{"id":37167,"date":"2013-12-23T00:25:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T06:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=37167"},"modified":"2013-12-23T10:57:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T16:57:43","slug":"a-ball-this-fall-princess-pond-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/23\/a-ball-this-fall-princess-pond-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"A Ball This Fall–Pond Princesses Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We made so many memories and had so much fun this semester!  Here\u2019s a few of our memories in pictures!<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve discovered Noelle is a super-speller!  She rarely misses even a Challenge Word.  It\u2019s remarkable, really!  She spelled the word Fahrenheit correctly on her last test.  How many of you can type that without needing spell check?  I\u2019ll take some pics of her more recent spelling tests too.  She\u2019s a champ and thank God, because we have to practice many things, but spelling is not one of them!  Rose loves to hoard toys whenever there is more than one of the same toy together.  I think she\u2019s sorting.  \"Winking<\/p>\n

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Lots of dental appointments this fall and lots of patience needed by all!<\/p>\n

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Noelle is my shopping buddy!  She is always so excited to see what\u2019s in store.  And speaking of, she\u2019s officially got more jewelry than I do!  These pouches used to hold her polly pockets, but not anymore.  The crazy thing is, she never loses anything and knows exactly where everything is.  I don\u2019t know how she keeps up with it all, but from birthdays, to saving money, to Christmases, she mostly wishes for jewelry, so she\u2019s collected quite a bit!<\/p>\n

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I had fun cruising in the sunlight with the littles during the weekdays when they were both home together.  Man, I\u2019m going to miss these park days that include 2\/3 girls!  Anna Kate is such a joy, and I\u2019m still cooking up a schedule that can give her some one-on-one time with me this spring before she starts kinder next year!<\/p>\n

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We had lots of Bobcats cheer games and birthday parties with sweet homemade cards included.  <\/p>\n

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Silliness with Anna Kate, who always keeps us laughing.  <\/p>\n

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Play lands galore, and flu shots, which I\u2019m hoping are paying it forward as I type this (please don\u2019t have the flu AK)!<\/p>\n

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Loving all of Noelle\u2019s writing and stories this year, and not so much all of Rose\u2019s messes, OMG!<\/p>\n

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Sums it all up right here\u2026 pretty much!<\/p>\n

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My firefighter and gift-loving giver!<\/p>\n

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Rara was here and preschool planking!<\/p>\n

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Cowgirls Ponds to the rescue! <\/p>\n

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Picture to the right is what Rose does when everyone else is asleep!  Watch your step when you get out of bed, Anna Kate!  Rose was here!<\/p>\n

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Noelle\u2019s instrument project made out of household items and our long-awaited trip to Disney World!<\/p>\n

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Whoooooo cares!?!  Be YOU\u2026 do whatcha do!<\/p>\n

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Disney days!<\/p>\n

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After Disney, we had lots of Halloween fun!<\/p>\n

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More dentist appointments and more messes!<\/p>\n

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Creative pop-ups just for fun at home and of course, the hit of the season, Rainbow Loom!<\/p>\n

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Minions at the dentist and awesome art work by Anna Kate at Mrs. Paula\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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A princess who missed a very special wedding because she was sick.  \"Sad<\/p>\n

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Stacking toilet paper and paper towels.  Guests are welcome back now that we have fresh paper goods.  \"Winking<\/p>\n

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Sad how fast they grow up!  Seeing them draw side by side was the sweetest thing ever!  Anna Kate \u2013 4 1\/2 Noelle \u2013 7 1\/2<\/p>\n

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My sweet \u201cPilgram,\u201d always drawing for others.  <\/p>\n

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Lots of Jason\u2019s Jellis (Deli) dates! <\/p>\n

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Getting upper expander seated and scenes from my everyday!  Hi there, baby Shrek!  Wanna help me clean up the kitchen!?!<\/p>\n

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Honoring Curt from afar.  Miss him now more than ever!  Keep thinking he would be telling me, \u201cJust One More\u201d if he had any advice for me.<\/p>\n

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Rose getting to go to HER friend\u2019s birthdays.  So cool, Rose!  Popsicles and plasma cars!<\/p>\n

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Daddy dates dancing and learning the loom with Noelle.<\/p>\n

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Cutest photo-bomber ever! (she\u2019s the only one that knows how to unbuckle her car seat)<\/p>\n

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Noelle drew her perfect Thanksgiving meal at school, and we got pretty close to it this year at Mimi\u2019s.  Yum yum!  Lots of last minute play dates with the Banks\u2019 boys.  They know how we roll!<\/p>\n

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My Thanksgiving Day (and every day) BFF!<\/p>\n

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After Thanksgiving, it was time to buckle down for some good old fashioned chores and saving up money for Christmas gifts (at the Penguin Patch).<\/p>\n

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The Banks Pirates with their new partner in crime, turned superheroes!<\/p>\n

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Lots of sleepovers with Emma-P!  Cutie Kate loved our ice days!<\/p>\n

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Reindeer spaghetti lunch date with my middle!<\/p>\n

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Weekly allergy shots, reactions that did me in, procedures that burned the nerves in my neck, steroid injections, and everything in between; Too many doctors\u2019 appointments trying to investigate my decade long battle with fibromyalgia.  Since my diagnosis in 2000, not much has come out to help.  As of now, I\u2019m at peace with it all, just learning how to best manage it so that I can live the quality of life that I want, dealing and thinking about it only when I have to.  Thanks for your continued prayers.  #myloveisstrongerthanmypain<\/p>\n

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These were our Christmas cards that we got during the first week of December.  We called them the beautiful over-achievers.  Lol!<\/p>\n

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And then Santa came to our house, to spread Christmas cheer and teach us that giving is the best form of receiving.  <\/p>\n

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My three little reindeer and a fourth (baby doll) that Rose keeps putting in my belly and pretending I\u2019m \u201cbabysitting\u201d for her.  These girls have baby fever!!!<\/p>\n

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Rose had tantrums that were larger than life and Anna Kate made lots of new friends!<\/p>\n

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My Christmas gift to all of you is to try my new favorite apple, the Jonagold!  Try it.  You will take one bit and thank me to yourself!  Merry Christmas!<\/p>\n

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Lots of memories with Santa!<\/p>\n

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And some memories we\u2019d like to forget.  Anna Kate gave Rose a little haircut last week.  Rose said, \u201cAnna Kate cut it; Time-out Anna Kate!\u201d  Anna Kate\u2019s version of the story was, \u201cRose asked me to.  She was sooooo excited!\u201d  Changing subjects, our elf, Taylor, has been encouraging Rose in her super awesome interest in the potty.  The scene in the far right, we told the girls, was entitled \u201cPotty-training and Pedicures.\u201d  Lol, we\u2019re getting there!<\/p>\n

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Last but not least, here\u2019s an adorable picture of my sleigh full of lovely, beautiful, helpful Christmas elves!  The picture to the right, is of the big girls and Kay Kay and Grandpapa excited to go see the Nutcracker ballet, which gave us some sweet one-on-one time with Rose.  They had a delightful afternoon with their grandparents and will remember it always.  <\/p>\n

Through lots of ups and downs, twists and turns, we\u2019ve had a ball this fall, and it\u2019s in the books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  We made so many memories and had so much fun this semester!  Here\u2019s a few of our memories in pictures!   We\u2019ve discovered Noelle is a super-speller!  She rarely misses even a Challenge Word.  It\u2019s remarkable, really!  She spelled the word Fahrenheit correctly on her last test.  How many of you can type that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37167"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37178,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37167\/revisions\/37178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}