tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3203361962150726252024-02-07T20:39:26.444-06:00A Penny & Cooper For Your ThoughtsLittle Ones, Little Moments...Big Life!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.comBlogger373125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-56993848530871374702017-01-02T11:42:00.000-06:002019-04-12T16:09:12.152-05:00A West Texas Christmas!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This year we stepped out and did things a little different this year...We traveled to Lajitas, Texas to celebrate Christmas! Ma-mas, Pa-Pa, and Uncle Clint joined us as we relaxed by the fire, took in the beautiful mountain scenery, explored nearby Terlingua, and hiked in Big Bend National Park. Such a unique and fun way to spend the holiday! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three kiddos very glad to have arrived after SEVEN hours in the car. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First on the itinerary was to meet the mayor of Lajitas...Clay Henry III, the beer drinking goat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ghost town tour in Terlingua.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The local landscape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Climbers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom, Dad, Uncle Clint and Cooper hiked the Window Trail in Big Bend. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More rock climbing after a dip in the Hot Spring. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kids were worried Santa wouldn't find us in West Texas, but he did!</td></tr>
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Happy New Year to all!</div>
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-63861003641067014612016-12-27T15:18:00.002-06:002016-12-27T15:18:53.164-06:00Ellie's 3rd Birthday!Ellie is three! This little baby, er big girl, is just growing up way too fast. Ellie is spunky and a real sweetie pie! We love listening to her little tales and watching her try to hang in there with the big kids (she mostly does). She loves playing with her big brother and sister and her "Brynlee Friend" from down the street. She likes Peppa Pig, Poppy the Troll and Minions. She can say just about anything and has no problem giving her opinion. Ellie goes to preschool three days a week and LOVES her teachers. If something doesn't go her way at home, she says, "I need to tell my teacher!" It seems unreal that we have such a big girl on our hands but here we are. We can't wait to see what the next year holds for her!<div>
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We celebrated Ellie's birthday with a little party at home. Our friends the Opielskis, Steve and Mary Bennett, and Ma-Mas and Pa-Pa all came over to help celebrate. The kids all played, enjoyed cake and opened presents. Ellie had a blast! She liked it being her birthday!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie..big three year old!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pink Princess Poppy Cake a la Mama...as requested by Ellie</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-68644929823010045342016-10-31T21:21:00.000-05:002016-10-31T21:21:28.682-05:00Halloween 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Happy Halloween 2016!! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Scarecrow, Pinkalicious, and one uncooperative Peppa Pig. <br />Cooper and Penny are old pros at this Halloween thing by now! They had a ton of fun visiting some friends, eating out, then hitting up a nearby neighborhood for some trick-or-treating! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little candy was just the ticket! <br />Ellie really had fun for her third Halloween. She insisted on carrying her own treat bag and walking the whole way while we trick-or-treated. After every house she would exclaim, "I got one Mommy!" (Except at one house, where the candy bowl was left unattended on a porch. We said several times to take just one. Ellie came running back yelling, "I got TWO Mommy!"</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-76337319889141413322016-10-19T08:10:00.001-05:002016-10-19T08:11:47.967-05:00Cooper's 8th Birthday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We just celebrated Cooper's EIGHTH birthday! That's right, his eighth. This sweet guy is just the best! On October 4th, his actual birthday, Cooper was treated to his name on the marquee at school, cupcakes at cub scouts, and presents at home. On the following Saturday we celebrated some more with a pool party at home. The Naisers, Ma-mas and Pa-Pa, and many friends from school came over to join the fun. Coop is absolutely wild about Angry Birds right now, so that was the theme of the party. He also received Angry Birds Legos as gifts, amongst other things. All in all we had a great week celebrating our big guy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of the party pics...Cupcakes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After swimming and cake, Cooper took his friends on a tour which included showing them the chicken coop and playing on the playground.</td></tr>
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-13904842795152042622016-08-28T14:04:00.000-05:002016-08-28T14:04:43.538-05:00Penny's Sixth Birthday! <span style="text-align: center;">Yesterday we were happy to celebrate Penny's sixth birthday! We enjoyed a visit from Nonnie and a swim party to help make Penny feel special on her day. Ma-Mas, Pa-Pa, our family of five, and five of Penny's friends came over to swim, make princess crowns, eat cupcakes and open gifts. It was so much fun and Penny was so happy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The spread...we are ready for this princess swim party to start!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She's ready! Here she is making her "princess face."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our swimming princess.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny and friends make their own crowns!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot of all the princesses!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group shot...plus one photo bomber.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blow out the candles and make a wish!</td></tr>
