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 clapped [...]

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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

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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 Bubble.  Good for [...]

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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!
We [...]

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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 college.
2. I [...]

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Webkinz Fun

At Christmas time, my Mom wanted to buy Brock baseball cards for a gift.  I thought this was a terrific idea, but thought that Cosette might me interested in some sort of trading cards as well.  So, I started looking for trading cards for girls and was generally disappointed in what I found.  Most of [...]

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