The Five of Us

Zelda: Heart for the Hero

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Owen likes this video :-) Valentines Day is in 3 more days!

Jen

Trip to bird store, Megan said hello to another cockatiel and other bird friends

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Megan just LOVES birds :-)

Basketball

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This past Saturday, Megan's BB team played a game against another team. Score: 7 to 4. We did win, tough game. We did well on defense. There is another game this Saturday :-)

Jen

Kid's Church Choir singing 'This Little Light of Mine'

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In our church Newletter- photo from Christmas Pageant

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Mom and our bird Pip

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Rock climbing with friends!

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Supermom Vitamin Review and Giveaway!

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Supermom Vitamin Review and Giveaway!

Erin is on her 3rd Junie B Jones book, becoming a fast reader these days.....

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Erin - an amazing basketball player!!!

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Here are pics of Erin playing basketball with 3rd and 4th graders and boy - does she do her best to keep up. She loves basketball!! We are so proud of her - she is really finding her voice these days in the most sweetest ways and breaking out of her shell. I can see she is growing in her confidence and it is just beautiful! She is speaking up and being less shy than she used to be around others. Love it! :-)

Megan at her friend's bday party - Swimming and fun!

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Erin doing schoolwork while waiting at the dentist

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Mermaid Hair, Erin loves her hair like this

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She slept in many, many wet braids and woke up as an Irish Princess - so pretty! Now, Megan wants her hair like this too :-)

Finished! The kiddies finished their whimsical, imaginative paintings, LOVE THEM!

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Artist of inspiration: Maxfield Parrish. These will go up in the dining room. What little amazing artists we have! Thank you to our art teacher!!!!!

Making Homemade Butter: Heavy Whipping Cream and Mason Jar

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And SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE your heart out!!!!!!!!!!!!! Altogether - Mom, Dad, Owen and Megan, we probably shook it for almost 45 minutes! I have to give Owen a lot of credit, he really gave it 100% effort and helped out! Tonight, we will try it with bread before bed. Can't wait!!! If desired, you can add salt for extra taste. Then, in the refrigerator it lasts up to a week. We all really liked this, try it!!!!!!!

Jen and family

Read this book last night, WE LOVE IT and think of spring coming....

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Highly Recommended Game for kids

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Dad and Owen on one team
Mom, Erin and Megan on the other.

We had a blast playing this game for an hour!!!! It's a wonderful educational game on math/money.

Jen and family

Candlelight Dinner

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After talking about the winter and the coming spring, we decided to experiment with homemade clementine candles. This time we used olive oil instead of soy wax and the clementine pulp from the bottom of the clementine became the natural wick. It worked - more like little oil lamps. I was fascinated :-)

Jen and family

Having playdough fun!!!!

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Erin said she made a little earth on her finger
Owen said he made a magic tree
Megan said she made God, along with a sun and dove.

How creative the kids got, aren't they sweet? :-)

Making a homemade candle: Clementine peel, soy wax, vanilla oil, wick

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Mom trying to stay warm during this snowy winter season

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We made a treat for the birds (and maybe squirrels)

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Thank you Tom.....

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For my new moonstone ring, I love it!

Hair - Let the sunshine in

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Basketball Announcement

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Hi! We played our 3rd game today, Score: 10 to 10. Tie Game!!! It was a very exciting game :-) All the girls worked very hard and hustled throughout the whole game.

We went to visit Aunt Danielle, Uncle Brian, Morgan and Katie today!

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Erin will be having a Roller Skating Party for her 7th bday with her friends in early April!!!

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Meg's New Glasses

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Owen's Pinewood Derby Car

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While his car didn't do very well this year :-( he was a good sport. As always, were were proud of his efforts and enthusiasm. What a nice looking car!!!

LOADS OF SNOW - WINTER WONDERLAND!!!!

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Crazy sign

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Megan and I were driving to the eye doctor the other day. She asked me, while I was driving, if this sign was true that was hung up on the side of the road. "Of course not Megs!" "Are you sure Mommy?" "Yes honey, not to worry". *sigh* crazy people!!!!

