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turns 9 today!    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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turns 15 today.
 

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decided it was time to rearrange my computer shelf.
 

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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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This is what I looked like all last week during VBS. I was the only one who looked like this. All 42 of the kids I was responsible for, could find me in a pinch. All but one thought I was crazy. The one who didn’t was my daughter and I just embarrassed her. [...]

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The kids go to their dentist twice a year, unless they have more teeth coming in, than going out.  Then they have to go several times and have teeth “removed”.  Once we visited the dentist four times in two weeks.  They asked if I was moving in.  The way their office looks, I wouldn’t mind [...]

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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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While we visited the farm on Tuesday, my friend let the girls collect eggs.

These are chickens.  They lay one egg a day. 

The girls collected three chicken eggs.  You do know what part of the chicken the egg comes from, right?
Two eggs went into brownies.  One had to be thrown out, because it was cracked.

This is the [...]

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