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Lexi, I swear your owl will be done soon!! Here she is so far. The owl itself needs ears and feet. Then I have to make its tree.<br />
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And lastly....my latest finished product: this beautiful unicorn hooded scarf. I am absolutely loving this one!!! I have the pattern for toddler/child and teen/adult sizes. I can also adapt the pattern for different animals. This unicorn one was for an order. Em wants a fox one and Maddy wants a panda one. Toddler/child sizes will be $80 and Adult/teen sizes will be $100. The materials aren't cheap and they take a decent amount of time to make. They are extremely soft though!!</div>
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Chocolate Keto Fat Bombs</h3>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Ketogenic fat bombs are small snacks or treats that are high in fat and low in carbs (so, literally a fat bomb) that you can eat as a quick breakfast, as a quick mid-afternoon snack, as a pre- or after- workout snack, or as extra fuel during your day. <a href="https://ketosummit.com/what-are-ketogenic-fat-bombs-recipes-how-to-make" target="_blank">-Keto Summit</a></span></h4>
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I like to use fat bombs as snacks or to even out my macro percentages. Fat bombs are also a good excuse for a tasty treat. One day last week my percentages were off and I wanted something chocolaty. I looked at some fat bomb recipes but decided to experiment. The result was tasty fudgy chocolate fat bombs. Better yet, the recipe is very simple!<br />
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<li>8 oz cream cheese- softened</li>
<li>1/3 cup sweetener...I use stevia.</li>
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<li>1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder</li>
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Like I said, this is really simple. All you do is mix all the ingredients together. Letting the butter and cream cheese soften first makes this much easier. I prefer to use a hand mixer but it can be mixed by hand as well. That's it! You can eat it right away or let it set in the fridge to make it fudgier.</div>
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Protein: 1g</div>
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Hot messes... we all have them right? Today I decided I was going to tackle a couple hot messes that I had been neglecting. First up was the dreaded laundry. I have no problems keeping the clothes clean. It's the folding that I neglect. I had this <i>great</i> idea a while back to buy a few extra laundry baskets. My thought was that I would have one that we would use as a hamper...only able to hold what I can wash in a day. I would have five baskets left: one per person. I planned to do a load a day and then as the clothes came out of the dryer I would sort them into their person's basket. It worked for a while but then I got behind. Eventually, the baskets just gave me more places to hold clothes that were waiting to be folded. Today I brought all 6 baskets of hot mess out to the kitchen, cranked up the music and got folding. I'm caught up for now. I wonder how long it will last... If you stay caught up on laundry how do you do it!? It seems I need some tips!<br />
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The other hot mess I tackled today was the Passion Flower Vine that took over my butterfly garden last year. I cut it way back and as soon as I figure out where I want it to be this year I will move it. My poor butterfly garden looks so sad in its offseason. It was so beautiful last summer! </div>
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Lastly, I'll leave you with this little hot mess. I wanted to practice my headstands the other day. The lesson I learned that day was to make sure the dogs are gated out of the room next time I want to practice.<br />
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I have a serious case of spring fever. I'm not sure if it's just my norm for this time of year or if it's Mother Nature's flip-flopping. All I seem to be able to think about is gardening, spending the majority of the day outside, hikes, setting up my hammock, camping...etc. I know I'm not the only one. Who's with me? I'm just not made for this nasty cold winter weather. Winter is my least favorite season but at least it's followed by my favorite!<br />
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I have several plans/ideas running through my head. For the garden: first thing is I need to move my Passion Flower Vine. It took off last year. Which is great except it took over the butterfly garden, killing other plants in the process. I need to give it its own place and something to grow on. Moving it out of the main butterfly garden will allow me to expand the butterfly garden this year. I collected a lot of Milkweed seeds last year. I want to have more Milkweed outside but also have some Milkweed that is only in the caterpillar nursery. I also want to do the same for the Black Swallowtails. I want to add Parsley to where the Fennel is and have some for the caterpillar nursery.<br />
