Fall Bucket List 2011

Do you like lists? I do simply for the pleasure of checking something off!  {Confession:  Sometimes I even write down things I’ve already completed just to check it off!} Although it was quite a memorable and enjoyable summer, it slipped away so quickly that I wasn’t able to do everything that I’d planned in my …

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The Reason My Sanity is On It’s Last Leg…

Source: facebook.com via Jen (QuatroMama) on Pinterest If the average four year old asks 437 questions a day, that means that our 4 four year olds ask an average of 1748 questions per 24 hours. Aye.Yie.Yie. Here’s a small sampling… Mommy, What are we doing after this nap? What are you making me for lunch, …

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Fun for a Buck: Watercolor Alphabet Letters

We are staying home for preschool this year…We’re taking a pretty relaxed/informal approach to learning kindergarten skills. I figure they have their entire lives to do worksheets and homework, right? Instead we’ve been taking our own “field trips”, and doing other hands on learning activities.  Every now and then we throw in a worksheet to …

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Fresh Apples and Apple Cider from Beasley’s Orchard

Last week we had a crisp fall day, just perfect for visiting our favorite apple orchard.  We visit Beasley’s Orchard at least once a year for fresh apples and other goodies.  Our favorite treat is their fresh apple cider.  Yummmmzzz! We also love that there’s plenty of space to ROAM… EXPLORE… and RUN!!! And who …

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A Quad Moms Life In a Comic Strip

Source: John McPherson, Close to Home A lady from my church growing up sent me this comic clipping in the mail.  Could it be more fitting?  (I think my boys are a tad cuter than this comic, however.  Bias, I know.) Kinda glad those stroller days are behind us, but we still get asked at …

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Washington D.C. Sightseeing by The Seat of Our Pants

Most people plan an organized trip to our Nation’s Capitol filled with tours, sightseeing, museum visits, and other Kodak moments. However, when we faced with a less than 2 day trip to plan in a little over twelve hours, we were forced to sightsee by the seat of our pants.  We didn’t have time to …

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White House Tweetup Event with Press Secretary Carney and Other Members of the Obama Administration

  What a whirlwind of a trip to our Nation’s Capitol! If we didn’t have the pictures to prove it, we might have thought it was all a dream.  In less than 24 hours, we booked airline tickets, hotel, arranged a night in Annapolis with a friend, and found 3 sets of babysitters for our …

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We Remember and We Will Teach Them To Never Forget

Dedicated to the lives lost on September 11, 2001, and to those who continue to sacrifice to protect our freedoms.

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