Problem: Solution: In other underwear-related news, the sitter last night put Bailey in underwear for the night rather than her diaper, and Bailey stayed dry all night and told me she had to use the bathroom after being awake for an hour.  Wowzas.  She’s doing great with the whole potty-training thing!

(ps…I have a great camera but I am not great at using it yet.  I am slowly learning new things, but the keyword is SLOWLY, so yes I know that these are blurry and dark and stuff…I’m working on it) I was showing Dillon all the pictures I’ve taken recently.  Instead of thinking these were…

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Dev finally lost that top tooth that has been hanging on FOREVER!!!  At least 3 weeks, I’d say.  Like by one root.  Crazy how long those top teeth stay in there when they feel ready to fall out any day! 

The school has all the students make a book.  Devon did his at school so we weren’t even sure he had one until we went to his class—he was thrilled we could see his book, too since he kept asking us, “Do I have a book there?”  And he did:).  Carson worked super hard on…

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I used THIS beautiful photo for my inspiration. (I can’t show the picture here because all rights are reserved.) I love ORANGE poppies! Poppies manage to be HAPPY and CHEERFUL, BRIGHT and CUTE, FUN, BEAUTIFUL, and ROMANTIC all at once.

I love when my kids get along well!  It’s a sweet moment when I remember they won’t fight forever!  I told them I love it, and Devon said, “I hope it’s this way forever.”  Carson agreed and they hugged.  Sweet.  I’ll remind them tomorrow when they’re fighting ;). 

Although they didn’t make it into the final 3, they made it into the top 10 on Friday night, which was a huge accomplishment!!!  It was all so fun and exciting!  The whole weekend was just a whirlwind of good times.  Dillon said it was stressful but fun for them all, as well.  The next…

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Devon’s fun field trip.  It actually was fun—not as busy as last year, way warmer but perfect temperature, and only 3 kids in my group with one other mom who was fun to talk with. Dev’s first bus ride—he was super excited! Dev, Sam, and Bailey: There are some new additions to the zoo now:…

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So excited for this: Thank you Dillon! Thank you Carson: Thank you, Devon: Notice both kids mentioning gardening?  Guess I better get on that: The best gift of all was that I started out snuggling with Carson in our bed, then called the other kids in and then Dillon jumped in and we all snuggled…

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