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Benjamin.Addison.The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-31566463172479284132012-11-17T10:25:00.001-08:002012-11-17T10:25:19.753-08:00Halloween(Better late than never right?) <br />
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Hurricane Sandy roared through our area Sunday into Monday and a little bit overnight into Tuesday. We were very lucky to remain with power and had limited damage. Others (like my parents) weren't as lucky, as they are still without power. <br />
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We did a little bit of "trick or treating" this week, but there were a lot of neighbors without power still. This weekend they have re-scheduled a lot of the activities.<br />
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I wanted to share a couple of the pictures thus far.<br />
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The boys at the "Kids Night Out" Halloween party. The mask's didn't stay on long. </div>
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Addison slept through the whole thing. </div>
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Camden waiting to get his face painted like Spider Man. </div>
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Waiting in line got a little tedious! </div>
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Carving pumpkins! </div>
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Or maybe we should just say mangling them.</div>
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Halloween night </div>
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Ben as Iron Man!</div>
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All of the kids in the neighborhood<br />(Well, most of them)</div>
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Addie decided to join in for this picture.</div>
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The week before Halloween, we dressed up and went next door to visit with our<br />favorite neighbors, and they made all the kids their own special Halloween baskets<br />even though they don't do the whole "trick or treat" thing.</div>
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The kids LOVE Tom, and follow him around like the pied piper.</div>
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The kids with Tom and Carol.</div>
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A better picture with everyone looking.</div>
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I love this picture of Ben. <br />He looks SO grown up!</div>
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He had a blast carving pumpkins too. <br />(Sorry my pictures are out of order, my computer hates me today)</div>
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The final picture of them all together on Halloween night.<br />Overall we had a blast despite the storms derailing Halloween.</div>
The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-60917302670943735942012-10-19T06:26:00.001-07:002012-10-19T06:26:31.447-07:00Pumpkin PickingLast year we started a new family tradition. Going pumpkin picking at Jones Farm with our close friend Hillary and her four boys. Dylan, Jamie, Jack and Charlie. The boys all LOVE hanging out together, and Addie... well, she is just happy with all the attention she soaks in.<br />
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I didn't get a ton of good pictures, but I did get some!<br />
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The boys were all about the gourds and different color pumpkins. <br />Addie just wanted to be included. LOL</div>
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I LOVE this picture of Camden.<br />He is the only one who actually wanted to sit down and pose for pictures, and actually include a smile.</div>
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Addie just wanted to run around and play with all of them! </div>
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Hay ride! <br />I don't know HOW Jamie wasn't freezing his butt off!<br />Although I have seen him in December in SHORTS!</div>
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Addie decided she wanted to sit with Hillary on the hay ride.<br />Oh then she decided she wanted to get up and walk around because it wasn't exciting enough for her!</div>
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The couple pictures of the landscape that I took, all included that orb.<br />But NONE of the other pictures had it.<br />Someone special was with us all day.</div>
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This is the best picture I got of all the kids together.<br />Ben was mad.<br />Addison was distracted.<br />And poor Camden was just holding onto her arm for dear life making sure she didn't run away.</div>
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The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-45487032127758828872012-10-18T10:13:00.000-07:002012-10-18T10:13:22.727-07:00Ben's Field TripThis week Ben's school took two of their classes on a field trip to a local farm here in Shelton. Wells Hollow Farm. We go there all the time for their awesome ice cream shop (which is about to close up for the season). Ben was confused why the ice cream shop wasn't open at 10 in the morning. Haha!<br />
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I was one of the chaperones with Addison.<br />
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Each child got a yummy apple for snack when we first got to the farm.<br />(Which also is typically their snack time)</div>
