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Favorite Things: Books for Beginning Readers

Sunday, 22 November 2009 8:49 P GMT-08
With the holidays approaching, I thought I would steal this idea from a friend and start posting some of our favorite things in this household.  My hope is to not only inspire others who are looking for gift ideas, but also to encourage you to p
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Tate's official Kindergarten photo

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 6:51 P GMT-08
It's not his most natural smile, but I love the photo nonetheless!  My favorite thing is how it shows his missing tooth.  Of course two weeks after this photo was taken, he lost *another* tooth (right next to the first one).  At th
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one step at a time...

Saturday, 7 November 2009 9:13 P GMT-08
The medicine saga continues.  We tried a half a dozen more methods today to see if he could get the medicine down.  The good news is (knock on wood) I think I finally cracked his code.He WILL take this medicine, but only if it is in *extrem
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IT'S A TEASPOON.

Friday, 6 November 2009 10:24 P GMT-08
I am so exhausted and frustrated I don't even know if I have the mental fortitude to write about it.  Here is the Reader's Digest version:  Tate. Double ear infection. 104 temp.  Miserable, miserable, MISERABLE. 
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Well at least he's consistent.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009 7:53 P GMT-08
So by now -- November 3 -- Tate has sifted and picked his way through his entire Halloween treat bag and managed to eat all of the little M&M bags.  Which means he is now left with 5 pounds of "other" types of candy.  For a no
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Houston, we lost a tooth!

Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:06 P GMT-08
And it happened on 09/09/09!The tooth had been loose for about 10 days.  When he first told me it was loose, I immediately assumed he had hit his face somewhere.  But no, this was a naturally-occurring loose tooth!  I thought age 5 was
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1st Day of Kindergarten

Friday, 4 September 2009 10:36 A GMT-08
Well we did it.  We made it through the first week of Kindergarten!!  AND HE LOVES IT!!  Whew.....The week started on Tuesday (Sept 1) with a Kindergarten Tea, which was like a relaxed open house.  Tate got the chance to check out
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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
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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.... 
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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
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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!"
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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
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House of Clipos

Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:18 P GMT-08
Tate: "Mom, look, I made a house out of my Clipos."Me: "What a cool house, Tate!  But what is that round pink thing on the roof?"Tate: "Oh, that's the Direct TV dish." 
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There is nothing better than...

Friday, 28 November 2008 11:54 P GMT-08
...watching a little kid see Christmas lights for the first time.   Well, for Felicity it's technically the second time she has seen Christmas lights, but I don't think she remembers last year.  So tonite she ran into the kitch
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Pumpkin Patch Pics

Monday, 24 November 2008 10:16 P GMT-08
Time for another photo blog....apologies to those of you with dial-up.In October we went to Tanaka Farms , which is an actual working farm right in the heart of Orange County.  Their pumpkin picking tours are always super popular and we went wit
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school photos and artwork

Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:43 A GMT-08
Here is this year's official school photo of my teenager...er, I mean Tate: WHEN DID THIS BOY GROW UP???  I'm torn between feeling thrilled with such a nice photograph, yet depressed because he is growing up too fast!When I picked him up
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Bubbles!

Tuesday, 18 November 2008 9:06 P GMT-08
Bubble Bath from Andrea on Vimeo. Tate's one and only comment about this video?  "Why is my butt so white?"
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TMI, people. Consider yourself forewarned...

Thursday, 13 November 2008 7:05 A GMT-08
So this morning I was abruptly awakened by Tate, who apparently had to urgently take a dump at 5am.   There I was enjoying a peaceful slumber when all of a sudden I hear, "MAMA!!  I NEED HELP WIPING!!"Good lord, no.  Of
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conversation with a 4-year old

Wednesday, 12 November 2008 11:51 P GMT-08
3:00 p.m.Tate: "Is the sun going down?"*Me: "No, not yet."Tate: "YES IT IS!"Me: "Um, okay.  Yes, the sun *is* going down."Tate: "NO!!!!!!!!!  I DON'T WANT THE SUN GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!"&nbs
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Cookin' with Tate

Monday, 3 November 2008 11:38 P GMT-08
30 minutes until midnight...let's see if I can bust this one out in time!Tate helped me "cook" tonite, which was downright hilarious.  (Both his one-liners *and* the fact that I cooked!)  He started by throwing the ground beef
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The story behind the robot costume

Sunday, 2 November 2008 5:46 P GMT-08
Back in August I asked Tate what he wanted to be for Halloween.  He immediately replied, "A robot!"  I waited a week and asked him again.   He still wanted to be a robot, so I started looking for costumes online.  T
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Happy Halloween!

Friday, 31 October 2008 5:59 A GMT-08
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LA County Fair

Friday, 19 September 2008 9:07 P GMT-08
This week I took the kids out to Pomona for the LA County Fair.  Some may say I'm crazy for taking the kids there by myself, but I met up with my friend Danielle who brought her FOUR kids (under age 5), including two-week old twins!! &n
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star soccer player!

Tuesday, 16 September 2008 7:38 P GMT-08
Tate started soccer last week and this is going to be way waaaaay better than the last attempt at soccer.  First of all, we're on Coach Brian's team -- YAY!  Much better than last year's coach who spent too much time lecturing a
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Batter up!

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 11:51 A GMT-08
Now that summer is pretty much over,  I think it's time I start blogging about some of the activities that kept us busy this summer!
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