Owen made an igloo outside in the snow and played for HOURS!

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The kids and I went to see a play/musical called the Mystery of King Tut

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THE MYSTERY OF KING TUT brought Egyptian history to life, linking Tutankhamen and the man who made him famous in the modern world, archeologist Howard Carter. When Carter finally uncovered the hidden tomb of “the boy king,” a mysterious tale of political betrayal emerged. It was excellent!!!

Erin at her friend Olivia's Ice Skating Party

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Megan saw a smiley face on her pancake

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The first full moon of 2011 - It's called the Wolf Moon

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We finally hung up the kid's pastel art on our living room wall

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Making homemade gnocchi at Bisnonna's house

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It started to snow, as we were hard at work in the kitchen.

Friends - Erin and her friend Meghan

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Playdate at our house :-)

Morgan playing with the blocks we bought her for her bday

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More pics from the hospital, meeting Katie Lynn

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Tom and I went out for a few hours to one of our favorite places to eat.....alone! :-)

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Owen sharing his Ipod Touch with Erin :-)

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I love that giraffe sketch in the background!

Welcome Katie Lynn!

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A new addition to our family - I'm an aunt again, our kids have another cousin! After a special trip to the hospital, we met Katie and we all got to give her lots of love. She's precious!

She was born:

1-17-11
9 lbs 3 ounces
born at 6:21pm

Megan's Annie cast photos

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Our kids working on their creative imaginary whimsical portraits with the art teacher at home

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These paintings are amazing, we cannot wait to hang them up in the dining room. Look how cute they are concentrating on their work. Beautiful!

Jen

Waking up this morning.....

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Hello everyone,

While the sun was just beginning to rise, I woke up early and very quietly went downstairs. I lit a candle and some incense - then unrolled my yoga mat. For about 20 minutes, I did sun salutations and a few stretches. I too was really counting on muscle memory to awaken within my body. I feel good and it was a very pleasant way to start the day.

Jen

Owen and Erin started basketball today!

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They really enjoyed playing and learning the game with their friends :-)

RENT - Seasons Of Love (w/ lyrics)

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Love this song!!! I sang it a while ago in a choir I was in. Then, Megan was learning it in her musical theater class a few days ago. How can you not dance to it!

Megan's basketball team played their second game Saturday

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It was so much fun!! The teams played great. We won, score: 12 to 8. GO ROYALS!

The kiddies are reading these books right now......

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Megan: A Wrinkle in Time, Pharaoh Book, Pippi Longstocking
Owen: Swiss Family Robinson
Erin: Junie B Jones

They love to read!

The kiddies playing outside in the snow together

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I made homemade Blackberry Cobbler - DELICIOUS!

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Special Mom and Erin time

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We made homemade blue moon powdered almond cookies together, while Megan was at drama class and Owen was at Jui Jitsu. We had SO much fun together and they came out FANTASTIC, very yummy!

My niece Morgan's 2nd yr old birthday party

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I made 3 loaves of homemade pumpkin bread - YUM!

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Our first basketball game today, we won!

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Score: 24 to 12. Go team! Very proud of all the girls, they all played great (both teams) and had a blast!

My yoga teacher of long ago, recommended this book

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I read almost 100 pages so far!

Memorizing the countries in Africa, recent quiz

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Mini experiement with snow - once melted, where will the water line be?

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Studying the shape and names of snowflakes

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The Star inside the apple

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Edible Art at Girl Scouts, Erin's creations

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Making God's Eyes together

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The kids LOVED this

A new tradition re New Yrs resolutions

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The kids wrote down anything they wanted to stop doing for the New Year on small pieces on paper and then took turns putting them in the bowl with the burning candle, while being supervised. To watch their papers burn away, helps with remembering and they felt inspired to meet their goals. However, I recommend only 1, 2 or 3 each, as the flames were getting bigger and bigger and soon we had to quickly put the fire out :-)

George Winston - Japanese Music Box

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Morgan and I at the chocolate fountain on New Years Eve

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Cute!

