Once upon a time, we had quadruplets.... Ellie, Elijah, Caleb, and Abby And then life took a crazy turn that we didn't see coming.... Caleb, Ellie, Abby, Elijah...and an extra pair...
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Little Ellie! ELIZABETH GRACE Ellie is all heart and passion when it comes to life. She loves people but also loves the quiet, and can often be found retreating into a book if she ...
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Elijah's turn! ELIJAH JAMES One thing I love about Elijah is that he knows exactly what he's interested in. This boy loves science so much! He's not picky either. If it can be rela...
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Up 2nd....Our Abby! ABIGAIL ROSE Abby has always lived in a land of unicorns and rainbows, and nothing much has changed there. If you've never met Abby in real life, she is ever...
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Yay, birthday interviews! Our kids look forward to these as much as I do! CALEB SEAN Caleb has been doing so well in school lately! He's learning how to be more flexible, and I th...
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In 2018, I picked a word of the year out of sheer peer pressure, and then promptly forgot it about 5 minutes later. I'm pretty sure that's not how it's supposed to work. This year, the word...
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Merry Christmas from our family to yours! If you want the official year-end Christmas letter...here you go! ;) THE KIDS Our kiddos are now 7-years-old and in 2nd grade. We joke that th...
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Every year, the highlight of the fall is our Halloween costumes! And every year, I wonder if they are going to choose to dress up together, or if this will finally be the year when they a...
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First of all....if you haven't noticed, I haven't had the time to blog much lately. How is it possible that we are more busy with kids in school than we were when we had toddler quads? Lol! But ...
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Two weeks to the day later....Happy birthday to our 7-year-olds! One of my favorite things to do is to click back year-by-year and see how much the kids have grown and changed. For anyone ...
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Little Ellie! ELIZABETH GRACE So much personality packed into such a tiny little girl....tonight at dinner, she turned to us and announced that she was "born serious." Lol!! Seriou...
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Elijah is our Baby C! He *loves* being asked his birthday questions! ELIJAH JAMES Just looking at the difference between Elijah's birthday photo last year and his birthday photo this ...
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Up 2nd....Our Abby! ABIGAIL ROSE Abby is consistently our most grateful child. It doesn't matter what the situation is or how much she wants something, she will always say "than...
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Time for our birthday interviews! I'm a bit late getting started this year, so I'm going to have to post one every few days to get through all four kids by the time their birthday rolls arou...
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I'm still of the old-fashioned sort to enjoy sending out Christmas greetings via snail mail. Nothing is quite like opening the mailbox to find a newsletter and a photo, in my opinion. Receiving ...
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“She lacked the usual mother/baby bonding.” That was one of the entries in the evaluation form that we just went over in Abby’s 504 meeting today. I know that. I know that the bon...
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Since Thanksgiving is in...3 days...I should probably post this year's Halloween photos, huh? Eep!! So behind! We have a rule at our house that we don't discuss Halloween costumes until af...
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Thanks to Worlds of Fun and KC Parent Magazine for sending us on an awesome family adventure! Caleb, Abby, Elijah, and Ellie We kind of have a thing for Peanuts at our house. Not the pe...
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People ask, "Am I enjoying having the kids back in school?" Yes! I love them dearly, but it was a long summer, and the kids function so much better with structure. We've been highly structured a...
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Another year...another grade! FIRST GRADE!! I'm going to be straight up honest. Most of the time, the days seem very, very long with these four running crazy through our house. But then we...
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We are only 1 week out from the start of 1st grade, but there are still a few sunny days of summer to be enjoyed! (Let's be honest though. This mama is ready for school to start! Structure and p...
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Oh my stars. Have you ever had a moment when you've questioned everything you've ever done as a parent?? I had one of those moments yesterday. Yesterday, we went to a pool party with a ...
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Thanks to Worlds of Fun and KC Parent Magazine for sending us on an awesome family adventure! Do you know what I love about Kansas City? The fact that we have *so many* fun things to do a...
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Kindergarten is a wrap. It's hard to believe that our kids are 6...kindergarten is over....and....where did the time go?? I mean, next year is 1st grade. Do all moms feel like it's bizarre wh...
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Last winter, Sean gave me the most amazing gift, when he suggested that we make the very long drive back to my hometown for Christmas. It had been 1.5 years since we had been down to visit my ex...
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