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December was a busy month! We did a lot of baking, wrapping, and hanging out with family & friends. </div>
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Annual cookie baking with Grandma, Great-Grandma, and Uncle Jeff. The kids helped Great-Grandma with the sprinkles most of the time. Ben also got to make his own small batch of nut-free fig cookies and was very proud.</div>
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Both kids enjoyed rolling and re-rolling and re-rolling their own little ball of dough:</div>
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Building the Lego Christmas tree. We also added a Lego Christmas scene with Santa this year.<br />
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We visited Santa at Bass Pro again this year. Elizabeth decided it was okay to talk to him this year. She listed off each specific Star Wars action figure she wanted. Santa looked bemused and just laughed! <br />
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Decorating our mini-gingerbread village:<br />
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We introduced the kids to "A Christmas Story" this year. Both were fascinated. Elizabeth sat on Dave's lap, enraptured. <br />
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While we watched, I finished up the ornaments I was making for the annual ornament exchange at Uncle Kenny's (<a href="https://liagriffith.com/felt-christmas-bear-ornament/" target="_blank">felt animal patterns from Lia Griffith</a>, polymer clay snowman from <a href="http://www.thenshemade.com/2013/09/snowman-ornament-tutorial.html?spref=pi" target="_blank">Then She Made...</a>).<br />
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We also made Peanut Blossoms right before Christmas. We left a couple out for Santa on Christmas Eve.</div>
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-49274094065645117052016-01-01T10:11:00.003-06:002016-01-01T10:11:45.430-06:00Scenes from November & December<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth went to her friend's 4th birthday party at a gymnastics place.
She watched for a little while before deciding it was okay to try. She
enjoyed holding my hand while walking on a big balance beam, swinging
with friends in a high 3-person swing, and jumping on the trampolines.<br />
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Hanging out with Daddy & Great-Grandma on Thanksgiving </div>
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They should make "I Am Made of Awesome" shirts in adult sizes too. We all need the reminder. Ben was spiritually offended when she first tried this on, protesting that she was NOT made of awesome, that God had made her out of bones and blood. I countered that God made her out of those things PLUS a good helping of awesome. He was dubious.</div>
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Ben is a member of the Chiefs' Kids' Club, so we were invited to Movie Night at Arrowhead Stadium to see Big Hero 6. There was a good number of families, but it wasn't overcrowded. On the concourse, they had games and people to meet. Elizabeth got to meet some very sweet Chiefs cheerleaders and hold a pom-pom. They both got to pet a turtle from the KC Zoo. Elizabeth called the Chiefs' horse "a baby cow" or something equally odd and wanted to pet it, but there was a big line, so we settled for a beanbag toss that won her yet another cheap bead necklace.<br />
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We headed down to Texas for Memorial Day weekend. The lakes on the property were ridiculously high compared to last year, so we didn't get to go fishing at the regular lake, but found plenty of other fun things to do. There was weeping from both kids when we had to leave. <br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-27791582039804686202015-04-29T18:22:00.000-05:002015-04-29T18:22:09.359-05:00"Duh, Mommy"Gems from Elizabeth tonight:<br />
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Me: Elizabeth, why do you have dirt in your hair?<br />
Elizabeth: Because I was playing in the dirt. And it got in my hair.<br />
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Elizabeth: Can you get this out? (playing with baby bottle and wanted the cap off)<br />
Me: Why?<br />
Elizabeth, matter-of-factly: Because I want you to.<br />
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Hard to argue with her sometimes!Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-24299005974757941002015-03-23T23:07:00.002-05:002015-03-23T23:07:18.142-05:00Photo Catch-UpWe are woefully behind on updating the blog and will try to be more regular about it. In the meantime, here are some pics from the last few months.<br />
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Ben turned 6 the day after Christmas and his grandma joined us for lunch at his favorite buffet, then back to the house for cake and presents. The kids helped me frost the cake and decorate the sides with chocolate chips earlier in the day. The cake turned out well - always a relief when you're trying a new recipe! Thankfully, Ben was flexible when we realized we were one birthday candle short (a situation since rectified) and needed to substitute in a votive!<br />
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He got a bunch of Royals stuff for Christmas, including the shirt he's wearing from the Royals Kids' Club, and his birthday included a Chiefs jersey and a bunch of stuff from the Chiefs Kids' Club, including this hat.<br />
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We watched the latest season of MasterChef Junior and Ben is now really interested in cooking. His godmother Heather & her family sent this fruit & vegetable set and a cookbook. He asked for apples for snack several times this weekend so he could use his apple slicer! He also got a set of kids' knives from Uncle Jeff and another cookbook from Opa & Grandma, so he's all ready to start cooking us dinner, right?<br />
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We had a relatively quiet weekend after all the hubbub. Today the kids begged to break out one of the intro to science kits from Uncle Jeff. Both were fascinated by the color mixing experiments and using the test tubes and pipette.<br />
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Elizabeth modeling her new, already beloved sparkly necklaces & bracelets from Opa & Grandma. She wore 6 necklaces out to dinner tonight!
