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Dear Logan
My dearest first born, you were most definitely a labor of love 4 years ago today. Today you stand tall and confident, you are stubborn and firm. like your mom. And 4 years ago you were no different....
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Christmas
Christmas last year was not anything that I ever imagined it would be. First of all, we had twins, and that wasn't anything I ever imagined in a realm of possibilities in my life. Mostly, though...
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Four Birthday
Tomorrow, Logan will celebrate his first birthday party with "school friends". He is stoked, and so are we (I am about a million times more stoked that I decided against hosting 15 preschoolers at my...
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New post on Lindsay McGowan Photography!
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Celebrating four
In our house, apparently, birthdays last for a long time. Last weekend we celebrated Logan's birthday with a party at the University of Iowa Hall of Fame. The kids had a blast. They got to shoot some...
View ArticleSmooth talker
Sometimes my kid says the types of things that make me melt into a mommy puddle on the floor and makes every ounce hard work that goes into motherhood unbelievably worth it. For example, tonight, my...
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Hoot!
Isn't it funny how owls can be so cute when they are for kids, but let's be honest, real owls are kind of fierce! Exhibit ARight! Luckily, these cutie little owls are nothing even close to fierce....
View ArticleSometimes you just feel like watching what you want to watch!
Yesterday afternoon I had a brief period of time where all kids were napping - my three boys and the two little girls that I care for during the week. I took this opportunity to watch some DVR and...
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Parker-friendly treats
Since my wee little guy says no to eggs, (more on that here) I have decided to start testing out cooking and baking foods that would normally require eggs with egg substitute. While researching, I...
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Bathroom art
I have this bathroom. It is the most used bathroom in the house since it is the only one on the main floor of the house. However, it is small, has no windows, and has a serious identity crisis. I have...
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The Day of Love
Holidays become different when you have kids. and way more fun.I had high hopes for Valentines Day this year. Brian and I celebrated a few nights early with a post-kids-bedtime dinner to ourselves of...
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Salt Dough Fingerprint Pendants
We worked on Valentine gifts for about a week. We made salt dough and I had Logan and Eliza make bowls to give to their Dad's and fingerprint pendants for Eliza to give to her mom and, well, I of...
View ArticleDanger!
So this interesting event happened a few weeks ago, and despite the embarrassment this will cause my dear husband, I still have to share it here. because it is funny.Since I breastfeed our bambinos,...
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IKEA kids table re-do
I love being able to mix in adult pieces and spaces in with kid spaces in the main living area of a home. I think you can really achieve the best of both worlds when it comes to having a kid-friendly...
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Bathroom hooks
When I was about 5 months pregnant with Logan, and home alone, I decided that I needed to paint the soon-to-be kids bathroom. right. that. second. So off to the paint store I went and found this...
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Boys and 31
A few weeks ago, we headed back to Brian's Dad's house for the day. Our boys dressed in their Sunday best, and if you couldn't tell, Logan picked out his entire outfit down to the argyle socks.I took...
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Macky and cheese
Who doesn't love a good 'ol bowl of Macaroni and Cheese, or as my oldest son calls it "Macky and cheese"? It's about as comfort-foodish as comfort food gets, and in this house it gets gobbled up so...
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Play Ball!
Monday evening brought that spring-like weather that makes me lust for summer bonfires, ice cream cones, and flip flops. Not only was the weather fantastic, the sunset was spectacular, and I took this...
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Once again, I have kinda been a bad blogger. This just means I have been busy with other stuff. Undoubtedly, topics are most definitely swirling through my head quite often, and while I know what I...
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Rhubarb-banana-oat muffins
I have some friends that live on the west coast and have the luxury of getting Community Supported Agriculture boxes all year. In Iowa... that's just not going to happen. So I was stoked when we got...
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New friend
When I was a kid I would have LOVED a walk of chalkboard. I am picturing future play of "school", countless art masterpieces, and buying stock in chalk. I am excited.As were the kids when they saw...
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Aw, shucks.
Ok, so what is it called when you remove all the peas from a pod? Shucking, right? No, that's corn. Food for thought, that one.Anywho, we got a large bag of fresh peas in pods (not sugar snap peas...
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Boys of Summer
Considering the Twinkies are approaching 19-months-old (and the fact that I have been updating the blog about once a month lately - oops), I figured it were high time I did some writing.The fact is,...
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"where'd he go"
or, "where'd she go?". Or "where'd it go?". This is Parker's singular sentence that he says pretty much all day long. In any instance, this little sentence seems to fit, and he looks up at me with...
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Worst. Mommy-blogger. Ever. And about 600 photos.
I look at the blog daily, cringing, knowing I need to update. My kids are constantly changing and of course being brilliant, but any free moment at the computer has been spent photo-editing. I never in...
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