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The two classes together. <br />Ben is in the first row on the right.<br />All the parents were lined up like paparazzi trying to get a good picture of them all sitting like this. It was hysterical!</div>
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The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-56873871572571281342012-10-12T09:05:00.002-07:002012-10-12T09:06:23.270-07:00Back To School Nights<div style="text-align: left;">
In the past two weeks I have had the pleasure of going to the back to school nights for both of the boy's schools. Since they are no longer in the same school it was like a work out of meeting all new people in Camden's school, but it was really neat since he is such a "big kid" now.</div>
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I had the pleasure of meeting all the teachers he will see over the school year, with the art teacher totally being my favorite. He seems so into everything the kids will be doing this year. It was really touching!</div>
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I love Camden's kindergarten teacher, but then again I have had the pleasure of knowing her for a little over a year since we both worked on a friend's Mayoral campaign last year. I was pleased to learn she would be his teacher. Overall I love his school and the community. I am excited to be joining the PTO as well.</div>
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Then last night was Ben's turn. There have been a lot of changes at the Pre-School this year as well. Since Ben is just in the Pre-School 3 room (and won't move into the room Camden was in till next year when he is 4.) I got the chance to meet one-on-one with his new teacher Miss Jean. </div>
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We will also be going on our first field trip on Tuesday morning, which I will be chaperoning again this year (I went last year with Camden's class on the same trip) with Addison.<br />
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These great pictures were all around the classroom. I really love that this year the teacher is taking time to decorate the room with lots of pictures of the kids in the class. Although she did tell me how hard it is to get a picture of Ben. Something we have also been working on at home recently!</div>
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Oh and in other Ben news, we are ready for underwear! </div>
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I can't wait for Halloween either! We were going to do a theme for all of the children. Camden picked out Spider man for a costume this year, Ben decided on Iron Man because they are both learning a new love for super heroes. We were looking for a Wonder Woman costume for Addie, but all we came across were too big, and I wasn't about to spend $60 on Etsy for one.</div>
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So by default she is going to be Cinderella. She is IN LOVE with Cinderella since we bought the diamond edition of the DVD last week. She goes to bed with it EVERY night. Disney store had 40% off the costumes online, and free shipping so that was a go!</div>
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This year we went on the adventure with our good friends Steph and Dan, and their little girl Scarlett who just turned 6 months old, even though she is virtually the size of Addison. LOL!<br />
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Daddy and Addie before we headed into the Apple Orchard </div>
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Addison kept wanting to pick up the apples off the ground. ICK! </div>
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Ben ate probably a good 4 apples just while we were picking. It started to become a running joke because every time we saw him he had a new apple and our bag was getting lighter not heavier! </div>
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Addie shared an apple with Daddy. I love this picture of her!</div>
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The boys wanted to climb this tree. They were so cute the whole time we were there!<br />Very good listeners too!</div>
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Addie didn't really know what to make of Scarlett. </div>
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After she warmed up to her a bit she decided it would be fun to try and poke her in the eyes.<br />Yeah, that game ended extremely quick!</div>
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Oh ya know... Just Dan hanging out in a tree...<br />The men decided to spend most of the time at the orchard climbing to the top!</div>
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Ben didn't want to really take many pictures so I had to sneak attack him.</div>
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Camden doted on Scarlett all day. It was really cute! </div>
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This was THE ONLY picture we were able to get of the two of them. Addie was already getting up to RUN when I snapped this. </div>
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Dan took Ben up into the tree, and I snuck up to snap this picture of them sharing apples.<br />Adorable!</div>
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The mass of kids! Me, Steph and all the kids. Mostly mind. LOL</div>
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Ben wanted to take a picture in the tree. I was luckily able to crop out the adult standing next to him, although it didn't make me any more comfortable with the whole thing! </div>