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This spring I want to give the ducks a better pool/pond. Ideally, I want a self-sufficient mini pond. I don't want to have to constantly dump and refill it....especially if I want a bigger one. ...that's a lot of water we will be wasting! So I am researching and brainstorming. I'm thinking about adding plants and animals (snails, fish) to the pond to keep it cleaner. I have the idea of finding an old tub someone is trying to get rid of and converting it into the duck pond. I think it would look neat and it already has a drain if I need to drain it. But that's only one idea. I'm not exactly sure how it's going to turn out. I'd love to hear some tips and ideas!!<br />
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** I had to come back and add this little bit. I was looking over the post, about to hit "publish" and remembered something else I need to be planning. ...A bigger, better caterpillar nursery!! Last year I raised and released 46 butterflies. I hope to raise and release more this year!!<br />
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As I said above, I collected a lot of Milkweed seeds this year. They are currently in the fridge going through a cold moist stratification. I will be able to plant these seeds about mid-February. I think will plant the Parsley at the same time.</div>
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"Cold stratification is very important for the germination and growth of Milkweed. It helps to break the seeds natural dormancy cycle by exposing the seed to winter-like temperatures that help soften or crack its hard outer casing. Without prolonged exposure to cold temperatures, your milkweed seed is unlikely to sprout." <a href="https://www.americanmeadows.com/blog/2015/06/11/how-to-germinate-and-grow-milkweed-seed/" target="_blank">- American Meadows</a></blockquote>
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I bought a couple of houseplants when I was at Walmart yesterday. I also used some Christmas money to order a bonsai tree. It should be here this week! I can't wait to try my hand at taking care of a bonsai tree!!<br />
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One of the 17 Monarchs I raised and released in 2017...It's a girl!</div>
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One of the 29 Black Swallowtails I raised and released in 2017...It's also a girl!!</div>
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Female vs male Monarchs...notice the black dots on the male's bottom wings</div>
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Weight loss isn't linear. I know that. I expect that. However, it seems I've hit a stall. I haven't been logging my food on MyFitnessPal so I don't know if I have been keeping my carbs as low as I should. That's where I think things may have gone wrong. I may have inadvertently eaten too many carbs even though I was sticking to keto friendly foods. Yesterday I added the peanut butter cookies recipe onto MFP. Turns out I was eating about 16 grams of carbs a day in just those cookies. Oops!!! Oh well, I can fix this! I started logging on MFP again yesterday. I did decently keeping my carbs low but still could be a little lower. My protein and fat are slightly out of whack. Today I'll plan better. For accountability, I will be posting my macro pie chart in both the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/140271176682490/" target="_blank">Ketogenics "Anonymous" Facebook group</a> and on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mamadani/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.<br />
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It snowed last night so I tried out the macro lens. Check out those snowflakes!!!<br />
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My temperature blanket is coming along really well. I have managed to keep on top of things and have all the squares made. I just need to sew together the last six. We've had some crazy weather lately! Look at all those colors!!</div>
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One more project to update yall on. I am going to try a pattern for an unicorn hooded scarf. A friend wants it for her daughter. Since yarn was on sale today, I stopped and picked out the yarn for this project. What do you think?<br />
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It's been quite awhile since I've posted an update on our little suburban homestead. Since then we've lost a few feathered friends and gained some. I'm going to focus on the positive here today. We have a new hen. We hatched her back in June. Her name is Hei Hei. </div>
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Hei Hei, Zoe, Amelia, Tiny....and of course Sean:</div>
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I'm excited to also announce that we have added ducks to our flock! We have been talking about adding ducks but waiting till maybe this spring. Then I found a local that was looking to rehome her ducks before moving. She had 4 Muscovy ducks. Perfect! That was the breed of ducks that I wanted to get. They are known to be a quiet breed. It was like it was meant to be. Three are hens and one is a drake....but regardless of gender we couldn't resist on naming them Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Scrooge. Scrooge is our drake.<br />
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When I brought them home I set up the dog house that we have in the run as a place where the ducks could go. I wasn't sure if they would go into the chicken coop since it's off the ground and no longer has a ramp. Then we got a blizzard last week and I found the ducks in the coup.<br />
