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Spring Break

This week is altogether complicated in that one child is on spring break from school now and the other had hers a few weeks ago. Fortunately, it isn’t as complicated as it could be… that’s for sure!

Recently, I took Alex to see The Hunger Games. On opening day even! For the record, I loved the movie AND the casting!!! I also loved the book and am not bothered in the least by the differences between the two. After all, differences should be expected. I’ll never understand the people who get all riled up when a movie doesn’t follow the book exactly.

Today, I took Phoebe to see Mirror Mirror. It was far from opening day, but it was a really fun movie to see with her!

Our evening was capped off with gymnastics class. Phoebe must demonstrate a pullover to be able to move up and it has been eluding her. She almost has it, just not quite on her own. It’s difficult for her since the level she’s in alternates between beam and bars from week to week so she’s only getting to try it every other week. The other skill she needs to accomplish (although, not to move up) is the rope climb. She has two rewards in mind for reaching these two goals… hopefully, soon!

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Where did the time go?

Seventeen years ago, I was blessed with a beautiful baby girl. Where does all that time go?

Happy 17th Birthday Alex! 

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What’s New?

Wow. New Year’s Day was the last post I actually posted. I have written so many in my head (which is where they remain) as well as quite a few drafts that never saw the other side of the publish button.

What’s new with you? There honestly isn’t a whole lot new here.

In January, we survived this winter’s “snowmageddon 2012″ (or whatever the cute, trendy term they were using was) here in the Pacific Northwest. It was fantastic, really. We got some snow, some ice, and a whole lot of panicked people including the local schools which ended up being closed for an entire week. Of course, I can say it wasn’t so bad because we didn’t actually lose power, just our cable and internet (sadly, yes, that included our cellular internet) for a few days. I lost count of how many times I had to remind certain people that no, we cannot watch/do/play this/that/other because we don’t have internet right now. I will say that a whole lot more than normal levels of reading took place within the walls of this townhouse (which is a lot, because we are readers).

February hasn’t been nearly as exciting as January…so far. Ray brought me roses for Valentine’s Day. I divvied them up and gave each of the girls 2 roses. The funniest part was when Phoebe asked who gave them to me. Ray and I just laughed, which caused her to become more confused, which made us laugh more. Then she said, “no, really, who are they from?” She is so cute.

Currently, we are on our “Winter Break 2″ from public school. Technically, it’s really our third winter break when we count the week off from the January storm.

So there you have it. We don’t have a lot of unique or exciting things to boast about lately. That should change though, and soon!

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