$2.00 or Priceless?

What an interesting day it’s been.  We met our friend Jill to go to a couple of garage sales.  The idea was to all ride together in Jill’s minivan.  So we parked at her place, loaded up the van, and commenced our garage sale bargain hunting.  House 1 (of only 2):  We put the kids […]

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Quarterback Quin

I’m amazed at just how many things Quin has tried to throw recently.  I wish I could say that I am seeing signs of early football quarterbacking skills.  Alas, it is just the wonder of the toddler years.  Dear angelic Quin seems to be doing most of his throwing of all sorts of objects when […]

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The Pacifier

Quin is nearly 2 years old, and the pediatrician recommends that we wean him off his pacifier soon.  Apparently the dentists say it is harmful for proper tooth alignment or something like that.  The doctor even gave me a few strategies for trying to wean him off.  I have no trouble believing that the end […]

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Farm Field trip

Today we went on a little field trip with our friends to the Springhouse Market and Farm.  http://www.springhousemarket.com/  We participated along with a local homeschool group since we were invited to join some friends that are part of the homeschool crowd.  It was informative to learn about the milking process at the farm.  Quin had an […]

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Allium (aka flowering onion)

Most people enjoy a nice cookout and a day of relaxation over the Memorial Day weekend.  Our weekend included those things but only after lots of yard work.  This was the final weekend of our free project…hedge trimming.  However, since Rick was tasked with the job of trimming from the ladder, the project turned into […]

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Captain Crunch

At about 5:30 every evening, dear little Quin goes postal on me. Ok, maybe it’s not that bad. But this is a delicate time of the evening when the boy is ready for dinner. Tonight I wasn’t feeling all that great, so we ran to the super market for a quick pickup of gingerale, and […]

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