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My Week(166) in iPhone Photos

Monday, January 6th, 2014

Late. As of this morning my productivity/desire to write stuff on the internet seems to be back (you know it is when you actually consider commenting on a post on Jezebel) so hopefully my blog won’t totally fade away.

Sunday:

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Important blizzard food: hot dogs and eggs.

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I still think playing football in the snow/freezing cold is crazy

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That’s how Sundays make me feel too

Monday:

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Sheet washing day is also bed bouncing day

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Santa baby

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They ask me to take this picture during every bath

Tuesday:

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In my first few weekly iPhone pics, Evan could only reach the bottom row. (And Caroline was an inside baby)

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The fox is unimpressed with the rays

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Technically that was Wednesday, but it didn’t feel any different. Unimpressive, 2014.

Wednesday:

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These people are playing HOCKEY outside in the snow. EVEN CRAZIER THAN FOOTBALL.

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Princess/Engineer Tiana

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More baby photos. I love baby photos.

Thursday:

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Earning his keep

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Mark it in the baby book: First time I showed up at preschool pick up in ACTUAL pajamas.

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(Fake) sleeping with the (fake) cat whiskers

Friday:

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BFFs

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Ancient iPod is ancient

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She’s like 80% legs

Saturday:

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Baby toys are fun when they belong to other people

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Ignoring the donut holes, eating all the strawberries

We had warm weather today before the POLAR VORTEX hits us tomorrow, so we went outside and ran as many errands as possible. Tomorrow I’m hoping to put all our hot chocolate, throw blankets  and Disney movies to good use (although so far the kids still have regular school).

My Week(165) in iPhone Photos

Sunday, December 29th, 2013

Considering this week was Christmas, it was decidedly uneventful. I mean, BESIDES Christmas. But we spent all of the 25th (and the 26th) in pajamas eating stocking candy and being as lazy as possible. Then I got the worst pregnancy headache of my life (aren’t you glad I announced so now I can complain about it all the time???) and barely moved for 2 more days, so there you have it. Uneventful.

Sunday:

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At the casino for some shopping, donuts and examining a fake ice wolf

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Sleeping beauty

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I have eaten two of these in a week

Monday:

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Watching the zamboni

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Once she got the walker thing she did great

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5 pm. THANK GOD the days are finally getting longer again.

Tuesday:

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A Christmas cookie miracle!

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Easiest baking ever

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My favorite part of Christmas Eve

Wednesday:

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Arming my children, one gift at a time

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Presents bigger than the child herself

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Blurrily playing their new Jake and the Neverland Pirates game

Thursday:

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Christmas recovery: chugging water and watching HGTV

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Wiggly tooth. He fell on his face. The dentist said he’s going to lose it and have a hole for a long time.

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Nothing says “Happy Day After Christmas” like Taco Bell

Friday:

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Two things in common: cuddles and technology

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Using his new fan to dry Caroline’s nail polish

Saturday:

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Apparently all the baby wants is fake Mexican food

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Naps for those of us with migraines/exhaustion

I had a newborn session this week (an early Christmas present not due until January!) and another session scheduled for next week, and I’m surprised to find myself excited about it. I burned out a little after the fall and hardly picked up my camera during the holidays so I’m excited to get it out again. Plus I’ve got a pregnancy post to write and a What’s for Dinner post I never finished and like 10,000 words about the Walking Dead I’d like to write but will spare you because no one cares about a show that already happened even if I only just caught up on.

I should probably also get the kids out of the house before we all go nuts, but everyone is doing that so pretty much everywhere is full of parents with the same crazy look in their eyes counting the days until school vacation ends.  I’m hoping a Target run for some storage bins and and Icees for the kids will do the trick.

My Week(164) in iPhone Photos

Sunday, December 22nd, 2013

I didn’t want to jinx it before now, my it looks like E is really truly on vacation. The kids are ALMOST getting used to having him around, although every time they wake up and he’s still here they freak out again.

Sunday:

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FTR as of today (a week later) this balloon is still floating

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Playing with her favorite baby friend

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They are excellent babysitters

Monday:

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De-icing the steps

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This is clean now, or I’d be too ashamed to share the mess

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The view from my new couch is pretty good

Tuesday:

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This hat is the best purchase of the winter so far

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IT’S COOOOOOOOLD

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They sent the kids home early because THIS.

