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| All the grown ups got the flu in the last few days of our Disney trip. It was miserable, and I felt horrible. But this sweet note from Natalie helped brighten my day. |
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| Decorating for Christmas in the Blanton house is never dull. |
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| Clark Griswold visited our house this year. |
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| Nick attended a birthday party at out local fire department. It was a great party! The firemen let the children climb all over, on, and through the trucks, gave a fire safety lesson complete with a demonstration of how a fire man gets suited up. The kids even got to tour the whole house! |
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| As great as the rest of the party was, this was the best! |
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| BOTH my babies were in The Nutcracker this year! Big thanks to Chase who made it all happen. Since I was working so much he was the one responsible for getting them ready and delivered to the theater on time. He was a total dance dad rock star for three shows! |
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| Our new fire pit! |
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| The Sugarplum Fairy came to visit the children at school! |
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| You know you're a mom when one of your favorite gifts is a griddle so everyone's eggs can be cooked in one batch. Hallelujah. |
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| This is actually really sweet. When I was little, I asked for an art set. My parents created one for me out of this hardware organizer. Every drawer was stuffed to the brim with pom poms, crayons, glitter, glue, you name it! Eventually I outgrew it and my father kept it to organize his screws and nails. This year, when I told Dad that Natalie wanted an art set for Christmas, he surprised us all by giving her the very same art set I had. Restocked, of course. |
