230/365

'Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore'... no more cute village surgeries. This is the building where the boys' pediatrician is. Ugly building, but great doctor.

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Jacob asleep on Amma's lap again. Gotta keep those little hands warm!

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Sammy found my bag of Swedish Fish from Ikea!!

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Sammy enjoying a rare, warmish day in the garden.

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Rooney watching In the Night Garden.

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Still life with oranges.

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Today was a VERY good day.

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Oh dear. Rooney did not have a good day. First he fell off the sofa and got carpet burn on his nose. And then he hit his eye. He looks like a right bruiser!!

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Sammy still does 'downward dog'. Here he is enjoying a cookie at the same time. And, yes, that's me... trying it out myself!

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Jake LOVES LOVES LOVES to be upside down!

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This is the freebie toy that came with a kids Chick-Fil-A meal. I can't imagine may of these are getting finished... the only reason this one came together is due to judicious application of x-acto knife and scotch tape.

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Sometimes Roon just falls asleep in the oddest places.

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Jake working on his foot skills. Looks like I may end up a soccer mom after all!

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I'm a big fan of Dooce, both her writing about motherhood as well as her Daily Style. I was jealous when she posted a link to a vintage children's seller on Etsy that she had bought this cool book from. Imagine my delight when I went through a box of books that we had in storage and found the exact same book! It wasn't mine as a child. Mom thinks it came from the school in Germantown where my Grandmother taught for years. Lots of other cool vintage books in the box, too.

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Sammy prefers to climb the slide.

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Jake can't even crawl properly yet but already he's cruising furniture and trying to climb stairs.

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Today I made The Pioneer Woman's lasagne. It was REALLY good.

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Rooney loves balls and balloons. He chases them all over the floor.

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Trader Joe's is EVIL.

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What every well-dressed toddler is wearing: his mother and grandmothers underwear and bras... from the dirty clothes basket!!! We didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

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We have 9 large windows in our sun room alone. And another 16 in the rest of the house. Plus 3 glass doors. So we thought it might be wise to put that plasticky stuff you use a hair dryer on to help keep the heat in because the house ain't cheap to heat. It's pretty time consuming installing it, but I've done 5 so far. We won't do all the windows, but about half I think. Boring pic, though. Nothing like a picture of transluscent plastic!

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I know, I know. Jake eating again. It's just so nice to have one of my kids eat well! Today he had a provolone omelet. Yum!

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Amma love.

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Today we went to see this amazing train garden in Dundalk. Both boys loved it and Sammy wanted to get in there and play!

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New wheels.

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Jake LOVES spaghetti.

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Sammy loves this dog bed my aunt gave us just for the boys (after she saw the pics of him in Laddie's bed!).

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Mr Potato Head and his Spud Buds wish you all a very Happy New Year!

The Abyss

OK, as promised, I'm going to have a bunch of pics taken between #202 and #203. To hold the space, here are the latest portraits of the boys. Later on, I'll update this post with a link to some others. From today, though (appropriately 1 January), I'll be back on track with one pic a day (I hope!!).