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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Today was as perfect a day as a day can be. In my previous post I mentioned I wanted to work on having more “family” time. Well check, check for me! Today fulfilled that desire in every way. It was near perfection: relaxed morning all together, walking in puddles with Scotter, wearing Anders in the…
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So many thoughts- so little time
As a blogger, I constantly have post ideas flowing through my mind. I’ll find myself composing a post while doing the dishes, or other mindless activities. I’ll play with the word selection and sentence structure until it “reads” as I’d like in my head. But then, I’ll never find the time to write it down.…
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Anders: 11 weeks milestones
Anders has become so alert and playful in the last few weeks. His big wide-mouth smiles and twinkly eyes always melt me, and help assuage my grumpiness after a night with little sleep. He is interacting with the toys that hang from his bouncy seat now- trying to grab them, and smiling and squealing at…
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Descendants
My dad has been telling me for months that I need to check out Puzzilla.org. But I never got around to it until he actually showed me himself. I visited the site again a few nights ago and was deeply touched by this thought. Here is the display of the descendants of Ane Andersen. She…
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Name and Blessing: Anders Cyril Foutz
While we were in Phoenix we blessed Anders. In our church infants are brought before the church and given a name and a special blessing a few months after they are born. As I was thinking about the tradition the morning of, my mind turned to the Savior and how his parents took him to…
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Phoenix Fun!
Last week, we got to spend a few days with my brother's family (and a few hours with my brother, Derek). It was great to see my neice and nephews. Scotter was so thrilled to have playmates all day- he was on their trampoline most of the time we were there. It was especially fun…
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To Grandmother's house we go. . .
I think they look alike here, don't you? Pam's chocoate chip cookies- we gave her the recipe, but she truly perfected them! After our visit in Phoenix, we headed to Tucson to spend the rest of the week with Tom's parents. We had a wonderful time. Stan got to meet Anders for the first time,…
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Bribes, Threats and Other Parenting Conundrums
We've resorted to a fair amount of bribing and a small amount of threatening around here. It all started with potty training. If you go potty, you can get a candy. My first attempt at potty training was the three day intensive boot camp variety. There were no bribes just a lot of “fun” chip…
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Cheers!
I ran today. Only down the street and back, but I ran, and it felt great! Tom has been on call for the last week and he hasn’t got called in once! That means we’ve had “daddy” home all week- unexpectedly. It’s been amazing. I’m going to chalk that one up to grace. I bought…
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Sayings that suggest I'm succeeding as a mother:
It's easy to wonder if anything you are trying to teach your child is sinking in. Scotland has firmly entered the “I don't want to,” “I don't want it” stage of toddlerhood. It's his automatic response. At times he says it before he's completely heard the question. Often he'll realize only after saying “I don't…