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I have blogged on this topic many times. When it comes to weight loss you just have to find what works for you. It's different for everyone....heck I think it's different for everyone at different points in your life. I have found something that works for me for now. Right now, that's the Ketogentic Diet, Keto for short. Keto is fairly simple. You keep your carbs under 20g a day. The rest of your diet is mostly fat with moderate protein. That's it! Simple. But Simple doesn't always mean easy. Giving up carbs is tough in this carb rich world we live in. The first week was hell but it has gotten easier....quite a bit easier. I started the Keto diet at the beginning of last November and in those 2 months I have lost 18 pounds and 2+ inches from my waist (plus because I didn’t measure till a month in)!! I'm pretty stoked about that! I have a Facebook group for anyone on the Keto diet or anyone interested in the Keto diet. Come join us if you'd like! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/140271176682490/" target="_blank">Ketogenics "Anonymous"</a></div>
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So, What do I eat??? I have been tracking my food on the <a href="https://youate.com/T0WHKOUtHadzBHQJeJVBzHDmrpa2/GP9YXWXV" target="_blank">You Ate</a> app (the link brings you to <a href="https://youate.com/T0WHKOUtHadzBHQJeJVBzHDmrpa2/GP9YXWXV" target="_blank">my log</a>). Most of the time I keep it simple. The first picture is breakfast recently: bacon, Gouda and coffee (with stevia, heavy whipping cream, and sugar free Starbucks vanilla syrup). Second picture is little smokies wrapped in bacon. Yum!!<br />
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With the recent holidays I have been busy with crafts. I made quite a few gifts this year. Just a reminder that if you see anything here that you would like feel free to message me about a custom order on my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeByMamaDani" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a>. First one up wasn't a gift but a custom order. Gus Gus from Cinderella. I'm so in love. I couldn't be happier with the way he turned out.</div>
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First gifts of the holiday season was for dance teachers. I made them mug/cup cozies and gave them a reusable travel cup and Wawa gift card.<br />
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The next couple gifts were a little different.<br />
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This is my mother-in-law's gift: Cape Hatteras lighthouse:</div>
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For my dad I made a storage container for his gazebo. He really likes flamingos.</div>
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Back to what was on my hook. Two more gifts. I made a baby Groot for my brother's girl friend. He even has posable arms!! Next is the poncho I made for my mom. I just love how the colors fell from the variegated yarn!<br />
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Now....What's currently on my hook!? First up is the project I started in the new year: a temperature blanket. I'm making a granny square each day. The middle round it the low temperature for the day, the next row is the high for the day, final round is grey for all of them. To even things out I'm making a special square for each month and then a special square for the end of the year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I failed with exercise. The only thing I managed to do was go to my dance classes. I did, however, stick to my diet very well. Because of that, I am down 2.4 pounds this week!! I'm almost back down to where I was when I started Eat to Perform (May 2015) and am down 12 pounds since leaving ETP (March 2016). I wish I hadn't wasted my time on that big fail!! </span><br />
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<li>Going low carb can suck but there are some really good recipes out there. Last week we had a <a href="http://lowcarbyum.com/bacon-cheeseburger-casserole/" target="_blank">Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole</a> and this week we're going to have a <a href="http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2016/01/low-carb-deconstructed-pizza-casserole.html?m=1" target="_blank">Deconstructed Pizza Casserole.</a></li>
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Isn't Sam a cutie!? Leg lifts and crunches are his new favorite thing to do. I wish I had his determination.<br />
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My fitness journey has been a rollercoaster. ...a rollercoaster that I am so ready to get off of. However, I still have another 15-25 pounds I'd like to lose, I've been trying through trial and error (lots of error it seems) to figure out what works. Unfortunately, diet wise, low carb seems to work the best for me. It sucks, It really does. Carbs are so tasty but I need to do what works, right? That's what I did this past week and today's weigh in revealed 1.6 pounds lost!! Yay!!<br />
