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Going to the Zoo

By Christi, on October 13th, 2011

We went to the Zoo, it’s been a really long time! Here are the highlights:

First column is pretty obvious. Second column, first pic – R1 says these are “rock star” monkeys / under that is the baby lion cubs / then R3 determined to pet EVERY goat in the petting area / and R3 wanting so badly to pet that rooster!.

Third column: R1 pretending to be Scooby Doo / R1 and then R2 feeding the lorikeets.

Fourth column: R3 feeding them “Look, I’m not even freaking out!” she said. And then the girls pretending to be captured by the monster.

Fun, fun fun!

By Christi, on September 29th, 2011

The kids loved this shoot so much the last time we did it they begged to do it again. Here are a few pics:

The top one is an outtake but I love it. The bottom one, the pose was R2′s idea and I thought it was so sweet.

Plants

By Christi, on August 19th, 2011

We planted some Tickle Me plants on the 17th, will keep you posted on how they grow. It says they should respond within 3 weeks.

One of R3′s daily chores is to water our basil plants:

Girlie Birthday Party

By Christi, on August 19th, 2011

So, I’m behind on blog posts… what’s new? LOL We had a party for R2, R3 and Juju last Saturday. I baked each girl their own small cake and we got a Costco Chocolate cake for the guests. We swam and played and ate cake, what could be better?

Conversation with a Three-Year-Old

By Christi, on August 5th, 2011

R3 had a bowl of pasta salad and two links of sausage for breakfast. She came to me and said she couldn’t eat the third link. Then 2 minutes later she asked for a waffle. This is the convo that ensued:

Me: You just told me you couldn’t eat your sausage. If you can’t eat your sausage, how are you going to eat a waffle? (she’s got a bad habit of wasting food here lately)

R3: Um, with a fork!

Go ahead, laugh. I did.

At 4:31 This Afternoon

By Christi, on August 4th, 2011

My first girl, my first home-birthed baby, my biggest (9 lbs) baby will be 5 years old. She was due July 28 but decided to hang out in the womb for an extra week. We lived in Orlando at the time, and it was so hot I don’t think I left the house at all those last two weeks other than to walk around the neighborhood every night trying to convince her to come.

She’s such a wonderfully awesome little person and we are so God loaned her to us.

Back from the Living Dead

By Christi, on July 14th, 2011

or what felt like it, anyway. Last Tuesday R2 started vomiting at 11 pm and didn’t stop for 18, yes EIGHTEEN, hours, my poor sweet baby. At 4:45 R3 woke up and vomited for 2 hours and then slept, woke up and was fine. When R2 finally stopped she had what seemed like the flu. Cough, fever, exhaustion. Then Friday I started feeling a bit bad. Saturday I couldn’t get out of bed and R3 joined me.

Fast forward over a week and two doc visits later and today R3 and I are slightly better – after starting antibiotics.

I have so much to do. We cancelled the birthday party for the third Sat in a row. *thud* And I have to bake goodies with 3 gallons of blueberries we picked that Tues R2 started puking!

http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/11/sour-cream-blueberry-muffins.html
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/06/summer-blueberry-crisp.html
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2010/04/quinoa-breakfast-bars-with-blueberries.html

Six Flags

By Christi, on June 23rd, 2011

We had a great time at Six Flags on Tuesday. I’m still worn out from it!!

Day 1 {31 Days to Clean}

By Christi, on June 13th, 2011

I joined my mama friends in reading 31 Days to Clean and DOING it! Each day has a Mary Challenge and a Martha Challenge.

Today’s Mary challenge is to identify the reasons I want a clean home and then turn it into a mission statement. Here goes:

I want a clean house because a clean house…

makes things easier to find.
keeps the bugs and vermin out.
gives us more time to be together and make memories.
allows me to know what we need and what we already have.
allows us to entertain guests without stress or embarrassment.
teaches my children important skills for keeping their own homes clean one day.
minimizes stress between Mr. Fox and I.

Now I need to (according to the challenge) print this out and hang it on the wall somewhere we will see it every day.

Memorial Day Weekend in Mentone

By Christi, on May 31st, 2011

My sweet, wonderful friend Catherine invited us to stay with her and her awesome family at their cabin in Mentone this past weekend and it was a BLAST! The kids all got along WONDERFULLY and we all had so much fun! There were quite a few firsts:

R1′s first time driving (a golf cart, but driving on his own, no less)
R2 and R3′s first time in a boat and in a lake
R1 and R2′s first time hillbilly skiing
All three had first time fishing experiences, golf cart rides and shooting BB guns!

I got to lay around and read (TWO books) on the SC BOE’s new Nook (shhh!), which I quickly fell in love with. And have wonderful conversations with Catherine and the other adults. I am enamored with Catherine’s amazing parents and thoroughly enjoyed having morning coffee on their back porch with them three mornings in a row – they are delightful to be around and an inspiration.

I, of course, took a ton of pics. Not as many as I normally would have but I was trying to BE in the moment and not just photograph it. It was hard! LOL

So, enough talk, here’s some pics (click to enlarge):

And a video of the Hillbilly Skiing:

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