SOOC: Cat-fishing

Dh let Bitty "practice" fishing in the yard, and of course Orion was fascinated by the little fishing weight bopping around the yard...For more SOOC photos, visit Slurping Life.If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or R...

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Magic Marker Monday: "Exciting Land"

Cuddlebug and Bearhug each brought home their writing folders at the end of the school year, and I've really been enjoying reading through them :).Here's a story written by Cuddlebug, titled "Exciting Land"You can click on the pictures to enlarge so it's easier to read, or the text is below. The only edit I did was to edit out Bitty's name and include translation on one word that's...

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The graduate

A few weeks ago, as the school year was winding to a close, I kept feeling like something was missing.It wasn't until a friend of mine mentioned her daughter's pre-k graduation that I realized what it was.Next year, Bitty will go on to Kindergarten with his 5-yr-old peers (with resource support, but he will be in a class with his same-age NT peers for the first time). However,...

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SOOC: Sleepy traveler

I'm eventually going to get some pictures from our vacation posted (my parents are probably the only ones anxiously awaiting, lol) but here's a preview...Mr. Bitty asleep in the car on the drive back home, still clutching his beloved "Baby Ei-stei wetters," the alphabet books that were a much-awaited birthday gift :).For more SOOC photos, visit Slurping Life.If you enjoyed this...

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Day-of-the-week humor

Bitty's sense of humor cracks me up. I love his "jokes."One of his favorites is the "day of the week" quiz."To-day iss Sah-ur-day""You're right, today is Saturday.""Tomowwow iss Sunday. Church on Sunday. You wear da horse on Sunday."(We taught him the "horse on Sunday" rule to get him to wear his polo shirts instead of Thomas, at least long enough to go to church... he has nice...

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We went to the mall last week, and survived to tell about it :)

Cuddlebug and Bearhug walked several feet ahead of us.Well, ok. "Bounced" is more accurate than "walked." Imagine Tigger with a twin brother, and you'll get the idea.They looked up, down, sideways, even behind them, anywhere but right in front of them."Watch where you're going, guys."Bump...They bumped into some people walking the other direction.Then another near miss as they...

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"How old am I?"

Cuddlebug: "Hey, Mom, how old am I?"Me: (thinking he must be asking something else because he knows how old he is) "What do you mean?"Cuddlebug: "Am I older than 'Bearhug'?"Me: (aha, so that's the real question, although we've actually talked about this one before) "You were born two minutes before 'Bearhug', yes."Call me crazy, but the whole concept of "older" and "younger" twins...

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SOOC: Nine years old

As of 10:31pm (and 10:33pm) yesterday, Cuddlebug and Bearhug are officially nine years old.They came into the world weighing nine pounds, nine ounces (combined - Cuddlebug was 4 lbs 1 oz, Bearhug was 5 lbs 8 oz.).So to celebrate, I decided to share nine SOOC (straight-out-of-camera, no editing) photos from their first year. Please ignore the grainy look, these are all from my...

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Summer homeschool

We've given the boys a few days off to relax and enjoy the start of their summer, but soon it will be time to start up our summer homeschooling activities.It's something we've done since Cuddlebug and Bearhug were in preschool. It helps maintain structure during the summer, and also helps keep them on track academically. We can expose them to topics in the summer that we know...

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