Wednesday:

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Doing snow karate in his pajamas

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Sledding is 100 more fun when there is someone to help pull the sleds

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Decorating all the cookies for her school celebration in the morning

Thursday:

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Three

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Twinkle lights on the train

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She had a super great time

Friday:

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Princess Caroline is pleased with her new gown

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Chilis serves blue slurpees to children

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A pile of gingers and pillows

Saturday:

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This is how I get to sleep in on Saturdays

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Two serious movie watchers

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This is why having my husband home is AWESOME.

We’re watching The Walking Dead from the beginning (we’d only seen the first couple of episodes) so I’m not really sleeping. I CANNOT HANDLE ZOMBIES and yet I can’t stop watching this show. If E wasn’t home there is no way I could handle it, so we have to get through all of it before he goes back to working insane hours. I’m just so happy it looks like he’ll be home for Christmas.

My Week(163) in iPhone Photos

Sunday, December 15th, 2013

I survived party week! Now I have 10 days to clean up before Santa comes, takes one look at this disaster, and leaves with our gifts because I’m disgusting. I wouldn’t blame him.

Sunday:

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Off to church

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The Christmas tree farm has an adorable quaint tractor-pulled wagon to take you up the hill to the trees…or a heated mini bus. DUH.

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Caroline Claus

Monday:

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Trying to climb out the window at the pediatrician (wusses, it’s not even a flu SHOT)

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Tree decorating

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I’m the big one with the crown, the scribble on the left is E

Tuesday:

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Snow day = cookies

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They LOVE eating snow

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Self portrait(s)

Wednesday:

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Pretty

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More snow eating

Thursday:

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Sent him off to school in my slippers. I LOVE THE BUS.

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My house really needs some Christmas lights. Maybe next year.

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SO HAPPY her Mormor is visiting

Friday:

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Bumpas are too tough to need coats

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She was in a crazy bad mood considering we were shopping for her birthday

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Storytime!

Saturday:

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Castles for the Princess

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World’s Tackiest Cake? The castle turns into a purse for carrying around the princesses. World’s BEST Cake!

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Grandpas are awesome, because they read your new book 6 times in a row without complaining. Mommies don’t do that.

Besides the party and beating several levels of Candy Crush, I did NOTHING useful this weekend. It’s a good thing both kids love Caroline’s presents because it’s buying me a few days of recovery/time to get my photos together so I can share. Although Her Highness might be so spoiled at this point I never actually get a day off again. BRB, writing hate mail to the Navy.

My Week(162) in iPhone Photos

Monday, December 9th, 2013

This week was actually way more interesting than it looks in iPhone photos. I just spent nearly all my free minutes with my headphones plugged into my phone listening to podcasts while I tried to get the disaster that is my house under control. I’m happy to report about a 50% improvement. It would be closer to 100 if there weren’t two small people who make more messes literally SECONDS after I clean them up.

Sunday:

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I promise we did lots of things, but the only picture I have is the gingers helping me pick fabric at Joann’s.

Monday:

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Princesses love iPads

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Princesses also love paint dots

Tuesday:

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Morning person

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Practicing his long jump

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Hugging her dog-brother

Wednesday:

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This might not impress you, but that’s 50 cents less than the actual price, thanks to Stop & Shop points.

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If they made the salted caramel kind I would be the happiest person EVER.

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Mystic

Thursday:

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This girl loves school, except for the days she doesn’t, in which case OMG THE SCREAMING.

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Waiting very patiently for her brother.

Friday:

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Princesses want their quesadilla RIGHT NOW.

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I’m trying to decide if this stuff will look ridiculous in our slightly-smaller-scale dollhouse

Saturday:

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THE EXTRA COUCH IS GONE AND MY LIVING ROOM LOOKS LIKE A LIVING ROOM!!

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Finally started decorating – one week to go!

This week I am going to finish 90% of my Christmas shopping, bake a zillion things, decorate for Caroline’s birthday AND Christmas, have a coffee date with a friend, clean the house for my parents and my in-laws (yaaaaaaah!) and possibly dye my hair rose gold.

Today Evan’s school is canceled so we have the morning to decorate the Christmas tree the kids and I chopped down and brought home and got in the house ALL OUR OWN SELVES. Or really, my own self. The kids weren’t very good with the hand saw.