tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11499198002722810412024-03-05T18:36:00.435-06:00Tuck EverlastingMeagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-26746192200610564542013-10-06T14:56:00.001-05:002013-10-06T14:56:14.310-05:00Sydney's 5th Birthday!Since Brian goes to his class on Thursday nights, when Sydney's birthday
was this year, we had her cake and gave her 1 of her birthday presents
the day before her birthday. She got <u>The Little Mermaid</u> DVD (she hasn't watched that movie in over 2 years). She also helped me the night before make her birthday cake and cupcakes for her classmates. She wanted the cake to be pink and the frosting to be purple. She helped me dye the white frosting and cake mix to get that.We had lots of fun!<br />
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Here's the sweet birthday girl with her crown from school!<br />
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And the magnificent cake she helped create! <br />
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And singing "Happy Birthday" to her!<br />
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My sweet Sydney! You are so fun and caring! You're such a big help with your little brother, some days I don't think I'd get by without you! You love to tell us the sun is up and it's time to get up! You love school and life and I hope you always will! You are so smart and sensitive to the gospel as you learn the songs and try to listen in class. We're so blessed to have you in our family and we love you so much! Happy Birthday Sydney!<br />
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-9437604158787722382013-08-18T14:44:00.000-05:002013-08-18T14:44:15.171-05:00Sydney starts Pre-K! Fun with Nail Polish...This past week was really fun and a bit busy planning and preparing for Sydney to start Pre-K!<br />
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Sunday, we got to have Brendon and Ross hang out with us after church, the kids loved that! I got a blackmail photo of Ross though because he put on Sydney's barbie gear and rode on her pink and purple bike! <br />
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That night, I painted Sydney's toe nails and finger nails. Jonas wanted his painted too! In the past, I've gotten away with using the clear nail polish on his nails. I tried to paint them with the clear polish and he blocked my hand and started crying, "No! Like Sydney!" so I got out the blue polish and only painted his toe nails. Then made sure I put socks and shoes on him all week!! One day this week when he had his shoes off he said, "Mom, look at my pretty toes!" lol He has no idea!<br />
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Sydney was so excited for her school to start! <br />
She started counting down the days. Tuesday she had to go in and get tested by her teacher and we bought her some school uniforms. She seems to like the uniforms ok, especially the shirts and dresses! The day before Pre-K, we worked on her "All About Me Block". We taped pictures of our family and her cousins on the box, as well as cut out some pictures of princesses from her magazine. I printed off pictures of an elephant, giraffe, penguin and peanut butter sandwiches- her favorites! She was so excited to show it to her teacher. We all went into the school with her. She knew right where her classroom was. She came back out of her classroom, gave me a hug goodbye and went back in! Jonas wasn't as upset to leave Sydney there as I thought he would be. Here's my big girl on her first day of Pre-K!<br />
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While Sydney was at school, I took Jonas to the duck pond and packed a lunch. He had so much fun just walking along the shore, looking for the ducks. He also had fun throwing sticks into the water.<br />
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Then we came home, he napped and I exercised, and showered. And then it was time to get ready to get Sydney! <br />
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At the end of the day, I went to pick her up. I could tell she was tired! It took a while for her to talk to me about what happened during the day. I asked her if she missed us. She gave me this little smile and said nothing, which said, "I know you want me to say I did but...". Finally I got from her that a classmate had a birthday so they had cupcakes for snack time! Then, I almost NEVER let her have chocolate milk but the drink with her lunch was chocolate milk! So yeah, they won her over there! She also said they read a book about the gingerbread man and then did a search all over the school for him. I thought that was such a cute idea because what they did was take the kids on a tour of the school, visiting the library and the office, and other places. She did say there was 1 thing she didn't like about school and that was quiet time/nap time. This kid will snooze on the way to pick up Brian from work but not for quiet time! So she didn't like that. But, hopefully she'll get used to it! She is so excited to go back tomorrow and I am glad she did so well and had no problems!<br />
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-83600237916449183432013-08-11T13:51:00.000-05:002013-08-11T13:51:56.914-05:00Jonas Brushing Sydney's Hair and The Shed completedSo Sydney IS starting full-day Pre-K this Friday! If I don't let her go now, she'll lose her place. I told myself I just need to relax and she'll be fine. I mean she missed the cut-off for Kindergarten by 3 days so she'll be one of the oldest kids in this group. I think the teachers are nice and they have an assistant and are firm at only 20 kids in a class. It should be good for her. She's really excited. I explained to her she can't wear her cute little outfits to school (she'll have uniforms) but the uniforms include skorts and jumpers so she's excited for that.<br />
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One day Jonas was playing with Sydney's hair (aka messing it up) and so I asked him to go get a brush and brush her hair. Cute little video of that:<br />
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I've been telling Sydney we will miss her while she's at school and the other day she told she'd miss Jonas. Hopefully being apart will just make them appreciate each other more. They play pretty well together most of the time. At least Jonas likes what Sydney picks out to watch. Like this morning, he was happily watching My Little Pony :)<br />
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A couple of brethren from the church helped Brian put up our shed yesterday. It took them several hours but it looks nice! There's a few kinks to still work out but we are super excited to have such a sturdy place to store our mower and some other boxes.<br />
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Not much else new happening with us! We'll have first day of school pictures to take on Friday! so we'll have those next time! I am thinking I MIGHT start serious potty-training with Jonas with Sydney at school, we'll see...<br /><br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-53382099104685656142013-08-04T14:05:00.000-05:002013-08-04T14:05:35.347-05:00What the Tucks did in JulyWhew! We've been busy this past month and I'm glad I finally made the time to look at the pictures! The kids and I have gotten into a routine because we go out almost every day to a park, or the library or some other fun activity. And in this southern heat it can really drain you!<br />
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We started July out in Alabama! The kids always enjoy visiting their grandparents in Alabama! We also traveled over to Georgia and got to visit with Brian's grandma and his aunt and uncles. Here's some pictures of the times we had with them.<br />
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Grandma Tuck had gotten these cute Thing 1 and Thing 2 shirts for the kids. So fitting!<br />
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Right before we left for Alabama, Sydney had earned her bike! She's been wiping the table, helping with laundry, washing windows and helping me out around the house to earn a new bike. She was so excited to go to pick it out her bike and I was so glad she was also excited about the helmet and pads. She never rides her bike without the protective gear. I'm so proud of her! She LOVES riding her bike. She wanted to ride it that very night we got it and then the next morning, her first words were, "Can I ride my bike?!". She's getting used to making some slight turns and she can go really fast while on the sidewalk. Jonas tried out a bike in the store too. I hope we can get him something to follow Sydney around on soon.<br />