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Such a fun day! After the party we all relaxed but we weren't done! After dinner Penny got to open more presents from Mom and Dad and all the kids played with the new toys until bedtime. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-30318758350538269382016-08-22T10:23:00.000-05:002016-08-22T10:23:39.763-05:00And That's a Wrap!<br />
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We tried our best to make the most of our last month of summer, cramming in every fun thing we could think of. We spent our time both at and away from home. Penny took a dance class, giving Mom some extra time with Ellie and Cooper. We went to the movies and saw "Pete's Dragon." We enjoyed visits from both the Bateys and the Caskeys. We visited the Frio River, Corpus Christi, Port Aransas and Fredericksburg. We were treated to an afternoon at the JW Marriott on our very last day before school started. Overall we have had a great summer, but we are ready to get back to school!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny is ready for her dance class! <br />Ellie is happy to be wearing a headband like her big sister!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie and Delite enjoy some pool time during the Batey's visit.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper LOVES to jump off the pool waterfall at Ma-mas and Pa-Pa's house!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper enjoys some reflective time at the beach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girls' Day in Fredericksburg! Of course we had to visit Dooley's!</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-70502595336732883372016-08-01T14:02:00.000-05:002016-08-01T14:02:23.540-05:00July!Just a few of our activities during the heart of summer. We hope to fit in some more fun before we (sniff) go back to school in three weeks. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fireworks on the Fourth!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canyon Lake with friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Do-Seum!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Canyon Lake with friends (again).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Movies! We saw "The Secret Life of Pets."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hanging around at the "duck park."</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-727430417038981192016-06-24T17:17:00.000-05:002016-06-24T17:18:20.943-05:00Summatime!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Happy Summer! Since school let out, we haven't really slowed down. It took over a week before anybody could sleep in past 6:30 a.m. and I admit we had a bit of an adjustment period. Everybody had to remember how to be around each other all. day. long. There were lots of squabbles over toys and space while Mom concentrated on not losing her marbles the first week! We kept finding fun things to do and everybody was so tired all three kids have been taking afternoon naps. All the swimming, enjoying being at home, visits from Ma-Mas and Pa-Pa, and finding things to do around Boerne has been fun but taxing. It hasn't been difficult staying un-bored, but remembering my camera has been! (Thank goodness for the iPhone.) A recap from the last three weeks:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The day after the last day of school. Just hangin' at home. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just a few days in...bowling birthday party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bowling Alley game room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So far, LOTS of time in the pool. We swim almost every evening which has helped us find our rhythm to enjoy peaceful (mostly) days at home.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bumming around Boerne.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our friends the Eggers visited and we hit up Boerne Market Days. Here is my shout-out for Ellie...this little one is a trooper! She manages all the running around, the heat, and the loose schedule with ease.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper and Penny did a round of swim lessons. Penny got over her fear of the diving board!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">THIS girl earned a "girl only" shopping/lunch date with Mom. We hit Penny's favorite spots... TJ Max, Target, and Chick-Fil-A. (Love her!!!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper performs in a skit at the Cibolo Nature Center. Both Coop and Penny attended day camp for a week and had a blast!</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-81366201531994668592016-06-02T10:31:00.002-05:002016-06-02T10:34:41.458-05:00First Day/Last Day 2016FINALLY! The last day of school is here! Cooper had a great year in first grade, and Penny did awesome in kindergarten! Both of them grew a lot, learned A LOT, and changed a little. Bring on summer, second grade and first grade!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Day of School, August 24, 2015</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last Day of School, June 2, 2016.</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-52973522172567668122016-05-25T13:43:00.000-05:002016-05-25T13:50:05.469-05:00Wrapping it Up in MayI wish I could keep up the former frequency of blog posts, but I just find that harder and harder to do as the kids get older and their activities increase. As the school year comes to an end (Five more days!!!), so do a lot of the extracurriculars. (Soccer, Dance, Cub Scouts, and Girl Scouts...all DONE until the fall.) The last month has gone fast, so that must mean we are having fun. We are, but we are also looking forward to the less structured, carefree days of summer. Hopefully then I can find time to continue documenting these three growing up! A few things of note from the last month:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny and her fellow Daisy Girl Scout sold enough cookies to earn a trip to the zoo. They also got to ride the train, the carousel, go in the butterfly house, and have ice cream! Penny had so much fun! Also, in her first year in Girl Scouts she earned all her Daisy petals! One more year of Daisies before becoming a Brownie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper had a big year in Cub Scouts! He loved it! Also, Daddy was the den leader this year which really made it an awesome experience for him. Cooper earned his Tiger badge and Daddy got to be the one to pin it on!