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- March 2010 (8)
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- 10: The good news? I’m a blonde again… (3)
- 09: A Fairy I Am Not (3)
- 08: Monday – In Bullets (3)
- 05: He gets that from me (6)
- 04: Makes me laugh every time (6)
- 02: In which I write while freezing (6)
- 01: The Dance of the Little Bee (9)
- February 2010 (18)
- 26: A video to get you through the weekend (11)
- 25: It was a crisp, clear morning…part two (4)
- 24: Sometimes sticking to your guns is hard (12)
- 23: It was a crisp, clear morning… (11)
- 22: Major Mom Fail = Lesson Learned (10)
- 18: Puttin’ on our big girl pants (9)
- 17: My son the ‘Playa’ (6)
- 16: So we’ve got this snow (3)
- 15: Valentine’s Day: The Movie…aka One Hot Mess (3)
- 12: I Am Innocent (3)
- 11: The Winter Blues (5)
- 10: Wordless Wednesday: The Shadow (6)
- 09: The Minivan Mom Runs – Part 2 (8)
- 08: The Birthday Party (5)
- 05: Now I’m gonna melt your hearts (5)
- 03: From his perspective aka A really bad idea (6)
- 02: Katya Rose (10)
- 01: Nobody said we were smart (5)
- January 2010 (19)
- 29: Some kids want ponies… (6)
- 27: The Minivan Mom Runs (10)
- 26: This is why daddy is so much fun (7)
- 25: One more week (6)
- 21: My view from here (5)
- 20: In which I get all political again (5)
- 18: To the ladies of the ’80’s…you’re welcome. (8)
- 18: More Things I Never Thought I’d Say (5)
- 15: Haiti Relief: How You Can Help (1)
- 14: Brain dump (0)
- 13: It Can Only Go Up From Here (8)
- 12: The Grammar Lesson – aka The Day My Head Exploded (10)
- 11: Not here, but over there (0)
- 08: Top 10 ways to know you’ve watched too much Little House on the Prairie (5)
- 07: Battoning Down the Hatches…or something like that. (6)
- 05: I’m married and dating a younger man! (7)
- 05: In which I ramble on about nothing (5)
- 03: 2009 – A “Wordy” Review (5)
- 01: Good Friends, Good Fun, Good Year (5)
- December 2009 (19)
- 30: The One Where My Mom Claws Come Out (12)
- 29: The One Where He Sings Dradle, Dradle, Dradle (5)
- 28: Christmas Is (1)
- 25: It’s a Merry Christmas Day! (4)
- 23: She Slices, She Dices (6)
- 22: Baby Number 4 (5)
- 21: America the Bo-ring! (3)
- 17: What goes around comes around…or comes up in our case. (7)
- 16: To my son on his birthday (6)
- 15: Time to breathe? Not this week… (7)
- 11: Wherein I leave you with more photographs (4)
- 10: It’s Been One of Those Days… (5)
- 09: HP Touchsmart Giveaway
- 09: There are few things cuter… (5)
- 08: Because I only have time for bullet points (0)
- 07: The Three Wise Men, the Construction Worker and the Lady Down the Street (11)
- 03: Attempt Number One – Meh… (2)
- 02: It’s Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas (6)
- 01: The Miracle of Adoption (2)
- November 2009 (16)
- 30: I am a Black Friday Convert (4)
- 26: Re-post: The Pilgrims Have Landed: A Brief History (0)
- 25: Today… (2)
- 23: Taking Care of Business (2)
- 19: Is this Russia? (3)
- 19: Mature Woman My *BLEEP* (8)
- 18: Testament Focused: A Giveaway (20)
- 16: I blame it all on them (8)
- 16: Life is Beautiful (1)
- 12: What I’m Listening To… (2)
- 11: Photos and Links (12)
- 09: I hear this 100 times a day… (6)
- 05: Intentional Parenting (4)
- 04: The Day a Boy Became a Man (13)
- 03: The Truth in Blogging (7)
- 01: The Obligatory Halloween Post (4)
- October 2009 (19)
- 30: Memory of Halloweens Past (3)
- 28: My shy little goofball (7)
- 27: Yeah, but we already knew that… (4)
- 25: Pumpkins and Funnel Cakes – A Lovely Combo (11)
