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Mummy Mayhem | January 1st 2010 by Jodie Ansted
So, I've been tagged...the challenge has been issued. I've been asked to list 10 things that make me happy...Both Thea over at Do I Really Wanna Blog? and Nomie over at Under The Yardarm have issued the challenge for me to do this list. And I'm excit read more
The Problem with Joseph’s Coat
Pancakes & French Fries | December 31st 2009 by Jules
Mikey woke up with a rash and neck pain to compliment his fever from yesterday, so I called the pediatrician first thing and made an appointment for later in the afternoon. The rash turned out to be heat rash from a breaking fever and the neck pai read more
sleepy
gus and other things | December 30th 2009
OllieFYI, cross country skiing wears a person, and a couple of dogs, out. I went out for a few hours today and it was gorgeous, but now I'm going to bed at 9:30 because I'm that tired.GusGus and Ollie passed out around 4. read more
The Boys Completa en Español - Comic
Comics Virtuales | December 27th 2009 by Dag
The BoysThe Boys es una serie de cómics estadounidense, escrita por Garth Ennis e ilustrada por Darick Robertson. Fue originalmente publicada por Wildstorm antes de trasladarse a Dynamite Entertainment.La serie está ambientada en un mundo contempor read more
I'm Having a Rant: Manners, Please!
Mummy Mayhem | December 22nd 2009 by Jodie Ansted
I braved the shops today. And I took my mother-in-law and the 3 boys with me. I'm crazy, you say? Well, yes. I think you might be right.It started pretty well. We were at the shops by about 9.50am. A little later than I hoped. But all and all, we wer read more
WW: Don't Stop Believing
Jiggety Jigg | December 22nd 2009 by jenni
"You know Mom...I know it's not the REAL Santa who comes to our family party. It has to be one of his helpers. The REAL Santa is way too busy to come out at this time of year." -DouglasBut just in case it was the REAL Santa, he had to look to see if read more
Cowboys looking for kicker
SportsSoundOff.net - The Place to talk Sports | December 21st 2009 by Jason N.
photo taken from yahoo.com The Dallas Cowboys will be looking at a handful of kickers today to possibly replace their current field-goal kicker, Nick Folk. Among those kickers that are invited include former Cowboy and Redskin, Shaun Suisham. Over th read more
Holiday Road
Mummy Mayhem | December 20th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
I've always LOVED road trips. It's not all that long ago that the mere mention of the possibility of taking one was enough for me. I was SO there. And then I started taking road trips with my own family and they became, well, interesting.Just over a read more
School Holidays: Getting Off To A Good Start
Mummy Mayhem | December 15th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
So we're on holiday at the moment AND it's school holidays. Of course that means that we're living in close quarters. 24/7. And occasionally, our patience will be tested. My mum always said, "I could never understand why parents didn't like school ho read more
First snow storm of the year…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | December 11th 2009
We got our first snow storm on Wednesday and the boys have been having a blast… They have been spending hours in the snow, yesterday going out in the morning, coming in for lunch and then heading out for a few more hours in the afternoon and co read more
More Drawing…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | December 10th 2009
Colin is truly the little artist in the family. He draws pretty much every day and when he starts he doesn’t stop… He loves white paper and because I don’t print much we don’t have much scrap paper so I found some 100% recycl read more
Trimming the tree…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | December 9th 2009
Though DH and I are both Atheists we do celebrate the holidays. For us, Xmas is 100% secular having roots in pagan traditions… though technically we could find another name for it, or not do it the same day etc… we like what we have made read more
WW: Enchanted Village
Jiggety Jigg | December 8th 2009 by jenni
Last weekend, Doug and I took the boys to see The Enchanted Village that had been set up at Jordan's Furniture in Avon, Massachusetts.(I used to work there, and it is an awesome place...but that is another blog for another day.)We had to wait for abo read more
Turn Up The Heat
A Dime A Day | December 7th 2009 by islandmanskn
For the past few days a cold spell has had temperatures dropping in the Puget Sound region with the mercury falling below freezing this morning. This is my first winter in this house so I’ve been keeping the thermostat turned down as I’m concerne read more
The Boys
A Dime A Day | December 7th 2009 by islandmanskn
Smokey We were at the local pet store picking up a few things for my aquarium when we dediced to go look at the kittens (the pet store had graciouly offered to provide the local animal resuce with space to display some of the cats available for ado read more
Sleeping With One Eye Open
Mummy Mayhem | December 6th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
Once you have kids, sleep is never what it used to be. Even some of the best sleeps you will have after the birth of your children, will never be as good as some of the average sleeps you had pre-kids. That's just the way it is.The sleep deprivation read more
Aloha, Swine Line!
