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This one was taken 3 years ago…September of 2006…during a visit to Vermont.
"See what I have to put up with??"
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Cross-posted on my new My Opinion Matters blog!
I just finished reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, so I figured I’d put a few thoughts together. And I’m going to try to do with without any spoilers…if I spoil it for you, I’m sorry!! (And let me know so I can reword it…)
I’m a fan of Mr. Brown – I’ve enjoyed all of his books; probably because I can set aside some things and realize that it’s a novel. I don’t take everything he writes as truth – even though I know that around the novel part are things that are absolutely true. I really enjoy the way he makes you think about things.
With The Lost Symbol, he does a lot of the same stuff…uses the Bible and the Masons to create a conspiracy theory-type story. And while I was entertained with this one, and enjoyed following Langdon on his newest adventure – it seemed like a lot of the same type of stuff. Codes to be broken (makes sense – that’s what Langdon does), bad guys to find and figure out, things the world isn’t ready to know yet…yadda, yadda, yadda.
And I was a little disappointed that I was able to figure out a major plot-line…all by myself! I mean, I was proud of myself for doing it…but still.
So… I’m happy I read it, and I love that there are so many facts and real places/technology/sciences that are new to me, but Mr. Brown needs to find a way to spice up an old recipe if he’s going to continue to write about Langdon (and I hope he does!).
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We got a call on Friday telling us that Burke’s drawing class might be cancelled due to low enrollment.
Burke being able to attend his very first drawing class Makes My Monday!
Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one. Head on over to see what else makes people’s Mondays (there are always some really good ones!)
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Normally I’d be putting up a Baby Picture Sundays post but I just don’t have the energy today. The entire house is sick…I suppose that’s what happens when your kids go back to school and the weather starts changing.
The kids are coughing, I’m coughing. The kids are sleeping more than normal, Mike’s letting me sleep more than normal.
Lazy, lazy Sunday with Leapsters and TV. Go Mommy – way to be mom of the year 😉
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Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one too. Go over and have a look at what others are doing on this beautiful Saturday.
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I know I saw this on another blog…Cat’s maybe?? …it was a while ago and I’ve been meaning to try it out ever since I saw it. . . Let’s just say I heard a lot of “More!”s 🙂
Hot Dog Octopus
Thread spaghetti through cut up hot dogs
I use the HUGE Hebrew National hot dogs so they’re nice and fat…lots of room to poke the uncooked angel hair pasta through. And it took me a few tries to get into the groove of threading it through without breaking it!
Boil
I boiled it for the amount of time the pasta needed to cook.
Remove carefully!
You don’t want the tentacles to break 🙂
"What is this, Mom?"
"Yum!"
"Octopus??"
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Birth Day to my new little niece who hasn’t been named yet.
My sister had a little girl yesterday at 4:55 pm. All we know so far is that she arrived weighing 8lbs 6oz and 21 inches long and that she has beautiful dark hair. 🙂
Congratulations Sharon and Jason! (And big brother, Grey)
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I have all these pictures and updates that relate to nothing but themselves, so I figured I’d just do one big post about them all. 🙂
Dancing
Remember last week? Marjorie wanted a skirt for dance class? Well, mom that I am…I couldn’t say “no”
(Yes, she has crocks on…we’re still in the car here 🙂 )
Grapes
Remember the grapes we found in our back yard? They’re now ripe!
And Jessica – my nanny – peeled and seeded them and then had Marjorie help her bake a grape pie! Holy cow. It’s delicious!!
(I also learned something…if your fruit pie looks like it will be runny, just add an egg and it will firm right up while cooking. Who knew??)
And a little story. Marjorie had a few blueberries in her hand and told Daddy that she wanted to make a blueberry pie. He kept telling her that we didn’t have enough blueberries for a pie, so she became thoughtful … apparently she remembered the bucket full of grapes we had picked earlier in the day and said, “Grape pie!” We’d never heard of grape pie before…
Birds
Remember Marjorie’s birdhouse? I finally got around to taking a picture of it hanging up.
Fish
Remember Fishful Thinking? Logan can’t wait to learn more fun activities either. 🙂
Logan Borrowed Mommy's Fishful Thinking Hat
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Nancy and Dad Working
Apparently my one-on-one time with my Dad started really young! (He used to show me how to use a new tool every week.) I think this has to have been taken in late 1975 or early 1976? I don’t look much older than 2 here…
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Logan had his Early Intervention re-evaluation today. Ms. Speech had said she knew he’d qualify for the speech part again (barely) and he does. What’s always amazing to me is watching him do things at these evaluations that I had no idea he was capable of doing! (It always amazes me to hear all of the things I’m SUPPOSED to be doing with him at this age too…ooops!)
Anyway – he scored pretty high for his cognition (27 months), gross motor (29 months), and fine motor (31 months!) skills. His social emotional skills are right on track and his self care and receptive language are both about a month behind. (Self care only because this test was created in the 70’s and they expect kids to be potty trained by 2. Are ya kidding me??)
Some of the things they asked if he was doing that surprised me:
Some of the questions they only ask to see if he’s more advanced than he’s supposed to be. But those 3 … we’ve never really even tried. At least, *I* haven’t tried them with him. And uhm, we still give Burke and Marjorie cups with tops LOL
Some of the things he can do that surprised me:
Some of the things he can do that surprised the evaluators:
Go Logan 🙂
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The Zimmer Zoo 