Supper Club
After the first of the year a dear friend of mine sent out an email to 5 of us. Asking if we wanted to be part of a supper club. I didn't research what it was, I just said "Of course!" because... who...
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Dancing Queen
Ever since we took Hannah to see The Nutcracker she has been very interested in ballet and asked to take dance classes. Conveniently, a new dance studio opened close to our house this month! She had...
View ArticleMotivation
A few weeks ago we were in Costco and I had Hannah in the cart. The lady was behind us in line and she was striking up a conversation about how her brother has an extra chromosome too and how handsome...
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Our first cast experience
Monday I got a call at work. Zach's teacher tells me that he fell off the monkey bars at school. He cried a bit and they took him to the nurses office and iced it and he seemed ok. He was moving it...
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Cast experience - Take 2
Yesterday I get a call from Zach's teacher. Me: Is everything ok?!?Teacher: Yes. But..... Zach took his cast off. Me: HE WHAT? He took his cast off? Teacher: Yeah, I don't know how he did it but we...
View ArticleWorking full time and eating healthy lunches
Pretty much every day my lunch consists of a Lean Cuisine and a salad. I generally prep all my salads on Sunday so each morning I just grab one of each and head out.As you might remember, me and some...
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8 years
8 years ago I married a man I was, and continue to be, madly in love with. Today, as I reflect on our lives together, it is hard to believe it has only been 8 years.We have experienced more life...
View ArticleAs heard...
The other night while we were eating dinner... this was heard at our dinner table.Hannah: "What is this meat we are eating?"Me: "It is turkey kielbasa"Hannah: "Turkey what??"Me: "Kielbasa"Hannah:...
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My birthday - 34
A couple months back I was thinking ahead and mentioned to my mom I would like to go wine tasting for my birthday this year. It came up in conversation with my aunt who said "Oh, I won this free lunch...
View ArticleHappenings on a preschool playground....
Last night over dinner Hannah was telling us about her day. She informed us that H (a boy at her school) "is the best boy ever because he likes girl stuff. Like clothes and lip gloss and necklaces".A...
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3 little birds
About a week ago after dinner Hannah started singing "Cause every little thing... is gonna be alright". I was so proud to hear her singing such amazing song and knowing the words and the melody as if...
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Last night as I was tucking Zach in bed he tells me:"When Daddy gets home from soccer he will come in and kiss me and then I will go 'whoa' while I am sleeping. Capiche?"Me: "OK Zach, good night" ......
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Happy Easter!
We had a fantastic Easter weekend. We spent a great evening with friends the night before we left out of town for Easter. Mandy hosted. The main reason for gathering was to dye Easter eggs with the...
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Zach was in showering the other night and Chris went in to check on him. Zach told him "I used your soap daddy! I smell like you! I getting big!"
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The backpack cleanout
Just another Sunday around here. After the kids went to bed I was picking up around the house. I wrote a note on something I was sending back to Zach's teacher and I went to put it in his backpack and...
View ArticleGuess who's coming to your party??
Zachary's birthday is coming up and he wanted to invite the kids in his class, and a few close friends, to a party at the gymnastics place. He has a friend named Gracie that is in the 2nd grade class...
View ArticleThe rental property tour from hell...
I am WAY behind on this blog. I dont tend to neglect it forever but the 2 children's birthdays, week long epic family vacation, Hannah starting kindergarten and soccer, Chris switching jobs, getting...
View ArticleThe dramatics of a 5 year old...
After tucking Hannah in tonight.. I could still hear her rustling around in her bed and she eventually called for me... I go in her room and she is clearly upset. Not to the point of tears upset... but...
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Being reminded of why I blog...
Tonight I was reminded why I started blogging. Babies and Down syndrome. I started blogging when Zach was about 2 1/2 and I was pregnant with Hannah. I really wanted to start documenting moments of our...
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Parent Teacher Conference
There have been many days in my 8.7 years of parenting that I questioned whether or not I was doing it right. Wondering how bad I was screwing my kids up and running the numbers in my head of how much...
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Driving along with Zach the other day and he says to me..."Mom. My mouth wants to sing and my body wants to dance so when I say 'Hit It' you put on 'Call Me Maybe'... OK?!"
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Every night at dinner we discuss the best parts of our days and the worst parts of our day. The other night we got to Hannah... she had a couple good parts of her day.. no bad parts and we'd moved on...
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Before bed tonight, Hannah asked if she could look at pictures in bed on her IPhone (and by "her IPhone" I mean my old one that houses her music, a few non-internet dependent games of hers, and some...
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Zach - "I Love You"
Tonight Hannah is at a sleepover so because Zach is a little bummed, wishing he were at his own sleepover, I let him stay up late. I was doing some chores and he sat at the table to have a kiwi for...
View ArticleWater
Every night the kids get a fresh glass of water (in a straw'ed cup) when they go to bed. Hannah drinks a little bit some nights. Zach sucks it all down every night. Some nights he will ask for more,...
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