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The Most Comprehensive Letter Show and Tell List EVER
I know you’re really just here for the letter show and tell list so I’ll save the funny stories and extra ideas for the end. If you have a child under the age of 6, bookmark this page in your phone because believe me, you’re going to need it. You may not think you will, but trust me. You will. And you’re welcome.
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Family Halloween Costumes – 101 Dalmatians
Over the years, we have become well known among friends and neighbors for our family Halloween costumes. People wait anxiously every year to see what ridiculous looks we can come up with. I wasn’t sure how this year’s theme of 101 Dalmatians would turn out, but as usual, I think we nailed it! Hudson has been in a “doggy” phase. All day long he barks, licks, and walks around on all fours. If he is being human, it is only because Harper is now his doggy. We had…
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Houston Axe Throwing
You guys, I am not one to pay much attention to ads. Especially not Facebook ads. But one day I’m just scrolling through my feed, minding everyone else’s business, when I came across an ad for Houston Axe Throwing. Read that again. Axe throwing. In Houston. If it wasn’t obvious after Goat Yoga, I am clearly down for (almost) anything. As much as axe throwing sounded like it was absolutely not my thing, I had to get in on this. First of all, we owe a huge thanks…
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Goat Yoga Texas!
Goat Yoga. Yep. It’s a thing. It’s a real thing. I read about it a long time ago in one of those crazy news stories that suck you in when you’re supposed to be doing something important. Basically, these west coast weirdos were doing yoga while some goats ran around. “People are so weird,” was my thought. Didn’t cross my mind again. Then a few weeks ago I happened to be watching another video that was completely unrelated, but mentioned Goat Yoga just to be funny. I decided…
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Our First Flytographer Experience
If you know me at all you know I’m kind of obsessed with pictures. Yours, mine, people I don’t know, beautiful, blurry, all of them. I seriously don’t know what it is, but I just love to look at pictures. So when we happen to be doing something fun I kind of go crazy and take a million. While we were in Destin over the summer (read about it here), every day at sunset the beach would be covered with families and photographers. It got me thinking. Why…
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Cue the Theme Music
A few weeks ago someone contacted me on Instagram saying that she stumbled across my profile, @mama_cant_sing, which led her to my little blog and she was instantly inspired to write a song. I mean, I know I’m pretty amazing but I’ve never been someone’s muse before! Ha! She asked if I was interested in seeing the video when it was done and obviously I was. The whole idea that someone decided to write a song about my inability to sing was hilarious! As it turns out, she…
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Harper is Two Hands Old
Happy birthday baby girl! I probably say this every year, but I can’t believe you are already 6 years old. It didn’t quite hit me until the other day when you had to use 2 hands to show me how old you were turning. Two hands! And there’s no longer a spot in your baby book for your birthday celebrations. I guess this means you’re not really a baby anymore. I’m going to need a few more years to accept that. And just so you know, I will…
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An Interview with Grandma and Grandpa
A few years ago I stumbled across an article (knowing me, probably from Pinterest) about interviewing grandparents about their lives. Ever the family archivist, I was shocked I hadn’t ever thought of doing this before and knew I had to get busy. Harper was just a toddler at the time, but this was something I wanted to do for my kids, and heck, for the rest of the family too. My Grandpa was just starting to show signs of memory loss and he and Grandma had recently moved…
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P-6 Farms Fall Festival
Harper’s school had a 4-day weekend for Columbus Day and though Dustin had to work, I was determined to make it a fun staycation for the 3 of us. One of the many things we did was spending a day at P6 Farms in Montgomery, Texas. We’ve been to other farms around Houston, but when I talked to Dustin that night I told him that P6 was my new favorite farm of all, hands down. First of all, I bought the tickets online just before we left the…
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Kindergarten
Harper was only a couple weeks old when I sat holding her in the middle of my bed, just sobbing over how much she had grown in such a short time. I wish hormones played a role every time this happened thereafter, but here I am doing it again as my baby started kindergarten today. All summer she’s been anxious about school, mostly because she was afraid of having a principal (a fear only that child would have, and rightfully so). All summer I’d been fine. I was…
