When it gets hot….we can just pretend we have a pool at home!  We have had a mini heat wave here and the kids are ready for summer swimming. So in the end we got a proper little pool which they think they can jump into like it is 5 ft deep. and there is …
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It is no secret in our family that Ryan is the fun parent.  He buys the ice cream, cereal and all the fun stuff.  This weekend we were supposed to travel to CT but for a variety of reasons, I ended up staying home in PA with the kids.  They are missing daddy…..big time. There …
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There is never a dull moment with this one…for sure.  He routinely picks Aly up from the bus stop in his tractor.  She is all about riding in style.   So the terrible twos have hit and not only is Jackson obsessed with all things moving.  He is also quite into vaseline.  Twice he has …
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This Spring, we enrolled Brianna in the North Penn Preschool Program.  I will fully admit it was not my first choice and for a while I was not sure how long we would last.  The program begins at 7:45 am and our kids are NEVER really up and moving by then.  So it meant a …
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I could write a dissertation on developing patience in parenting…I have had six years of practice and the last two years have been the most challenging…thanks Jackson! Instead, I will tell you about how I am learning to be patient with the sport of triathlon.  I only started racing and seriously training for triathlons a …
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There is going to be a cereal shortage…..SOON…so if you are not prepared GET OUT now and stock up…. For Mothers Day, Ryan did the grocery shopping…and this is what he brought home….general mills sent me a personalized thank you note today! Ice cream is out…and cereal is in…..sadly this does not include the additional …
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This is how Brianna insisted on going to preschool this am…nevermind that it was not warm enough for this but she told everyone she was a ROCKSTAR…. If you missed this on FB, Jackson dumped a 50 lb bag of dog food for the dogs while I was showering!  The dogs LOVE him… Our neighbors …
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Yesterday I ran the Broad Street 10 miler in Philadelphia.  Originally, I was not going to do this but when we thought we might be moving, I decided to try to get in and check it off the bucket list. The race was huge! and it sold out in 5 hours I think.  Ryan spent …
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What a fun fun weekend!  We celebrated Jackson’s 2nd birthday on Saturday with a tractor bash!  Given his current obsession with tractors and trucks he was over the moon. We went old school and had a pinata, tug o war and bubbles! He put all of his new trucks to bed…

A little season opener is always fun…right? I raced this last year as my first real triathlon.  I was looking forward to doing the same race again.  Except when I arrived on Sunday am they had changed the bike course since there was a bridge out…so it would not be an exact comparison. I should …
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