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August 2009



Watch out Michael Phelps!

Friday, 28 August 2009 9:27 A GMT-08
So Tate learned to swim this month!  He had never had a single swim lesson in his entire life -- most people gasp and look at me like I'm crazy when I mention this, like it is some sort of sin to live in Southern California with children and

Kinder supplies, check!

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 12:50 P GMT-08
Kindergarten starts in exactly a week!  EEEKK!But we are ready -- at least according to the supplies list.  Now to get my emotions ready.... 

back in the dark ages when we were still writing love letters...

Friday, 21 August 2009 1:32 P GMT-08
During my efforts to declutter, I found a letter I sent to "Corporal Jeremy Rytky" in the year 2000.  The stamp is for 33 CENTS!  This should be a Smithsonian artifact!

Picnic at the park.

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 2:22 P GMT-08
Today was the first day in a long time that we haven't had anything scheduled to do.  Between baseball, soccer, summer school, and swimming lessons -- where did my "lazy summer" go?!?So today was wonderful -- carefree and stress-fr

Out of the mouths of babes...

Saturday, 15 August 2009 11:13 P GMT-08
We are driving in the car, the kids strapped into their car seats in the back.  Felicity drops her little kitty toy and says, "Oh no!  I dropped my kitty!'Tate replies, "I can't reach it...I don't have the force!"

Goodbye preschool...Hello world...

Thursday, 6 August 2009 6:46 A GMT-08
Today was Tate's last day of summer school and last day EVER of preschool!  I can hardly believe it, the time flew by so fast.So I managed to hold it together until I pulled into the parking lot this morning to drop him off.  And then I