parenting

Disaster Cake

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This is a Pre-Birthday cake for Timmy. We’re going to do cake and a couple gifts tonight, mainly so Mommy gets her chance to sing “Happy Birthday” to her almost-4-year-old. Dad plans to have a few friends over for cake and ice cream closer to Timmy’s actual birthday on the 26th.But the cake! Where do … Read more

PixO-monium!

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The boys received PixOs starter kits from Grammy Vollmer for Christmas. It was something they wanted, they asked her for it and she delivered! Thanks Grammy! The boys love it! For those who might not remember, Pixos are a “new formula” of craft bead developed in response to the massive Aqua Dots Recall that took … Read more

Are We Hungry This Morning?

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For breakfast this morning, Timmy ate the following: – 2 scrambled eggs– 1 slice of French Toast– 1 cup of milk– 2 apples, peeled and sliced This has to be a record for him — and I don’t mean the volumes of food. It’s a record for Timmy to eat such a variety of non-junk … Read more

The Wall!

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Okay, now that I’ve gotten all my political blogging out of the way (see yesterday’s), I can go back to my usual housewife/Mom/Air Force wife-type posts, tee hee. Today I made a trip to Target to get something for my sister’s birthday (I know you’re reading this, Margaret!) I hadn’t been to Target since before … Read more

Happy Halloween!

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Hello friends…enjoy some pictures from our fun Halloween today. It was a nice balance of fun and not being overwhelmed! Too bad it was in the mid-70s this afternoon and I had purposefully designed all of our costumes for temperatures about 15-25 degrees cooler! After Jake went off to school, Timmy and I went to … Read more

My Future Fighter Pilot?

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Timmy never ceases to amaze me. This is at the Early Childhood Center and Timmy has really taken to these foam blocks that you can form into assorted shapes. He caught the attention of other parents and a couple of the ladies who work here, too.

Like Father, Like Son

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Note: This is Patricia posting here. Every once in a while you’ll see a post from “Dr. Dave Vollmer” and that’s me writing through Dave’s Google account, because I have run out of photo space on the Major Mom Google account and Dave’s “Weathersix” account is virtually empty. Most of the time, Jacob looks like … Read more

R2D2! Need ideas for Timmy’s helmet!

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So today we just about finished with Timmy’s Halloween costume. You can see the shots of pre-construction from earlier this week here. Yesterday I painted the top of the trash can chrome-silver and it turned out pretty nice. From 2008 10 20 R2D2_Costume_Construction Today ended up VERY windy! Gusts exceeding 50 mph! We ended up … Read more