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And then this little bundle of sweetness. Ellie is now two and a half and she just keeps growing and changing! She talks a blue streak now and we just love listening to that sweet voice! She is finishing up her first year at preschool, which she loves. On Mondays and Fridays, the days she doesn't go to school, she asks to go and cries when I have to tell her it isn't a school day! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We did manage to sneak in some lake time with all the goings-on around here!</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-12498597970463126942016-04-13T10:18:00.000-05:002016-04-13T10:18:09.714-05:00Spring...Finally!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Though we have had a mild winter, it feels as if it would NEVER go away! Finally the birds are singing and the flowers are blooming! We are staying busy with school, soccer, dance, girl scouts, and cub scouts so the time is slipping by. More and more we are outside enjoying our yard and pining now for summer...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April 1st. <br />Crazy little hail storm one day after one of the warmer days of the year so far. Gotta love spring in Texas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The baby chicks are growing! They have been enjoying some free-range practice in the evenings when the weather is nice. We have eight chicks in all, though two are being raised for a friend. We expect to have 13 laying hens by July. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny enjoys the bluebonnets on her recent Girl Scout camping trip to Kerrville-Schreiner Park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our rose bush in bloom!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bluebonnets in our backyard. We have three times as many as we did last year!</td></tr>
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-59074489541553898762016-04-01T13:50:00.001-05:002016-04-07T15:14:49.074-05:00Easter at the Ranch 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="http://www.soopercoop.blogspot.com/2015/04/easter-at-ranch-2015.html">tradition of a Graham Ranch Easter</a> continues! Lots and lots of Ma-mas's family joined us for a weekend of being together, typical ranch activities ("hay" ride, fires, good food, tent camping) and Easter events. Cooper, Penny, and Ellie had several other kids to run around with and everyone had a blast! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption">Hey! Who's driving???</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie uses the bug box as her "purse."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy girl plays with the bubble machine.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny, Ellie, Caden, and Cooper dye Easter eggs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie held her own against the big kids in the Easter Egg hunt. Her basket was just as full! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper got a little bit competitive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny finds an egg hidden in a tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory after the hunt shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What did you get??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie enjoyed the giant marshmallow filled eggs.</td></tr>
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-23436458102320935312016-03-31T16:41:00.000-05:002019-04-01T12:24:53.767-05:00Spring Break 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first part of the week was spent in Corpus Christi. Pa-Pa heated the pool so the kids just swam and swam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a little fish!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny LOVES the pool!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After Corpus Christi and few quiet days at home, we traveled to Houston to visit Nonnie. The kids had fun at the neighborhood park.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great shot of Coop! You have to catch him, as he is in that funny stage where they try a little too hard to smile for the camera.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As if park, Nonnie, and cousin time wasn't enough...the kids had fun on the slip-n-slide.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sweet Ellie.</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-66116509531405244292016-02-19T13:29:00.000-06:002016-02-19T13:29:55.616-06:00Girl Scouting with Penny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past fall Penny became a Daisy Girl Scout and she is having so much fun! Mom loves it because Girl Scouts is something that she gets to enjoy one-on-one with her biggest girl! We have done LOTS with her troop so far. Penny loves to "do activities" at the meetings with her fellow Daisy which involve crafts and games that center around a character building lesson. We have also helped with a holiday service project of wrapping toys for children in need, attended a day camp, attended the Christmas Party and gone camping. Penny has also really enjoyed selling cookies and has really worked to meet her goal of 100 boxes. Ellie and Cooper both have enjoyed joining us on golf cart rides around the neighborhood selling and delivering cookies. Penny is enjoying being a part of girl scouts so much I felt it needed a shout out...