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The other part of this equation is working out. I actually have not lifted weights in a few weeks. Mostly b/c I'm having a hard time with motivation to get my butt to the gym in the time I have with our crazy schedule. But also because I'm not sure what I should be doing....bodyweight, light weights, or heavy weights....low reps or high reps...mostly weight lifting or mostly cardio...etc. What I have been doing is practicing yoga regularly and doing more cardio (running and walking)....and of course 2 dance classes a week.<br />
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This week's plan:<br />-Continue with the low carb (with a cheat meal once a week)<br />
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<li>As Emily hugged Boomer she told me "I wiped boogers on him." I never thought I'd have to say "We don't put boogers on dogs."</li>
<li>"Stay out of the commeration" - Em</li>
<li>Em calls Molly (daycare baby), Wally.</li>
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<li>Richard said the snow was starting to accumulate on the cars and Sean said "I want to see the cars human-ating"</li>
<li>Em starts whining so I asked her what's wrong. Em: "These ears!!" Me: "What's wrong with your ears?" Em: "I hear sounds!" </li>
<li>Em's the first of my kids to have an imaginary friend...well really 2 imaginary friends. They are Jen and Jake. Em says they match so that means they are twins. But she says their hair doesn't match. Jen has black hair and Jake has blue. They have a blue house and tonight they made "cookcakes" (cupcakes) with blue icing.</li>
<li>Sean: Next time we have mashed potatoes we have to have gravy! Em: No!! I don't like green beans!! ???</li>
<li>On the way to the y Maddy told me "I'm going to play and workout and wear myself out so at bedtime when my head hits the pillow I will be passed asleep." btw passed asleep = fast asleep + passed out</li>
<li>I told the kids that we were going to get their rooms cleaned up before we go to the y. Em told me "I can't clean. I don't have 3 hands." Nice try! Lol</li>
<li>Backstory: the day before Em went in the stay and play room at the y by herself while Sean and Maddy went in the interactive play room. I knew she did fine but the next night I found out how well. Turns out she now has 2 boyfriends...</li>
<li>As she pushes on my belly Em says "Mama! You're squooshy squooshy" Gee thanks! 3 yr weight loss motivation??</li>
<li>Maddy told me "Glitter makes everything beautiful!!" </li>
<li>Knock knock jokes made by a 3 yr old....Knock knock Who's there? Banana peel Banana peel who? Banana peel chicken ??</li>
<li>Talking about her new baby cousin, Hayley, Em says, "I like Hay-o-wee."</li>
<li>Listing the pets we have Em told Grandma "and we have a Boomer." </li>
<li>We kept a rabbit and the kids named him Sven. Dad was asking if the name was Swedish. Sean "He is really sweet!"</li>
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<li>One of our cats is named Periwinkle but Em pronounces it as Pink-a-wiggle.</li>
<li>Em wearing the Iron Man costume: "I got missiles!" missiles = muscles </li>
<li>Sean talking to dad about what comes after each stage of scouts: dad "what comes after webelos?" Sean "webelos 2" "what comes after webelos 2" "boyscouts" "what comes after boyscouts" "woodbadge" Dad was going for eagle scout but woodbadge works. lol</li>
<li>Em: I'm a girl so I don't have an excuse-a-me. ????</li>
<li>Em: "This is backwards and this is frontwards. This is uppy side down. This is sideways and this is straightways."</li>
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*eat right and log it: check! I've been good about this everyday: <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/dani262" style="background-color: white; color: #00696e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">MyFitnessPal</a><br />
*weights 2-3 times a week: uh....needs work lol I did make it to the y once and did weights. I have plans to go twice this week.<br />
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{Reevaluated} I'm bumping my weights goal down to 2x a week. Once this becomes routine I may add the 3rd day.</div>
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*30 Days of Yoga: check! I haven't missed a day! I am absolutely loving the <a href="http://yogawithadriene.com/30-days-yoga/" style="background-color: white; color: #00696e; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.4799995422363px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">30 days of Yoga with Adriene</a> Yoga makes me feel great and I'm seeing progress in my flexibility already. I had planned to do the daily video in the morning but I like sleep too much to get up earlier than I need to. I've been waiting till the kids go to bed and am loving it. It's the perfect way to end the day. I have noticed that I need to lock the dogs out of the room while I practice unless I want them to participate. </div>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541052910862680696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593857098162409367.post-39512918047787144322015-01-06T20:58:00.001-05:002015-01-06T20:58:39.923-05:00School Update: Jan. 2015We're about halfway through what the normal school year tends to be so I thought it would be a good time for an update. Over all I say things are going pretty well. Sean and Maddy are both ahead of schedule on math and language arts. They worked faster than I had thought so I think we'll slow it down a little for the second half of the year. We're unfortunately are behind with science and history. Part of it was illnesses (like me being sick most of December). We also never got into a good routine and that was my fault. This will change starting this week. One change I'm making is only concentrating on either science or history per week instead of trying to do both each week. I think this will be the key. With only one of those subjects to concentrate on, it should help me stay more organized and make weekend lesson planning easier.<br />
