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Graduation Day

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Dec 202012
 

*The Graduation*

Considering that we had four kids three and under to attend to …. I had trepidation about it for days before hand.

 Really, who takes this many kids to a college graduation?

The children are pretty well behaved… BUT… at their ages ANYTHING can happen!

I had visions of diaper explosions ~ clothing malfuntions~  and projectile spit up dancing through my head.

 Fortunately everything went remarkably well.

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Kids unloaded…

Look for overflow area…

Turned away….

Make our way into the church….

Find out where to hide stroller…

Climb two flights of stairs…..

Plop down.

 
 
 

 

 

During the ceremony we were up in the balcony area …. which turned out to be the perfect place for us!

We were able to see the proceedings on the big screen and the children had the freedom to move around without disturbing anyone.

Well, almost no one…. Prairie very generously kept  offering her snacks  to a  very patient lady in one of the seats.

 

 

 

 So the ceremony went quite well!

We packed up and left once Davids turn was over.

 
 

Isn’t this a sweet moment??? I wish I could remember what they were talking about!

 

 

 

Our ONE bad moment.

 

 

 

 

 
 

Can’t forget the lovely Miss. Meadow!

 

Graham Cracker Houses

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Dec 112012
 

 

Ok, so it really doesn’t get any easier then this.  Using royal icing as glue made these houses REALLY easy to put together and very stable.

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Graham cracker houses + kids + goodies

   

Pookie and Gretchen put a LOT of effort into making their houses really nice and interesting.

Duels turned into an epic story that involved the house being covered in licorice ropes.

 Daphne did FAR better then I expected … although she kept hogging the candy.

And Prairie… well Prarie didn’t quite get the point of what she was supposed to be making.

She did however get the point of eating… and eat she did!

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Artists at work

 

The finished pieces!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visiting Meadow

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Oct 202012
 

When she was about three weeks old Meadow had more visitors 🙂

Uncle Ralph, Aunt Marilyn, Gramma and Grampa, and their friends Bob and Eddie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The main attraction slept through most of the visit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prairie was quite intrigued by the “Boogie Wipes”.

Seeing as how she had a cold…. she tested them out for the baby.

She’s a good big sister.
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 Duel became TOTALLY enamored by Uncle Ralph and Aunt Marilyn

 

 

 

 

 

 Daphne became so distraught when Gramma and Grampa left!

 

 

 

Be Careful with the Praise

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Oct 172012
 

Last month I had to run into the store after Prairies dentist appointment with five of the kids.

 Not a big deal except that I only have two hands and I was nine months pregnant.

Gretchen was such a huge help by pushing a cart with Daphne and Prairie while I pushed Thaddeus in another. I really didn’t think she’d be able to manage the heavy cart very well  however, she did amazing.

Except for running over Duel once (it was his own fault ~ oiy!)

she didn’t hit me or anyone else.

Pretty sure people were steering clear of her.

As one can see in the pictures…. praising her on her strength went to her head….

BIG TIME!

 

 

She showed off her muscles every time we stopped…. and continued even out in the parking lot.

Not only that…

but she’s STILL bragging about it!

🙂

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