Thursday, February 23, 2012

Happy Birthday, dear Nate!

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This year of life with you has made us thankful.  We pray these next 365 days of life offer joy, love, and much grace as you grow into a most wonderful little boy.  We love you, Nate the great!

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Heart Day 2012

Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

Abi & Nate Valentine

(the picture is odd, but imagine a lollipop being attached to the picture so it looks like they’re holding the lollipop stick!)

May your day be filled with love & joy!  And maybe some of those delicious chocolate goodies that find themselves out and about on this day!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Playdough – Wallace brand

My Mom is always excellent about sending/bringing down homemade playdough.  It’s way better than store-bought stuff.  Easier to just throw in a ziploc bag (and hence not the drying out of playdough which frustrates me way more than it probably should!) – and Abi’s favorite part…you can make it any color you want.

One night last week we were in a slump.  Doons wasn’t coming home until late, I was in a bit of a funk because it was cold and dark outside…you get the picture.  That could be a long night in the making.  But, thankfully we’ve got Mimi’s playdough recipe and it made our night go by a little more quickly and was a whole lot more fun!

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OOH, purple!  It is a weird process, but it eventually turns to the ‘dough’ consistency that you need!

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It took some talking to convince Nate that the playdough wasn’t worth eating.  He had to try it himself…

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To quote Abi “this is WAY better than playdough from the store!”

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Such a good little pal.

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