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny on her first Girl Scout outing...day camp at La Jita Girl Scout Camp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting her ceramic Christmas tree at the Girl Scout Christmas Party.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First night on our February camping trip...it was so cold that she earned her Penguin patch! (Camping in temperatures below 32 degrees.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first activity while camping was archery. Penny was really proud of her shot to the teeth of the zombie target. (Seriously, I have no idea why zombies are an appropriate archery target at a camp for little girls. But, I digress.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And the pinnacle of the trip...horseback riding!!!!! This was Penny's FAVORITE part of the whole trip. We may be at the beginning of a little girl horse obsession...</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_117756756"></span><span id="goog_117756757"></span><br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-89089613962541788332016-01-21T15:38:00.000-06:002016-01-21T15:42:37.608-06:00Winter Ranchin'...2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Apparently we like to go the ranch in January. Right before I posted this I realized this is the fifth year in a row I have posted about a ranch trip in January. We had a family tradition going on here and didn't even realize it! We just hadn't been to the ranch in awhile and just felt like going. The little jeep was the name of the game this trip, as ALL THREE kiddos took turns driving. This was big because Penny has never wanted to drive before, always preferring Coop to chauffeur her around. However, once Ellie took an interest in driving, Penny was not to be out done!<br />
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-75638993526632242242016-01-08T17:26:00.001-06:002016-01-08T17:34:20.675-06:00Merry Christmas and Happy 2016!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Christmas 2015 did not disappoint! We had lots of guests, gifts, friends, family, food, and fun in our house! Ma-Mas, Pa-Pa, and Uncle Clint joined us for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and Nonnie came to visit the day after Christmas. Our break from school and work flew by because we were in constant motion! After Nonnie's visit we weren't done! Our friends the Naisers joined us to watch the Aggies play their bowl game (disappointing, of course) before we all headed out on New Year's Eve Day to go to the N-Cinco Ranch! It was cold but so nice to get away, be outdoors, and decompress after the holidays.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just one of our activities over the holidays...We also shopped, went to the movies, attended neighborhood holiday parties, played outside (Thank you El Nino for so far a mild winter), and vegged out to countless Christmas movies on DVR. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santa came! (And so did the kids.) Penny and Ellie were THRILLED with the Barbie Dreamhouse, Mom not so much with the fights that ensued. Cooper couldn't believe he got his very own Red Ryder BB gun, golf club and ball retriever. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling festive and getting into big sister's new markers...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Christmas night. <br />
The guys played darts in the garage, the kids played with their new toys, and Ma-Mas and Mom just RELAXED. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nonnie came after Christmas and took this rare shot of all five of us in one spot. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny hams it up at the ranch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">RARRRR!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These two outdoorsmen had the most fun out of anyone.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nine days apart but on the exact same page.</td></tr>
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<br />Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-22924374376168157442015-12-22T13:40:00.002-06:002015-12-22T13:40:58.813-06:00Ellie is Two!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes it's true! Ellie is two! Now that we've gotten this far as parents of three, its a little easier to reflect and enjoy who this sweet girl is and is becoming! Ellie is a real sweetheart and a real stinker! She has a very serious side but if you make her laugh it will just make your day. She loves to be doing whatever her brother and sister are doing. They play together all the time! If she runs into trouble and Mama isn't immediately available, she goes to Cooper to get help. It is so cute to watch Cooper carrying her around or trying to soothe her when she cries. Of course there are skirmishes, as there always are with siblings, but she can hold her own. No more taking toys from this girl! She won't stand for it and has learned how to tattle. Ellie has recently been getting into Penny's things, which of course doesn't go over well. We tell Penny it's because she just loves her and wants to be just like her!<br />
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A few things to know about Ellie...She is a little thing! Only 33 inches tall and weighing 23 pounds and 12 ounces. (For comparison, Penny at age two was 36 inches tall and 27 pounds.) Perhaps she comes more from the Graham side and less from the Kirk side. Her size can fool you as she looks too little to be able to be doing the things she can do. She already knows most of her colors, can count to ten, sing a few songs and say anything you ask her to say. She likes to run around outside with her siblings, swing (NOT on the baby swing), and go down the slide. At her well visit with the doctor this morning she impressed the doctor with how she could use both hands to stack over ten blocks and how she kept bringing me books to read saying, "Nother Un!" She got two shots and didn't even grimace! Tough girl!<br />