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It's been a busy few days for us. On Christmas Eve, we went to Mass, then had dinner and opened presents over at Dave's parents' house. The kids also got to light the menorah with Opa and play dreidel. Elizabeth still needed a little encouragement to put in one of her gelt pieces as her ante to start a new round, but was placated by the periodic chance to eat one of the pieces.<br />
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We spent a lovely, lazy Christmas morning at our house opening presents and having a special breakfast. Afterward, the kids played with their toys while Dave and I finished making dessert to bring to the family dinner tonight. We had a good evening with the extended family. Despite coaching ahead of time, Elizabeth did start to cry when someone "stole" her ornament in the ornament exchange game (following in a long line of similar meltdowns from cousins in previous years), at least until Dave stole it back on his turn, at which point she decided she didn't really want it anymore.<br />
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The kids' big gift from us was a Lego table, inspired by some extensive <a href="http://thatcraftyjuls.blogspot.com/2012/01/our-new-lego-table.html" target="_blank">Pinterest searching</a> and the opening of an IKEA a few miles from my office. It gives both of the kids a lot of building space. While we're not naive enough to think the blocks will stay as organized as they are now, the hope is that at least we won't step on them as often!<br />
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Opening up the gifts from Santa- Ben got Connect Four and Elizabeth got a stuffed Santa & glittery reindeer (but Santa forgot the vegetable she requested). <br />
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A few weeks ago, Ben got to shop at the Christmas Market at his school, where his 8th grade buddy helped him pick out garage sale-type gifts for us. Elizabeth got a teddy bear, Dave got golf balls, and I got a mug that said, "I'm retired- I'll take my coffee breaks when I feel like it!" He did a much better job keeping secrets this year- he didn't tell any of us which gifts he picked out and he didn't tell Dave about a book I let him help wrap.<br />
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Tomorrow is Ben's 6th birthday, so I've got <a href="http://chocolateandcarrots.com/2013/07/whole-wheat-chocolate-chip-cake" target="_blank">a birthday cake</a> to bake tonight. He's picked out his favorite buffet for lunch and Elizabeth is excited to try out her new chopsticks (Christmas present from Opa & Grandma) there.
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We decorated our Christmas tree and the kids had a great time helping. Ben wanted to clump 15 ornaments in the same square foot, but with a little encouragement, spaced them out so the tree didn't tip over!<br />
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We do an Advent calendar with a special thing for every night from December 1-25. Most of the time it's an activity like reading a Christmas story together or having hot cocoa, but occasionally it's a little gift. One of those was a Lego Christmas tree. Ben and Dave had a blast putting the tree together and Elizabeth and I worked on the little presents. <br />
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Both kids had Christmas programs recently. The kindergarteners through 2nd graders at Ben's school did a nativity-themed musical. He was a donkey and was a very enthusiastic dancer & singer.<br />
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Elizabeth had been singing her Christmas program (don't try to call it a concert or a performance- she is very particular about it being her "program"!) music over and over for at least a week before the program. But when she and her class of two- and three-year-olds got up on the stage, she caught sight of Dave and spent the whole time smiling and waving at him instead of singing. <br />
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Another Advent calendar activity was to write (or dictate) a letter to Santa. This is what Elizabeth told me she wanted. Ben asked her, "You want a stuffed reindeer?" and she got miffed and said, "NO, a <i>Santa</i> reindeer!" Luckily, Dave later talked her down from one of Santa's actual reindeer to a stuffed reindeer. She is also maintaining that she doesn't want to talk to Santa, but might be okay with standing back and watching Ben talk to Santa. She wants him to come drop off presents, but she does not want him to stay at our house. Today she also thought maybe Santa could bring her a fruit as well as the previously requested vegetable. (Don't ask us, we don't have any idea why she wanted Santa to bring her vegetables either!)<br />
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Here is Ben's letter. We pointed out he already has a bike that is still a perfectly fine size for him, so he has since changed his request to a couple of board games. Note that he felt it necessary to remind Santa that he is on the good list! <br />
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Ben's first report card came home last week and he's doing very well. He apparently thought it was an incomplete representation of his full accomplishments at school, so he took it upon himself to write himself a separate report card for his kickball games. They play a lot at recess and in the after-school program. It's usually the first thing he tells us about when we ask about his day!Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-83417894217329803162014-10-30T23:21:00.003-05:002014-10-30T23:21:32.351-05:00Lego Time!<br />
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Both kids love Legos. When our friends Neilam and Jen came to visit, they joined in the fun. Ben was revising and rebuilding his <a href="http://vimeo.com/99154079" target="_blank">American Ninja Warrior</a> course. He had a lot of specific ideas for the obstacles he wanted to include, but had a hard time figuring out how to create them with Legos. Neilam came up with some great innovations, including using a series of wheels for the <a href="http://vimeo.com/102856759" target="_blank">Door Knob Arch</a>. <br />
