Thousand of melty beads everywhere!!

Anamarie loves to make her melty bead creations almost daily, but after about 30 minutes, boredom started creeping in, and she abandoned her half way done fishy and the entire container of melty beads. Yep, you guessed it; William and Brett saw the fun and dumped thousand of beads all over the kitchen floor and did a little "happy danc...

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My creative wand.

I was so surprised when Anamarie gave me this "wand" present that she had created. I was impressed that she thought to put these 3 random items together to create one single masterpiece. Notice the ruler, the (taped on) hair flower clip, and a (taped on) cuticle pusher. Right in the middle is my "Sarah" Pizza Hut name badge from 15 years ago. So creative!! ...

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"Mom, I just love my new Marriott"

Last night Anamarie found lots of fun "treasures" in my office closet. Some she liked more than others, but her favorite was a black zipped case with writing on the front. She brought it over to me and asked "mom what does this say?" I said, "It says Marriott". About 2 minutes later, she asked again, "what's that say?", I repeated "Marriott". We repeated this about 5 more...

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How William eats with a spoon.

The other day I caught William eating Brett's leftover cheerios with a spoon. So I thought he was totally ready for this next big step in his simple life. So, this morning, I presented to him his first bowl of Cheerios (in a suction bottom bowl, so it wouldn't spill) and a SPOON. As you can see, he didn't like the spoon too much, but loved the hand fulls of Chee...

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I know what Kangaroos smell like :)

Anamarie informed me today that she knows what Kangaroos smell like. I was quite humored by this comment, but I always give her the benefit of the doubt. I happened to be curling her hair and spraying hairspray when she told me this. So, I asked her, "Anamarie, tell me what Kangaroos smell like?", she said, "it smell like that" (pointing to the bottle of Aussie hairspray)....

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"Our Value is set and cannot be Diminished"

Maddy received this present from her Grandparent's Kim & Janise for her 13th birthday. She unwrapped her present and found an Egyptian pound on a chain with an "M" charm for her name. She loved this present so much that she wore it for her birthday during her night out with mom & dad. It wasn't until today, that I discovered an even deeper meaning to this this necklace....

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She almost caught a Leprechaun :(

This morning, Anamarie could not contain herself, she just had find out if  there was a trapped leprechaun. She ran downstairs and noticed the gold was missing, and hoping it had fallen inside with the green guy. However, as she got a little closer she saw something inside the box...a letter. She didn't cry, she didn't laugh, she was incredibly "ticked off" to say the...

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I am thankful for Family~Maddy

I am so happy that I could come to this earth into such a wonderful family! We may be crazy sometimes, (or a lot) but overall we are just dandy! ;) My parents are so amazing and thoughtful of me and others, I am so glad that I can have such wonderful parents, brothers and sisters, and Grandparents that support me and encourage me to do things I never thought I could! My...

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"Watch Mom, I can Karate!!"

We all know Brett is Mr. Tough guy, but he has just learned that he can threaten his older sister (Anamarie) with his sweet karate moves, just to be tough. She believes that he is some overnight Karate Master, and he uses his "arm cross", then his "karate chop", with a "kick" and a keeee-aaaahh, to scare her away; thanks to Jaden Smith. Of course he's not hitting her, but...

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---> We're Gonna Catch a Leprechaun!!

After I picked up Anamarie from school today, she kept telling me how she wanted to make a leprechaun trap. So, with a little imagination, and lots of crafts, we made the perfect trap. Anamarie and I decided to get real gold dollars so that we would surely catch him. Anamarie made the glitter walkway, the green ladder, and the "FREE GOLD" sign, and I just helped her put it...

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