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We just exclaim over her all the time because she is just so stinkin' cute! The older two crack up when she says what they tell her to say. She loves books and lately has been insisting, "NO Mama, Ellie read it!" About a week ago she tried to climb out of the crib and flipped herself out of it. She was fine but clearly ready for the big girl bed. Thankfully that was a smooth transition. She is so proud of sleeping in that bed and has cut the night routine from two to three books to just one so she can hurry and get in bed! Ellie attends preschool three days a week and loves it! Her teachers didn't believe me at first that she could talk because she stayed completely silent at school until just a few weeks ago. That's just how she is. She had to warm up to all the new people before she would start showing off who she is. <br />
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We celebrated Ellie's birthday yesterday with our friends Sara, Jack, and Ford. They came over and played. Then we had pizza and cupcakes and Ellie got to open her presents. Jack and Ford gave her a princess puzzle and we gave her a little tricycle. She enjoyed the presents. I'm not sure what she will think when in a few days we have Christmas and there are more presents! <br />
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We are so thankful to have this little sweetie rounding out our family. She is so fun and we can't wait to see how she grows and changes in the coming year. Happy Birthday Ellie Boo!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie got a tricycle and she loves it!</td></tr>
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We got a new playscape a few weeks back and we couldn't be enjoying it more! Daddy and I got the area cleared and ready for it just in time to spend the cool fall evenings outside. Here's to hoping for a mild winter so we can keep on enjoying it!</div>
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For us, October was defined by these moments, places, and faces!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little Ellie LOVES school and is really coming into her own. She can and will say just about anything and wants to be right in the middle of everything going on...in this case, sidewalk chalk and hamming for the camera.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny, sidewalk chalk, and Violet Sparkle. <br />
This budding artist LOVES to draw and color. Just give her a medium. The driveway is perfect!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom got to visit the fire station with both Cooper and Penny's classes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny was Student of the Month! (For the entirety of kindergarten, for the whole month!) Cooper was a little bit jealous until we saw that he made the newspaper front page for his trip to the fire station. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had an early dismissal day that we spent in San Antonio with Ma-mas, Pa-Pa, and Uncle Clint. (Happy Birthday Ma-mas!) Of course we visited Brackenridge Park and rode the train. We then took the three to a fancy restaurant for dinner and they were so good! (That was a nail biter!)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom's birthday was rainy but it was perfect thanks to this view, family in town, ALL DAY football watching, hot soup, and gourmet cupcakes.</td></tr>
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Last Sunday Cooper turned SEVEN years old! This big guy needs to stop growing because it is hard to wrap our heads around the idea that we have such a big kid in our midst! I know I think this every year, but really so far this is my new favorite age of his. He is still the sweet, sensitive guy he has always been but now he is really just so fun! He is such a happy soul and is always having fun and just plain glad to be there. He is willing to try anything (except for new foods) and seems to enjoy everything! Just going for a drive in the car seems like an adventure if Coop is with you. He asks lots of questions and comes up with all kinds of ideas. (Hmm, reminds me of somebody...Can we say his Daddy??) Its so amusing and cute to have a conversation with him because we are always so impressed with the things he can come up with and the things he thinks to ask. </div>
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Coop is in first grade and is doing great! Now that this is his second year at his elementary school, he is much more comfortable and confident. I just recently had a conference with his teacher and she had such glowing things to say. He is very good about doing his work and doing it well. I was also told how helpful he is in the classroom. If he sees another classmate struggling with something he takes it upon himself to go and help them! This news just makes us that much more proud of him! </div>
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Cooper has many interests. He is STILL the train nut that he has been since he was a toddler and we think that is so cool that he likes something that much. He can be found playing with his trains just about any time. Recently it seems he has caught the college football bug from Mama and Daddy. Last year when we would turn it on, he would complain. This year he watches with us. (Its all fun and games until the kid actually wants to PLAY football and this Mama becomes a nervous wreck!) Coop also likes the outdoors and loves to swim, ride his bike or scooter, play soccer, and just "do stuff" around the yard. We are on soccer hiatus this fall which has given us the chance to let Cooper try some different activities. So far, he LOVES golf and has a blast at cub scouts. Of course, it helps that Daddy is the den leader! He often talks about things that you can "exploded" and recently was amazed when a neighbor took him to shoot off rockets at the park. He is always asking to do science experiments, usually redoing ones that they did at school. He is just so intrigued by how things work! Just this morning on the way to school he had Daddy explain how and why the turn signals on the car work. (I'm pretty sure I never once as a child even thought to ask that.) </div>
