{"id":40356,"date":"2014-05-05T15:31:07","date_gmt":"2014-05-05T20:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=40356"},"modified":"2014-05-06T08:36:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-06T13:36:08","slug":"yolo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/05\/yolo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"YOLO"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loved Anna Kate\u2019s last Easter egg hunt at Mrs. Paula\u2019s!<\/p>\n

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This is one of my favorite salads at McAllister\u2019s.  It\u2019s the turkey cranberry salad and is only served during the holidays, but if you ask, they can still make it.  Mike and I are going nuts over salads these days!<\/p>\n

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What a great quote to live by!  This hits so true to home for me because although things may look great on the outside, my chronic fatigue\/fibro\/TMJ trio rages on.  You just never know what someone is up against until you walk in their shoes (if they have the strength to put them on).  I promise you would be way more happy in your own (talking to me too).  I think I follow this rule about 99% of the time, unless I am pushed to the limit (you know we all go there).  If you meet a sweet and kind kid, chances are, they have respectful parents that are kind to strangers, take interest in waiters, grocery checkers and who try their best to be gentle and kind to their kids.  This is my daily heart\u2019s desire; My little part in making the world a better place and leaving it that way.  I want our girls to be good caring people, and it starts with my example and the way I treat absolutely everyone.  I try my best to be the best person I can be, some days are easier than others, but my intentions are always pure.  Whew!  That\u2019s different than my normal scrapbook caption!  On another serious note, ever since Disney, my eyes have been opened to the insane amount of sugar we consume as a culture\u2026 also carbs.  Mike\u2019s educated himself on the subject, and I\u2019ve been blown away by all that he\u2019s been learning over the past several months.  We\u2019re trying our best to establish a healthy lifestyle for our family, but it is sooooo hard!  If you are interested in learning more, there is an eye-opening documentary called \u201cCereal Killers\u201d that may change your mind about the foods you think are healthy for you and vice versa.  These are just interesting things I want the girls to know we are thinking about.  If this blog hangs out long after our generation and next are gone, I don\u2019t want my greats to think all our cupcake consumption on here is all we are doing!  \"Winking  We are thinking about taking care of ourselves for them too! <\/p>\n

*All this coming from a dentist\u2019s daughter who has LOVED candy\/sweet treats all her life\u2026 we are no examples, yet, but we are cutting out sugars\/carbs little by little and are getting educated and intentional about being more responsible\/moderate.  Join in the fun!  \"Smile\"<\/p>\n

* The documentary \u201cCereal Killers\u201d can be rented for $5 at http:\/\/www.cerealkillersmovie.com<\/a>  The kids loved it too and, it helped them understand why we need to change.  Educating the kids on \u201cwhy\u201d instead of just saying \u201cno\u201d gets them on our team and motivates them to want to take care of their little bodies as well!  I was surprised to learn the food pyramid we were taught in schools is totally upside down wrong, and why\u2026 also, who has funded this education.  It\u2019s gonna be a long road for me\/us, but we\u2019re on it!  Health is your first wealth, and although I\u2019m naturally thin, that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m healthy.  Lean is just another body type.  I want my heart to be healthy, my arteries to be clean, my body to feel better, all of it.  Let\u2019s do it!<\/p>\n

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Anna Kate and her science lab!  She sets up little stations all over the house, all the time, where she is working on inventing something or playing store or doctor.  Ask anyone who hangs out with Anna Kate, this child is obsessed with all things science!  Her favorite show right now is \u201cCosmos\u201d on Fox on Sunday nights.  She begs for it all week, and we have loved watching it together!<\/p>\n

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How about this vintage pull by the chain toilet?  Guess that\u2019s why they used to call it the water closet\u2026 and our kids are serious animal lovers!  We recently lost a sweet special dog in our life, Asafa.  Our heart goes out to his parents.<\/p>\n

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Noelle had her first sleepover with school friends this spring.  They all did great and had tons of fun!  I missed her but even I did great (of course, we texted all night)!  \"Winking<\/p>\n

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Both of the littles had well visits this spring and got great reports!  Here\u2019s another one of Anna Kate\u2019s work stations.<\/p>\n

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Sad to say, we\u2019ve had our fair share of sickness this late winter\/early spring.  We had a stomach bug that stuck around for 2 weeks.  Two days with the bug is bad;  That was cra-cra!  After all our ailments had passed, Rose got to start at Mrs. Paula\u2019s on her sub list.  She has loved every minute of \u201cbig kid school!\u201d  Here\u2019s her first craft home: z is for zebra.  So fitting for Rose to start her pre-k experience on the letter z.  What kid does that?  Only Rose!  We just couldn\u2019t wait until the fall to join in on all the fun!<\/p>\n

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The girls with all of Anna Kate and Rose\u2019s preschool friends and their siblings at their school Easter egg hunt a few weeks ago!  <\/p>\n

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First day to hit the park this spring!  Yippee!<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat\u2019s up, people!\u201d   <\/p>\n

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Love finding quotes and little loom animals all over the house!  <\/p>\n

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Noelle came downstairs one night recently after her shower with her hair all pinned up like this (she did it herself).  I asked what was going on, and she said that she wanted to twist her hair all around and see what it would look like the next day after she slept on it.  Love her little ideas!  Pic on right is the girls #twinning for a casual dinner one evening last weekend.<\/p>\n

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Oh my, Cutie Kate!  What am I going to do with her!?!  She told me the craziest story of a lie that took forever for her to tell.  I can\u2019t even go into it, it was that silly.  When she finished, she looked up at me, and I said, \u201cREALLY!?!  That\u2019s actually what happened?\u201d and she gave me face #1 on the left.  That\u2019s the, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m not buying it either, but I tried really hard!\u201d face.  Face #2 was her \u201cI\u2019m sorry about it all!\u201d face.  She pretty much got a pass this time.  Good grief, this child is cute cute cute!<\/p>\n

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My creative genius has me stepping out of my comfort zone to do things with her hair that I\u2019ve never even imagined!  And the patterns she has self-taught herself on the loom (with tutorials she has found helpful) are amazing!  She\u2019s now into making little rubber band animals.  Noelle is so cool!<\/p>\n

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Rose loves to draw Bekah on the hair salon app and does a pretty good job (we text them to her as they are created, but this is a new one)!  Noelle had a blast on field day (minus insane allergies, grr).  Pics of the day when everything was orange soon!  \"Winking<\/p>\n

*I decided to title my iPhone posts, Y.O.L.O. (You Only Live Once) because these are the pictures that happen when I don\u2019t have my big camera, so I either take a quick pic with my phone, or I miss it (that and I pretty much love this silly-sounding acronym)!  These are more of in the moment, every day shots in life, either that, or Instagram collages that I really like!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Loved Anna Kate\u2019s last Easter egg hunt at Mrs. Paula\u2019s! This is one of my favorite salads at McAllister\u2019s.  It\u2019s the turkey cranberry salad and is only served during the holidays, but if you ask, they can still make it.  Mike and I are going nuts over salads these days!   What a great […]<\/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\/40356"}],"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=40356"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40364,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40356\/revisions\/40364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}