Our trip to DC was COLD!!  but the kids did great.  At one point we had all 4 in the double jogger – that was fun to push! We walked the mall, rode the merry go round, saw the Lincoln Memorial, and went to the museum of Natural History. The kids loved the dinosaur bones and …
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I has been a long week….and it is only Thursday.  Getting home from vacation, Jackson being so sick, trying to get back in a routine, kids activities, trying to get workouts in, not feeling great….I think I have seen Ryan is passing a few times this week…he comes home and I am out the door …
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Someone is CLEARLY feeling better!

Today is Alys 5th brithday…..I should know by now not to ask my high maintenance, princess loving, tulle wearing 5 year old what kind of cupcakes she wants to bring to school.  She will simply reply – fairy cupcakes with glitter wings and they need to look like me……. Right on sister…especially when your brother …
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I always knew with as much traveling as we do our luck would run out.  We usually travel pretty prepared for health issues with the kids.  We had antibiotics, steriods, nebulizers….you get the picture. Jack started wheezing on Wednesday…it was bad by Friday.  Aruba hospital here we come.  Luckly, the ER pediatrician had done his …
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We have been enjoying the weather, the pool and the beach.  We really have not gone anywhere or spent much time anywhere but the pool and the beach.  Thank goodness our kids like to swim. Brianna has been full of spunk like normal.  She talks to everyone and everything. We have had a couple of …
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We spent the morning at baby beach which is on the other side of the island.  The great thing about this beach is that the water is shallow all the way out to the reef.  There are no real waves and the kids snorkeled and played for the morning, Jack at about 1lb of sand …
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We arrived yesterday afternoon.  Of course not without incident.  We had friends from AL and CT meeting us here and staying with us.  Ryans parents came as well.  The night before we left we stayed in NY because our flight was at 7 am….we sent emails to all those traveling with us with flight info …
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Guess who is diggin his new swimsuit.  Ryan picked it out…not a big fan of the skull print….oh well.  How about the fact that the suit is 24 month suit for my rather small 9 MONTH OLD!!!! Three out of five of us have bronchitis….so much fun. Jackson and Bri were diagnosed on Wed and then by …
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My good friend Tanya found this for me….so cute.  We will have lots of fun reading this in Aruba We made homemade ice cream last night for Aly’s science project.  The girls measured and took turns pouring the ingredients.  Holy sugar…..we had 9 kids under 5 here today to enjoy our homemade treats!