- 23: There seems to be no escaping… (4)
- 22: We made it! (2)
- 20: My Minivan is cooler than your Lexus! (6)
- 19: Weekend Update (6)
- 15: A few deep breaths…and maybe a stiff drink (4)
- 14: A fun little conversation (5)
- 13: Pop-a Pocka Posies (2)
- 12: We came face to face with Big Foot (7)
- 08: Don’t let the door hit you in the— (10)
- 08: Rainy Day Fun (3)
- 07: Wordless Wednesday: Wrestling Babes and a Russian Song (7)
- 06: It’s an off day (1)
- 04: My bid for Wife of the Year (6)
- 02: To hang or not to hang (11)
- 01: Re-Post: Redeeming Halloween (10)
- September 2009 (19)
- 29: The one where I procrastinate (5)
- 28: Hail Mommy (6)
- 25: St. Louis Interactive Festival (0)
- 24: Happy Birthday to the Hottest 35 Year Old I Know (8)
- 23: Balancing Act (5)
- 22: Striking a Deal (13)
- 21: Check it out! (0)
- 21: Salsa – Chips Optional (4)
- 18: Some Linky Love (3)
- 17: Why do I do this to myself? (10)
- 16: Wordless Wednesday: Carefree (3)
- 15: I filled my Word Quotient (10)
- 10: Photographic evidence that gymnastics was a good idea (11)
- 09: A Party in the Heavenlies (11)
- 09: For the Love of Money – Part 2 (4)
- 08: Three Ring Circus (4)
- 07: Happy Labor Day (0)
- 03: The President’s Address to our Children (72)
- 02: Wordless Wednesday – The Season is Changing (11)
- August 2009 (24)
- 31: Monday’s Funnies… (10)
- 29: A birthday wish (2)
- 28: The Jenkins Family (0)
- 27: IsleGo Missions (2)
- 26: Servant’s Heart Ministry (2)
- 25: On the Homefront (6)
- 24: Compassion International (5)
- 24: Missions Week (5)
- 23: The First Sleepover (4)
- 21: For the love of money (5)
- 20: On Immunizations (19)
- 19: I laughed till I cried… (4)
- 18: Blink (5)
- 17: The Campout (4)
- 14: I need your help (10)
- 13: He-ey Wait a Minute Mr. Postman! (7)
- 12: Not really Wordless Wednesday: The Last Few Days of Summer (6)
- 11: Not Here – Just There (0)
- 10: Those Little Pink Bags (6)
- 07: The Health Care Debate (7)
- 05: Well waddaya know… (4)
- 05: Have you seen me? (3)
- 04: The screaming – Oh my the screaming… (4)
- 03: Re-Post: Literal Art and the Worst Toy Ever Created (0)
- July 2009 (19)
- 31: Girl’s Nite (3)
- 29: I’m sorry but it’s all I’ve got today… (7)
- 28: Mini S’Mores Cheesecakes (3)
- 27: The good of blogging (2)
- 24: The one with all the vomit – and other funny stuff… (3)
- 23: A Man and His Dog (3)
- 22: Nine Years (7)
- 21: Heavy and Light (3)
- 20: Then and Now (5)
- 16: Just a couple of Why’s? (3)
- 15: (Nearly) Wordless Wednesday (1)
- 14: Week One in Pictures (4)
- 10: Six Years (9)
- 08: No post today (1)
- 07: Bug Off – and Some Other Stuff (9)
- 06: Yankee Doodle Went to Town (0)
- 03: Is It Bad? Part Four (5)
- 02: Sloan-isms (2)
- 01: Island Gallery (2)
- June 2009 (21)
- 28: I’m Coming home soon! (2)
- 26: Another Story from the Mission Field (6)
- 24: Wordless Wednesday: What We’ve Been Up To (7)
- 23: Why I’m in Turks & Caicos (6)
- 21: To the Fathers in My Life (2)
- 19: He’s Not Always This Cool (5)
- 17: (Nearly)Wordless Wednesday: 18 Months (5)
- 16: Remember when I said… (0)
- 15: The Fun, the Not-So-Fun and the Bizarre (7)
- 12: When Mama’s Away… (4)
- 11: The Day We Became Heretics (4)
- 10: Bits ‘N Pieces (1)
- 09: The Lotus in a Field of Mud (10)
- 08: Looking Cool in A Minivan (0)
- 08: The One with the New Design (9)
- 04: It’s My Party and I’ll Sleep if I Want To… (9)
- 03: Love and Respect (11)
- 03: Wordless Wednesday: Who’s Been Playing with the Red Marker? (8)
- 03: Happy Birthday Becke! (1)
- 02: Nashville (2)
- 01: Technical Difficulties (1)