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Oh another apple!<br />I love his blue eyes in this picture!</div>
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Camden has turned into such a BIG KID!</div>
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I don't know when he grew up so much!</div>
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Can you find Camden in the tree? <br />Daddy hid really well in this picture too, but it still scared the living bejesus out of me!</div>
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And one of the boys together.<br />I wanted this to compare to them two years ago when we were there with them.</div>
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Steph snapped a couple of us when the boys were off playing in the trees.<br />Addie was done with pictures LOL!</div>
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There are only two words that can describe Addison besides Verruca Salt these days, and that is Daddy's girl.</div>
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The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-18774066079179680132012-09-10T18:17:00.001-07:002012-09-10T18:17:41.368-07:00Back to School!The 2012-2013 school season has kept our house very busy in the past week. Camden started Kindergarten and of course also started riding the bus to school for the first time. Ben moved into the Pre-K 3 room (which we have never had a child in yet). It has been a lot of firsts.<br />
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Camden all ready for his first day! </div>
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Looking like such a big boy at the bus stop. </div>
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Where did my baby boy go? </div>
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My boys this school year! </div>
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Ben on his first day of Pre-K 3, he also erased half the sign by the time I got a good picture.</div>
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We are on week two, and going great. We had a little bump in the road with Ben & potty training and the Pre-K 3 room. Since Camden was in the Pre-K 4 room last year, I wasn't sure of what all the 3 room entailed. Apparently Ben needed to be potty trained. We are on day 5 with only a hand full of accidents, none of which were at school Friday or today. Two big thumbs up!</div>
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<br />The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-71397846797118866842012-09-03T08:30:00.001-07:002012-09-03T08:30:28.947-07:00The Goshen FairYesterday we headed to the 100th Goshen Fair, which was <b>really cool</b>! Since Will works in Litchfield county, he has the opportunity to see all this beautiful landscape all the time. When he saw the fair starting to set up, he told me we <b>had</b> to go. <br />
<br />We all had so much fun! The kids loved seeing all the animals, playing the carnival games, and of course eating! But I think overall the eating portion of the evening was Will & I's favorite. Nothing beats fair food. NOTHING!<br />
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This baby calf was just having a drink from her mom... <br />We saw lots of breastfeeding animals, it was really neat!</div>
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This little lady was only six months old!</div>
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"Thin Sliced Onion Rings"<br />ZOMG! My favorite!<br />They were so good!</div>
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This was my deep fried snickers bar. <br />I took two bites, and Will ate the rest. <br />It was WAY too sweet!</div>
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Then we headed out...<br />I can't wait to go next year!</div>
<br />The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-24299451557115532442012-08-31T09:09:00.003-07:002012-08-31T09:09:59.219-07:00Bus Safety DayToday was Bus Safety day at school for Camden. All the new Kindergarteners were invited to watch a bus safety video, and go for a ride around the neighborhood on the school bus.<br />
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It was very valuable for Camden since this will be his first year riding the school bus. I pray it all goes off without a hitch after our first bump in the road yesterday with the assigned bus stop.<br />
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Last night the boys crawled into their bunk beds, watched some Peppa Pig and knocked out nice and early per our new routine. They were having a blast so I just had to take a picture!<br />
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Camden sitting and waiting in the school cafeteria. We met some new friends, talked with some kids we already know, and when it was time to go to his classroom he was so independent and I was so proud. SO PROUD! <br />
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He did an awesome job getting on and off the bus. All the parents were running to the doors to take pictures of the students safety practicing getting on the bus. I cannot believe I will have a child in "real" school this year.<br />
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I am so proud of how well he did! The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-43924937494948960112012-08-26T20:16:00.000-07:002012-08-26T20:16:22.597-07:00Family PhotosToday I set out on a mission to get a couple pictures of the children together as a "family". I need some new pictures for above our mantel, and since Will was home for the day I had the extra help.<br />
