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My poor, sleeping beauty. She has been a huge help to me. I've spent a lot of time reading with her and doing girl scout stuff. She's also conversing on a lot more mature level lately, despite the continued need for speech therapy.


This is the monster wet-dry vac that helped so much a couple nights ago. We're taking the neighbors a box of truffles as a thank you for helping us out and letting Tag play at their house for two days straight over Thanksgiving while their grandkids visited.



This poor child has been the most sick of all the kids. She's been coughing for about 3 weeks and had the worst fevers. She's still napping twice a day. This is how she drinks hot cocoa.


This was supposed to be a Christmas gift for Freida. Tag got ahold of it and put carrots in the little pop up parts and we couldn't get the carrots out without taking the whole thing apart. We're still missing one piece so two of the heads don't work quite right, but Tag likes it at least as much as Freida anyway. We might just give it to him and have him buy her a new gift.

Believe it or not, she was just standing there with her mouth open. She's playing so much nowadays with her face and voice, just like Tag did.

My sweet, pretty girl. The teacher told me yesterday that she's reading at a 3rd grade level now.

What do you know... fall has finally arrived. It's only mid-December.


A small sample of the water issues. I found more wet padding in the girls' bedroom closet today.


Cute baby, with a very runny nose. Imagine that times 4 kids and two parents, and go buy some stock in Kleenex.



When this tissue box emptied, she loved putting her toys in it and walking around with it in her hands. She gathered quite the collection.


What happens when milk sits in the same cup for a couple of days? It becomes sour cream. Not that we tasted it.