Mothering Emma Kate and Jack…
After being housebound this week, we finally took advantage of decreased sniffles and sunny weather and spent some time outdoors today. The kids enjoyed playing outside, first at a treehouse (not located in a tree) in Davidson, and then out back behind our house. The kids (including big kid, Chris) discovered what fun it would [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2008 by tonya
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I’ve been a slacker blogger lately. My excuse… sick kids. Emma Kate and Jack have been under the weather this week. Does it make me a bad mother that I enjoy cuddling them while they feel so horrible? I hope not. I am posting a few random pictures from the last week or so.
After Emma [...]
Posted on January 24th, 2008 by tonya
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My guess is most of you have heard the scary news about Crocs getting stuck in escalators. This actually happened to Emma Kate’s dear friend, Jane. She and her daddy were riding the escalator at the Charlotte airport, and Jane’s shoe got stuck. Mr. Ned had to pry her foot out, and it was a [...]
Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by tonya
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Because Emma Kate is studying art and artists in school this month, we decided to check out the Mint Museum of Art. The second Saturday each month, the Mint Museum hosts a Target Family Fun Saturday- a program for kids and their families to make art. Yesterday, Emma Kate and Jack made “funky junk sculptures.” [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2008 by tonya
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Somehow I have managed to slack off my blogging this new year… so I am taking a few minutes to “catch up” on our family’s first 10 days of 2008. Last weekend, we celebrated my dad’s (61st!) birthday in Wilkes. The kids had fun eating cupcakes and spending time with mawmaw and pawpaw. Sunday, we [...]
Posted on January 10th, 2008 by tonya
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Wishing you a happy new year! We rang in the new year at the Rileys’ Chinese take-out party last night with friends and neighbors. After putting the kids to bed, Chris and I rang in the new year again with Malinda and Josh via video chat.
Posted on January 1st, 2008 by tonya
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