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Sadly, our Royals came up just a little short in Game 7 of the World Series. Ben had been keeping track of runs (for our halves of innings) and outs (for the Giants) on his Magna-Doodle. Dave got him a World Series/ALCS pennant to accompany the 1985 pennant for the 2 best Royals' seasons ever. <br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-20472806577405006852014-10-30T20:59:00.001-05:002014-10-30T20:59:44.396-05:00Getting ready for HalloweenThe kids tried on their Halloween costumes last weekend. Ben wanted to be a soccer player, but having no soccer jerseys on hand or available at a reasonable price, he went with his second choice of a skeleton. <br />
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Elizabeth is using a Cinderella costume from the dress-up bin along with
a homemade magic wand in her favorite color of purple. She earned the magic wand as a reward for finishing her last potty training sticker sheet and decided it needed to be part of the costume. She will
alternately tell you she is a princess or get more specific with Elsa or
Anna, although she and Ben have had bickering matches over Elizabeth's
inability to tell the two apart. Not pictured: her new, beloved sparkly
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Well, <i>we're</i> not technically going to the World Series, as tickets are currently going for $750+ a piece. So we'll be watching from the comfort of our home. But our Royals are headed there for the first time in 29 years! We're hoping they got the extra-inning, tight score stuff out of their systems & we can just win in regulation 9-inning, large margin games so our poor nerves can get a break!<br />
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(Ben is currently muttering something about the Royals in his sleep as I type this.)<br />
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Ben's after-school program put the game on the cafeteria's big pull-down screen, which probably saved the poor staff from getting score request updates from Ben every 2 minutes. Even Elizabeth's day care had the game going on the radio in the common area and out on the playground! Our friend Eric went out looking for American League champion shirts after the game. They were sold out of adult sizes, but he kindly picked up one for Ben. Ben's school is allowing Royals shirts for the rest of the week instead of the regular uniform.<br />
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So we can breathe a little until next Tuesday, when it starts back up again! What an exciting ride!<br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-53026247026587861232014-09-14T21:12:00.002-05:002014-09-14T21:12:39.388-05:00Ben-ism of the dayIn religion class this week, Ben's class has been talking about how God made us. Tonight he asked me where exactly his heart was in his chest, and when I pointed it out, I explained that the heart pumps blood throughout his body and keeps him alive. He looked amazed at this and said, "Wow! It helps us love AND does that?"<br />
Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-67331903813481597942014-08-14T22:03:00.000-05:002014-08-14T22:03:00.430-05:00Day 2 Report"Kindergarten is <b>AWESOME!!</b>"<br />
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Another half-day of school and Ben's first afternoon in after-school care. He'd been nervous about it, but had a great time. The new PE teacher is the after-school co-director, so they got to do races and play soccer in the gym this afternoon. Ben was happily playing a computer game in the lab when I arrived to pick him up and the director said he'd had a great day.<br />
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Ben was also very proud of himself for doing well at what he labeled Mass, but sounded more like a short religion class where the priest said some prayers and they practiced where to sit. "I came in quietly and I sat really still and quiet. It was the best, best, best I've ever done at church!" He got to meet his 8th grade buddy, who will sit with him at regular weekly Masses (tomorrow is the first), and also told us he has a new friend in his kindergarten class. <br />
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Tomorrow is another half-day, but I'll be able to pick him up at dismissal. He told me this morning, "Mommy, you can choose where we go to eat, because you hardly <i>ever</i> get the chance to choose." I'm not sure if this was in greater part a) sweet or b) trying to con me into taking him out to lunch without my noticing it wasn't my original plan!Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-85451291925912724712014-08-13T20:09:00.001-05:002014-08-13T20:09:35.153-05:00More pics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Monday, Ben brought roses as a thank you for Miss Jody and Miss Phyllis, his wonderful preschool teachers for the past 2 years. Here he is with his beloved Miss Jody.<br />
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Ben enjoyed his first half-day at school. They took a tour of the school to find the paper gingerbread men who were hung by important classrooms, read some books, and had recess. He chose his favorite buffet for his special back-to-school lunch, because what says starting kindergarten more than sushi and ice cream?<br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-89577597706954721592014-08-13T10:10:00.001-05:002014-08-13T10:10:41.961-05:00Ben's First Day of Kindergarten!Ben's first day of kindergarten was today. Last night we went to Meet The Teacher night, where he dropped off his school supplies and got to go around his classroom and the rest of the school. There are three kindergarten classes, each with 15 kids, which is really nice. He was very excited and did just fine at drop-off. <br />
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<br />Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-18684901691319800882014-08-06T21:25:00.001-05:002014-08-06T21:27:31.730-05:00Doing my part for international relations... at least for the part of the international community that roots for the Kansas City Royals.