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One night we had my niece and nephew for dinner and we got the little Mini Murphs so they could make their own pizzas. The kids LOVED it. Liam was still talking about it a couple weeks later. It was really cute and fun to see them make and eat their own pizzas.<br />
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This is just a quick photo from the Sci-Port where the kids were playing with the new dentist exhibit. So cute!<br />
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This past week we went to Gator N Friends, an alligator farm with a petting zoo.<br />
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They had some llamas.<br />
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Cute little ponies.. <br />
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But the kids' favorite I think was the goats! <br />
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and then the gator feeding. <br />
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Sydney was so excited to hold the gator. <br />
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Liam didn't want to hold it but just touch it. <br />
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Recently Brian and I decided to make the plunge and get rid of the shed that was in our backyard. It was here when we moved in and we quickly found out it was worthless. It leaks, had a rotted floor and so wasn't good for storing our stuff like we'd want. We have the mower in there but that's about it. So we decided to go ahead and tear down the old one and Brian started by setting up the concrete pad this past weekend. The missionaries and a neighbor helped Brian out with it and then a HUGE thank you to a member in our ward who lent Brian a cement mixer and great truck for hauling the bags of cement and the shed. Here's how it happened:<br />
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Brian's next paycheck will be the first one with his raise. We're very excited! It's taken 2 years with Schlumberger for this raise to come! So that will be great. School keeps running along for him and he is definitely getting more confident in his classes.<br />
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I go to a parent orientation this Tuesday to see when they want Sydney to start Pre-K. I'm hoping it will be January since it will be all-day. I think it will be a lot for her to deal with.<br />
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Jonas continues to talk more and more, it's really cute. He's so helpful and a sweet boy. Lately, he's started giving me "kiss attacks" when I give him his goodnight hug. Some days he seems to do well with being willing to at least sit on the potty, like one day, he went several times on the potty. But then the next day, I ask him to sit and he doesn't want to. I need to get a reward chart set up. I am almost willing to try to get him to do it cold turkey with wearing his underwear all day. <br />
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I should be starting to tutor again this month. Just been focusing on my digiscrap business lately and it's been going well.<br />
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Got lots of fun things planned for August, I can't wait! Brian and I celebrate 8 years later this month too. We love everyone and pray all is well with you!<br />
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Wow, I feel bad that I haven't posted on the blog in a whole month but it's a been a busy one for sure! I started watching my nephew Liam and so we go somewhere almost every day this summer, just trying to keep these guys busy! Here's a look of some of the fun things we've done!<br />
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<b>June 3rd</b><br />
We got a new kiddie pool this summer and so about once a week we'll fill this up and let the kids have some fun!<br />
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<b>June 6th- finding the slug</b><br />
It's been a hot summer as usual but it's also been pretty wet! We'll get a couple days of some strong downpour and one day it seemed to rain the entire day. One day we came out after the storm and found a slug on the wall! I can't remember the last time I saw one. And even though he's slimy, he's antennae are so cute!<b> </b>And, actually, before we found this live one we found a dead one (ewww) and I won't post those pictures but to tell you that Sydney is becoming quite the bug killer! She is not afraid to squash ants and spiders we find in the house and while I had my back turned she squished this (already-dead!) slug. I said, "Sydney, why did you do that?" She said, "I thought I saw it move!" Makes me laugh!<br />
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<b>June 8th-</b> <b>Farmer's Market</b><br />
Well, this whole week my Aunt Dawn was in town with her 4 kids so we went over to my grandmother's a lot and the kids swam almost every day! Then on Saturday, we went to the local Farmer's Market where all the kids had some great face-painting done!<br />
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I was so impressed that Jonas was still enough for them to get this full-face mask on there!<br />
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Sydney is Hello Kitty! <br />
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The skeletons! Hunter, Liam and Christopher.<br />
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<b>June 13-</b> <b>Marshmallow Snowmen</b><br />
So I know it's summer but I had these marshmallows in my cupboard and thought we'd do a craft with them and then eat them. So naturally, snowmen. The kids got pretty creative with them! I helped them make hats and then Liam made them guitars!<br />
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<b>June 21- My 25 pounds down weigh-in!</b><br />
I am so excited that after 6 months, I've lost 25 pounds! It's been slow progress but so worth it! This was what I weighed when I got married, and when I started school at BYU-I so I haven't seen these numbers for almost 8 years. Hoping to keep going! I've dropped 2 dress sizes and probably 4 inches in the hips and waist (only started measuring those in April so it's just a guess..). I've done it with regular exercise and changing my eating habits. I have incorporated more fiber and protein in my diet with healthier snacks and then portion-control for other meals. I allow myself to cheat on the weekends but still try not to go over board. So here are my before and after shots!<br />
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And my in-laws were asking a few months back how far I was from my weight at the wedding so now that I'm there, thought I would take a picture to prove it!<br />
Here I am back in the wedding dress! Most definitely could not have fit in it 6 months ago. <br />
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And here's me in one of my new outfits. Loved getting these pants!<br />
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<b>June 22- the Zoo!</b><br />
The kids had a blast as we went to the zoo. I think it was the first time we took Jonas to the zoo.<br />
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They had SO much fun feeding the birds. Look at Jonas with his cute little SpiderMan backpack! He wore it all day too! When he was feeding the birds, he would put his stick out there and say "Here birdie! Want eat? Woohoo!" And then when he got a bird on his stick, he said, "Dad! Look! I got birdie!" <br />
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So it was a blast! We hope to go again later this summer. The kids did so well. Sydney says her favorite animals are penguins and giraffes. We got to see them feed the penguins so that was fun. </div>
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So that's pretty much been our month! I take the kids to playgrounds often and we have playdates. They got to pet some stingrays at the local Science Museum but it being only me and me needing to make sure they don't grab the stingrays (more Jonas than Sydney) I didn't get any photos. But they did great with them and then we also got to feed them. They eat shrimp and you can hold it at the bottom of the tank and they'll eat it from your hand. So fun!</div>
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-65882914886826885262013-05-26T19:17:00.000-05:002013-05-26T20:33:17.240-05:00Mother's Day, Our New Garden and There's been some bad storms coming through Shreveport but we've been doing fine with them. Sydney and Jonas are excited that with the summer coming, that means their cousin Liam will be hanging out with us each day! We've been looking online, on Craigslist, in the newspaper for a car Brian can use strictly to get to work and back but it's tough going right now. Hoping to find something soon.<br />
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<b>New Van</b><br />
