Shred much?

Some of Bearhug's handiwork:That used to be a plastic bag.He just has the urge to shred sometimes. For the most part, we let him as long as it's something we don't need or can easily replace and he has to clean up the mess. In this case he was pacing around the house looking for something to shred and I suggested the bag because we have a ton of them.That same evening, I also...

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Bitty's latest creative outlet

It all started when I tried to get creative in convincing Bitty it was time to stop chasing the neighbor's cat and come home. I was trying to get him to come willingly and avoid a wrestling match.I had taken a picture of said cat just a couple of weeks earlier, so I asked Bitty if he wanted to see a picture of "White Socks." I didn't really think he'd jump at the chance to come...

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Spring

Posted some spring pictures over at my photo blog, thought I'd share a couple of them here too :). The cherry blossoms never last long but I love them so I take a bunch of pictures every spring. These were taken a couple of months ago. You can see the rest he...

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American Revolution, as told by two 4th graders

(I'm really grateful our boys go to a school where they still teach this stuff - very cool)Bearhug and Cuddlebug's class made ABC books about the Revolutionary War. For each letter of the alphabet, they chose one item from their study of the American Revolution and wrote their description of it, along with an illustration. In some cases, they each chose the same item for a particular...

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Science fair

Bearhug and Cuddlebug signed up to participate in their school's science fair. They did great and worked hard on their projects. I'm really proud of them!Cuddlebug tested several cereals to see which ones stay crunchy the longest. Among the ones we tested, Cinnamon Toast Crunch (both name brand and generic) was the most crunchy after 5 minutes.Bearhug's experiment looked at...

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Keep arguing, and other quotes

We were watching a western movie on tv and dh told the boys, "back in the old west, they used to settle their arguments with gunfights."Cuddlebug thought about that for a second and then replied, "they should have just kept arguing."lol :)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I told dh he's hot and Bearhug (who is forever eavesdropping and inserting himself into conversations) jumped in with, "yeah,...

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Love Letter

I found this in Bitty's backpack when he came home from school on his birthday:I cropped out the names for privacy reasons, but this was from the little girl in his class "A", who is one of the few people in his class that he mentions at home. She had written her name and his on the bottom. How cute is th...

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