I read this to the kiddies at dinner tonight, they loved the story!

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The Magic Thread

Too often, people want what they want (or what they think they want, which is usually "happiness" in one form or another) right now. The irony of their impatience is that only by learning to wait, and by a willingness to accept the bad with the good, do we usually attain those things that are truly worthwhile. "He that can have patience, can have what he will," Benjamin Franklin told us, and this French tale bears him out.

Once there was a widow who had a son called Peter. He was a strong, able boy, but he did not enjoy going to school and he was forever daydreaming.

"Peter, what are you dreaming about this time?" his teacher would say to him.

"I'm thinking about what I'll be when I grow up," Peter replied.

"Be patient. There's plenty of time for that. Being grown up isn't all fun, you know," his teacher said.

But Peter found it hard to enjoy whatever he was doing at the moment, and was always hankering after the next thing. In winter he longed for it to be summer again, and in summer he looked forward to the skating, sledging, and warm fires of winter. At school he would long for the day to be over so that he could go home, and on Sunday nights he would sigh, "If only the holidays would come." What he enjoyed most was playing with his friend Liese. She was as good a companion as any boy, and no matter how impatient Peter was, she never took offense. "When I grow up, I shall marry Liese," Peter said to himself.

Often he wandered through the forest, dreaming of the future. Sometimes he lay down on the soft forest floor in the warm sun, his hands behind his head, staring up at the sky through the distant treetops. One hot afternoon as he began to grow sleepy, he heard someone calling his name. He opened his eyes and sat up. Standing before him was an old woman. In her hand she held a silver ball, from which dangled a silken golden thread.

"See what I have got here, Peter," she said, offering the ball to him.

"What is it?" he asked curiously, touching the fine golden thread.

"This is your life thread," the old woman replied. "Do not touch it and time will pass normally. But if you wish time to pass more quickly, you have only to pull the thread a little way and an hour will pass like a second. But I warn you, once the thread has been pulled out, it cannot be pushed back in again. It will disappear like a puff of smoke. The ball is for you. But if you accept my gift you must tell no one, or on that very day you shall die. Now, say, do you want it?"

Peter seized the gift from her joyfully. It was just what he wanted. He examined the silver ball. It was light and solid, made of a single piece. The only flaw in it was the tiny hole from which the bright thread hung. He put the ball in his pocket and ran home. There, making sure that his mother was out, he examined it again. The thread seemed to be creeping very slowly out of the ball, so slowly that it was scarcely noticeable to the naked eye. He longed to give it a quick tug, but dared not do so. Not yet.

The following day at school, Peter sat daydreaming about what he would do with his magic thread. The teacher scolded him for not concentrating on his work. If only, he thought, it was time to go home. Then he felt the silver ball in his pocket. If he pulled out a tiny bit of thread, the day would be over. Very carefully he took hold of it and tugged. Suddenly the teacher was telling everyone to pack up their books and to leave the classroom in an orderly fashion. Peter was overjoyed. He ran all the way home. How easy life would be now! All his troubles were over. From that day forth he began to pull the thread, just a little, every day.

One day, however, it occurred to him that it was stupid to pull the thread just a little each day. If he gave it a harder tug, school would be over altogether. Then he could start learning a trade and marry Liese. So that night he gave the thread a hard tug, and in the morning he awoke to find himself apprenticed to a carpenter in town. He loved his new life, clambering about on roofs and scaffolding, lifting and hammering great beams into place that still smelled of the forest. But sometimes, when payday seemed too far off, he gave the thread a little tug and suddenly the week was drawing to a close and it was Friday night and he had money in his pocket.

Liese had also come to town and was living with her aunt, who taught her housekeeping. Peter began to grow impatient for the day when they would be married. It was hard to live so near and yet so far from her. He asked her when they could be married.

"In another year," she said. "Then I will have learned how to be a capable wife."