We did purchase a 2005 Honda Odyssey in the middle of my jury duty trial. We are really loving it! I was worried it would be a lot different than driving a car but I am adjusting to it fine and the kids LOVE the DVD system. A movie is ALWAYS playing when we get in. Here's some shots of that:<br />
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Here are just some fun pictures we took together on Mother's Day this year.<br />
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Sydney and I painted our finger nails.<br />
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Love my kids! They can drive me crazy some days but overall they are very sweet and caring and so loving. Sweet and precious gifts from God. I truly understand the love God has for us more fully as I interact with my children.<br />
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<b>Jonas with his backpack</b><br />
Just a cute random photo. Jonas loves this Spider-Man backpack he got for Christmas from his cousin Ross and I thought this was just so adorable, him staring at this piece of paper intently as if he was reading it! He's going to have a hard time when Sydney starts Pre-K.<br />
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<b>Paint Your Heart Out and Dinner</b><br />
For 3 years now, Brian and I have participated in a community service project they do in our city called Paint Your Heart Out. Groups from the city are assigned homes where elderly, or disabled citizens need a home repainted and the city buys the paint and provides the material and the community provides the man power! Brian has painted the houses each time and the first year, I helped watch kids at the church for those painting, the second year I think I just stayed home with the kids but this year I wanted to paint! We're thankful our friends the Terry's were willing to watch the kids all morning for us. I got paint in my hair (probably from painting straight above myself, lol) and it was hard work but it was fun and I was so glad we were able to help this woman out who had had a stroke! Now she will come home to a newly painted house. Later that day, they had an appreciation dinner for all the volunteers including a crawfish boil!<br />
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<b>New Flower Bed</b><br />
And as if painting a house wasn't enough for a day, we went home and MADE this flower bed around our tree in the front yard. We had to try to level out the dirt around the roots because they are HUGE! Brian's co-worker gave us some irises to plant and then a few days later we went and got some other flowers too.<br />
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Even Miss Priss herself helped us with the garden. <br />
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We're just grouping the irises all together for now, they are supposed to expand out really well and Brian's co-worker is bringing us more too so hopefully we'll have another ring of flowers around the bed soon. Overall, I love the way it came out and the color it adds to our front yard! <br />
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<b> WaterPark</b><br />
We will be going to the water park A LOT this summer. We decided to go last Friday and it was packed! but the kids had a great time!<br />
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Jonas might be outgrowing naps. For now I don't push trying to get him down for a nap but if he falls asleep I let him sleep. He's off and on for naps each day and I'm ok with that. It's more important he sleeps well at night than during the day for me. <br />
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Hope everyone is doing well and we look forward to a fun summer!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-24299073154004244782013-05-12T14:19:00.001-05:002013-05-12T14:19:41.611-05:00Happy Mother's Day and what we've been up to!First of all, Happy Mother's Day! To all the amazing women who have shaped my life (and my family's) through their examples of love, faith, devotion and sacrifice. Selfless and Sacrifice are the first words that come to my mind when I think of my mom and what motherhood means. I think of all the times she sacrificed for my sisters and I so that we could have things and feel safe and loved in our home. I know that she and many other women instilled in me the sense of service and love that is symbolic of faithful women of God and I hope to emulate you all! My children have become a lot of who I am today and I wouldn't change that for the world :)<br />
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I am very appreciative today too of my Mother-in-law who took time off from work to come and take care of the kids while I spent a 10 days serving jury duty. She took the kids all over to parks and fun places, did laundry, and prepared dinner and it was such a huge blessing that I didn't feel overwhelmed while I served and wouldn't get home until between 7 and 8 at night. It was a good experience for me and I am grateful to her for making that possible! Here's a photo journal of some of their times together!<br />
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Grandma Tuck got here on the 28th of April<br />
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Of course Jonas gives the customary greeting of stroking the jugular. lol<br />
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I think they went to Kid City several days but here's some photos of when they went on the 29th. Kid City is a daycare facility but they have this climbing gym open to the public. Sydney LOVES this place.<br />
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Then, one of our friends had a birthday part on May 4th! Theresa was a big help and picked out the birthday presents and helped Brian manage the kids at the party.<br />
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And the other party guests are the boys Sydney and Jonas play with on our playdates weekly :) Well, we see Johnny too if it 's a day their mom is watching him! So these guys hang out a lot and in church, very close! <br />
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And it looks like Jonas wanted to help out with the candles! <br />
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Then that night, we took Grandma Tuck to Ralph & Kacoo's as a thank you for all her help this week and to celebrate her anniversary of being married to Grandpa Tuck for 36 years! We felt bad separating them for their anniversary but we were so thankful she came!!<br />
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Also, another great activity for this Mother's Day, we went to the Dallas, TX temple. I am so glad we finally were able to make the trip again and it was super fun in our new van where the kids could watch movie after movie on the drop-down screen in the van! They loved that! While Brian was in doing a session, I got some shots of the kids around the temple grounds.<br />
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It always makes for a long day when we go to the temple but I know it's so worth it and especially to show the kids that the temple is important. We talk so often about how they are sealed together with us for a forever family and it make motherhood that much more sweeter to know my kids are mine for always.<br />
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Sending love and kisses to every woman of God today. Hugs to everyone!<br />
<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-21068625117842169002013-04-21T15:27:00.001-05:002013-04-21T15:27:14.203-05:00Sun and Chimp HavenI got Sydney enrolled in Pre-K on Friday. I hope she's ready. I hope I am ready! She has a screening next Tuesday but I am not worried about it. I am worried about how to do all these things when I have jury duty next week and don't know my schedule.<br />
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There's a group of trees the kids love to climb in the middle of our cul de sac and Jonas is getting good at it too.<br />
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Chimp Haven is a great reserve south of town that is only open to the public on Discovery Days and Saturday. Earth Day, was one of them. We went with Liam and Scarlett and these guys are so cute to see hang out together. Jonas started pumping his arms when he saw Liam and Scarlett and threw himself on the ground in his excitement. And then was a great ball of energy for everything else too! O.o<br />
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First there was a hayride from the parking lot to the reserve entrance.<br />
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This is Liam being a chicken. <br />
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Then, the chimpanzees were across this small pond from us. We even got to hear them make some loud cries.<br />
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They also had some fun handouts for the kids like pine tree saplings and tattoos.
