Tag Archives: Kids

Simple Sunday – Playing with Fire and Cooking Quotes

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Shoes

Alright I will be totally up front with you all – the quotes and the pictures in today’s post have nothing to do with each other.  But whatever.  I do what I do. Yesterday morning we made waffles at Cody’s … Continue reading →

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A Bird and a Book

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Shoes

I love driving around conversations. The boys and I were driving home yesterday from Cody’s physical therapy, a short drive of ten minutes or so, when Carter piped up from the back seat that he was going to have a … Continue reading →

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Full Disclosure and Gettin’ Lucky

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Shoes

Yesterday Cody was finishing his lunch when this conversation occurred, completely catching me by surprise. cody:  Is a baby alive while inside the mom’s tummy? me:  Yup, babies grow bigger and bigger inside their mom’s tummy until they are ready … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Through the Lens of a Child’s Camera

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Shoes

Every month or two I transfer the photos from Cody and Carter’s camera onto the computer.  Lately Carter has taken a great interest in photography and actually captures some pretty nice images and moments of our lives.  I thought I … Continue reading →

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Babies Come From Vashon Island

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Shoes

Several weeks ago we were invited to a friend’s birthday party which was located on a piece of private beach attached to their neighborhood community center.  The open aired structure and bbq area sit atop a grassy hill that slops … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Summer Squash

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Shoes

Today I stayed indoors all day despite the lovely weather so as to finish a concept paper for my Reading and Language Arts class that is due tomorrow.  Writing school papers does not make for good blogging material (even though … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Scrap Wood

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Shoes

One thousand two hundred and twenty pounds of scrap wood loaded into our trailer, driven to the dump, and unloaded from our trailer.  Not bad for a Sunday morning. I am sure that Husband and I would not have been … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – A Simple Father’s Day

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Shoes

Husband is sitting on the back deck in his robe sipping hot coffee and reading the morning newspaper.  Cody has presented him with a card shaped like a tie that he made for Father’s Day at school and Husband is … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scene of my Latest Newspaper Article

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Shoes

I have for you a quick post with a link to my latest newspaper article, a story I wrote earlier this year about a trip we took to the local glass museum.  This is one of the two submissions I … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Brought to you by the Letter P

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Shoes

me:  Who peed on the floor? The boys look up from their play, there is one moment, two moments, three moments of confused silence, and then they smile and start to laugh…

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