More Art Projects from Kara

Kara has continued to be busy this summer making a variety of art projects. These usually are recycled boxes turned into various things for her Webkinz Zumbuddies. This morning I went downstairs to do some laundry, and I found these recent additions to her collection on her desk: Kara tells me that this is a television [...]

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Webkinz Fun

My kids have enjoyed Webkinz for a long time, but recently the way they play with them has changed.  In the past they have enjoyed playing the Webkinz games on the internet, but lately they have come up with all kinds of ways of playing with the actual, real-world toys. It is not uncommon to [...]

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Make-Believe, Prairie Family Style

Earlier this week, I discovered that one of our school bookshelves had turned into a hospital!  I had to know the story behind this scene, and I knew just who to ask:  Kara Joy. She told me that she had been playing with Pepper, her Webkinz baby penguin, when she accidentally dropped him down the [...]

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John’s 12th Birthday

Yesterday was John’s 12th birthday.  Yes, I know:  he is really growing up! We had a very nice day to celebrate.  The highlight was probably eating at his favorite Chinese restaurant.  We were almost finished eating when the waitress surprised John with a birthday cake!  Everyone in the restaurant joined in singing Happy Birthday and [...]

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Luke’s Penguins

Luke is such a funny boy!  He has started his own penguin collection.  It started with his Little Kinz penguin.  He loves that thing.  Then he got the big one for his birthday.  When Webkinz came out with the Kinz Clips penguin, he knew that he wanted that one too.  When I asked him why [...]

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Sweet Siblings Sharing Webkinz

I        Luke and Kara have been quite the buddies lately. Where one is, the other is not far away.  Tonight I saw them at the table sharing the laptop as they were playing with their new Webkinz.  I am glad my camera was handy to capture what sweet friends they are!

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Kara and Luke Reached Their Exercise Goals Too!

      Well, I was right:  Cosette’s achievement of reaching her exercise goal last Saturday spurred some others who were close to reach theirs as well.  Kara and Luke both got enough points to get their first prizes. Kara got a Webkinz fish that she named Sparkles, and Luke got a whale that he named [...]

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First One to 100 Points

In my entry dated January 14,2009, entitled “Exercise Points,” I wrote about our family’s exercise incentive program.  We set up a plan where people could earn 1 point for every 10 minutes of exercise.  The younger kids had a goal of 50 points, while the adults and older kids had a goal of 100 points.  These [...]

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Exercise Points

I will admit it:  we had gotten pretty lazy this winter.  It is so easy to do when the weather is cold and we have school to do.  Our lack of activity bothered Dan, so last week he came up with a plan to get everyone to exercise, and it has met with unexpected success! [...]

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Tagged!

     My friend Heather at Adoptakid the Sequel tagged me!  (By the way, Heather, I love the new name for your blog!)  I am supposed to share 7 random and/or weird facts about myself.  So, here it goes: 1. I know sign language.  In fact, I was an interpreter for the deaf after I graduated from [...]

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