Monthly Archives: July 2009

learning to trust yourself {a lesson in riding a bike}

That’s what riding a bike is really about, isn’t it?  Trusting yourself enough to balance between those two {small} rubber tires and stay upright?  You’re wobbling along, an impending fall in your future.  The concrete scarily closing in. Curt’s We’ve been working with the girls for weeks … actually more like months … to put [...]

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colorful candy buffet

LOVE!! {via hostess with the mostess}

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in-touch clutch {and giveaway!!}

I spotted these in this blog post and immediately had to check ‘em out!!  Aren’t they awesome? It’s a small clutch to store stationery, pencils, paper, stamps … so when you’re waiting somewhere {doctor, soccer practice, train …}, you can pull it out and get caught up on correspondence.  Brilliant! One of the photos on [...]

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ready for a swim meet?

Piper wasn’t. If you were one of the first five loyal readers of my blog, you may remember this post?  Yeah, Piper’s attitude toward swim meets hasn’t really changed in a year.  She did. not. want to do it.  But at least this year she didn’t whine, cry and act terrified.  It was more of [...]

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eat right racine

If you’re in Racine this Wednesday night, be sure to stop by Monument Square to support this very important organization … and at the same time, have some family fun!

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