Easter Boxes

Holidays are so fun when you're three and five. Nana & Poppy and Granie & Grandpa sent boxes of Easter goodies for the girls.

Stand back Kate. I'll open it.

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Oooooh, that looks like a doll.
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Oooooh, more goodies.

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We have the best Grandparents in the world.

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Thank you.

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We Miss You!

There are no words to express

the sadness we feel today.

This boy was wise beyond his years.

He was corageous and gentle.

He was smart and fun

and generous in spirit.

He was the kind of kid, who at thirteen,

would sit close to his aunt

and hold her hand.

He was loved.

And he was taken from us too soon.

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Cody, you taught me to live in the moment.

I miss you!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjUQ_jWQipU

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To Cody - From Sarah

I miss you. I miss your smile.

And I'll still shed a tear, every once in a while.

And even though it's different now;

you're still here somehow.
My heart won't let you go

and I need you to know.
I miss you!

Love,

Sarah
(Lyrics from Hannah Montana)

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We love you Cody!

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Laurel Style

Katie G is the princess of fun and funky hairstyles. She has created 'Plate Style,' 'Mombo Style, 'Frog Style.' We've done all the princesses (Jasmine, Mulan, Belle, Cindy, Lea.) Today she asked for Laurel Style.

Three is such a fun age!

I DO NOT LIKE ORANGE CHEESE AND HAM!

I do not like orange cheese and ham.

I do not like it. Mom! (I am)

I do not like it here or there.

I will not eat it in my chair.

Instead I'll roll on the cold floor

and yell and scream near the front door.

No kidding! Today, Kate and I made plans for a really easy but tasty dinner for Dad. Antipasto Hero sandwiches. They were a bit gourmet for the girls so I made them hot ham and cheese. I don't normally have ham in the house, in fact I can count the number of times the girls have eaten ham on one hand. Sarah loved it. But little Katie Kat, who is still on her meat boycott, immediately freaked out. Screaming, throwing herself on the floor, saying she does not eat ham!! The look on Sarah's face was priceless but I was too stunned to grab the camera that quickly. I did manage to get this shot of Kat as she rolled around the floor in protest. Her spaz attack lasted the whole meal - of course we just ignored her - and in case your wondering, she never did eat her sandwich.

Scramble Eggs

I'm not sure when it happened, our girls never used to be picky eaters. But somewhere along the way both of them stopped eating eggs. Kate has acutally been boycotting all meat except cheeseburgers for a few months now. I've had to pull out all my Super tricks to get protein in her.

This morning we were out of all our normal breakfast fare, except cereal, and it was too cold to run out to the store or go out for breakfast so I told them I would make eggs. At first they scoffed but I talked it up and they got excited. I had to photograph the event because it's been quite a while since they've even entertained the idea of eating eggs. Today they did, and they liked them.

Look at me mom, I'm going to take a bite!!



Let me try biting my empty fork first.



Put that plate down here.

I won't give you any flack mom.
I'll eat the eggs and ask for more!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

To Target we drove from Schultzville one day.
You see Target, from here, is sort of far away.
We walked right inside and we saw a cat.
The Dr. Seuss Cat, in the red stripe-ed hat.
The kids sat right down and listened a while
and they both left the store with gigantic smiles.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss

The Seuss birthday celebration at Target. How cool!

Mom, can you take my picture in this outfit and send it to Miss Yeagley?

Take my picture too mom!

Hi Miss Yeagley!!

Today was Sarah's first full day of school at St. Pats.

Her new teacher Mrs. Cagle is very nice

but Sarah really misses her good friend Miss Yeagley.

She asked me to take this picture and send it to her.

Hi Miss Yeagley!