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I Scream, You Scream

August 8, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Food and Drink, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me, Motherhood 12 Comments

Subtitled: For the Scrapbook (not)Okay girls, scrunch together for a photo, please!Woops. Got a blinker. Let’s try again.Another blinker. Hang in there; let’s try again.Felicity! Alrighty then. We’re done.Who’s got time to scrapbook, anyway? : ) … [Read more...]

Where We’ve Been and Where We’re At

August 5, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me 9 Comments

Call me crazy and I’d agree.We’d no sooner returned from a 5-day trip to North Dakota then we packed back up and all went camping.Seven couples.31 kids.A little rain and a lot of fun.This is where we’ve been, then.And this is where we’re at.See you tomorrow! I hope your weekend was every bit as fun and familial. … [Read more...]

Summer Yum

July 28, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Food and Drink, Minnesota Me 4 Comments

I seriously doubt that I'm the only one who feels as if she's draining these summer days to the last precious dregs.I love the heat; I love the green; I love the sticky little faces.Have a blessed weekend, everyone! Don't forget that The Loveliness of the Seashore is being hosted by Elaine* over at A Wink and a Smile on Monday. I may or may not be … [Read more...]

Yeah, the Twins lost 7-2.

July 22, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Special Events 3 Comments

Not that you’d know it from these faces! Image courtesy of Grandma Cathy and Grandpa Doug. Thank you, you two! Our boys won't soon forget it! … [Read more...]

A Three-Day Weekend Retreat

July 16, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

I’m back.Did you miss me? : )We have just returned from a family camping excursion up North—a gloriously peaceful excursion, thank you very much—where time spent by or in the water was definitely the theme.(As you can see, my daughter’s ornamental sidewalk chalk washed off. Phew.)Here’s the scoop on what we did and why.Once a year we get together … [Read more...]

The Reinvention of Sidewalk Chalk

July 12, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Keeping It Real, Minnesota Me 15 Comments

What would you have said to your daughter??Me, I was rendered speechless,for oh...about 10 seconds. (For me a record.)And then I promptly got the camera and...well, you know.PS. If you need us we'll be washing up.And washing up.And washing up. … [Read more...]

The Winning Hit

July 11, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesota Me, Moments of Incredible Joy, Motherhood 12 Comments

I pray you'll indulge me because...that's my kid. … [Read more...]

Where We’ve Been and Where We’ll Be

July 7, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me 10 Comments

And why you should come see us. … [Read more...]

4th of July by Numbers

July 5, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Gratitude, Minnesota Me, Special Events 18 Comments

This piece was composed with a loving nod to Danielle,who—to my knowledge—started this whole “by numbers” thing one Christmas.Happy Belated 4th, my friend! Minutes we were late for the Independence Day parade because Daddy was yakking on the phone: 10. Minutes Momma brooded over being late for the parade: 10. (All things being equal.) … [Read more...]

If a tree fell in the woods, would my kids hear it?

July 2, 2007 by Minnesota Mom Filed Under: Family Fun, Humor, Minnesohta, Minnesota Me, Parenting 2 Comments

The weather here has been gorgeous, so on Saturday evening we stuffed the kids in the van and made our way to our favorite park. We basically had the place to ourselves—did they perhaps know we were coming?—and we took our Pizza Hut picnic over to a table by the lake. Really, it was lovely: still, serene, and very green.And then the kids kicked … [Read more...]

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