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-25209580800095639592013-04-14T13:52:00.002-05:002013-04-14T13:52:50.338-05:00April Showers and SunshineIt's been a bit rainy this month and so the kids and I have been inside a lot or try to go to an indoor playground. I've also been taking the opportunity to read a lot of books like Divergent and the Infernal Devices.<br />
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On April 8th we said farewell as one of the missionaries in our area was transferred to another area. The missionaries are so sweet and willing to play Princess Candy Land with Sydney when they come over for dinner.<br />
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On April 9th, Sydney and Jonas made these puppets. Sydney helped cut out, color and paste Jonas' puppet so I guess he didn't do a lot of it..<br />
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April 12 I decided 15 pounds lost was a good time to take some -after shots and see what differences I could see. I can see some! I was glad to have the photos to tell as sometimes you don't really notice as it happens it gradually. I am glad Brian has started working out with me this week too. It's been good to support each other.<br />
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I hope to be able to take a -25 pound set of pictures by the end of May, at least that is my goal, to have lost 10 more pounds by then, reaching the half-way mark in my weight-loss goals.<br />
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April 13th, we bought some kites and thought we would try them out at the park. The kids had fun and we were able to get them up for a little bit.<br />
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Pre-K sign-up for this Fall is this coming Friday and I am torn. I don't think Sydney is ready to be gone from home all day every day and I am thinking I need to find a part-time Pre-K for her instead... I need to start looking into that. I read her a book about a llama missing his mama his first day of school and the realization that she would be at school without me hit her and she said she didn't want to go to school for fear of missing me. She has been asking tons of addition questions lately. She'll ask, "What's 2 plus 3?" and we tell her to hold up those fingers and count them altogether and then she'll tell us "2 plus 3 equals 5!" So I think it's great she's already getting the idea of addition down. I just need to work with her more on the writing, writing letters and numbers. We work with her on spelling too.<br />
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Jonas is growing and learning and wants to do whatever Sydney does. He was right next to Sydney as she climbs the trees in our little cul de sac. He also gets excited and says "Ponies!" when My Little Pony comes on the tv. I think that's cute! Brian, not so much. lol<br />
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Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying beautiful weather.Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-76372836025163228022013-04-04T09:13:00.001-05:002013-04-04T09:15:40.738-05:00Rest of March, Happy Easter!Oh life is good here, we can't complain! Brian is back in classes but this one is not stressing him out as much as others so we're happy for that!<br />
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Sydney and Jonas had fun with their cousin Liam during his Spring Break. The weather was really nice and they would climb trees and play dolls together. Liam helped Sydney play hard! She was definitely wiped out by the end of the day:<br />
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We also went to the Walter B Jacob's Nature Reserve during the week and the kids did a great job with a 1.8 mile trail! I couldn't really take pictures though because Jonas was being a pill :/ He likes to think he knows where we are going and should be the leader. He kept running off or going down a different trail and shouting adamantly, "This way!".<br />
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One fine afternoon, the kids wanted to have a picnic outside<br />
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We wanted to do our Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning so that Sunday could be more focused on the Savior and I am VERY glad we did! Grandma saved her large clover patches in her backyard so we could do a hunt there :)<br />
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Sydney was pretty excited to find a golden egg! <br />
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Jonas' basket is still a bit tall for him. Lol but he manged it better than last year for sure<br />
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The kids had a blast! And then they got to go swimming in grandma's pool! They loved that! I LOVED not having to worry about ear plugs for Sydney! Scarlett and Sydney was super brave about jumping from the side of the pool to me. You go girls!<br />
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So 10 minutes after we get home from hanging at grandma's house, a HUGE thunderstorm rolls through town. The rain seemed to be blowing sideways. The power went out quickly. Then there was marble-sized hail. It was insane! I have never seen the tree in our front yard so bare of leaves. As we drove around there were a LOT of trees that fell during the storm. It mainly lasted about 30 minutes. Our power stayed out until early Sunday morning. Internet didn't come back until late Monday night. Darn!!<br />
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We went out to eat Saturday night and I think I overdid it on my cheat meal as well as helping myself to more candy than I have eaten in a long time. Sunday morning I felt awful. Horrible stomach pains. So the kids went to church Easter Sunday without me :( really sad I missed going. I heard it was a great meeting. And then we had a family dinner that evening at grandma's. The food was AMAZING although I didn't have much. still feeling icky..Sydney did great though with eating the pork!<br />
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We hope everyone had a great Easter. I have tried for the whole month to talk to Sydney about why we celebrate Easter and she knows about Jesus' tomb and we are working on the word "Resurrection". It was really sweet. One of the first Family Home Evenings we read the Easter story from the scriptures and Brian was choking up as he read the words. I think he rarely gets emotional as we read the scriptures but the Easter story is powerful, it's full of hope and promise. I couldn't help but think of Brian's brother Kirk and how Easter is a confirmation to us that he will live again.<br />
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Ok, and just to leave you with a silly note. When Jonas was in his suit and then with his crazy hair after a nap, I thought he definitely looks like the actor from the Mentalist! What do you think?<br />
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Our cute little model!<br />
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Love to all!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-21125351297542439972013-03-17T18:53:00.002-05:002013-03-17T18:53:44.554-05:00St Patrick's Day and Spring FunHey all! So this week has been good. The kids have been enjoying going outside, I've been working on a RS Birthday Dinner coming up and more and we've had fun!<br />
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<b>Tuesday</b><br />
On Tuesday, Brian was grilled some steaks and the kids were outside watching him. It's so cute that when they are sitting by each other and we tell them we are taking a picture of them, they immediately snuggle. Awwwww.<br />
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Sydney took a challenge on Dr Seuss' Birthday to read a list of his books. So we checked them out from the library and read them together. It was fun to read books that I had never even heard of. She got to pick out a prize from the library and this is what she chose:<br />
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An umbrella hat. Or as I referred to them one time (12 years ago!) Rainbow hat! <br />
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I have watched my cousin's kids a couple times (well one before this and then in payment for watching them this Saturday) and so as payment, I asked that she cut our hair :) She's a hair stylist so she knows what's she's doing! I just don't feel I can cut the kids' hair (and definitely not my own, lol) and have it look good.<br />
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Sydney was probably most excited about being able to see and make Ariana laugh.<br />
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And then again, arm around each other for a group picture, like pros :)<br />
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<b>Friday- Park</b><br />
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I tried to take the kids to the library story time but neither one of them were having it that day- Sydney complained of being tired and Jonas was his usual run-all-over self. So we went to the park and surprisingly met up with some friends from church too! Jonas decided he could slide down the rope himself and got this nice rope burn. But I wasn't even there, he made it to the ground without falling on his face or crying after he landed. Scared me bad but he's ok. Crazy kid...<br />
