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December 12, 2008
maddie gets the social butterfly award of the family--so many parties, so little time

every week when getting maddie to or from dance, brayden makes a particular girl literally swoon to maddie. oooh, your brother is sooo cute! did he break up with his girlfriend? oh, he doesn't have one? yaaaaay. i've seen her nearly walk into a wall trying to catch a giggly glimpse of him in the car. sheesh

connor is the evil kinevil of the micro scooter. his latest joy is racing down the sidewalk until maximum velocity before throwing himself off onto the grass. only a few injuries

fisher has mastered the words sawry, mom and ho-kay.

logan likes to puff his cheeks and blow at things when he is excited


December 8, 2008
logan is walking

fisher discovered he can pull the sticky safety warning off the vaccum, rip it into tiny pieces, and paste them all over the walls, all while mom is on a short phone call. impressive

connor is chasing the gingerbread man at school. that guy can RUN. maybe I should post about this--it's a darling idea

maddie just finished a big project on the stomach and decided that the 'helps us live' factor outweights the 'eww gross' factor.

brayden just finished editing a group newscast project on WWII, complete with bloopers

rick is...just plain busy

tracy is taking a break from dinner group and so far, doesn't mind the cooking. yes, you heard right

december school break starts next week! is mom ready for a month-long "vacation"?!?