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Speaking of organization, this morning while browsing pinterest I found <a href="http://amongstlovelythings.com/spiral-notebooks/" target="_blank">Amongst Lovely Things' post: How I’m Using Spiral Notebooks to Simplify Homeschooling</a>. I thought it was a great idea and since I had some notebooks lying around, I decided to give it a try. I'm hoping it helps keep us organized and on track. Sean and Maddy both seem excited about it.<br />
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Self care is referring to things like brushing teeth, brushing hair and such. the first page of their notebooks has a list of what they are to do. Sean has laundry on his list b/c today is his laundry day. Maddy's was yesterday. Our laundry schedule is another new thing I'm trying out to keep myself more on track.</div>
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Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541052910862680696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593857098162409367.post-61642065892454780432015-01-04T14:00:00.000-05:002015-01-04T14:00:44.472-05:00Rethinking BirthdaysEmily's birthday was just this past Monday. Right before her birthday we had about 3 weeks of colds going through the family and the craziness of Christmas. Her birthday party has yet to be planned because of all that. Hubby and I did however continue the tradition of taking the day off and making the day all about the birthday child. Being 3, Em's birthday family day was simple. We stayed home and she stayed in her pjs all day. She got lots of extra snuggles. We played games, watched a movie and played with new toys. I baked her birthday cake and she helped decorate it. And she got to pick all the meals for the day. We had blueberry pancakes for breakfast. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and animal crackers was lunch. And pizza was dinner...her original request of cake for dinner was turned down. She was such a happy birthday girl telling us and singing "I'm the birthday girl!" "It's my birthday" and "I'm three!!" all day long. It got me thinking about how days like that are really want the kids want. While big parties are fun, I'm beginning to think that maybe we can change up birthdays a little. The kids all really love our family day tradition so that will definitely stay the same. When it comes to their parties, they tend to just end up becoming a playdate with friends with cake and gifts added to the end.So, we're going to experiment with splitting it up. We're going to try birthday playdates with friends. It'll just be a get together kinda thing with friends at a park or similar place. It won't be a party per say. Gifts will be discouraged and there won't be cake. It'll just be time for the birthday child to have with friends. Then we'll take their birthday family day and expand it a little. That evening (or one soon around then) we'll invite the extended family (grandparents, great grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins) over for dinner and cake. Grandparents especially like to spoil their grandkids so no gifts probably won't go over very well for this party. ;) Plus, birthday kiddo does deserve a little something new. Now I guess it's time to plan Em's belated birthday dinner party.<br />
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This is way way overdue but thanks to my posts on facebook, I'm able to look back and recover some of these moments that I want to remember and share. The last time I did this was the beginning of March 2014 so this will be a pretty long post. Hope you enjoy as much as I do!</div>
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<b><u>December</u></b></div>
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<li>11:00 New Year's Eve: Em "Can we go to bed now!?"</li>
<li>According to Emily I don't do yoga, I do "yoger".</li>
<li>I asked Em what did she want for her birthday dinner. Her answer: cake!</li>
<li>Em told me that she has a skeleton butt... ???</li>
<li>When I went to see Wicked it was on the same stage that Maddy has her dance recitals. She told me that she wanted to go with me so she could see how they would have <b><i>her </i></b>stage set up. </li>
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<b><u>November</u></b></div>
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<li>Em's nose is running but instead of asking for a tissue she told me "I want you to catch my nose!"</li>
<li>Dad asked Em if she wanted to go to Red Lobster. Her response was "We can't eat red monsters!!"</li>
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<b><u>October</u></b></div>
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<li>Today was the 3rd day this week that Em has come in my room at 6:30, climbed in my bed, and told me "want snuggle". Tuesday she actually told me "Put arm round me. I want snuggle."</li>