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<b>Saturday- St Patrick's Day Parade</b><br />
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I watched my cousin Trish's kids that day and Drea came and helped us take them all to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. It was short but fun and the kids had fun getting some cousin time. I love how Scarlett has her legs crossed in this picture!<br />
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And here's Ian and I trying to detangle them. But it was nice! There was one for each of us!<br />
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Plans for this week...uh none right now! We just sort of cycle through playdates at the park, story time, playing in the house and in the backyard. That's kind of our weekly events!<br />
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Brian is doing well with his new class. He feels the workload is much more manageable and he's staying on top of his assignments well.<br />
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I had super sales the first half of this month and so I'm excited to commission someone to build a website for my designs. I still sell through another store but sites are a great way to promote your designs and freebies- each for people to find you! So I'm excited to get something nice looking and professional. I've lost 9 pounds now on my diet/exercise plan...not as much as I would like but I do see areas where I need to improve so I am working on changing some things! Hoping they will help.<br />
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<b> </b>Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-87735137537610095722013-03-10T13:30:00.001-05:002013-03-10T13:30:34.504-05:00Dr Seuss' BirthdayNot much to show for the last two weeks. I have been taking the kids to an indoor playground a lot because it has been windy around here! (reminds me of Idaho, in a bad way!) But it did warm up a few days last week and they have been having lots of fun playing outside. I've also been reading a lot of books lately, too! The Fault in our Stars by John Green (wah! tear-jerker!) and the Mortal Instruments trilogy- I liked it. Way better than Twilight and it was very interesting, a good read. Brian has started classes again and goes on Thursday nights.<br />
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We thought our car was going to need to go to the shop because it was dying on us although the battery seemed charged and fine. Brian found out one of the connectors to the battery wasn't properly attached/needed cleaning and it's all good now! yay!<br />
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We did our taxes and I was hoping for a nice little windfall and was sorely disappointed. But, the main reason is that the 3 different things I did for additional income for our family last year (tutoring, babysitting and my design business) were untaxed through the year and so we owed some taxes on that. But what would be better? A few thousand right now, or the $7,000+ my family was able to use throughout the year? We are very blessed and I am grateful I have found ways to help us out.<br />
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It's kinda hard to see in the picture but he had this one big curl in the front that stayed up all day! so funny! I think it's time for a trim....<br />
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<b>March 2nd- Dr Seuss' Birthday!</b><br />
The library was having a fun celebration on Dr Seuss' birthday and so we went and got to take pictures with a lady dressed as the Cat in the Hat after she had read the book and the kids made some hats as well as had some fun cupcakes! The adults got a slice of the awesome cake they had there! Jonas saw the cupcakes and all through "One Fish, Two Fish" was in my face with his hands clasped together saying, "Cake?? PEAZE!"<b> </b>over and over. It was a lot of work to keep him occupied until it was time to have a cupcake!<br />
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He sat on the Cat's lap for a second and I just didn't get the picture in time. So here he is with the stuffed animal version. There's a little activity they are having too where you read certain Dr Seuss books and then turn in your reading chart for a prize. So I checked out a big book with lots of stories and have been reading them to Sydney. It's fun to find new stories of his I had never heard of and enjoy that with Sydney. She's super excited about the prize! We should be getting it this week.<br />
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Jonas loves saying "Hey Guys!" everywhere we go, it's too cute. I told our missionaries today I just need to give him some pass along cards to hand out because who could refuse that from a little guy like him? <br />
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I wish I had taken some pictures but Brian and the kids camped outside Friday night with an electric blanket and the kids always enjoy that. Me, I preferred to sleep inside in my comfy bed. lol and enjoy knowing I should have it to myself at least until Jonas wakes up at 6:30 and crawls into bed with me. Another cute thing he does at night: we'll put him to bed and about 10 minutes later, he comes into the living room, comes over to me, gives me a kiss on the cheek(without being asked) and goes back into his room. Melts my heart. We have our days where we both get pretty frustrated with each other but I know he knows that I love him and I know he's happy and loves me back. We feel lucky and happy to have healthy and beautiful kids.<br />
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Take Care!<br />
Love,<br />
The Tuck Family<br />
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-11619213182653262942013-02-24T14:53:00.001-06:002013-02-24T14:53:31.710-06:00February- Parades, Parties, Princesses and Princes!Here are some of the things we have been up to in February!<br />
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<b>February 6-</b><br />
Sydney wanted me to make them some crowns so I cut out the crown shapes and drew the ovals and Sydney cut out and glued her gems on her crown. Fun the little things they enjoy.<br />
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<b> February 10- Highland Mardi Gras Parade</b><br />
The kids were super excited for Mardi Gras. The weather was just about perfect, it had poured down raining earlier that day but by the afternoon, in time for the parade, it stopped! We joined up with Ian, his mom Becky and Liam and Scarlett as well as our friends the Terrys.<br />
<b> </b>Jonas was ok with the parade, he wanted to run around and just eat all the candy as they got it.<br />
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These cousins, lol. They're just so cute when they get together.<br />
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Here's Sydney holding out her bag to catch some stuff. <br />
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And the kids showing off their spoils.<br />
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<b>February 17-</b><br />
Dad just thought Sydney was so cute in this dress. We got it from someone but Sydney had never worn it before and it goes so well with her short hair cut.<b> </b><br />
And you know our little Sydney, she loves to pose.<br />
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<b>February 15- </b><br />
No pictures for this bu we had a Sweethearts Dance at our ward and it was lots of fun. Just hanging out with no kids and dancing with my sweet hubby :) Brian was so wonderful on Valentine's Day- made me a HUGE breakfast in bed and had chocolate (yay!) for me. Really sweet! We do have some pictures taken at the dance which I hope to get soon and share! <br />
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<b>February 18- My Birthday!</b><br />
This year I turned the ripe old age of 27. lol just kidding. I don't feel old. Until the kids wear me down real good but I had a wonderful birthday. Loved all the birthday wishes and calls and songs. Had Liam and Scarlett over and also had my friends the Terry's over a little bit that day too and just felt super happy the whole day :) Wonderful-smelling lotions and body spray from Drea helps too :)<b> </b><br />
We went to the Boardwalk Mall that night with some take-out from Albasha's (gyros yum! I crave their food all the time!) and then had some Coldstone's ice cream (double-yum!) So it was a blast! Some pictures from the Boardwalk:<br />
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Brian and I went out to eat Tuesday night while a family from our ward watched the kids. That was really nice to get out of the house! I also stuck to my calorie-plan well with their lighter Italian fare at Olive Garden so that was cool! I have recently discovered that is asparagus is cooked right and still a bit crispy, I actually like it! So I've tried something new this year! go me!<br />
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<b>February 23-</b><br />
We had a small party at our house for my birthday with some friends and family :) I love having King's Cake for my birthday and we hadn't had one this year either (King's Cake, that is) so it worked perfectly.<br />
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<b>Thank you everyone for making my birthday great! </b><br />
