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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Charlotte at the Farm

I take Charlotte with me to work on Wednesdays and Cecilia on Fridays.  The days are always fun, a little hectic.  Today Charlotte had fun playing in the new castle tent they got for Christmas and making cookies with my Dad.  She sure is sweet.  I love having her around.
 peeking out of the castle tent
 Pringle treat in the tent
 the tent in the middle of the bottling room, with Sharon, the cat, down below
 hop scotch rug in my office
 Charlotte, toys, Sharon
 Dad and Charlotte making cookies up at dad's house
 Charlotte adding sprinkles and Dad getting dough ready to roll out
 fireplace, family, fun
close up of an unbaked cookie with sprinkles, and the cookie sheet covered in smeared butter

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Friday, January 04, 2013

Christmas In Poplar Bluff

 Grandma and Dominic
 Little People Princess Castle
 Charlotte's Chef outfit
 She loves to help in the kitchen, now she has the outfit.

 Adam and Will put together a dinosaur
 Cecilia's veterinarian outfit
 Will, Dominic, Charlotte, Cecilia, Helen, and David
 The kids love the box
 John's mom and dad have a joke book that is always a hit
Why do we buy toys when what they really like to play with is the box.  4 cousins and a nightlight in the box, too funny


Melissa, Adam, and Will were for Christmas this year and Cecilia's birthday.  These pictures were all taken at John's parents' house in Poplar Bluff.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Christmas Eve at the Farm

 Dad making brunch
 Dominic looking cute
 Uncle Matt getting a smile from Dominic while Hannah holds him
 Family of 5
 Grandkids
 Charlotte playing with her Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs Little People
 Cecilia and Rapunzel
 Norah peeking out of the new Princess tent
 Chef Matt
 We got Lesa a new little French egg basket
 John plays Princess with Charlotte
 Charlotte checks out one of my mom's Christmas decorations
The teeny boppers play Hedbanz

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Monday, December 03, 2012

Mission Impossible



I don't think you know how HARD it is to take your own snapshot of your kids for the PERFECT Christmas card.  It's enough to drive this mom batty.  150 pictures later, these are the best contenders.  I really like the top one, but I want it in black and white (that I can do) but then I want the yellow electric wires taken out behind Charlotte's head, and then I want Charlotte moved closed to Dominic.  Anyone with some photoshop skills and an ounce of extra time want to hook me up?  I'll love you forever (and my family will too since I won't be dressing them up and frantically waving things at them to look at me and SMILE!)

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Sunday, December 02, 2012

Bokeh

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Party of 5

Saturday, November 24, 2012

O Tannenbaum



Our 4 day weekend is going might well.  Pick out our tree yesterday, trimming it today. =)

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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!



These are just 3 of the 131 pictures we took today trying to get a good photo for our Christmas card.  Guess we'll try again soon.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Pumpkin Pajamas

Halloween night, only 2 and a half weeks ago.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Life in the Fast Lane

Cecilia usually comes to work with me on Fridays and today I had to make 12 loaves of pumpkin cranberry bread for an event this weekend at the winery.  It was a whirlwind day, looking at all these pictures, but not a day unlike most lately.  It started out with Cecilia very excited to help make the bread.
That excitement quickly subsided and she wanted to watch a show.  Then we colored, she played with little Ariel and Eric paper dolls and we listened to, sang and danced to The Little Mermaid soundtrack.  Notice the Ariel sitting in the chair.
We had to go back to the grocery store before lunch, then when we got home, she climbed onto the back of the car and we had a photo shoot.



She ate barely any lunch, but took a good nap.  I continued to bake more bread, and clean out the corner cabinet.  After she woke up, we put the last batch of bread into the oven, and took a walk.  She rose her scooter.  We walked to the post office, to a jewelry store, and back home in time to take the bread out of th oven.  When John got home with Charlotte and Dominic, I had dinner ready in the crock pot, and chocolately chocolate brownies going into the oven for dessert.  We ate, then had a nice evening, just hanging out.  And when I say nice, I mean Charlotte was in time out twice, Dominic bonked his head on whatever he could pull up on, and Cecilia teased Charlotte with whatever toy was the special toy of the moment that they could fight over.

After Dominic went to sleep, we played Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders.
I'm exhausted, how can it only be 9 p.m.?  Plus, I have to work all weekend, oh what fun.

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