A few months back, I received an e-mail asking if I was interested in reviewing a book for kids titled The Cupcake Club. The main character in the book is Meredith’s age and seems to share Meredith’s love of cupcakes. The main author of the book is the co-author of Soul Surfer. Meredith LOVED that [...]

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This morning as we celebrated Meredith’s birthday, I pointed the camera at her and asked her to talk about Nine.

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On April 29th, 2010, Jeff created a video to celebrate Meredith’s seventh birthday. Today we’re celebrating Harper’s seventh birthday. We’re also celebrating Harper Lee’s 86th birthday. (Unfortunately, we have no video footage of her jumping rope or riding a bike.) ((If you’re itching to once again see the photo of Harper being pulled from my [...]

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Every two weeks I pick up my haul at the community produce co-op. Every two weeks I post a photo of what was included in the basket. Every two weeks you say, “Fruits and vegetables. Awesome. Next?” I’ll tell you what’s next! I’ve started indulging in Vegan Tuesdays! Sadly, I wasn’t very prepared to deal [...]

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I went to see my new orthopedic doctor on Tuesday, where it was determined that I have a mysterious medial meniscus malady. Because of this, I’m back in the boot for three weeks. If it’s not better in three weeks, we’ll discuss a steroid shot in the ankle. If that doesn’t do the trick, we’ll [...]

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Saturday is Harper’s seventh birthday. Sunday is Meredith’s ninth birthday. Because I can’t deal with having too many things going on at once, I decided to let Harper have her friend party this past weekend. This coming weekend will be the family party. Next weekend will be Meredith’s party. (Who am I kidding?! Every DAY [...]

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Do you remember last summer when we drove to Kansas City to visit the American Girl store? If I had become pregnant during that trip, I would be preparing to give birth right about now! Coincidentally, St. Louis is currently preparing for the grand opening of their very first American Girl store! On Saturday morning, [...]

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1. I am now the proud keeper of my medical records, and I didn’t have to pay a dime for them. This just reinforces my belief that life is so much easier when people are kind to one another. I was kind. The medical records lady was kind. As a result of all of the [...]

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As you know, my orthopedic doctor appointment was scheduled for 9:00 this morning. (Fourteen people just clicked away. That first sentence isn’t very compelling, is it? Here. Let’s move faster.) I shaved my legs this morning. I dropped the kids off at school and hauled it to my appointment so I wouldn’t be late. I [...]

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Yesterday was the GO! St. Louis Marathon. I didn’t run in the marathon, but I know at least 10 people who did. As you know, I decided to start running back in September. I started off slowly with the Couch to 5K gig. I ran for three weeks (and hated/loved it) before busting up my [...]

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