Peter fingered the silver ball in his pocket.

"Well, the time will pass quickly enough," he said, knowingly.

That night Peter could not sleep. He tossed and turned restlessly. He took the magic ball from under his pillow. For a moment he hesitated; then his impatience got the better of him, and he tugged at the golden thread. In the morning he awoke to find that the year was over and that Liese had at last agreed to marry him. Now Peter felt truly happy.

But before their wedding could take place, Peter received an official-looking letter. He opened it in trepidation and read that he was expected to report at the army barracks the following week for two years' military service. He showed the letter to Liese in despair.

"Well," she said, "there is nothing for it, we shall just have to wait. But the time will pass quickly, you'll see. There are so many things to do in preparation for our life together."

Peter smiled bravely, knowing that two years would seem a lifetime to him.

Once Peter had settled into life at the barracks, however, he began to feel that it wasn't so bad after all. He quite enjoyed being with all the other young men, and their duties were not very arduous at first. He remembered the old woman's warning to use the thread wisely and for a while refrained from pulling it. But in time he grew restless again. Army life bored him with its routine duties and harsh discipline. He began pulling the thread to make the week go faster so that it would be Sunday again, or to speed up the time until he was due for leave. And so the two years passed almost as if they had been a dream.

Back home, Peter determined not to pull the thread again until it was absolutely necessary. After all, this was the best time of his life, as everyone told him. He did not want it to be over too quickly. He did, however, give the thread one or two very small tugs, just to speed along the day of his marriage. He longed to tell Liese his secret, but he knew that if he did he would die.

On the day of his wedding, everyone, including Peter, was happy. He could hardly wait to show Liese the house he had built for her. At the wedding feast he glanced over at his mother. He noticed for the first time how gray her hair had grown recently. She seemed to be aging so quickly. Peter felt a pang of guilt that he had pulled the thread so often. Henceforward he would be much more sparing with it and only use it when it was strictly necessary.

A few months later Liese announced that she was going to have a child. Peter was overjoyed and could hardly wait. When the child was born, he felt that he could never want for anything again. But whenever the child was ill or cried through the sleepless night, he gave the thread a little tug, just so that the baby might be well and happy again.

Times were hard. Business was bad and a government had come to power that squeezed the people dry with taxes and would tolerate no opposition. Anyone who became known as a troublemaker was thrown into prison without trial and rumor was enough to condemn a man. Peter had always been known as one who spoke his mind, and very soon he was arrested and cast into jail. Luckily he had his magic ball with him and he tugged very hard at the thread. The prison walls dissolved before him and his enemies were scattered in the huge explosion that burst forth like thunder. It was the war that had been threatening, but it was over as quickly as a summer storm, leaving behind it an exhausted peace. Peter found himself back home with his family. But now he was a middle-aged man.

For a time things went well and Peter lived in relative contentment. One day he looked at his magic ball and saw to his surprise that the thread had turned from gold to silver. He looked in the mirror. His hair was starting to turn gray and his face was lined where before there had not been a wrinkle to be seen. He suddenly felt afraid and determined to use the thread even more carefully than before. Liese bore him more children and he seemed happy as the head of his growing household. His stately manner often made people think of him as some sort of benevolent ruler. He had an air of authority as if he held the fate of others in his hands. He kept his magic ball in a well-hidden place, safe from the curious eyes of his children, knowing that if anyone were to discover it, it would be fatal.

As the number of his children grew, so his house became more overcrowded. He would have to extend it, but for that he needed money. He had other worries too. His mother was looking older and more tired every day. It was of no use to pull the magic thread because that would only hasten her approaching death. All too soon she died, and as Peter stood at her graveside, he wondered how it was that life passed so quickly, even without pulling the magic thread.

