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Its starting to feel like Spring... all the way down to my toes! (In 'Marlins' turquoise... see 5/5!)

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FIVE: boys, cousins, grandsons!

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The boys met Rowen for the first time today. This sweet boy held his baby cousin and talked to him for a good 15 minutes, despite plenty of other things going on around him. And, he probably would have continued to hold him if he hadn't been called to dinner! {Rowen was unimpressed and continued to sleep through the whole thing!}

I need to document Sam's fabulous boo-boo over his eye as well. We were at his friend's birthday party. There were probably 15 or so 7 year old boys there, all running about as boys do. Well, Sam was standing on a rock and got pushed off, and apparently (although I'm still mystified as to how it could have happened) someone's foot made contact with his forehead. He had a big bloody scrape, but he was quite brave and we stayed at the party. After some TLC and a band-aid, he was good to go. He showed his wound to everyone at Meemom's house that night and re-told his tale of injury. Sam wore a BIG band-aid to school for several days that next week, which made him famous. (Or was at least one of three reasons why he now thinks he's famous... more to come on that later!)

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What a reader this boy is! It is such a cool thing to see your kids develop a love of reading... and to know where they (might have) got it from! ::wink, wink::

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Ben and Sam were all decked out in green shirts and tattoos!

(If you look closely, you can see a 'dent' in Ben's hairline above his forehead. He tried to comb his hair over to hide it, but yesterday- in class- he took scissors and cut his own hair!!! Apparently, he missed out on doing that in Kindergarten, when all the other kids do it... so he decided to make up for it in the 3rd grade! Crazy kid! Oh well, it was very obvious to us that he was quite embarrassed about it, so that (and what he looked like) were punishment enough. Lesson learned, we hope!)

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A portrait of a Speech Therapy Graduate.
Today, Sam was released from Speech Therapy and we congratulated him with a card, balloon, and candy! Sam loves a celebration, and this was good reason to celebrate!

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The back yard at dusk... I had noticed the pretty pink glow off the mountains this evening at dusk. (Please over look the Uhaul place across the highway!)
The picture was easy enough to capture... it was the post processing that was the most fun! I practiced a technique that enhanced that pink glow. Now, to get a good sunset picture with no Uhaul trailers... stay tuned!