug through …
Read more →Ugh
Still not finished. I blame the mortgage company of our previous house that has since gone out of business. It has nothing to do with our procrastination.
Read more →Taste the Rainbow
It’s nearing the end of Lent, and I’m running low on no meat ideas for Friday dinners. I’m fine eating a bowl of cereal (yum!) but I don’t think my meat-eating family would like that every week. In an effort to jazz up the lunch box when Samantha started taking her lunch to school last fall, I started reading a few …
Read more →Look What Sam Found
I’m no snake expert, but I think this is a Black Rat Snake. It’s shiny black with a white belly. Janie: “It’s got a big ole hole in the mouth.”
Read more →Absent
I’ve realized that I’m using twitter (@janiemauter) to update the world on my life instead of this here blog. Apologies. I’m trying to update, so some posts are back-dated. If you’re reading from the web, go back a page or two to make sure you get them all. If you get to the Guatemala post, that’s far enough.
Read more →Copy Cat
Ellie is a such a sponge. I can hardly believe she’ll be 2 soon!
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