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In mid-September, Abigail turned 3. She is a sweet, vivacious girl. She loves a good adventure, dolls, dancing, and ice cream. She gets complimented on her curls everywhere she goes and people are starting to call her Shirley Temple!
We celebrated with two parties. One was a weekday morning while Walter was at school. Our little […]
We just got back from our summer trip to visit Grandma & Grandpa Schoolcraft. We flew into Manchester, New Hampshire, and spent our first two nights with some college friends in Maine. They took us to the lovely beach in Kennebunkport. We got to dip our toes in the Atlantic, dig in the sand, watch […]
One of my goals with this blog is to record the cute sayings I hear and the amazing milestones my kids reach. But some of the best stuff seems to happen when I’m not looking…or when they think I’m not.
Like Walter “reading” 101 Dalmatians to Abigail.
Or the time I was at a choir practice, and […]
This post is a bit late, but life has thrown a lot at us lately. Not the least of which was a tornado on the day of Walter’s birthday party…
Just as our guests were arriving, the sirens went off. A couple of minutes of watching the TV weather report made it clear that an actual […]
We took a big family vacation to Orlando this year. This is the last spring before we have to deal with school schedules, so we took a full two weeks.
April 2: We cashed in the credit card points that we weren’t able to use at Christmas (see Christmas post below) so that we could fly […]
We an unusual but fun-filled Christmas this year. We got started with a Christmas Eve celebration with Grandma & Grandpa Paxton here in the Twin Cities. We had a special treat this year, as Uncle Thom and his fiancee Molly were in town. We all attended the Christmas Eve service at my parents’ church. A […]
10/1: I handed Abigail her vitamin and said “There you go, babe.” To which she replied, “Thank you, babe!”
10/16: Abigail started peddling the tricycle.
10/30: Abigail counted to 10.
10/31: Walter dressed as Spider Man and Abigail was a Jack-o-Lantern for Halloween.
11/2: While riding in the car, Walter asked “Is Jesus sitting down in my heart?” “I’m […]
6/4: While riding home in the car, Walter turned around and exclaimed, “Mom, someone’s following us! How are we gonna shake ‘em?”
6/7: Abigail spotted Keith wearing his CPAP mask in bed and said “Nuk!”
6/13: Walter, as if presenting me with a bouquet: “Mommy, I picked some rocks for you!”
7/19: As I was struggling to extract […]
3/7: Walter informed me, “When I grow up, I’m not going to get married. I’m going to be a speed skater for ever!”
3/8: Abigail said “Yeah” for the first time.
3/22: Wearing his hooded towel, Walter said, “I am Darth Vader. Gentlemen, please give me your attention.”
3/22: At Abigail’s 18-month checkup she weighed in at 23 […]
It has been a long, very snowy, very cold winter in Minnesota and we just couldn’t take it any more. We escaped to Cancun for a few days to catch some sun and enjoy the outdoors without hat and coat. The weather was great: sunny and 70’s every day. It was quite windy, but compared […]
