February 16, 2010

President’s Day at home

Categories: Family — Kim on Feb 16, 2010 @ 9:14 pm Comments (0)

Little Man and Little Miss Throwsafit were both home from school for President’s Day. We all celebrated by sleeping in and having a little party:

It was cacophonous but great fun.
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December 23, 2009

Jumping for joy

Categories: Family — Kim on Dec 23, 2009 @ 9:46 pm Comments (2)

Today Little Man and I got to spend some time together. We went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks: the Squeakquel, which was barely amusing for adults but my son enjoyed it.
Afterward we did a little Christmas shopping at a nearby mall. While we were there, we spied a really cool bungy cord jumping thing [...]

 

September 6, 2009

Making a paper airplane

Categories: Family — Kim on Sep 06, 2009 @ 12:18 pm Comments (1)

Little Man was interested in making a paper airplane after we saw the airplane dropping the skydivers last night. Our first one was very basic and didn’t fly at all. Next stop was YouTube where I found this video that boasted it had the goods on how to fold “The BEST Paper Airplane In The WORLD.”  After [...]

 

February 3, 2009

And fun was had by all

Categories: All about me, Family — Kim on Feb 03, 2009 @ 9:31 am Comments (0)

We had a wonderful time in Vegas. It was beautiful weather, in the mid 60’s every day and sunny, a glorious way to spend a few days in the middle of winter.  I’ve got to get ready to go pick up the dogs from the boarder, so I’ll write more about our trip later today. [...]

 

August 15, 2008

We’re going to back from the fair

Categories: Family, Mommy bloggers, Up North Happenings, Works for Me Wednesday — Kim on Aug 15, 2008 @ 9:29 am Comments (2)

The Ogemaw County Fair is going on and today my babysitter and mother’s helper, Danielle, and I are taking the kids. They’ve never been to a fair before, so I’m really looking forward to seeing their reactions. Now that I think about it, I haven’t been to a fair in decades!
I’m taking my [...]

 

August 9, 2008

Sarah’s got a boyfriend

Categories: Family, Up North Happenings — Kim on Aug 09, 2008 @ 6:33 pm Comments (1)

I was in the house with the kids when my husband stuck his head in the door and yelled, “there’s a customer out here with a Great Dane.”
Ooh. Another Great Dane. I grabbed Sarah, my camera, and headed out the door.
Hank, the black Great Dane, is 8 months old. Sarah, the fawn Great Dane, [...]

 

August 6, 2008

Special Exposure Wednesday

Categories: Family — Kim on Aug 06, 2008 @ 3:15 am Comments (16)

I just now realized that I post a lot of my daughter’s therapy pictures for this particular meme. Rest assured, Little Miss Throwsafit does many other things besides therapy, so next time I’ll be sure to post a picture of her simply being a little girl having fun.
For now, however, I’m including another therapy picture. [...]

 

July 26, 2008

Swinging on a beautiful Saturday afternoon

Categories: Family, Works for Me Wednesday — Kim on Jul 26, 2008 @ 4:53 pm Comments (3)

Today my mother’s helper, Danielle, a sweet 15 year old neighbor girl, and I took the kids outside to swing on this beautiful Saturday afternoon.

 

July 12, 2008

It’s Little Miss Throwsafit’s turn to wear the hat

Categories: Family — Kim on Jul 12, 2008 @ 12:15 pm Comments (0)

Yesterday, I snapped pictures of Littlest One and Little Man wearing the birthday hat. Today, Little Miss Throwsafit found it, put it on her head, and posed for a couple of pictures:

 
 

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