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This is the best picture that I got all day long.<br />All are looking. No one is crying. SCORE!<br />That is as good as it gets these days!</div>
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No Addie! You can't go yet!</div>
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With this pose, you would think they are both in their twenties already!<br />Oh Lord! Save me!</div>
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They were officially done, and ready to go to the playground.<br />(As promised)</div>
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Ben and Addie played on the playground today. </div>
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now. I can't even deal with it. It makes me want to cry for my baby boy back.<br />Next Tuesday, he will officially be in kindergarten! Where has the past almost five years gone?</div>
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They all did awesome though. I thought we were going to have far more meltdowns than we did. Although the day started off with this...</div>
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The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-90279287391830617222012-08-23T20:19:00.000-07:002012-08-23T20:19:20.987-07:00New York City!This past weekend we took our first trip into New York City as a family and boy... did we have a blast! By the end of the day the kids were surprisingly still going strong, at nearly midnight when we got home. But alas, it was everyone's last hoorah before school starts next week.<br />
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The boys on the train. They had no desire to have their picture taken at all. <br />Like usual! <br />Seems like they are "growing out" of their photogenic nature!</div>
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We met up with my friend Heiddi. <br />She was a life saver getting around the city, and we had a ton of fun!</div>
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Addison on her first Subway ride. <br />She had just woken up... Can you tell?</div>
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We visited the 9/11 Memorial. <br />It was really moving.<br />We also stopped by Ladder 10 which is the closest Fire House to</div>
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The boys at the wall outside of Ladder 10.<br />There is the most beautiful mural there.</div>
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Ben and I at the South Tower Reflection Pool </div>
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The boys on the train for the ride home. <br />All smiles at 10:30 at night.<br />Only these kids!</div>
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Ben & Addie playing at Grandma's house </div>
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When I ask Ben to pose or smile these days.<br />
This is the face he lives.</div>
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Addie helped Grandma in the kitchen.<br />
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I was so happy to be back from BlogHer in NYC.<br />
We were all hanging out and they gave me flowers.<br />
My boys are so sweet!</div>
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This is how Addison likes to sleep now.<br />
On her bear, with her blankie.</div>
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One Saturday, La La took the kids to the zoo.<br />
All three of them. I was shocked and had no idea what to<br />
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Last weekend I went buck ass wild in Addie's room.<br />
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Ben's typical smerk no matter how hard I try to get him to smile.<br /></div>
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Addie is a typical toddler... wanting to climb UP the slide.</div>
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We swung while her brothers ran dozens of laps around the playground.<br />
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We all got in the tunnels to play together.<br />We had so much fun, and discovered a new playground, we will be back soon!<br />
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Ben has decided he no longer needs a nap during the day.<br />Yes, this completely sucks, because really... he still NEEDS one.<br />This is him right before dinner time. <br />Almost nightly now.</div>
The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-28031950772164015182012-07-14T08:58:00.001-07:002012-07-14T08:58:20.782-07:00Walking GirlIt is official, Addison is walking!<br />
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Well, she has been walking since my birthday back in June, but I haven't really been keeping up with the family blog too much. Sorry to all those who do come and read, especially our friends across the Pond! (Hi Stan & Eileen!)<br />
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Here are a couple pictures of the big girl walking around... I swear she walks like a zombie right now, and it is adorable.<br />
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There it is! The Zombie walk move!<br />
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Now that she knows how to walk, it has turned into a short sprint. Or when it comes time for a nap during the day, she will literally RUN laps around the outskirts of her playpen. It is downright hysterical to watch.<br />
