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some of the gifts a 12 year old girl enjoys –
a cosmetic case filled with goodies
an electric blanket for her cold bedroom
an i-Dog with a sweater set (for iPod)
stack of new books
travel Scrabble
clothes
more i-Pod accessories
and the favorite for anyone – MONEY!

What a nice birhtday. The first time in many years that i felt Lauren really liked her gifts. good to see her so happy.

I took the kids and my grandmother to my parents’ house for the weekend. Craig stayed home – stripped wallpaper & watched the super bowl. We all enjoyed our time. Especially the swimming. Sean went down the BIG slide by himself! Big time stuff. i didn’t get a picture though – too scared to bring my new camera to the pool. But I was very proud.
Today is Lauren’s 12th birthday. WOW. Family dinner and presents tonight.
This picture was from last week – playing a little hide and seek.

we are the proud owners of 6 tadpoles.
no names yet.
doesn’t every house need 6 frogs hopping around?
the pet shop guy said on the phone that they are small to medium frogs. we went to pick them up and the woman said they are pretty good sized bull frogs! great. we will just wait and see.

After the major hot dog tantrum she was cheesing it up for Dad.

“I WANT A HOT DOG NOW!!!!”

annie always MUST be in the bathroom when the other kids are brushing their teeth. she is in their way and pour water everywhere, steals their tooth brushes – make s them so mad. but she just wants to be big like them.