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The past few weeks Brian hasn't been in school but he starts his next class on Thursday so we're prepared for things to get busy around here again. It's like being a single parent lots of days- especially the night he has his 4-hour class, I am with the kids all day, feed them dinner, bathe them and put them to bed myself. It will be like that other nights too as he has to go somewhere to work on his schoolwork but the goal is for him to have his Master's in a year so we can do this! With Brian not taking classes, I stepped up my tutoring hours and so I appreciate his help with that. This week I'll go back to 8 hours a week but I really want to try to maintain that as I know there are only a couple more months of good tutoring opportunities before the summer hits and it will be very slow. I'm excited about some sites I have been ( and will be ) featured on this year for my design business. One this month was <a href="http://www.myscrapbookart.com/blog/?p=1882">MyscrapbookArt.com</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=1149919800272281041"> </a>and that has brought in some good advertising for me and I have another big one scheduled for April that I am really excited about so I am hoping all of this is getting my name out there and helping my business grow! <br />
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We are working with Sydney on trying to read words. She can recognize some small ones like "dad", "mom", "dog", "cat" and sometimes "cow". She can be a little obstinate about working on it and so I have to find a better way to make it fun. She's doing great with cutting skills and she can count to 30 (sometimes more if we just help her with the names of the tens) so that's all exciting. She loves playing opposites with us (just "What's the opposite of hot?") and it's hard to imagine her going to Pre-school this fall. I know Jonas will miss her!<br />
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Jonas is not progressing much with potty-training. lol but he is learning to talk and say more words every day! I think he said "Love you too" for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It was really sweet! He says "Thomas Train", "show" (for TV, and then gets SUPER MAD when I tell him he's not watching more TV), and he can say all our names but is still struggling a bit to say his own. I love it when he says "Woah" or "OH!". It's so cute. And he also says "ma'am" when I tell him something he should be doing. Also, sometimes when I get mad at him but don't put him in time-out, he will put himself over in time-out. His slumped over pose with his frowny face is pretty pathetic but cute.<br />
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We're doing well and hope everyone else is too!<br />
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On Martin Luther King Day I got to watch my nephew and niece! Sydney was so excited to have someone to play dress-up with! I would see a purple dress walk by and thought it was Syndey, but the brown hair gave it away as Scarlett. I did double-takes like that all day. lol.<br />
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I really wish this picture wasn't blurry, it's so dang cute their looks! <br />
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Blowing some bubbles outside. And yes, Jonas has the bubble wand in his mouth in the back. <br />
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Liam enjoyed taking the berries off of the tree that hangs over our back fence. I was careful to tell them not to eat them!<br />
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So the big adventure... I'm not 100% sure Jonas is ready to start hard core potty-training but I thought maybe if we get him some Cars underwear he would get excited about it and try it. So here is a video of him trying on his underwear for the first time.<br />
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I kept asking him to go sit on the potty, sit on the potty, etc. and he had an accident on the floor. I very gently told him, ok let's go get this off in the bathroom. And he happily took off his socks but when I started taking off his underwear, he was MAD. But I stayed calm because I knew that it was good for him to see that the underwear goes away if he has an accident. So, I was kind of happy he was upset. lol. Going to try to give him some time in the underwear when I can and am home and see if starts getting the idea... wish us luck!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-67163402298476254172013-01-20T14:54:00.000-06:002013-01-20T14:54:06.704-06:00Silly Kids and playing with DollsHey all! Life's been going on as usual here! Just wanted to share some fun the kids have been having lately.<br />
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<b>January 7th</b><br />
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Here's a fun pictures of Sydney with one of her Christmas presents, her glowing-hair Rapunzel doll. She was excited to put on her Rapunzel dress on and match with her doll :) She came up to me, "Look, Mom! We Match!"<br />
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The kids have been trained and therefore think anytime I pull out the camera, it means I'm taking pictures of THEM. I pulled out my camera on this day to get a before shot of me as I start a diet/exercise routine to lose weight this year and the kids jumped in and were ready for some candid shots!<br />
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And I won't torture you with my before shots, only if I lose some major weight and have a great after shot to show you as well! :) My plan is to just limit my calorie intake to 1500 calories a day (1800 if I do a 45-minute workout, which for the past 2 weeks, I have been doing M-F, kickboxing or Zumba) and to make that work, I have a food diary on MyFitnessPal.com (free site!) that allows me to do searches for the foods I eat and logs my calories throughout the day. I found that by snacking every 2 hours and then having smaller portions at meal times, I can stick to these fewer calories without feeling like I am starving! I also am seriously drinking 64oz + each day. That also helps me feel full. I snack on fruits, peanut butter, cheese, wheat thins and other low-calorie snacks and then I am still eating with the rest of the family at dinner, just watching my portion sizes. I feel like this is something I can do. I've lost 2-3 pounds already in the two weeks I've been doing it, and that's fine. As long as I don't get tired of this, I think it will just be a gradual thing and that will help me stick to it! Wish me luck!<br />
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Brian was telling me one day how Jonas put on this pirate patch and said "Arr, I'm a pirate!" and so I was trying to recreate that here. <b> </b>Cute little pirates!<br />
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Love Sydney's little fist.<br />
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And here's a little video of Jonas talking.<br />
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Then, she pulled out this leotard and said, "I need to practice my rolling". And then proceeded to dance and roll around the rug for about 10 minutes. This video is about 1 minute long.<br />
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We went up to the Walter B Jacobs Wildlife Reserve in North Shreveport with some friends. The kids had the most fun walking the trails (which shocked me!). Sydney walked over a mile of trails with her friends. Jonas was pushed on half the trails, walked half of the last one and was carried the rest of the way. But it was a really nice day to be outside and enjoying nature! Plus check out some of the displays:<br />
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And this bald eagle was pretty chatty when we came up! interesting to hear what an eagle sounds like :)<br />
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And then today, I was so excited that Sydney let me put her hair up in some bows. Matching bows that came with her new dress from her cousin Bryce for Christmas! She looked too darling for me not to do a photo shoot :)<br />
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<b>Love to all! More from the Tuck Family later!</b><br />
Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-10911250305345278992013-01-06T21:39:00.000-06:002013-01-06T21:39:22.310-06:00The Great Turkey Disaster of Christmas 2012Whoops! How could I forget to post pictures of what shall hereon out be known as <b>THE GREAT TURKEY DISASTER OF CHRISTMAS 2012!!!!!</b> With poor Wayne in the hospital, Brian was left to fry the Christmas turkey himself. <br />
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Unfortunately, it wasn't timed properly (blame for that is still unverified...) but the result was this: <br />
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Theresa's face as she first saw the turkey is priceless and says it all:<br />
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But it was still edible underneath, just a bit dry! But thanks for cooking Christmas dinner dear! We still had a great time and a great meal!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-59724634152531566502013-01-06T19:56:00.002-06:002013-01-06T19:56:57.163-06:00Sydney's interesting folding techniqueIn the last few months Sydney has taken an interest in folding laundry with me and she's not too bad. This recent time we were doing it, she was trying out some interesting finishing techniques..she did NOT learn them from me!!!<br />
