Leaving the neighborhood

Linda and Larry bought a new home .... we went over tonight to see their empty home...she has been my neighbor for over 10 years and even tho they moved a few blocks away I'm going to miss her right next door 

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Movie date

With the family 

We checked out a new theater in mankato the seats were recliners and soooooo comfy the kids loved it. We watched Annie which was surprisingly a good movie 

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Tooth fairy visit

The tooth fairy left reyna a card ....she was so excited 

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Morning, noon, and night

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Gas prices

We have a hyvee fuel savers card you earn cents off you fuel purchase when you buy certain items. This last shopping visit had a total of 1.04 of a gallon. Tonight 

Kevin filled his empty van for under 20.00. I can't remember if we gave ever been able to do that.

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Lunch

With daddy today 

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Doing homework

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Guess who lost a tooth

The first picture was taken this when she for home from school.  She came in with the news "I have a loose toorh" 30 minutes later I took the second picture.

This is the first tooth she lost she was one very excited 5 year old today!

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Morning noon and night

 

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Dinner

Yahaira has been taking 1st communion classes for the past 4 weeks. Part of the class includes a meal shared by the families participating. Wednesday was our turn to provide the meal.  She planned for weeks what we would bring.  She came home from school wondering if it was time to go to class her excitement was impossible to contain.  What a great idea to include a meal as part of these classes. Her class is small only 5 students and each week she would come home from school sharing with me what the person that week was bringing.  That they were talking and sharing outside of the actual class was a great thing to experience.  After all a part of communion is belonging to a family in faith and communion is a meal what a great way to teach these young people about an important part of their church life.

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Her latest project

In the world of rainbow looms there isn't much this child can't create. She saw an example in a book and soon her glasses were transformed.  She amazes me. 

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morning, noon, and night

 

I saw this idea on another blog awhile back and loved the idea of capturing a photo at different times during our day.  Of course the trick is to remember to take those photos. Finally today I managed to remember all 3 photos.

Sleeping

Under the careful watch of the cat
these two have a love/hate relationship
she loves the cat and well the cat just barely tolerates her so
to fing the two of them like this one evening was a rather
beautiful moment...guess she kinda grew on the cat. She does have that way about her.

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A window

"Hey look" she said "this pizza box has a window."  Love how she find the extraordinary in the ordinary.

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She's had enough

Basketball for the day
5 1/2 hours of basketball is a bit much for even the die hard fan
so when there was a pause in the current game, she laid down and
said I'm done.  I briefly thought about joining her I was done too.

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Happy Birthday Rose

We've know her for almost 10 years.  She has spent many weekends with us
and joined us on many adventures big and small.  Saturday she joined us for the day
filled with kid activities, choosing to spend her birthday with our crew.  She is
an amazing person inside and out.

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Concession food

Today's find....blue Laffy taffy 

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Basketball tournament

 

She started her day out with a dance recital and then a quick trip to a neighboring town to join her team in their basketball tournament.  She had spent the night at a birthday party sleep over and I was certain that by noon she would just be a puddle of overtired emotions.  She stuck with it, not a whine out of her, she was tired by the time we returned home at the end of the day.

She amazes me often.

My little dancers

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With their awesome dance teachers Mrs Meyer 

Dancing

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Winter sun

a sunny day in the midst of winter always makes me smile. always.

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Small pizza

"Hey my pizza is little like me!" She exclaimed when it arrived at the table 

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Pizza night

Last night found just these two home so we headed to Pizza Hut before Rosie's appointment. Reyna was excited because sh e got to use her book it coupon.  Kinda weird to be dining with two instead of six.

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New mixer

The arrival.of this the other day caused one member of this house's heart to swoon (mine) and generated a lot of curiosity from the younger members. 

"What is it?" They wondered. And as I explained one said in shocked disbelief "it does what?"  cooking with this crew is always an adventure and when it comes to mixing anything our standard tool of choice is a fork or spoon since adding a hand held mixer  into the equation would guarantee an er visit. Thus the disbelief for a few to hear that a machine would do in minutes what previously had taken much longer. I laughed at their faces wondering if this is how I looked when first introduced to a microwave or my grandma when a washing machine first made its appearance in her life.

We tried the mixer out today and as many faces watched the wonder of cookie dough being mixed, love that the mixing bowl is clear adding a clear view to the process. One said quietly " that was so fast"  and because it was simply so fun and easy we made a batch of brownies and a cake ...these little wonders are in baking heaven at the moment.  

Care in community benefit

Today our family worked a benefit for a family that lost their home in a fire last November...what an amazing experience to work with so many generous and caring volunteers.  The experience and knowledge made this a great experience. So amazing to be able to help out those in need. 

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