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Have I said this already?  I have three girls and I got to throw a Lego party.  A lego party!  Who would have thunk it?  Another thing I never thought I would get to do?  Set up a sidewalk chalk activity for a February birthday.  It was warmer than 60 degrees on Ellie’s party day […]

Legos for all my friends!

I usually claim that I am not detail oriented.  And I’m really not.  If I don’t write things down they slip.  If, when I’m sewing or making some sort of craft and it’s not perfect.  Eh!  No big deal. But sometimes I REALLY like to focus on details.  Like when I’m throwing a party.  Details […]

Details Details

This weekend was spectacular here.  60 degrees and sunny all weekend.  In honor of Ellie’s birthday I got some gerbera daisies in wonderful spring colors.  Then I dusted off the vases I got for Christmas and finally put them to good use. Since the weekend was so nice I didn’t spend much time working on […]

Spring

Today is Ellie’s 9th birthday.  At the beginning of the year Ellie’s teacher told us to put on our thinking caps.  All of the parents were to write a letter to/about their child for their birthdays and Mrs. Lockwood would read it to the class.  Mrs. Lockwood didn’t give many directives, but Ellie sure did. […]

Happy Birthday Kid

The second day of our Olympic adventure was actually crazier than the first.  We headed downtown to check out all the hubbub on the waterfront. Vancouver has an amazing light rail train system that funneled event goers and tourists down to the action.  It was so easy to park and walk right on. Our first […]

Day Two

That’s what Allen asked no less than 13 times on Sunday. Guess What?  WE ARE AT THE OLYMPICS! He was beyond excited and that excitement was infectious.  But after the 12th ‘Guess What’ this was the response Allen was starting to get… We’ve had our tickets for 16 months and we’ve been just waiting for […]

Guess What?