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<br />The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-7119506562644279142012-07-10T07:01:00.001-07:002012-07-10T07:01:13.086-07:00Summer FunI have been slacking on updating the blog, but between adventures and being so tired out at the end of the day, I haven't really thought about updating the blog.<br />
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Yesterday we spent some time with Mom and Aunt Cindy and went swimming. I got these pictures of the kids.<br />
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The boys and I joined Aunt Cindy in the pool. She will probably kill me for putting her on the blog. LOL </div>
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Camden and his floaty before going into the pool. <br />He is doing fantastic this year. We already got the doggy paddle down, and he swims all around without any help at all. He will also jump into the pool and go under water, and knows to close his eyes and hold his breath.</div>
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He is such a great big brother. <br />Ben is coming around day-by-day, I am sure it is the age.</div>
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This was at Angela's pool last week. They do great in the low end of the pool because they can touch without going under water.</div>
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In other news besides swimming, the boys took this adorable picture with their friend Kayla on the 4th of July when we went to the fireworks. All the kids were allowed to play (with adult supervision) on the top of one of the fire trucks, and watch the fire works from the top. <br />They loved it!</div>
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Her new obsession is Sesame Street. Any time of the day she can go for some Elmo or Grover and Big Bird. When I was in Target on Sunday I saw Follow that Bird on the $5 movie wall and grabbed it. It was MY favorite movie when I was little, and they re-released it for the 25th anniversary. We have been watching it all week, and Camden will actually sit and watch the whole movie. This is the first full movie he has sat long enough to watch, and has asked me to put on again. </div>
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A good friend of mine founded it after her daughter was killed by a drunk driver in 2009. It is a great organization and cause.<br />
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This year we were joined by my parents to release butterflies for my sister who we lost in October. I also manned a booth for Addie's Accessories as a vendor.<br />
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The Addie's Accessories table!</div>
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I was so mad at myself because I didn't realize I had brought my camera, but the battery wasn't inside it until the parade had started already. So I had to make the best of it with my iPhone.<br />
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Will and the other two men in the fire house who are also Veterans wore the uniforms of the branch of the military they served in. I think this is a great touch and a lot of the people watching the parade really enjoyed it. Will & Sarge wore the Marine Corp uniforms. Chris wore his Army uniform.</div>
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Like always, after the parade we headed up to the White Hills fire house for a picnic. This is really the kick off to the summer for all of us. I cherish the time that the fire departments come together as a huge family. This is me and "Panda" as the kids call her. </div>
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Because Monday is the parades for Will with the fire department, we had a last minute trip up to the Litchfield hills to a small hole-in-the-wall Army & Navy Store. After that we were wondering what the heck to do...<br />
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How beautiful is that? There are just miles and miles of beautiful land, and the scene is amazing. It reminds me of being back in North Carolina.<br />
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This is a beautiful antique solid oak armoire... I saw it and fell in love with it instantly. It has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of vintage furniture I have ever encountered. I wish that we had room for it!<br />
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After we left there (I found a couple cool vases and the kids of course found a couple fire trucks) we headed south back in the general direction of home. On the way we figured we would swing by and see if Auntie Liz was around. <br />
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She was, and we got to spend some time with her... this was Addie being crazy in her living room. She wanted to attack Liz's cats. The cats were pretty less than amused...<br />
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Yes, they went for rides on Tim's new lawn mower. The simplest things amuse them sometimes! It was great for them to be able to spend some time with them!<br />
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The boys take baths together all the time, but tonight I threw Addison in with them. Nothing wrong with that! It was too late and we needed to get to bed!<br />
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I was washing everyone when I looked up and saw all these smiles. Happiness. Everything that life is about once you become a parent built up into this one moment.<br />