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<b><u>September</u></b></div>
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<li>Em was yelling "Sissy come here!" and Maddy was ignoring her. So Em yelled "MY SISTER come here!!"</li>
<li>Maddy and Em want to be Elsa and Anna for Halloween (can't say I'm surprised) so I asked Sean if he wanted to be Olaf. He told me "no, I want to be something scary!" That's my boy!</li>
<li>Ummm...ok..Em is demanding that her name be Sleepy Moody. At least the name fits at the moment...</li>
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<b><u>August</u></b></div>
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<li>When we introduced Gizmo to the new pup Em told Gizmo "Gimzo, this is a friend." </li>
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<li>Em just randomly told me: "Mama! I didn't bonk my head!" I'm very glad she did not bonk her head while sitting on the floor drinking her drink. lol</li>
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<b><u>June</u></b></div>
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<li>Things you never thought you'd say "no, you have to wear your pants until we get home." Em is always asking to take her clothes off.</li>
<li>Em about daycare baby: "I really like him. He love me. He want to stay." and then gave me a pouty face when I told her that he would be going home when his mommy came. </li>
<li>*sigh* Gotta love 2 yrs olds "Mama! I hungry!!" "Then eat your dinner." "I can't like to!"</li>
<li>Richard told Em to hold her horses. She turned around looking around the room saying "where's my horses?"</li>
<li>How can I say no!? Em just came to me with her blanket and a paci and said "snuggle please"</li>
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<b><u>May</u></b></div>
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<li>Em took off with my swiffer duster and then told me it was a big toothbrush. I told her "no, it's a duster." "duster? no way, it big toothbrush." "it's a duster" "ok it duster. I wike this duster! It my fabrite!" ...and now she's riding it around like a witch's broom. lol </li>
<li>I'm going through a message I wrote a friend about middle of last year and found where I told her about this conversation I had with Maddy: Maddy likes to have someone stay in her room and talk for a little bit before she goes to bed. The other night babies and marriage came up. She said she's going to marry Sean. I told her she can't marry her brother. She sat and thought for a minute, then "AJ's not my brother. I can marry him!" She also says she's going to have 5 babies.</li>
<li>I just asked the kids to keep it down a bit b/c I'm starting to get a headache. Em tells me "you head hurt!? You need band-aid!"</li>
<li>I asked Em if she was my snuggle bug and she told me "No, I'm not a bug!!"</li>
<li>Remember the snail shell I found in Sean's pocket the other day?? Turns out it was more than just the shell and snails are pretty hardy. I did not find it the other day until I was putting the clothes in the dryer. It got left on the table and just now was crawling around there... We now have a pet snail named Gary.</li>
<li>I peeked in on the kids. Sean's still on Maddy's bed reading to her but she's already fallen asleep. </li>
<li>I got a couple new skirts. I put one on and Sean said " Mama, you're beauuuutiful!"</li>
<li>Oh my! My girls were just fighting. Em has learned a lot from Maddy. They started by yelling "stop" "you stop" at each other. Then there was identical growling from both. It ended with them yelling "bad girl!" to the other. And not a minute later they are playing so nicely together....</li>
<li>Richard Rawls's getting Em in her pjs and this was their conversation: Em: "I can't go to sleep" Richard "Why can't you go to sleep?" Em: Because" Richard: "Because why? Because isn't an answer" Em: "Because I baby" Richard: "Well babies sleep a lot" Em: "Babies go sleep? No way!"</li>
<li>I did a little clothes shopping tonight and have decided that Em has to come with me everytime I shop for myself. In the dressing room she told me "ooooh that's pretty" everytime I put something new on.</li>
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<li>This is Maddy. Her newest one is "When can I get up?" "In the morning" "How will I know it's morning?" "The sun will come up." "What if it doesn't happen?"/or/"What if I forget?"</li>
<li>Little boys...gotta love them... Sean chose the time while I was meeting with a potential daycare mom to let me know he learned the word "coccyx". He'd say it and giggle. Oh well, if that scares her off, she wouldn't fit in with our daycare family anyway. lol</li>
<li>Daycare baby (Tyler) has been "Baby" to Em...until today. All day today he was "Baby Brother" ...but Sean was quick to reminder her that he is her brother, and Tyler is David's brother.</li>
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<b><u>March</u></b></div>
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<li>Maddy just told me that she will never be mad at me. I should have recorded that to play back 10 years from now....or possibly later today. lol</li>
<li>Em made Grandma proud last night. We had to run into Target for a couple things last night and when we walked past the shoes Em says "Ooooooh!!! Look at the shoes!!!"</li>
<li>As kids came into nursery Emily waves and says "hi friends!" </li>
