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And saw…

Lots and lots of puppies.

Lady Daughter #1 picked up the first one and claimed it. We were there just to look.

She held onto it and wouldn’t let it out of her site. She would let her sisters hold the pup, but only if she was right there with them. She has no self control. [...]

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Every night the husband wears a T-shirt with a pocket on it, to bed and every night the two peas (dd#2 & dd#3) dig in his pocket and asks, “What’s in the pocket!?”.
Tonight was no exception.  Dd#2 started digging in the pocket.
“What’s in the pocket?  What’s in the pocket!?”
Dd#3, while bouncing on her bed, “I could [...]

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Pharaoh speaks!!

Pharaoh demands!!
 
Pharaoh cleans!

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decided it was time to rearrange my computer shelf.
 

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We do.  Well, we have one in progress.
The Siblings co-op class made the Mummy Chicken.  Why would we do such a weird thing, you ask?  Just because we can. 
I got the instructions from DonnaYoung.  She has daily step-by-step instructions, which are very easy to follow. 
First you need a chicken.  You don’t need a live [...]

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We are into our third week of Ancient Egypt at our co-op.  Last week we talked about how important The Nile River was to the people who lived there and how they used the river to help sustain their life.  One of the things the Egyptian people created to help them water their land was [...]

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At the beginning of summer I started purchasing PE equipment for this next school year.  One of the required pieces of equipment that I wanted needed was a whistle.  I picked the ACME Thunderer Whistle all because it is the  the shrillest, most popular whistle in the world.

I figured I would give it a test run [...]

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A few months ago, my FIL stopped by to pick up a drill.  While chatting with dd#2, he picked up the drill and pretended to shoot her with it.  Not to be out done, dd#2 picked up her favorite stuffed-up friend and shot my FIL. 
 
To shoot a Manna-Gun, just lift the flipper, pull it down, [...]

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On a day when your children are mad at you, because you won’t let them play in the thunderstorm, make these.
We decided the next time we make these, we will not let them “dry out” in the oven. We like them a little soft. They were all gone in about 2 days. A neighbor [...]

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and read

and read

and read

and read

and read.

I missed the opportunity to take a picture of her reading while loading the dishwasher and coming out of the bathroom. LOL

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