Tag Archives: Life

Simple Sunday – Stability and Blueberries

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Shoes

For several years I have wanted to plant blueberry bushes in our yard.  For a variety of reasons I have not gotten around to it. This weekend, to celebrate the newfound stability in our lives, I planted three great blueberry … Continue reading →

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Practically Living at the YMCA Pool

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Shoes

A week or two ago (actually I have no idea when, since having children my concept of time has become skewed and everything seems about a week or two ago) we were at the YMCA for Cody’s physical therapy swim.  … Continue reading →

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Serious Mad Props

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Shoes

I don’t know why the props are so serious.  Maybe they’re not serious but mad, in a serious way.  Regardless of the mental state of the props, I like the expression and think that it makes me sound way cooler … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Friends & Pie

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Shoes

Yesterday was our first Annual Summer Pie Day.  After breakfast we grabbed some buckets and bowls and walked to our neighborhood blackberry patch, a place the boys have coined Blackberry Alley Instead of saying stop picking in reference to his … Continue reading →

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One Thing Leads to Another

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Shoes

The neurodevelopment appointment led to an orthopedic appointment.  This is happening today.  There will be talk of surgery involving Cody’s Achilles tendon.  Hopefully a very-in-the-future surgery. The neurology appointment led to scary conversations about epilepsy (we found out they stop … Continue reading →

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Bathroom Reading

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Shoes

Carter is the worst.  He can sit for half an hour, easy, requesting book after book from his book nook.  His book nook is one of those three by three cubic storage shelf units for books and baskets.  I have … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Forest Graffiti

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Shoes

We came across this during an afternoon stroll in the woods.  I do not usually condone graffiti but this is nice. And in case you were wondering it is written in chalk.

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Making a Splash

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Shoes

The sun in the Pacific Northwest has been a fickle creature this summer.  Temperatures have been on the cool side.  Clouds and Rain menacingly make their presence known like a couple of gangsters flicking their switchblades open and closed in … Continue reading →

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This is What I Did This Morning. What Did You do?

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Shoes

The boys and I had just finished reading back to back Curious George stories this morning when Delilah (the-cat-who-is-not-our-cat) came in.  Flap, flap, flap went the plastic doggie door flap, a trick she has just learned.  I looked up and … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – Tire Swing Swingin’

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Shoes
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