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Cooper is also such a good big brother! Even though he has figured out how to push Penny's buttons and how much fun it is, they are still the best of friends. When I pick them up from school, they are usually holding hands and he sort of leads her to the car. During Penny's first week of school, Cooper took it as his duty to make sure she knew where to sit in the cafeteria before the bell rang. It is a big ease on my mind to know that he looks out for her! Cooper also is patient and kind with Ellie. (Most of the time.) Quite often he plays with her, carries her around, and sits by her on the couch. So cute! All in all, we have one awesome, special now SEVEN year old on our hands and we couldn't be more happy about it!</div>
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For Coop's birthday this year we celebrated with a joint birthday party with Penny a week before his actual birthday and with a weekend trip with Ma-mas, Pa-Pa and Uncle Clint to the ranch. The kid couldn't have been happier as he adores being at the ranch. All that running around, driving the little jeep, doing tasks around the ranch with Daddy, and riding in the tractor with Pa-Pa is just the perfect setting for this active boy. Since we got home from the ranch on Sunday, Mama didn't have a chance to make a cake as usual. But he did get to take cupcakes to school on the Friday before to share with his class. We also went out to eat and for frozen yogurt to help him feel special on his day. I think he did, because he went wild over the new train set he got!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok, so frozen yogurt AND a cookie for this birthday boy!</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-77329275968143701082015-09-29T11:20:00.000-05:002015-09-29T11:20:27.988-05:00Birthday Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This past Saturday we celebrated both Cooper and Penny's birthdays with a pool party! We had a great mix of family, old friends, neighbors, and friends from school come to help us celebrate. I don't think we have ever had that many kids in the pool at one time! All the kids had a blast swimming, playing on a slip-n-slide, eating cake, and playing with some of Cooper and Penny's gifts. Overall the party was a giant success! We topped off the evening with our friends the Naisers staying over night and some neighbors and Ma-Mas and Pa-Pa staying to watch the Aggies beat the Arkansas Razorbacks...Whoop! Some party pics...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How many kids can you fit in one hot tub??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids eat cake!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper and Penny were nice enough to share some of their new toys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The morning after..everyone just wanted to lounge.</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-11855683821820391492015-09-22T19:13:00.002-05:002015-09-22T19:13:18.510-05:00Fall Fredericksburg Weekend 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This past weekend while Daddy, Pa-Pa, and Uncle Clint were hunting, Ma-mas, Mama and the kids spent some time in Fredericksburg. We walked up and down Main Street, went to the Fall Festival, a family reunion, and Trade Days. Mama and Ma-mas tried to squeeze in things that the kids would enjoy, so that they would let us shop! It sort of worked, because all three kids did have fun! The highlight of course was attending Ma-mas' family reunion. It was fun to see family and watch the kids run wild. (They enjoyed that too.) Overall, what a great weekend!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We drove straight to Fredericksburg after Cooper and Penny got out of school on Friday. They were anxious to visit the park and run around. We happily obliged.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All three kids' favorite spot on Main Street...the toy store with the playhouse in front!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On Saturday morning we hit the town early! We stumbled upon a Fall Festival going on, which had many free activities for kids. Coop loved the "train." Naturally.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie enjoyed the playhouse. Another thing to note about this little one...she said "Ma-mas" for the very first time! She was so excited that she could say it that she kept saying it over and over. <br />(Ma-mas was thrilled.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a full morning on Main Street, we ALL took naps back at the hotel. We wanted to have energy for the Becker Reunion! Here they are waiting to find out if we won anything. We knew it was time to go back to the hotel when we didn't win any raffle, silent auction, or guessing items and Cooper burst into tears. I guess since we won the giant jar of cheeseballs last year, they thought it was a gimme.</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-2738277172426836732015-09-10T16:41:00.000-05:002015-09-10T16:41:54.469-05:00Summertime Edition of "While They Were Sleeping"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This summer I was on the go with three kids pretty much on a constant basis. You'd think I wouldn't have had a chance to get anything "extra" done. I did, however, implement a rest time every afternoon. This allowed for some sewing time! I knocked out several projects that had been on my mental to-do list for a while so it felt great to get them done. I kept on sewing, thinking that this fall I could really hit it hard. Ironically, since school started I haven't even touched the sewing machine! A flood of other projects, school commitments, and an altogether different routine hasn't left much room for the "extra." Here's to hoping I don't have to wait until next summer to sew again. What I managed to squeeze in over the summer:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A superhero cape for a friend...and my first ever applique!