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Getting Dirty on Earth Day – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 27, 2011 ·

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Tags: children, Earth Day, family, fun, garden, kids, wordless Wednesday

Chillin’ – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 20, 2011 ·

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Tags: Bird, brothers, Deal, family, pet, reading, wordless Wednesday

Talking Morning Nutrition with Kellogg

Ilinap · April 19, 2011 ·

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. It's no cliche. I wake up starving and might revert to stashing a box of crackers in my nightstand to nosh in the middle of the night like I did when I was pregnant. Bird and Deal get a proper breakfast every morning, and we … [Read more...] about Talking Morning Nutrition with Kellogg

Tags: breakfast, cook, family, food, health, The Motherhood

Call of Duty

Ilinap · April 14, 2011 ·

Target is good for a lot of stuff. What I didn't expect to find was a life lesson. We are such frequent fliers at a Target near our house that the workers know us by name and ask of the boys' whereabouts when they are not underfoot. I often come in with a travel mug of … [Read more...] about Call of Duty

Tags: America, brothers, family, thankful, values

The Beach and Bad Words

Ilinap · March 28, 2011 ·

What mesmerizes me about the ocean is that it never stops. You cannot measure time by something eternal. The ocean dances to the metronome of the moon in a paradox of grace and rage. As we squished sand between our toes on our weekend beach getaway, I was once again moved by the … [Read more...] about The Beach and Bad Words

Tags: children, family, fun, kids, Mac Daddy, parenting, travel, vacation, values

Rock Stars – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · March 16, 2011 ·

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Tags: children, family, fun, play, wordless Wednesday

Happy Anniversary, Mac Daddy!

Ilinap · March 14, 2011 ·

When Mac Daddy proposed I thought he was joking. He woke up one morning and said, "Hey, let's get married in Key West when we're there on vacation!" I snickered. We were leaving in three weeks. It was only appropriate that our first dance was to a Jimmy Buffett song, … [Read more...] about Happy Anniversary, Mac Daddy!

Tags: family, love, Mac Daddy, marriage

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