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Addie decided to smack Camden around a little bit before she sat down for a good scrub. Looking at these three makes my day-to-day life so worth it.<br />
<br />I couldn't love motherhood anymore than I do these days!<br />
They are truly a blessing!The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-72954987927282312892012-05-21T11:01:00.001-07:002012-05-21T11:01:21.778-07:00Celebrating the Zoo's BirthdayWe are year round members of our local zoo, and this weekend the zoo celebrated its 90th birthday. 90 years old! Wow!<br />
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We also went to celebrate Benjamin's birthday because his favorite place is the zoo! I took a ton of pictures when we were there, all with my cell phone though. My camera never even made it out of the diaper bag.<br />
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My friend Leigh and her daughter Lily joined us as well as La La - again a favorite of Benny!<br />
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Camden in the log! </div>
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Camden being a cheese ball right when we got to the zoo!</div>
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All the kids sitting on the tiger in the zoo, again, acting like tigers. LOL</div>
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Addie was completely uninterested by the zoo as a whole. <br />She slept the majority of the time we were there!</div>
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Since we are zoo Members, we got free tickets to ride the carousel for the zoo's birthday party.</div>
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The boys enjoyed this because it is one of their favorite parts of the zoo.</div>
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These are just a couple of the cakes that were made and entered into a contest for the zoo's birthday.<br />How cool are these?</div>The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-42482494020221920792012-05-17T07:36:00.001-07:002012-05-17T07:36:13.208-07:00Happy Birthday Benjamin!Our Benny Blue Eyes turns three today! Where has the past three years gone?<br />
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It seems like yesterday he was this little ball of baby in the hospital. So quiet and sleepy... now he is a active three year old who never takes no for an answer! A big change in three years!<br />
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<a href="http://www.danielleelwood.com/happy-third-birthday-ben/" target="_blank">Over on my website Danielle Elwood Dot Com I put up a full slideshow of pictures of Mr. Benjamin Jo Jo over the past three years. </a>The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-45375627847127510072012-05-16T11:05:00.000-07:002012-05-16T11:05:11.666-07:00The Loopsy ObsessionWe have a new obsession in our house... La La Loopsy dolls. It started with passing conversations between me and my BFF Kaitlyn. Her daughter Kami is two and a half and loves them.<br />
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I figured it is just one of those things all little girls get into at one age? Why not start Addie soon? Well this past week while checking out Target for a couple odds and ends I needed for the house, I went to check out their selection of Loopsy's, and of course see how much these things cost.<br />
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That is when I spotted Trinket Sparkle. They had a couple different Loopsy's but this one stood out to me the most because of the little kitty. So this became Addie's first Loopsy doll. I took the small bracelet off her wrist and put it away for safe keeping till she is a little older and she has been having a blast with it.<br />
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Well, being the crazy Mom I am, when we went to Toys R Us last night for some birthday gift's for Benjamin, I had to scope out their section of Loopsy's and see if they had any Loopsy Little's since those are really the only age appropriate ones Addison can play with.<br />
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They had about fifty of the same doll - but it wasn't Miss Trinket Sparkles... It was a different adorable doll called Specs Reads A-Lot!<br />
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In the cart she went. I figured another $17 wasn't going to kill us when we were going all out for Ben's birthday. Plus I didn't see this one when I was scouting Loopsy dolls at Target.<br />
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I have a feeling this is going to turn into one of those <i>collect them all</i> things. I posted to Kaitlyn this morning on Facebook...<br />
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I just bought another Loopsie Little. Can we start a support group for this? I can see it going in a bad direction! </blockquote>
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Tomorrow is Benjamin's third birthday, Friday he is going into the hospital to be sedated so they can fill the one surface cavity he has, and then Saturday we will be heading to the Zoo for their birthday celebration! (Benjamin needs to be sedated because of his initial reaction to the dental chair, poor baby)<br />
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Busy week in the Elwood House!The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-65822862446125372382012-05-15T09:07:00.002-07:002012-05-15T09:07:07.878-07:00Mother's DayWe had so much fun this Mother's Day! Will and I decided to take the kids to Action Wildlife Foundation upstate. It was a great idea! The kids had a blast!<br />
