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Category Archives: Ben

at Kidz n Play

June 29, 2011 – 5:04 pm

Sometimes it’s too hot to play outside. Today we met friends at an indoor inflated playground.  It was Ben and Maddie’s first time to try this kind of play, and I was impressed by how fearless they were about climbing even the highest structures and slides, and by how much exercise they got.  They had [...]

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learning to vacuum

June 29, 2011 – 12:32 pm

Ben tried vacuuming by himself for the first time yesterday and loved it.  Our living room floor has never been so clean.  After running it around the floor by himself for a good 20 minutes he proudly declared, “I’m a grown-up now!”  Because really, running a vacuum is what adulthood is all about. The scarf [...]

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building

June 27, 2011 – 3:04 pm

Ben and Maddie built a tower this morning, using nearly every megablock that we own: I got them to sit still next to it like that by asking them to say, “Monkey boogers,” or something inappropriate like that. Ben’s interest in Legos has been growing lately, something that Nathan and I are both very excited [...]

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Summer beach trip

June 9, 2011 – 1:34 pm

At the end of last month we drove to Port Aransas for a beach getaway with friends for the second year in a row.  8 adults and 7 children under the age of 4 shared a house there for 4 days, and we had a great time.  There were those two tire blowouts on the [...]

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Spring Fair

April 30, 2011 – 10:11 pm

Today we went to our preschool co-op’s annual Spring Fair. The 4s and 5s classroom hosted a cakewalk, which Maddie “won.” Some of the morning was spent simply enjoying the co-op grounds, gardens, and new playground. The Telephone Company (think nerd rock for kids) opened for Staci Gray. Ben said the barrel train was his [...]

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in the garden

March 18, 2011 – 3:20 pm

A new statue near the kitchen garden gate.  I want to make a gazing pool in front of her.  Which I expect will then become another dog water bowl. Ben and Maddie are keeping a raised garden bed planted with strawberry plants and flowers.  We’re not likely to see any berries, though, since M keeps [...]

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spring

March 18, 2011 – 2:50 pm

My last photos were of snow, and now we’re consistently having temps of more than 80 in the afternoons.  Yesterday after nap Ben and Maddie played dress up and then ate ice cream sandwiches on the front porch. It’s definitely Spring in Austin.  The redbud and mountain laurel trees are blooming; even the bluebonnets are [...]

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snowy day

February 4, 2011 – 9:48 am
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first camping

January 2, 2011 – 6:33 pm

Last Thursday night Nathan, the kids and I went on our first overnight tent camping trip at McKinney Falls State Park. We saw deer, birds, a jackrabbit, grasshoppers, ladybugs, spiders, and lots of local plants and trees.  We walked in the woods, where we found owl pellets, deer scat and tracks, and snail shells that [...]

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hug

December 11, 2010 – 5:35 pm

My loves, all snugged up and smiling: How lucky am I?

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