<li>I choose this one to end this post with, the pictures below go with it: Meet Baby Bug, the ladybug that was literary loved to death by Emily. Once it finally stopped trying to run away, Em swayed while singing a lullaby to it "Rock rock baby to sleep..." But then Baby Bug was missing. Em grabbed her face saying "Oh no! Where Baby Bug go!?" and eventually told me that Baby Bug flew away. RIP Baby Bug.</li>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541052910862680696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2593857098162409367.post-25931493333386690992014-12-31T17:17:00.000-05:002015-01-02T10:59:07.350-05:00Good Bye 2014, Hello 2015!!It's that time again! Time to say goodbye to the old year and hello to the new year. I like to say goodbye to the old year by reminiscing.<br />
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In 2014:<br />
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<li>We begun the new year will lots of new life in our<a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/01/suburban-homesteading-january-2014.html" target="_blank"> little suburban homestead</a> ...and more in <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/suburban-homesteading-february-rabbit.html" target="_blank">February!</a> ...and more later in the year that I didn't blog about, including hatching eggs under a broody hen for the first time.</li>
<li>I focused on my crafty side and opened up my Etsy shop: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeByMamaDani" target="_blank">Made by Mama Dani</a></li>
<li>I started the year having just lost a few daycare kiddos but have ended the year with a full house and a nice wait list for my <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/im-back-daycare-i-am-project.html" target="_blank">home daycare</a>.</li>
<li>We said goodbye to our beloved Dachshund <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/07/goodbye-sweet-girl-memorial-for.html" target="_blank">Annabelle</a>.</li>
<li>And said hello to a little firecracker Boomer.</li>
<li>We started a new <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-beginning-of-our-2014-2015-school.html" target="_blank">school year</a> with Sean in the 1st grade and Maddy in kindergarten.</li>
<li>I brought back <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/fun%20lunch" target="_blank">Fun Lunches</a> for the kids.</li>
<li>The kids had a fun and busy year with Maddy continuing dance, Sean continuing soccer, and Sean starting scouts, and we all started going swimming at the ymca: <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/kiddo-update-summer-2014.html" target="_blank">update post #1</a> and <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/busy-bees.html" target="_blank">update post #2</a></li>
<li>Maddy turned 5, Sean turned 7 and Emily turned 3 this year. ...my my have they been growing!</li>
<li>Richard and I celebrated 8 years of marriage! </li>
<li>I became serious about bettering myself. I logged my food and made better choices. I worked out regularly with cardio, weight lifting, swimming, and yoga. I've lost about 14 lbs!</li>
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<li>As cliche as this is, I plan to continue working at bettering myself. I will work on the last 20-30 lbs I want to lose. I will continue to make good food choices. I will continue to work on making exercise part of my routine. I plan to lift weights 2-3 times a week, have regular swim time with the family, and regularly practice yoga. Join me on my facebook group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/GirlsRuleBoysDroolFitness/" target="_blank">Girls Rule {Boys Drool} Fitness</a> and/or on <a href="http://www.myfitnesspal.com/dani262" target="_blank">MyFitnessPal</a></li>
<li>I will be beginning the year with <a href="http://yogawithadriene.com/30-days-yoga/" target="_blank">30 days of Yoga with Yoga with Adriene</a>. I'm going to give morning yoga a shot, wake up and get on the mat before I do anything.</li>
<li>I will find more time to read. I am working on <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Wicked-Life-Times-Witch-Years/dp/0061350966/" target="_blank">Wicked </a>and then plan to read the other 3 books in the series.</li>
<li>I will learn more sign language and share it with the children I care for. I will start this with one of my Christmas gifts this year: <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/Sign-Learn-American-Childhood-Classroom/dp/1929610696/" target="_blank">Sign to Learn: American Sign Language in the Early Childhood Classroom</a></li>
<li>I will expand my <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/p/butterflies.html" target="_blank">butterfly garden</a> this spring. I need to add more nectar plants to attract more butterflies and need to replenish the Milkweed that did not return this year.</li>
<li>I need to remember to write down all the cute kid moments I want to remember years from now: with my <a href="http://mamamusingsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Kids%20say" target="_blank">Kids Say series</a></li>
<li>And lastly, I will continue with my creative outlet: knitting and crocheting. I have started a stack of crocheted granny squares. My goal is to continue at least 1 square a day until I have enough for a patchwork blanket for myself.</li>
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