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This was the best picture I got of the kids together for the day. How cute are they? <br />
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Daddy and the boys with a Bison. <br />
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The view from one of the parking lots! This is just a small portion of the huge 116 acre park!</div>
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Benny sitting outside of one of the goat exhibits on the rocks.</div>
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Camden wanted to do the same! <br />He is such a ham!</div>
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So this is about how close you can get to most of the animals. <br />These guys were more friendly since they actually came up close to the gate to say hi.<br />
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Addie fed some of the animals with Daddy. <br />She thought it was HYSTERICAL!<br />I wish I would have gotten her laugh on video!<br />
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She pet the piglets.<br />I think they were some of the nicest animals in the petting zoo.<br />
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These guys were my favorite though.<br />I wanted to take one home as a pet.<br />They are baby goats.<br />
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We bought one of the little bottles they had to feed some of the baby animals and<br />
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These guys were as crabby as they look. LOL! <br />
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These guys were just as ruthless fighting over the bottle as the little tiny<br />
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Last but not least at all, the Zebra!<br />I think he was easily all of our favorite because none of us have ever seen one in real life<br />before this! Even our local zoo doesn't have one!<br />
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After the fun trip to the animal park we had ice cream, and started to head towards home when Will decided our day wasn't over yet. We ended the day at Lake Quassy amusement park. Someplace with rides small enough for the kids to enjoy. </div>
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They had a great Mother's Day special going on we took advantage of, and we all had a blast. Although by then my camera had died! I do predict we will be back there soon though!</div>
<br /></div>The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-29146078349794987352012-05-08T19:10:00.001-07:002012-05-08T19:10:50.569-07:00Camden's SurgeryToday Camden underwent surgery for some issues with his teeth. Many of our friends and family members knew it was coming, and I wanted to give an update on the process and how the little guy is feeling.<br />
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We arrived at the hospital around his appointment time and they took him right in because they were running ahead of schedule. We got him into his gown and they let him drive a little scooter around. It was adorable and it really helped him be comfortable with the staff working with him.<br />
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He was in for around two hours, and then when he was waking up they brought Will & I into the recovery room to be with him. I sat in the chair and held him, and rocked him as he woke up. It was extremely hard.<br />
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We were told he would whine and cry for a while, and it was a good half hour of that with him finally falling asleep on Will's chest before he really calmed down. It was probably the saddest thing I have ever witnessed. It was extremely hard and trying as a mother to watch my baby go through it. No matter how much he <b>needed</b> it.<br />
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We were able to get him dressed and have his IV taken out. After that we had to wait about another 20 minutes to make sure he was ok before they would let us bring him home.<br />
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Once we were home he laid down and slept a little bit more and when he woke up he was feeling much better, he also noticeably <b>looked</b> much better.<br />
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A juice box and apple sauce and he was well on his way.<br />
He actually had dinner too, we made Mac N Cheese, nice and soft for him to join in.<br />
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We are winding down for bed now and he is almost a 100% different kid than he was this afternoon. <br />
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I want to thank all of our friends and family for the calls, texts, e-mails and checking in on him all day. You made a difference for all of us. Thank you!<br />
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Now to see if he is up for school in the morning!The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-39661272037873545432012-05-01T18:46:00.000-07:002012-05-01T18:46:14.180-07:00Addie's Birthday PartyOn Sunday we celebrated our baby girl's first birthday party... She isn't a baby anymore! While I had a couple breakdowns of tears, it was a beautiful day.<br />
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Addison's cake! It not only was pretty, but it was absolutely delicious! </div>
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Will decided to get Addison thee biggest Minnie Mouse balloon he could find. Can you tell Addie has him wrapped around his finger?</div>