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Another take on the same story: <a href="http://www.kmbc.com/news/south-korean-royals-fan-gets-warm-welcome-in-kc/27334824#!bxBASi">http://www.kmbc.com/news/south-korean-royals-fan-gets-warm-welcome-in-kc/27334824#!bxBASi</a>Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03031331330383229930noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-64269878305018045632014-07-07T21:27:00.000-05:002014-07-07T21:27:00.631-05:00Trip to Michigan/OhioThe kids and I spent last week on the road, visiting my grandma in Ohio and then spending the rest of the week in Michigan with my parents, and Tony, Jen, and Gwen. It was a lot packed into a week, but it was good family time. Plus, Buddy's Pizza and Bumpy Cake for my birthday!
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We celebrated Father's Day with a delicious brunch at Rye, then watched some soccer back at Opa's before heading home to call Papa. Happy Father's Day! Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01761761890362825805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5894179889104726718.post-9091919721114219852014-06-12T20:56:00.000-05:002014-06-13T18:00:51.937-05:00May pics<br />
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Dave ran the Chiefs' "Finish on the 50" 5K on May 10. The kids and I went to watch him run and actually got to go on the field at Arrowhead Stadium when the runners were coming in. Ben was in hog heaven!!<br />
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Ben and Dave met the Chiefs' mascot, KC Wolf. Elizabeth was in my arms, repeatedly stating, "I not like KC Woof!" She now demands to see this picture regularly and will vacillate between "I like KC Woof" and "I no like him."<br />
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Elizabeth had outgrown the toddler Chiefs outfit she had, so while we were there, we got her a new Chiefs t-shirt, which she adores. If you ask her, she can identify her "Go Chiefs" and "Go Woyals" shirts by their logos. Sadly not pictured: the runner dressed in a Pope outfit, complete with pope hat with Chiefs' logo.<br />
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My Uncle Bill has been finding & fixing up bikes and set two aside for the kids. They are absolutely thrilled and ask to ride just about every day. With our house being at the top of a hill, that's a little difficult, but we have a dead end nearby, so that has been a good place for Ben to ride.<br />
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Ben's first try on the bike.<br />
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Elizabeth's ready to race on her tricycle!</div>
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For Mother's Day we went to Ingredient & the kids (and whichever adults they roped in) had a good time playing on the green space outside the restaurant after brunch.<br />
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After running around and playing with the water, Elizabeth decided to start dancing to her own music. She has a wonderfully silly sense of humor and likes being goofy at times. This was one of those times!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth shows off her version of appropriate running attire during a trip to the track so Dave (and Ben) could run. Outfit and accessories coming soon to an athletic store near you.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sarah A. sent this wonderful music geek shirt for Elizabeth :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Being goofy with her bunny from Great-Grandma Anne. Note the choice of her favorite orange socks to go with the purple, blue & green skirt.</td></tr>
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Here's a shot from the same swings when Ben was almost 2:<br />
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Elizabeth has been watching Ben play on the Kindle and occasionally gets a few minutes to listen to the storybook reader app. This night, she wanted the Kindle, so I decided to introduce her to the Swedish Chef while I finished making dinner. She was enthralled by his cooking antics and kept asking, "What IS this?" (one of her favorite questions).<br />
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This was Teacher Appreciation Week and one of the school's suggestions was to make a picture/write a note for the teachers. Elizabeth decided she wanted one for each of her teachers, so we printed out "Thank you for being my teacher" and after a suggestion from Ben, she decided she wanted to finger paint them. This is kind of crazy, since she usually will only paint with brushes and doesn't like certain textures on her hands. Ben was the same way at her age. I'm not sure if it's due to her beloved Ben suggesting it, but she had a blast.<br />
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Elizabeth loves singing and was repeating the ABCs as she decorated a card for her daycare director. She got a little distracted midway through this rendition, noticing that there were letters on the paper!<br />
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