One night as he lay in bed, kept awake by his worries, he thought how much easier life would be if all his children were grown up and launched upon their careers in life. He gave the thread a mighty tug, and the following day he awoke to find that his children had all left home for jobs in different parts of the country, and that he and his wife were alone. His hair was almost white now and often his back and limbs ached as he climbed the ladder or lifted a heavy beam into place. Liese too was getting old and she was often ill. He couldn't bear to see her suffer, so that more and more he resorted to pulling at the magic thread. But as soon as one trouble was solved, another seemed to grow in its place. Perhaps life would be easier if he retired, Peter thought. Then he would no longer have to clamber about on drafty, half-completed buildings and he could look after Liese when she was ill. The trouble was that he didn't have enough money to live on. He picked up his magic ball and looked at it. To his dismay he saw that the thread was no longer silver but gray and lusterless. He decided to go for a walk in the forest to think things over.

It was a long time since he had been in that part of the forest. The small saplings had all grown into tall fir trees, and it was hard to find the path he had once known. Eventually he came to a bench in a clearing. He sat down to rest and fell into a light doze. He was woken by someone calling his name, "Peter! Peter!"

He looked up and saw the old woman he had met so many years ago when she had given him the magic silver ball with its golden thread. She looked just as she had on that day, not a day older. She smiled at him.

"So, Peter, have you had a good life?" she asked.

"I'm not sure," Peter said. "Your magic ball is a wonderful thing. I have never had to suffer or wait for anything in my life. And yet it has all passed so quickly. I feel that I have had no time to take in what has happened to me, neither the good things nor the bad. Now there is so little time left. I dare not pull the thread again for it will only bring me to my death. I do not think your gift has brought me luck."

"How ungrateful you are!" the old woman said. "In what way would you have wished things to be different?"

"Perhaps if you had given me a different ball, one where I could have pushed the thread back in as well as pulling it out. Then I could have relived the things that went badly."

The old woman laughed. "You ask a great deal! Do you think that God allows us to live our lives twice over? But I can grant you one final wish, you foolish, demanding man."

"What is that?" Peter asked.

"Choose," the old woman said. Peter thought hard.

At length he said, "I should like to live my life again as if for the first time, but without your magic ball. Then I will experience the bad things as well as the good without cutting them short, and at least my life will not pass as swiftly and meaninglessly as a daydream."

"So be it," said the old woman. "Give me back my ball."

She stretched out her hand and Peter placed the silver ball in it. Then he sat back and closed his eyes with exhaustion.

When he awoke he was in his own bed. His youthful mother was bending over him, shaking him gently.

"Wake up, Peter. You will be late for school. You were sleeping like the dead!"

He looked up at her in surprise and relief.

"I've had a terrible dream, Mother. I dreamed that I was old and sick and that my life had passed like the blinking of an eye with nothing to show for it. Not even any memories."

His mother laughed and shook her head.

"That will never happen," she said. "Memories are the one thing we all have, even when we are old. Now hurry and get dressed. Liese is waiting for you and you will be late for school."

As Peter walked to school with Liese, he noticed what a bright summer morning it was, the kind of morning when it felt good to be alive. Soon he would see his friends and classmates, and even the prospect of lessons didn't seem so bad. In fact he could hardly wait.

Anonymous

Why we have kids.....

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Why We Have Kids
Source: Unknown

When I look at a patch of dandelions, I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard.
... My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluff you can wish on.

When I look at an old drunk and he smiles at me, I see a smelly, dirty person who probably wants money and I look away.
... My kids see someone smiling at them and they smile back.

When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm so I sit self-consciously and listen.
... My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words. If they don't know them, they make up their own.

When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it. I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk.
... My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it, until they fall to the ground laughing.

When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that.
... My kids say, Thanks for my toys and my friends. Please keep the bad dreams away tonight. Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy."

When I see a mud puddle I step around it. I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets.
... My kids sit in it. They see dams to build, rivers to cross, and worms to play with.

I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from?

Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

We sang this today in church: A New Year Carol by Benjamin Britten

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfpuLg2xh6I&feature=player_embedded#!

Words:

Lyrics
New Year Carol from Tom Tiddler's Ground, ed. Walter de la Mare

Here we bring new water from the well so clear,
For to worship God with, this happy New Year.