- May 2009 (16)
- 28: Getaway in the hopes of some relief (3)
- 27: Wordless Wednesday: Puddle Jumpers (2)
- 26: Tuesday’s Talking Pictures (9)
- 22: From Here to There (1)
- 21: Zoo Day (6)
- 19: Waterworks – The good kind… (5)
- 18: The Art of Taking Tea (7)
- 14: Moving Forward (14)
- 13: Can I Just Go Back to Bed? (22)
- 11: He broke me… (6)
- 10: Wonderful Woman (2)
- 08: So Much, So Little (2)
- 06: Harry Potter (5)
- 05: Feifel Goes (Mid)West (9)
- 04: No time for words… (1)
- 01: All Hoity Toity…You Know Da Type? (2)
- April 2009 (20)
- 30: Swine Flu? I’m not worried…Should I be? (4)
- 28: Sick and Twisted or Just Plain Funny? (14)
- 27: Want to win a new HP Mini 1000? (1)
- 27: Cousins (3)
- 23: Why I’m Happy (5)
- 22: Check It Out! (0)
- 22: American Idol – Disco Fever (3)
- 21: My Mom Logic – Preserving the Past (10)
- 16: Who Wants to Help a Sister Out? (2)
- 14: Deep Breaths (6)
- 13: Easter Blunder (4)
- 10: It’s a New Day (0)
- 09: No posting from me today… (3)
- 08: Go check it out… (0)
- 08: American Idol and other stuff (2)
- 07: The Mathematical Probability of Interruption (7)
- 06: The one in which I laugh inappropriately (8)
- 03: 10 Reasons Why Mom Bloggers Will Soon Rule the World (3)
- 02: Morning Madness (3)
- 01: American Idol: Thoughts (5)
- March 2009 (14)
- 31: The Nest and the Bootie (4)
- 29: Minivans are HOT! (12)
- 25: It’s Coming, It’s Coming, It’s Coming… (5)
- 24: Is It Bad? Part Three (3)
- 22: It Was A Good Week (7)
- 20: Sloan on Age (4)
- 14: Sand and Surf (2)
- 11: Wooing George Clooney (6)
- 09: Great Weather and a Great Giveaway (1)
- 09: Under Construction (0)
- 06: Financial Wisdom (12)
- 04: In the Process (3)
- 03: Memo to my husband (8)
- 02: Just Call Me The Negotiator (3)
- February 2009 (19)
- 27: Sidebar Highlights (1)
- 26: Spring Fling (5)
- 25: Wordless Wednesday: The Mouse that Ate the Poison (4)
- 24: Sloan-isms (1)
- 23: The One With All the Vomit (3)
- 22: Indecisive (6)
- 20: Playlist of my Life (5)
- 19: Musings About Stuff (6)
- 18: Sloan’s First Short Story (6)
- 17: What I’m Up To (1)
- 16: Hoops and Tears (11)
- 13: My Funny Valentine (4)
- 12: The Master Cleanse – A Reflection (13)
- 11: Snippets (8)
- 09: Rock Star in the Making (3)
- 06: Things I Never Thought I’d Say… (12)
- 05: School Days (11)
- 04: Wordless Wednesday: A Little Girl’s Tea Party and the Purple Bike (5)
- 02: To My Daughter – Things I want you to know (14)
- January 2009 (18)
- 29: Bipartisan? Not so much… (3)
- 27: Guess who has Influenza? (6)
- 26: 10 Ways to ensure your child goes from sick to healthy to sick again (5)
- 23: Meeting tomorrow (0)
- 23: Is it bad? Part 2 (6)
- 22: The Freedom of Choice Act (6)
- 21: Wordless Wednesday: Thank you Jon Stewart (5)
- 20: Inauguration Day: Thoughts from a Conservative (18)
- 19: A groovy weekend of firsts (3)
- 16: Fun with Poladroids (1)
- 15: Things that made me laugh (3)
- 13: Boredom leads to strange things (11)
- 12: Lee the Barbarian (9)
- 08: Basement Dwellers (9)
- 07: A Lapse in Judgment (7)
- 06: New Year, New Goals (4)
- 05: Snippets – With Multimedia (7)
- 01: Happy New Year (10)
- December 2008 (16)
- 30: Why I Love Facebook (2)
- 28: Who’s the Bigger Kid? (2)
- 26: Dear Santa (3)
- 23: My head hurts (2)
- 22: Why I love Russians, a Tea Party and a homemade hair-do (5)
- 18: We’ve Gotten Better at This (10)
- 16: Someone is One! (8)
- 15: Birthday Party "Fun" (3)
- 11: The Memo (4)
- 09: Seeing Santa (8)
- 08: Our First Christmas and a Few of My Favorite Things (7)
- 04: Christmas Past (4)