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One shopping trip for fabric brought out that I had never made anything for Cooper! So I made him a set of pillowcases from fabric that he picked out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course, once I realized how EASY pillowcases are, I couldn't stop! One for each girl came next. (Aren't my models cute??)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby blanket! My cousin welcomed a baby boy this summer and I was so thrilled to have a baby to sew for. (I also threw together some burp cloths, but forgot to take a picture.)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And another blanket for a friend's baby that will be here soon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Girls! Seems all the sewing ends up being for them! Penny LOVES it when her and Ellie match, so how could I resist TWO dresses from only one yard of fabric?</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-89147160114897031172015-08-31T13:06:00.000-05:002015-08-31T13:06:39.652-05:00Penny is Five!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Penny, ready for school on the morning of her birthday. <br />
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Who can believe our little Penny is now FIVE YEARS OLD??? It just doesn't seem possible, but here we are! We have quite the little character on our hands, and it just comes out more and more the older she gets. In the last year she has grown up a lot! So much in fact, that we decided to go ahead and send her on to kindergarten, even if she is on the young side. We know that little brain of hers is always working and needs stimulation! So far, after one week, it seems to be the right decision. She loves her teacher and has already made a little friend that she comes home talking about everyday. (She also informs us everyday that the boys get in trouble everyday.) Penny has many interests. She LOVES princesses and anything pertaining to princesses. This includes dolls, figurines, dressing up, frilly dresses, shoes, jewelry, and hair accessories. She can still be seen wearing her favorite purple crown from time to time, though the year long stint of wearing it every day is over. (It had to be! She wore it so much it stretched out and is too big for her head now!) Her favorite colors are now pink and purple, when a year ago everything had to be just pink. </div>
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Even though princess stuff is her main gig, she can still be found playing in a number of ways. She has become wild about coloring, drawing, and painting. She draws and colors at least one picture everyday. She also plays A LOT with her baby sister. They play with dolls, in the toy kitchen, and just about with anything they find. They also like to "read" books together. We've especially noticed how much more willing she is to play with Ellie, and how much Ellie really loves her sister. Penny likes to play games, work puzzles (and she is really good at it), play on the iPad, and hang out with Cooper. She likes being funny and is always trying to get Cooper to laugh. The other night Cooper was "scared" and didn't want to go to sleep. Penny to the rescue! We told her she was allowed to tell Cooper three jokes but then they had to go to sleep. She did and both slept fine all night. She also LOVES to help Mama in the kitchen and becomes indignant if I try and bake anything without her. </div>
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We are so excited to watch Penny grow and change! She is such a funny, sweet and sassy thing, we can't even imagine what the coming year and first year in school will bring. We are in for a ride, we know that!</div>
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Penny asked to go to Build-A-Bear again for her birthday, so that is just what our family did. She really enjoyed building her purple pony...until she realized that the princess dresses were for the bears and didn't fit the ponies. As the lip started to quiver when we told her it was too late to change animals, Daddy saved the day! He suggested she pick out a princess dress as well to take home and put on the bear she built last year. Birthday saved! Whew!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper got to build a character too! He chose Kevin the minion, which immediately began the minion talk out of Penny.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afterward, we celebrated at home with a cake made by Mama and presents!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now the hard part...sharing all the new princess stuff with her siblings!</td></tr>
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Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17100137656640143301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320336196215072625.post-59638061287964063292015-08-24T09:47:00.000-05:002015-08-24T09:53:32.652-05:00First Day of School 2015!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cooper and Penny's first day of school! Penny is in Kindergarten and Cooper is in First Grade! All went smoothly for our first day. Cooper was a little apprehensive but ok. Penny was super excited! As soon as she put on her new dress with matching headband, socks and shoes, she was all smiles and silliness and ready for kindergarten!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parents are allowed to walk their little ones to class on the first day. Cooper perked up when he saw some of his friends from last year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mama was so sad to drop this one off on her first day! Luckily Penny was thrilled that the teacher had set out purple play-doh for her and wasn't sad or scared at all! How can we be here with her already? It just doesn't seem that long ago that we were here:</td></tr>
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And, a few outtakes from our picture taking session...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He's being silly, but I love how she's looking at him.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being minions...</td></tr>
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