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In those photos you will also see the Spider-Man backpack he got from his cousin, Brendon. Jonas was so excited about it on Christmas day! He wanted to put it on right away and he was ready to go outside with it too! He probably thought it meant he was going to school!<br />
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New Year's Eve was rainy and cold! But New Year's Day, it had stopped raining so we got some fireworks and had a blast with the kids. They did so great! Sydney and Jonas each lit one firework on their own without anyone guiding their hands!<br />
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They loved the little poppers you throw on the ground! <br />
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Here's a video of them with some Roman Candles:<br />
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The train ride!<br />
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Jonas in the big fish! But he wasn't there for 3 days....<br />
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They also had a place where you could touch some sting rays and hammerhead sharks. I thought that was really neat!<br />
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And then some food from the food court. <br />
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And what grandma wouldn't love this! Jonas was so tuckered out from all our fun! <br />
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Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for having us! Can't wait to see you again!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-38777347778375845292013-01-06T18:41:00.000-06:002013-01-06T18:41:26.369-06:00Christmas DayChristmas morning the kids were very excited to open their presents! ok maybe Sydney was a little more excited than Jonas. She was ripping through hers really fast while Jonas' pile was getting higher because he was taking his time! But they loved their guitars, books, airplanes, dresses, and more!<br />
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Jonas posing in his jammies:<br />
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Jonas liked the gift tissue! easy to rip out! <br />
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another dress-up outfit for Sydney!<br />
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Jonas first Thomas train set! he loved that! <br />
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Rocking princess!<br />
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We also missed one of Sydney's presents and she found it a few hours later much to her excitement! It was a Hello Kitty Bingo game and she loved having us play it with her. We must have played at least 2 hours that day! I think it might become a new tradition, hide a present on Christmas day to find later!<br />
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We then went to go visit poor Grandpa Tuck in the hospital.<br />
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We are glad Grandpa Tuck later got out of the hospital on Saturday of that week but sad he had to spend most of our visit there. Hopefully next time we'll be able to see him more!<br />
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We had a lot of fun spending Christmas as Grandma and Grandpa Tuck's and this was the first time we were at their house for Christmas! A very memorable Christmas!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-73088380027023716722013-01-06T18:30:00.002-06:002013-01-06T18:30:37.721-06:00Christmas EveChristmas Eve we read the story of Jesus' birth and had the kids help build a nativity scene.<br />
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It was also fun to get to see the ornaments on Theresa's tree and their significance like this missionary angel ornament for when Brian was on a mission.<br />
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Then we let the kids each open one present. Jonas opened a present from Sydney, a toy car. And Sydney opened her present from Grandma and Grandpa Tuck, a Rapunzel doll whose hair glows when you brush her hair.<br />
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Sydney rushed to Dad giving him a hug thinking Rapunzel was from him and we had to tell her to thank her grandma! <br />
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Then this is cute, she started dancing while brushing Rapunzel's hair! big hit!<br />
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Then, Brian started a fire for us and we enjoyed some time by the fire and roasting some marshmallows.<br />
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<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-31040718612023971522013-01-06T18:16:00.002-06:002013-01-06T18:16:43.297-06:00Day before Christmas- outside funI want to be politically correct and say the DAY before Christmas, we did these activities. Got some pictures of Christmas EVE. in the next post.<br />
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So our little family went to see Grandma and Grandpa Tuck in Alabama for Christmas. The kids did great on the trip there. Unfortunately, Jonas and I had had a stomach bug earlier in the week and brought it with us despite having felt better for a few days before our visit to Alabama. By Sunday of our visit, the Sunday before Christmas, Grandpa Tuck had contracted the bug as well as developed an obstructed intestine and would spend the rest of our visit in the hospital. That was a big dark spot on our visit, as well as giving Grandma Tuck our stomach bug! It was a very sick Christmas week! We also took Jonas to the Emergency Room on Sunday as he had developed a cold but was also breathing rapidly. We were told he had bronchilitis, and we treated him with an inhaler every 4 hours for the rest of the week. Not fun! So we spent most of the week just chilling at the house trying not to get anyone else sick!<br />
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The day before Christmas the weather was gorgeous! We had on jackets but had to take them off because we were getting too warm! We spent some time exploring the forestation behind the grandparents' house.<br />
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Next post, Christmas Eve!Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-34867745345549091552012-12-16T15:40:00.001-06:002012-12-16T15:40:26.974-06:00Another week of Christmas fun!Each day I try to do an activity from our advent calendar with the kids. It's been nice having it up because it gives Sydney a visual representation of how many days/activities we have to go until Christmas. Funny though, Sydney then got the idea that if she moved the day 25 activity up along the line that Christmas would come sooner. I quickly told her the calendar does not have power over time. Poor thing. I had not planned to wrap the presents and put them under the tree until maybe the night before Christmas but I was getting a lot of presents together for being shipped off to my various family members and so I didn't want it all getting confused. The morning after, Sydney asked if it was Christmas and we had to tell her "no". So now every day, we get asked at least 3 times if she can just open her presents already! I didn't dare put bows on the presents, they would just get ripped off.<br />
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Sunday's activity was to Sing your favorite Christmas songs. Sydney's was "Jingle Bells" but she also loves singing "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". Brian's is "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" and "Carol of the Bells". I love "O' Holy night" as well as "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen/We Three Kings" by Bare-naked Ladies and Sarah McClachlan. Been having lots of fun listening to Christmas music on Pandora.<br />
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Another activity this week was to make paper snowflakes. Sydney helped me cut out the squares and then I cut them. Then she helped Brian and I with putting them up in our hallway.<br />
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We went to Christmas in Roseland where they have light displays in a Rose Garden. It's a family tradition I remember from my childhood since living here when I was younger. We met up with my sister's family and my grandparents. The weather was a bit cold but the kids still had lots of fun riding on the train and walking around to see all the lights.<br />
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Sydney and Jonas loved this moving Santa's Workshop scene. <br />
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One of the neat nativity scenes there.<br />
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Train ride!<br />
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Great- Grandma and Grandpa <br />
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And then some goofy cousins!<br />
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I thought this pool noodle tree was cool!<br />
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And here is a great example of Cajun Christmas fun. Gotta love the gators and the pelican! Drea thought the gators looked more like gator-seahorses with no legs.<br />
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Earlier in the week it was pretty cold to play outside so the kids made some indoor fun! They love trains and so they often line up the chairs and play!<br />
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Jonas loves saying, "Choo choo!"<br />
