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“Lately my postings have been infrequent to the point of nonexistence. And I had such ...”

“I'm usually all for hands-on learning, but... Jacob: Mommy, is your heart purple in real life? Me: ...”

“Excited to say: We'll be looking for Nessy this fall! I booked a crazy-cheap Ryanair ...”

“The other day Nicholas hurt his finger. Me: Do you want to put an ice cube ...”
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“Finally! All of the photos from our trip to Dublin are posted. I'm perpetually playing ...”

“In 2012, we're going Prague, Budapest and Copenhagen. Trying to everything finalized and booked. Couple ...”
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“I have to preface this Jacob-ism with this: A couple weeks ago Jacob told me ...”

“As a whole, we've gotten a little fast and loose with the word art. I'm ...”
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“Judging by the number of posts over the summer you'd think I wasn't here much ...”

“I like to think we were prepared for Jacob to start school. But what I ...”
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“I set my watch alarm for 2 p.m. so we know when it's almost time ...”

“Yesterday Nicholas started singing and rhyming words. (Yeah, you know where this is going.) Nicholas: Chuck, ...”

“Jacob fell down and scraped his knee last week. It's scabbed over. Jacob: The stuff on ...”
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“Last night Nicholas opened the toilet. He just used it; I knew he didn't have ...”
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“Wow, it's been over a month since the last post. Today is July 4. Other ...”

“Well, finally done with all the pics from our Paris trip last year. I set ...”

“Jacob: What does cancel mean? I struggle to come up with an explanation that's not too ...”

“So today was Earth Day. Here's a little bit about how it works over here. ...”
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“With Jacob's kindergarten registration, came a big stack of papers. In it was a list ...”

“So as we were driving to Belgium today to pick up a couple cases of ...”

“So Jacob comes in from playing outside. Jacob: I just peed in the grass. Me: Why did ...”
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“Jacob, Nicholas and Matt in the garage. Jacob finds a spider. Matt: Don't mess with him. ...”

“I'm in the shower this morning. I hear the bathroom door open. Me: What's up Jacob? ...”

“We are (unsuccessfully) trying to potty train Nicholas. Now that we want him to, he ...”

“Jacob has been sick. He threw up in bed Saturday night at 4 a.m. Then ...”

“On Monday, we started seeing something we haven't seen in forever: the sun. The sun ...”

“So yesterday or Sunday Matt, Jacob and Nicholas are eating microwave popcorn. Jacob: No, Nick-a- lis! ...”

“I gave Jacob a haircut yesterday. Ended up being a mohawk. Matt said Jacob went ...”
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“An update on a few things. Laptop hard drive still broken. Matt is going to try ...”

“So I bought this sanddornwein at Norma (grocery store). Sanddorn = sea-buckthorn (a.k.a. sand thorn). ...”

“Nicholas came downstairs after being tucked in last night. (He usually has to be put ...”

“It's about the time of year where I freak out and worry that we're not ...”

“I was humming. Jacob: How about we turn on Christmas music so you don't have to ...”
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“The other night we watched Fantasia 2000. A couple of the segments from the original ...”

“The best part of having two kids is the fascinating conversations they have Jacob: Mommy, ...”
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“I've been thinking about getting some new lampshades for the two lamps next to the ...”

“Here are few pics from Aug 9 at the garden center in Vlodrop, NL. I ...”

“It was busy visit with Grandma Suzie. Here's the schedule (and we didn't even do ...”

“After bath last night, Jacob stuck out his feet and said he needed his toes ...”

“Tonight when I was tucking Jacob in he said: I want to grow a baby ...”

“So Nicholas' latest thing is to say: I am a (something). It started with him ...”

“Jacob tied his shoe today. This is major accomplishment. I seriously retie them 50 times ...”

“I was tucking Nicholas in tonight and he was reading the alphabet cards on his ...”

“So I was tucking Jacob in for bed last night. He had just taken a ...”

“So I'm changing Nicholas' diaper, and... Jacob: I want to see the lot of poop. Me: See. Jacob: ...”

“ Jacob: Ibsile means iit. Me: What? Jacob: We're not iits, we're peoples. I believe he was trying to ...”