We all get songs stuck in our heads from time to time. Well, right now both girls have something stuck in their head and it’s been like this for weeks for Ellie and days for Zoe. Countless times a day Ellie has been repeating the phrase, “Cock a doodle doo!!!” We have no idea where […]

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So, the girls still LOVE this mommy/baby game. Literally hours a day Ellie is the baby and Zoe is the mommy. This conversation took place this morning: Zak: So, what would you do in this situation? Zoe is trying to nurse Ellie. Do I intervene? Me: No, you grab the camera. However, it was a […]

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The four of us were eating a very enjoyable Saturday lunch at the dining room table. Suddenly, Ellie starts wobbling in her chair and slips out. She hits her chin, quite hardly, on the table and lands in the tight spot beteen the legs of her chair. Zak and I looked to each other, waiting […]

Read More A Big Fall

Yesterday we went to Menards to buy our Christmas tree. We didn’t have too much else going on, so we let the kids play around in the kids play area. (Did you know Menards has this area? I’m expecting to spend hours this winter with the girls in the Menards Play Area.) Anyway, the girls […]

Read More A Good Poop Story

I mentioned that Zoe and Ellie love to play “Mommy/Baby.” Hours a day are devoted to playing this pretend game and it’s delightful for everyone. Really it is. Until Zoe realized that if she’s the mommy then, obviously, I’m the grandma. She taught Ellie and now, more often than not, Ellie calls me “Gramma.” I […]

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The other night we had just put both girls to bed. Zak ran out to get hot chocolate for us and I started to return a few e-mails. Then Ellie started crying. I ignored it. She started crying louder and louder. I figured she had a messy diaper and thought I might as well wait […]

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