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Don't quite know what this face is for... <br />
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Oh, and you might notice I cut Sydney's hair. She had taken scissors to her own hair a few days before her birthday party and I had been trying to just hide it but anytime I brushed her hair, it just stuck out so bad in the short area compared to the rest of her long hair. I decided to make it all match so the short spot wouldn't stick out so bad. Sydney was ok with it but then she looks at our family portrait and says she wishes her hair was long again. Well, we tell her, it would be if you didn't cut it! So lesson learned, I hope!<br />
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We look forward to traveling to Grandma and Grandpa Tuck's house later this week and having cousin Liam over a couple days before we leave. So far the Christmas season has been filled with Christ-centered activities, fun and family get-togethers and the kids are loving it. I am too, it's been a great celebration of life and love and I am trying to get as many pictures as I can and enjoy my blessings!<br />
<br />Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-91439395974755694662012-12-10T11:34:00.001-06:002012-12-10T11:34:55.830-06:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!Poor Sydney, ever since we put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving, she has been asking if it's Christmas yet about 3 times a day. Wrapping the presents and putting them under the tree recently didn't help either. I have an advent calendar on the wall and try to use that to explain to her how many days away it is but she still asks and now she thinks if she can move the 25th on the advent calendar that somehow it will make Christmas come sooner.<br />
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Personal request: I recently maxed out my photo storage with my blog. I did some research and when you upload photos smaller than a certain size it doesn't count towards your free storage space but if you get over that (and all my photos taken with my camera are bigger than this size) then it starts adding up and you have to pay- $25/yr or $2.50/month! Sorry, I don't want to pay to have to share things with you so I am having to go in and resize all my photos before posting. This adds another step to an already long process since I take hundreds of pictures and then have to choose which ones to post and then edit/re-size them. Please be patient if I go a while without posting. Thanks!<br />
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<b>Dec 1st- Bass Pro Shop with Santa</b><br />
Free pictures with Santa were going on as well as some fun and games for the kids. Sydney and Jonas both liked this animatronic reindeer!<br />
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There was also a cool train set the kids could play with!<br />
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And here's a shot of Sydney with Santa. <br />
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Jonas was having too much fun with the games that when we pulled him away to be with Santa, he was mad. I'm not forcing an upset kid to sit on this poor guy's lap.<br />
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<b>December 3rd</b><br />
Sydney has seen how we have been trying to reward Jonas for going on the potty by telling him about stickers and toys and has been reporting to us when she goes. We had to explain to her that it had to be something she is learning to do, not already known. So we decided she needed to work on counting to 20. She would get jumbled up in the teens. We discovered the main culprit was the 13. So we worked a lot with her on 11-12-<b>13</b>-14. And she finally did it! And here is her prize! A Cinderella doll from Grandma Tuck!<br />
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And here is a video of her counting! Even though she asks me "What comes next?" I didn't tell or gesture the 13 to her, it just took her a few seconds and she remembered.<br />
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<b>Dec 6</b><br />
Yay for gingerbread cookies! I finally tried this recipe last year and despite the molasses smelling disgusting, I love these cookies! It's so funny, this has to be one of the few cookie recipes where the dough is nasty. I forgot about this and handed Sydney a beater to lick and she made a sour face and ran to the bathroom, washing out her mouth from the small lick she got of it. We also had our friends the Terrys come over to enjoy the cookies and decorate with us.<br />
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Sydney just wanted a little bit of decorations and then to eat those cookies!<br />
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Our friend Declan :) <br />
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Jonas was having a pretty good time decorating as well. <br />
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We also went outside and raked up some of the HUGE leaves I have in my backyard from my neighbors' trees. It's ok, they provide shade in the summer so it seems fair to have to clean up their foliage. But the kids had a blast burying each other in the leaves and having leaf fights and it was beautiful weather and lots of fun!<br />
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<b>Dec 7</b><br />
Just some fingerpainting. I thought it was cute though that Jonas came up to me to show me his painting.<br />
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Sydney can draw great little people figures but for painting she likes to stay in the abstract. <br />
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Our Church's Stake put on a lovely Christmas Nativity Celebration. Sydney sang with our Ward's Primary. We'd been practicing the songs and she was doing pretty well just not too loud.<br />
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Here's a small clip of the choir singing "Christmas Bells are Ringing". Love how Sydney got really into it. and the bell got into her mouth!<br />
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And just be chance! Scarlett and Sydney's dresses were the same! Not the exact same but close enough! So cute! reminds me of when they would dress my cousin Peggy and I and my sister Kymry alike as kids. <br />
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Genius! They had play nativity scenes kids could play with there. <br />
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Some of my favorite nativity sets: <br />
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This is the special bunny nativity my grandmother made! She sewed these herself! <br />
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It was a beautiful celebration and a great event to go to as a remembrance of the the reason behind this festive season!<br />
Meagan , Brian, Sydney and Jonas!http://www.blogger.com/profile/07039813101144978941noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149919800272281041.post-85864109556159160372012-11-30T23:47:00.001-06:002012-11-30T23:47:27.423-06:00The NEW Christmas treeSo I did go to some Black Friday shopping. I didn't go at dawn or the night before but mid-morning and it was a very pleasant experience overall. I was looking for a particular product at Best Buy and another customer realized we were both looking for the same thing. She helped me find it and we were both able to get what we wanted. Very nice!<br />
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I went over to Target where I had mainly planned on snagging a 6ft pre-lit tree for $30, down from $65. I had a little bit of a hard time finding it but I finally did and then was inquiring about another tree I was contemplating switching it for. Another shopper saw what I had and realized they were looking for it and so I showed them where I got it from. I was happy to be able to help them! Another nice experience!<br />
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Not soo nice was the 25-minute wait to check-out at Kohl's or being $5 shy of another set of Kohl's Cash (head slap!) but it was fine. Again, no rude, pushy people. traffic wasn't bad either.<br />
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So, I couldn't wait to put up my spoils!<br />
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This had to be the easiest tree to put up ever. There were just 3 pieces to attach, the branches were already attached!<br />
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sigh, at least these ornaments are not glass. Jonas decided they looked JUST like balls. He was throwing them all over the place... <br />
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Sydney was very excited about putting the star on the top. I was glad to have a little spiritual moment with her as I told her the star represented the new star that appeared in the sky when Jesus was born and led the wise men to him.<br />
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Sydney thought this little tree should go in their bedroom. Wanted the flash light to be lights for the tree. <br />
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Oh and this dress was one of my other Black Friday spoils. Sydney loves.this.dress. She was super mad I wouldn't let her sleep in it. <br />
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Our attempt to take a family photo in front of the tree with the tripod. Merry Christmas!! <br />
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