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Travel

Hanging out on the Beach

This was our first real day on vacation. Yesterday we had gone out on the beach a little and walked around the resort some, but hadn’t done much of anything.

After spending some more time in the morning on the beach (I think it was MDF’s idea), we took our bikes out to ride around. We headed north on Hwy 12 — which has become nothing more than a side road since Hwy 58 took over, but that was good for us. We actually went out to the main highway to try to cross over to the Wright Brother’s memorial, but traffic was constant, and our bikes wouldn’t trip the traffic light for us to cross. We waited for a while to see if a car would come along that wanted to turn, but nothing did. So instead we turned around and rode back to the resort.

Yesterday we had promised to take MDF swimming in the inside pool, so when we got back to the beach house, we got our stuff ready and went across the street to the office/pool. In spite of being inside, the pool was still cold. Too cold for me to get in past my hips, but CDF and MDF managed to get in nearly all the way. MDF had a good time regardless of the temperature, and probably would have stayed longer, but we took her out because she was starting to shiver.

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Daughters

Visiting a Farm, and Sharks!

Yesterday we took MDF up to Mike’s Farm just off of Catherine’s Lake Road. She really enjoyed seeing the animals there, and she even stopped long enough for us to take a few pictures by a wagon.

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It’s Autumn!

While on the topic of MDF… she’s begun exercising/expressing her imagination and the most recent thing has been for her to pretend that CDF or I are sharks and she is a fish. Well, the other day her imagination got the better of her. I came in the house after getting back from work and she was watching TV. Apparently I startled her because she jumped up and ran in the back yelling to CDF, “Mom! It’s a shark!” It still amuses me.

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Daughters

Fall Festival

MDF and CDF went to the MnM Fall festival this week. MDF was dressed up in a cat suit — “tiger” as she said — and looked very cute.

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MDF and Mackenzie

CDF had this comment about the picture:

Here is MDF with her friend Mackenzie. Mackenzie will turn 3 on Monday, Oct. 24th. After this picture was taken, the girls turned to each other & MDF informed Mackenzie that she was a tiger & Mackenzie told MDF she was a princess. They then ran around the room & hid under the table that I was setting up for the mom’s group. They had a great time together!

She also got more pictures of MDF after the party. This is one of the best.

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A happy cat!

These are just cute & I have been wanting to get some pictures of her dressed in a fall outfit with a background similar to this…but so far I have not been able to. So, I thought it perfect for her to be dressed as a tiger-cat with fall background! Took the opportunity when it presented itself!

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Friends

Celebrating Matt’s Birthday

This past weekend we celebrated Matt’s birthday (and Dom’s any my birthdays too I guess) out at CDF’s parents’ place. CDF made us some chocolate cupcakes and Dom brought out some sodas and we had a little party/get-together.

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Dom and Matt at the table.

We mostly caught up and what had been going on since it had been a while since we had all gotten together. It wasn’t the first time we’d been together since Matt moved to the trailer on 258, but it was the first Birthday he had celebrated since moving out of Kenwood.

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Contemplation
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Expounding on a topic

We even had a walk down the road — for old times sake — to see if we could spot any horses for MDF. Then before everyone left, we took a group photo.

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Group shot.
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Daughters

Two Years Old

MDF turned two today! Yesterday we celebrated her birthday with a party and invited a bunch of people. Of the friends her age we invited Alex and Alison Shultz, Tyler and Anna Kate Kilpatrick, and Nicholas Croom. We also invited the Moores, Mrs. Joy, and all our extended family.

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Picnic in the Kitchen

I think everything went really well. Because of the rain, we had the picnic inside on the kitchen floor, and they had peanut butter and jelly “uncrustable” sandwiches, chips, and cake. CDF made up some punch too for everyone to drink.

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Eating Cake

MDF got a lot of nice presents. She got at least two kitchen toy sets, four wooden puzzles, a rain jacket, some books, and a singing caterpillar toy made by Leap Frog. CDF also gave her the bug/Clifford quilt she had made a while back. And my parents gave her the children’s Bible we had picked out.

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All Her Presents

Also I want to mention the two cakes CDF made. After a lot of hard work she finally turned out two very pretty cakes (I helped by frosting them!).

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The Birthday Girl Turns Two Cake
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The Pooh Birthday Cake
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Daughters

MDF’s Words

Last week MDF had a cold and we were running the humidifier in her room during nap time and at night. When I got home from work the first day after CDF had run the humidifier during MDF’s nap, MDF wanted to show me something. So we went to her room so she could show me the “menufier.” She wasn’t sure if she liked it or not, but was definitely impressed by it and wanted to tell me all about the “menufier.”