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Birthdays

Joshua through the years

September 4, 2011

When my kids’ birthdays roll around, I sometimes like to take a look back through their photos and post some of them so we can see their progression through the years.  Much of Sonia and Zoe’s lives have been documented on my blog, but you all haven’t seen much of Joshua when he was little, [...]

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a late happy birthday to my dad

August 21, 2011

It’s Sunday, the day I don’t usually post on this here blog. But it was my dad’s birthday this past week, and I wanted to tell you a little bit about him (I told you what I learned from my mom when it was her birthday back in June). So, here are some things that [...]

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It’s my mom’s birthday today.

June 9, 2011

(3-year-old me jumping to my mom) And because it’s my blog, I’m going to be off-topic today and tell you the things I appreciate about her. Since my mom reads my blog every day, this will be like a very, very wordy birthday card for her. She stayed home with my siblings and me I’m [...]

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It’s the pictures-of-me birthday post

April 29, 2011

You asked for it, so Mr. FG and Joshua took over with the picture-taking a bit.  This never goes quite how I’d like it to (it would be so much easier if I could just have a quick out of body experience so that I could take the pictures myself!), but given my “an imperfect [...]

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Want to see some turtles?

March 3, 2011

If you’re one of the ones that use Facebook to keep track of my doings, you know that I tried my hand at making turtle rolls for Sonia’s birthday yesterday. The verdict? They’re cute. Time-consuming. But cute. Joshua loves all herps, but he put in a special request for his favorite type of reptile. I [...]

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By request: Joshua’s gecko cake

September 7, 2010

This year Joshua requested a gecko cake for his birthday (actually, first he wanted an axolotl cake and then he decided on a gecko).  He’s really into animals and really into reptiles, so I wasn’t at all surprised. I used a single homemade round chocolate cake layer to make this gecko. I was surprised at [...]

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