Five for Friday: School, Sister, Sewing, and Running

It has come to my attention, again, that I am too often posting about things that happened months ago.  Sometimes months and months ago.  (Stay tuned for my post about our family trip to Edinburgh LAST DECEMBER!)  Anyway, life is busy busy, as it is for everyone, and even though I am still catching up, here are a few things that are going on right now.1.) Jayce's school is going well.  I mentioned to Chris on Monday that a year...

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The Farm and the Lake: Memorable & Highlights

We left Florida and headed to Matt and Melanie's for the night, and then onto the farm for the next few days.Highlights:-Seeing all of the Keiths, who were temporarily all rounded up in the same place for some family pictures.  -Jayce and Hannah getting to play with Hadley and Madeline.  There is nothing like playing with your cousins.  The friendships are instant and sweet.-A perfect day on the lake.  The weather was hot enough...

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Goodbye Paci

A lot of people beat themselves up about the whole pacifier issue.  Should we give them one?  Will it affect their eating ability or desire?  Will it inhibit speech or cause future dental problems?  When is the best time to take it away?  We decided pretty early on, I think, to not really take a stance.  If the kids wanted it, that was fine, if they didn't, that was fine too.  We bought the orthopedic ones for the...

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And Then There Was "Year One"

Today was Jayce's first day of school.  He's in Year One, in the Rabbit Class.  This was the source of several confused conversations while we were visiting in Akron.  Chelsea had a graduation/going away party, and it seemed like everyone had this conversation with Jayce.Person: So, what grade are you going to be in?  Are you going into Kindergarden or First Grade?Jayce: Uhhh… (They don't use either of those names for the...

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Sometimes I Feel Guilty

I just found this post from March of last year sitting in my drafts, unpublished.  I'm not sure why I didn't publish it at the time, although I would imagine that it's because I didn't want to be a Debbie Downer.  But I kind of like "crappy guilt days," or "random sad days" or "things aren't falling into place days."  They seem to balance the days where I'm soaring high and everything is perfect, and make the run of the mill normal days feel  beautiful.   March 2, 2012Sometimes I feel guilty When I'm putting away...

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Mini-Obstacle Course

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Destin, Florida: Highlights and Memorable

We were in Destin at the start of our vacation for about 10 days.  This is the longest we've ever been there, but was a wonderful place to recover from the trip and jet-lag, and it was nice to start our whirlwind month of visiting with a week or so to relax on our own terms.  I'm not really feeling up to a recap of our trip, so I'll just share a few highlights and memorable moments. Highlights:-Seeing Andy and Patsy, who the kids and...

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