Chorus (after each verse):
Sing levy-dew, sing levy-dew, the water and the wine,
The seven bright gold wires and the bugles that do shine.

Sing reign of Fair Maid, with gold upon her toe;
Open you the West Door and turn the Old Year go.

Sing reign of Fair Maid, with gold upon her chin;
Open you the East Door and let the New Year in.
____________________________________
From Welsh tradition:

Very early on New Year's Day about three or four o'clock in the morning, groups of boys came round to the houses in the neighborhood, carrying a vessel of cold spring water, freshly drawn, and twigs of box, holly, myrtle, rosemary or other evergreens. They sprinkled the hands and face of anyone they met for a copper or two. In every house, each room was sprinkled with New Year's water and the inmates, who were often still in bed, wished a Happy New Year. For this service and wish they were also gifted with coins. The doors of those houses which were closed to them were sprinkled with the water. The verse was sung during the sprinkling. In certain parts of Wales this custom is called dwr newy (literally, new water). The exact meaning of the phrase, “levy dew” is unknown, although there have been attempts to trace it to llef I Dduw (Welsh for “cry of God”).

Healing Incantation - Rapunzel/Tangled (with clip from movie) Disney 2010

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LYRICS:

Flower, gleam and glow
Let your power shine
Make the clock reverse
Bring back what once was mine
Heal what has been hurt
Change the Fates' design
Save what has been lost
Bring back what once was mine
What once was mine

The Tale of the Three Brothers

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Just beautiful!!!

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Listen: Fare you well my dear/The Turtle Dove

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgaHvHxCXVw

Fare you well, my dear, I must be gone,
And leave you for a while;
If I roam away I'll come back again,
Though I roam ten thousand miles, my dear,
Though I roam ten thousand miles.

So fair thou art, my bonny lass,
So deep in love am I;
But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love,
Till the stars fall from the sky, my dear,
Till the stars fall from the sky.

The sea will never run dry, my dear,
Nor the rocks melt with the sun,
But I never will prove false to the bonny lass I love,
Till all these things be done, my dear,
Till all these things be done.

O yonder doth sit that little turtle dove,
He doth sit on yonder high tree,
A-making a moan for the loss of his love,
As I will do for thee, my dear,
As I will do for thee.

New Years 2011 - Party at Uncle Bruno's and Aunt Joan's house with their new kitten!!

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videos to follow :-)

Roller Skating and hanging out with our cousins

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Sleigh-riding, mini skiing lessons and playing in the snow with Papou, Mom, Dad and the kiddies

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At Branch Brook Park.....

In Disney: A few last pics from Christmas in Magic Kingdom

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Disney Pic: Erin at lunch in Magic Kingdom

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On Christmas!

My honey on Christmas

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I bought him that shirt I think last year or the year before for Christmas-time. It's cute!

Taking off in Orlando to come back to NJ in our plane

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Out to lunch and movies to see Tangled with our cousins

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I babysat my cousins and we all went out together. We enjoyed a pizza lunch, stopped for treats and went to the movies. The movie was FANTASTIC!!!!

Tom surprised me and bought me a beautiful purse in the UK in Epcot over vacation

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LOVE IT!

We planted magic Christmas beans :-)

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Owen takes pics of icicles on one of our bushes

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Huge Snowfall, Yippee!!!!

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When Owen saw Santa to take a photo, a week before Christmas or so, Santa asked what Owen wanted for Christmas. Owen said, "I would love for it to snow!" We went to Disney and came home the day after Christmas to plenty of snow. Thanks Santa! :-)

Here are pics of the kids playing in the snow the day after it snowed, for about an hour. It was cold and windy, but that didn't stop them from having fun. Then, hot cocoa is a must once inside the house!

Jen

Erin made Nonna a book of poems for her b-day, all by herself!

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Mom/Nonna's birthday, pizza party!

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More Wonderful Photos from Disney

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Day 6, AM: Goodbye Disney, we will miss you!!

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