- 03: Maybe we need to show him Star Wars (5)
- 02: Vote for your favorite! (8)
- 02: We’ve Been Elfed! (1)
- 01: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas (3)
- November 2008 (14)
- 28: Sloan Sayings – The Thanksgiving Edition (6)
- 25: Just like that, I was in 7th grade again… (5)
- 21: The Pilgrims have landed! A Brief History… (3)
- 19: Wordless Wednesday – It’s good to be clean (1)
- 18: Beaming with Pride (7)
- 17: The same, but different (15)
- 13: I love my kids (3)
- 12: The Three Little Pigs like you’ve never seen them before… (1)
- 11: Seriously?!?!?! (16)
- 10: Is it bad? Part one (8)
- 06: This is crazy! (7)
- 05: First Steps and The Letter (4)
- 04: Finally (6)
- 02: Warning: Photo heavy post – You expected that right? (6)
- October 2008 (15)
- 30: Guess I won’t be getting that nap today… (4)
- 28: Redeeming Halloween (3)
- 27: Kid’s Say (and Do) the Darndest Things (2)
- 24: Why are the people at Starbucks so happy? (3)
- 22: All rolled into one… (6)
- 21: Wee Little Pundit, Part 2 (4)
- 16: Hate Sin (1)
- 15: Tag – I’m it! (1)
- 14: I’m back! (8)
- 07: Whodunnit (8)
- 06: Photo shoot (8)
- 05: Dear Daddy (3)
- 03: Anatomy 101 (3)
- 02: Garage sale madness!!!! (4)
- 01: He knows me so well… (5)
- September 2008 (18)
- 29: Weekend Rundown (2)
- 25: Sic ‘em Bears! (6)
- 24: It’s official… (7)
- 22: Random (3)
- 19: Sunday, Monday, Happy Days… (7)
- 17: All about Katya (9)
- 16: Calling all area bloggers! (2)
- 16: Chore Chart (3)
- 15: Sloan-isms and other stuff (3)
- 11: To balance out the depression of the last post… (7)
- 11: Where were you? (4)
- 09: What was I thinking? (7)
- 08: It’s Official…I’m a Soccer Mom (6)
- 05: Accountibility please (3)
- 04: Sarah Palin (6)
- 04: Third Child Woes (8)
- 03: Pictures (2)
- 02: The Other Labor Day(s) (5)
- August 2008 (18)
- 29: Happy Birthday to my brother (8)
- 28: He’s still, mostly, got it (6)
- 27: Give it up (3)
- 26: Wee little pundit (6)
- 25: A Very, Very fun weekend (2)
- 21: Relaxation (7)
- 20: Go USA (1)
- 19: Progress (5)
- 15: Thoughts (3)
- 15: Congratulations Nastia!!!! (0)
- 14: My first spinning class (6)
- 13: Why I’m Overwhelmed (10)
- 11: Kids Say the Darndest Things, Part 6 or 7 (4)
- 08: Olympic Fever (8)
- 06: Wordless Wednesday: The impossibility of getting three kids to look and smile at the same time (5)
- 05: My (not so) baby (5)
- 04: I have been violated (4)
- 01: Oh boy… This is getting fun (4)
- July 2008 (15)
- 30: How to travel with three kids and keep your sanity (5)
- 29: Talkless Tuesday: Her smile was worth every penny… (7)
- 28: Headed Home (2)
- 26: Only 3 days left (2)
- 24: I Can’t Believe It (10)
- 22: Eight Years (6)
- 21: Out of the Mouths of Babes…and Mommies (5)
- 17: Pictures (12)
- 16: Sometimes a kiss and a bandaid won’t do (3)
- 13: A Piece of My Daughter – Gone (8)
- 10: Happy Birthday, Sloan (8)
- 07: Week One in Pictures (5)
- 05: 4th of July…A surprise success (3)
- 03: Day 3 – No makeup, wet hair and a sunburn…life is good (2)
- 02: Florida or Bust! (9)
- June 2008 (18)
- 30: Here’s the apple, there’s the tree…it didn’t fall far. (2)
- 28: 29 kids, 16 (ish) adults, a pinata and a sprinkler…Are you tired? (5)
- 27: A Baker, I Am Not (6)
- 25: (Almost) Wordless Wednesday: Lion’s Choice Small Dipped Cone… (6)
- 24: A new word and a terrible excuse (2)
- 24: In the spirit of full disclosure (11)
- 19: A different sort of date night (8)
- 18: Wordless Wednesday: The dinosaur finally crashes (4)
- 16: The weekend in vignettes (6)
