The Zimmer Zoo

Kiddo Math

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Nancy

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Then addFinal Result:

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Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Nancy

Candid Carrie sponsors this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in! (You can join in too!)

The twins’ school pictures.
Who knew they’d get their pictures taken professionally in PreK?

Burke

Maggie

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Thursday Theater

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Nancy

Goddess hosts Thursday Theater. Wanna join in? Go add your name to the list!

This week’s challenge is “Mad Skillz.” We’re to show off tricks or abilities the kids have.

Well….according to Burke, he can make raindrops. But he won’t share with Maggie…

Sorry for the poor quality – it was shot with my cell phone.

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Way Back When-esday

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Nancy

Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one. Go on over to see who else is playing – and join in too!

In honor of my Dad’s birthday yesterday, he gets to be in this week’s WBW.

I have no idea when this was taken. I’m guessing I was 3 or 4 though. (1978?)

Nancy and Daddy Churning Butter

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Is it Decadent to Own Two Grills?

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Nancy

You may recognize our grill from various posts I’ve put up about grilling (The Succulent Death post comes to mind…)

Grill with Side Smoker

I bought this grill for Mike before the kids were born…so it’s over 5 years old. It’s done VERY well for us (I’m sure having a grill master helps 😉 )

Last week, Mike stopped off at Home Depot to pick up some supplies to put shelves onto my newly aquired hutch for my desk. (Thanks honey!!) When he pulled into the parking lot, he saw that they were holding a contest: make 5 out of 5 baskets, and they’ll give you a $20 gift card. His first thought (according to him): “I’m just going to shank these, should I even bother embarrassing myself??” And second thought (according to him): “Oh why the hell not.”

Lo and behold, he shanked the first two shots. But he made the third shot…to which the attendent said, “Here’s your raffle ticket. You won the grill!!” LOL Mike didn’t even know that the grill was one of the prizes. 🙂 Apparently, you got a raffle ticket if you made 1 shot, but you had to make all 5 to get the $20. The attendent already knew that whoever made the next shot would get the raffle ticket to match the one on the grill. Too funny.

This weekend, Mike finally got the chance to put the grill together (and my shelves up!)

Harps playing, angels singing

(Notice the poor old grill in the background. I hope he takes it okay…I know, I know, get over that whole feeling sorry for inanimate objects thing, Nance.)

The plan, right now, is to use both of them! One is charcoal and one is gas…so they could get along just fine, right?

Happy Griller

The only problem is that the new one has already taken the old one’s place…I suppose I should go out and talk with it…let it know that the plan is to get more stones so that it has a place to stand as well.

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HAPPY

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Nancy

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

We enjoyed partying with you over the weekend 🙂

Singing

Blowing Out the Candles - with a Little Help

YUM!

We love you, Grandpa!

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Fishful Thinking: Enter to Win a $10,000 Scholarship

Posted on April 27, 2009 by Nancy

Have you been following along with my Fishful Thinking posts? (Something’s Fishy Here, More About Fishful Thinking, Fishful Thinking Video) Have you been trying out some of these wonderful tools with your children? Do you have stories to tell about your adventures? Then enter to win a $10,000 scholarship for your child!

There are 5 areas you can choose from to get your story started: Optimism, Emotional Awareness, Goal Setting/Hope, Resilience, and Empowerment. Sound familiar? They should! I’ve been talking about these Fishful Thinking Ingredients all along! AND, the best part is once you create the story, you can share it with friends and family!

Write your Storybook before 7/31/2009 and get the chance to enter to win the scholarship.

Click here to start: Fishful Thinking Storybook
(You can also see samples of Storybooks there.)

You can enter as many times as you want, but there is a limit of one (1) sweepstakes entry per person/email address per day during the Promotion Period. This doesn’t limit you to the number of Storybooks you create though – there is no limit to those!

Full Disclosure: I’m a Fishful Thinking Ambassador.. .if you click the links, I will receive incentive points. However…I would NEVER sign up for something like this if I didn’t believe in it. And I would participate (and pass the information along) even if I didn’t get the points

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Baby Picture Sundays

Posted on April 26, 2009 by Nancy

Debi hosts the Baby Picture Sundays. Hop on over there to see who’s playing, and join in too!

This week’s theme is Flower Power. We JUST came back in from playing outside in the sprinklers and with the water table. On our way back in, I remembered that it was BPS, so I made the kids pose in front of some of our flowers. They were less than thrilled…and a more than a little wet 😉