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Hello everyone!

Well, I am finally up and running again after a very long week!  We lost power for about three days (due to 80mph winds), I am busy trying to finally catch up.  We are all sick as a result of the windows being open all that time, and we have been busy trying to replenish our food supply, as we lost both freezers of food and the entire refridgerator of food.  Our next task this weekend will be to cut up our beautiful maple tree that didn’t survive the high winds (I was so looking forward to seeing its leaves change!), and to get my windshield repaired that was cracked by a falling tree while driving!  I am attaching a video of just how crazy it was here, and this is when it was just picking up!

Hi! This is Tanya… Laurie’s friend from Mommy Goggles.

I wanted to let you all know that Laurie is out of commission right now. She lives in an area where Hurricane Ike’s aftermath decided to venture her way. With 80+ MPH winds last night , it blew power lines over and her electric is out. They estimate anywhere from 3-7 days, or more.

Please say a prayer for her and her family that the power is back on. Having two toddlers in the house, it is hard enough keeping everyone happy with the power out.

Thinking about you Laurie!

This day in age I am always thinking about what the world will be like when my children get older. I have been more conscious of the little things and how they effect our environment. I think is important information to pass on to your children and good advice to follow personally. If we can just do the little things, this world might still be here for our children. Raising our kids as green kids will protect our environment, as well as, protect kids from all the harmful chemicals and processing. I am a big fan of anything organic for that reason. Fresh and Green carries lots of good things including wooden toys. I, not only like wooden toys, but they can be passed on through the generations and no harmful leads or chemicals. So you can feel good about these choices for your kids.

While was out shopping at Whole Foods over the weekend they were having a sampling day which is one of my favorite times. They had all sorts of recipes to try! There was one that I thought was soo good that I had to try it. It is a fruit appetizer and it is so yummy! It just reminds you of all the sights and smells of Fall.

3 Apples of your choosing (slice them up thinly and small enough to fit on a small slice of bread

1/4 cup of softened cream cheese

6 oz of Vanilla Yogurt

French bread sliced in small little rounds, or even a pumpkin bread.

1/4 tsp of cinnamon or more for your liking

1/2 tsp ground ginger

Mix the cream cheese, yogurt, ginger and cinnamon together till smooth and refrigerate for one hour.

Slice up you apples, spread bread with mixture and top with an apple slice. This is soooo good, and even can be used as an apple dip. Try it out..it will be on my favorite recipe list!

Well it was this day, two years ago, that I was in labor with my two boys. After 15 weeks of strict bed rest, with 8 of those weeks in the hospital, they made their entry about 6 weeks early. Alexander arrived at 10:15pm and Nicholas arrived 10 minutes later at 10:25!

Our lives were changed forever, but I wouldn’t change it back for all the world. They have been such a joy and a blessing in my life!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEXANDER AND NICHOLAS!

Well last night was a rough night! Both of the bubbas seem to be feeling under the weather. Over the weekend we were at the air show and I am wondering if they didn’t pick up some kung foo goo while they were there. I am even the overly cautious mom and was slathering them with hand sanitizer. I guess I should just get used to the fact that whenever they are around a bunch of kids, to expect some sort of snot fest afterwards. It seems that not everyone is really concerned about protecting other children from their child’s germs. I know that I can’t protect them from everything but it just seems like every time they get sick and with that comes 10-14 days of sleepless nights, cranky kids (2 of them), boogers everywhere, and no sleep for me either. When they are small like this, they can’t blow their nose, or verbalize much as to what is going on. Please pray that they get over this quick…poor guys have a birthday in 2 days :(  Luckily I won’t be celebrating till a little later…but that still is a bummer. Off to arm myself with the kleenex box!

We currently have a cat and a Golden Retriever in the house.  Our Golden, apparently is having a hair loss issue and despite our efforts to help her lose weight, we haven’t had much luck.  So we took her in to the vet to get checked out because her beautiful golden locks are disappearing and she is actually going bald almost!  She also is rather sluggish and doesn’t really play anymore and she is only three.   They are pretty sure it is her thyroid, so we are just waiting for the results then she will be on medicine for the rest of her life.  It isn’t as bad as it sounds, because she will get her hair back and her pep back!

I am currently shopping for the boys for their birthdays. They are in need of some new toys to refresh their playroom and new things to stimulate their growing little brains! I wish that more sites would give a comprehensive listing of toys by age and also some sort of review. I have also found that a lot of toys that are meant for a two year old are a little too basic for them. I guess the search continues. Eight more days till my babies turn two….*cry*

I love when its nice and warm outside but lately it’s just been sticky, humid and HOT HOT HOT! Nothing like sticking to yourself. Ok thats all I had to say for now LOL!