- 15: Happy Father’s Day and Happy Birthday (3)
- 13: The Truth is Hard to Find (2)
- 11: My first Fling (3)
- 10: Wedding Montage (5)
- 09: Invest in Yourself…And Gain Interest (3)
- 06: Russian American School (3)
- 04: I’m Thirty Today… (5)
- 03: Joyful Landon (8)
- 02: Milestone weekend (6)
- May 2008 (19)
- 30: A day in the life (3)
- 28: Distance to Empty (8)
- 27: Sloan Sayings (0)
- 27: Six Times the Chaos, er, I mean Fun! (1)
- 23: I’m a Rock Star (5)
- 22: So sad, prayers needed (1)
- 22: I’m an American Idol fan… (3)
- 21: Happy Birthday Mom…a few days late! (1)
- 19: Like Father, Like Son and other Tales (7)
- 16: You never know what you’ll see at Walgreens! (4)
- 15: Heart Melting (4)
- 14: Thanks (5)
- 13: No title for this (5)
- 10: Bloggers Guild meeting (3)
- 08: We got a Wii… (5)
- 07: It’s quiet around here… (3)
- 06: Read with Kleenex (3)
- 05: You WILL Love each other! (5)
- 02: True Confessions of a Minivan Mom (3)
- April 2008 (20)
- 30: Keeping Up with the Kardashians (3)
- 29: Tia Tales and more (1)
- 28: Immunization Woes, Part 3…movin’ right along (2)
- 26: The kind of mom I am… (5)
- 25: It starts… (1)
- 24: He stumped me (1)
- 22: Immunization Woes, Part 2 (5)
- 21: Weather, FABULOUS! (4)
- 19: Cuteness (4)
- 18: Earthquake (4)
- 17: He loves me (1)
- 16: My son the wanderer (0)
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- 14: Good weekend, bad night (1)
- 10: Literal Art and the worst toy ever created (10)
- 08: I hate thunder (2)
- 07: Tia Tales and other weekend highlights (4)
- 02: Another sign of spring…which leads me to: (5)
- 02: Potties and Revolving Doors (0)
- 01: Potty Training, Day 1 (3)
- March 2008 (15)
- 31: Then and Now (5)
- 27: Cats and Dogs (2)
- 26: Locks of Love (6)
- 25: We did it! (3)
- 23: A few pictures (2)
- 21: Ten things I learned in Florida (2)
- 16: Why I love Florida… (6)
- 13: The way I see it… (6)
- 11: Gettin’ Along (5)
- 11: Rant (2)
- 07: Just because they fit… (1)
- 07: The Next American Idol (5)
- 05: My boy Sloan, part 2 (5)
- 05: Meet Cody the Snowman (2)
- 02: My boy Sloan (4)
- February 2008 (25)
- 28: Immunization woes (5)
- 28: Remind me… (1)
- 28: Great videos (1)
- 27: Third baby (1)
- 25: Tia Tales, 2 (4)
- 24: Riiiiiight… (2)
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- 22: Iced In… (4)
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- 20: Still four…always four (2)
- 20: Umbrella’s in Heaven (2)
- 18: Speech Therapy (3)
- 17: God is good (1)
- 14: The demasculinization of my son… (0)
- 12: Set the record straight… (1)
- 12: Short Story (2)
- 10: Yoga Baby (3)
- 09: Ode to McDonalds (2)
- 07: The Church Triumphant (2)
- 06: So far so good (1)
- 06: Yahoo! My first award… (2)
- 03: Snow day (4)
- 03: Happy Birthday, Katya Rose! (3)
- January 2008 (24)
- 31: To My Darling Husband (4)
- 30: Speechless (4)
- 29: Walking through the Park and Reminiscing (4)
- 29: Did You Know? (2)
- 29: Day 2, Much better (3)
- 28: Daddy out of town, Day 1 (3)
- 25: Our son the moose (2)
- 24: Dear Sleep (4)
- 23: I did it! (4)
- 22: Cherishing Family (0)
- 20: Captain Random (1)
- 19: I feel like an idiot (2)
- 18: A letter of encouragement…to my body (5)
- 17: Kid’s Say the Darndest Things…1 (1)
- 17: The Plague is Upon Us! (2)
- 15: Per Request (4)
- 15: Today’s Trauma (0)
- 13: Sloan Saga, Part One (1)
- 12: Dad’s perspective (0)
- 11: Tia Tales, Part One (6)
- 11: No such luck (1)
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- 09: Bandwagon here I come!!! (3)
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