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My mother always does amazing with the decorations, Addie's party was no difference! </div>
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Addie with the #1 man in her life. Can you tell Will hates being in pictures? </div>
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Grandma having fun with Addie. If you can't tell from the picture, she is clapping!</div>
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Waiting patiently for cake and wondering why there was a room full of adults staring at her and taking pictures of her.</div>
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Oh cake! There it is! Give it to me! </div>
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Oh this stuff actually is food? I can eat this?</div>
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I think she wore more than she ate, but it was fun! </div>
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Then for the traditional bath in Grandma's kitchen sink. Three kids and counting!</div>
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I love this picture of Dylan with Addie. Now if I could just con him into a haircut! </div>
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Then came present time! She got all kinds of cool stuff. A purse and doll house from Grandma, a ton of sundresses and bathing suits. Adorable nightgowns and lots of Little People! </div>
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Addie's friend Caitlin came to hang out too. How cute are they together? Caitlin is about three weeks younger than her.</div>
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She actually kept the birthday hat on for a while! I was really surprised!</div>
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I can't believe our baby girl is a year old!</div>The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-16448212823320868362012-04-20T14:25:00.002-07:002012-04-20T14:25:51.342-07:0010 Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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10 Days until my precious little Princess turns a year old. Where has the past year gone? I cannot believe we are at such a major milestone in her life already when it seems like she was just born yesterday.<br />
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It is hard knowing your last little baby is no longer a baby!<br />The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6938831704948991579.post-55469074449242126132012-04-17T20:39:00.004-07:002012-04-17T20:49:16.375-07:00Beach BoysToday we headed out to the beach for a picnic with Grandma. After collecting and throwing some rocks into the water we headed to our favorite playground and ran out some of our energy.<br />We had a great time!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7WDOJZzWj03nq5Y7nc2IVXJKJ_F4X5tzLr7pCMoJ2gHN6j6gyjVik8eEzalyfQJwxsbBp4nk0_AFUqfscoUCu8tOFsw1XF89NrE6X_tOLYXv7O1L5LTNIs-YTWI2i58AAfBPE9eiV-T7/s1600/beach3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf7WDOJZzWj03nq5Y7nc2IVXJKJ_F4X5tzLr7pCMoJ2gHN6j6gyjVik8eEzalyfQJwxsbBp4nk0_AFUqfscoUCu8tOFsw1XF89NrE6X_tOLYXv7O1L5LTNIs-YTWI2i58AAfBPE9eiV-T7/s400/beach3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732580943776734402" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTNMMrRBhIXorpz3veNZecmRffWkP0rKg1XEbaEbezEj2rS9Aa_SO3AeYXDtiSmbogLL4w9aYE1FNqMByAZCGCsp_nv8gLYpjWOKOXSBG41srT4LJvmJY58Y3rMtiGveRAvfXqsiEpmeV/s1600/beach9.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTNMMrRBhIXorpz3veNZecmRffWkP0rKg1XEbaEbezEj2rS9Aa_SO3AeYXDtiSmbogLL4w9aYE1FNqMByAZCGCsp_nv8gLYpjWOKOXSBG41srT4LJvmJY58Y3rMtiGveRAvfXqsiEpmeV/s400/beach9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732581460604486978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ittuEyQ4IQ5jrm1GOIs8RtyP57i2dh9aTPrsbzTWAPyc2CTWxcufYTc0f7_Rlgg3xtEAk0lb4NbwEntXunTHIJ9nwW2YkMVnRw5-0SAW42UhI9zxI7zHIgJPU-CjDqnrJzOIY8PKiP8b/s1600/beach5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ittuEyQ4IQ5jrm1GOIs8RtyP57i2dh9aTPrsbzTWAPyc2CTWxcufYTc0f7_Rlgg3xtEAk0lb4NbwEntXunTHIJ9nwW2YkMVnRw5-0SAW42UhI9zxI7zHIgJPU-CjDqnrJzOIY8PKiP8b/s400/beach5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732580962452099042" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU1EFZD9bBCqSMIkoXFuUWfLqdNKUa6xADvS1QrPfIqU8DZtxnTMB4gcGcf4zmN_w-mycKyygz44T1zn9Vp_TS7nvgXugdNPLkJ87T5K2lGztlZqn-L3e_hRN_XX5khxGTxFkgBjc-6AB/s1600/beach6.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJU1EFZD9bBCqSMIkoXFuUWfLqdNKUa6xADvS1QrPfIqU8DZtxnTMB4gcGcf4zmN_w-mycKyygz44T1zn9Vp_TS7nvgXugdNPLkJ87T5K2lGztlZqn-L3e_hRN_XX5khxGTxFkgBjc-6AB/s400/beach6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732581468293796242" border="0" /></a><br />Nothing too fancy, just some boys playing on the beach. Also today Addison got to play on the playground for the first time. She wasn't too amused by the wood chips. I am sure she would rather be sitting in the sand.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzJ-weiOTrgzpXKMoHWqUbVTTLYJuCjjl8vXMxI8jSXoZoOopdBVuEjpgaWJqFhBAt55a_mLsNh0E3zfjeJVOGDlvs_bl-FwjzZ4mgKzaa-TnVgZ1Gfuo2QjEyWt1gs5DvfM_5LAvR8La/s1600/playgroundaddie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHzJ-weiOTrgzpXKMoHWqUbVTTLYJuCjjl8vXMxI8jSXoZoOopdBVuEjpgaWJqFhBAt55a_mLsNh0E3zfjeJVOGDlvs_bl-FwjzZ4mgKzaa-TnVgZ1Gfuo2QjEyWt1gs5DvfM_5LAvR8La/s400/playgroundaddie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732582592101944434" border="0" /></a><br />Happy Tuesday!The Elwood Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04103727029273948188noreply@blogger.com0