Jiggety Jigg | December 4th 2009 by jenni
So yesterday my city offered an H1N1 flu shot clinic for elementary school aged children, and since my pediatrician seems to be perpetually OUT of the shot, I decided to take the boys down to get them their vaccination.Oh, how very THRILLED they were read more
Yearning the Simpler Life
Mummy Mayhem | November 29th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
You know how sometimes a certain smell, sound or situation can remind you of a time of the past? Kind of like a de ja vu thing? Well, I feel that occasionally, and yesterday I went for a walk, to collect dinner of all things, and I was transported ba read more
Khéna’s birthday in pictures…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | November 29th 2009
Making decorations the day before… and birthday hats the morning of… Grandmaman (Simon’s mom) brought over a game for the boys to play… hungry, hungry frogs! Two of the gifts that we gave Khéna are kitchen/food toys read more
Looking back…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | November 27th 2009
Today was the last day that Khéna is 2… tomorrow he will wake up a three year old!! It’s amazing how time passes fast… From this… (10 days) to this… (1 year) to this… (2 years) to this… Love you little m read more
The Boy Who Cries Wolf
Mummy Mayhem | November 24th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
It seems to me, after speaking to a lot of other mums, that all families have one. A child that, at the drop of a hat, will freak out about the slightest little thing. And my 7yr old is one of the best at crying over spilt milk.The 7yr old has always read more
Spitting the Dummy
Mummy Mayhem | November 23rd 2009 by Jodie Ansted
The 2 year old uses a dummy. And up until now, it hasn't been an issue. At all. But recently I've noticed the love for the dummy has increased. Dramatically.I was never one of those mums, rightly or wrongly, who said "I will not use a dummy." Quite t read more
My preggo wife
Good Old Rock, Nothing Beats It | November 20th 2009 by Matt Stratton
Carrie at 29 weeks. Which was last week, for the record. It’s been a while since I’ve posted any personal-type updates here. And it’s been even longer since I’ve shared anything with you, my loyal readers (you ARE loyal reader read more
abc’s
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | November 20th 2009
Xavier: Everyone knows the ABC song right? Me: no, but many do… Xavier: I do… (sings the song) Me: Colin do you know it? Colin: Of course… a-b-c-o-l-i-n…. Possibly Related Posts: a few pics from the last few days… Hall read more
a few pics from the last few days…
a hippie with a minivanÂ… | November 17th 2009
the kids playing at a friends home.. watching the kids from the window… Laundry on the line the boys playing a game with dad on a Saturday night 2 loaves of banana bread in the new toaster oven… New haircut… Out for a walk& read more
Christmas: Like or Not, Here it Comes!
Mummy Mayhem | November 16th 2009 by Jodie Ansted
Whether, like me, you're willing to face this fact or not; Christmas is upon us. I was blissfully unaware of this little fact up to a couple a weeks ago, until I walked in to my local Westfield.I was there to run a few errands and pick up a couple of read more
The Lowly Bean and Other Food-Based Adventures
Pancakes & French Fries | November 11th 2009 by Jules
Not to be out done by his older brother, Nicholas made his own sunflower seed-butter and jelly sandwich yesterday. (Nut allergy, remember?) Cooking with children being what it is, a certain Beagle named Buster waited patiently for disaster to ens read more
The Chef
Pancakes & French Fries | November 10th 2009 by Jules
Yesterday Mikey announced he had created a recipe in his head that he would like to make for dinner and “I want you to take pictures of it and put it on your website, okay, mom? Then I want you to tell me what the people say.” So that& read more
Awkward Bathroom Moments
Pancakes & French Fries | November 5th 2009 by Jules
It certainly wasn’t the first time Jules walked in on someone in the bathroom. She did live in the dorms during college, after all. But it was definitely the first time in recent memory she happened upon two knights in full armor, ready to read more
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