Monthly Archives: June 2012

Survival Mode

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Kimberly

We’ve been in survival mode for a week or so now in the Smith household. After five years of teaching summer school, I thought I was going to have the summer free. It turned out, though, that the director of … Continue reading →

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Happy Father’s Day!

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Kimberly

It was Daddy’s day today at our house. When Elias woke up, I brought him into our bedroom and he woke up Nathan with an excited “Hi Daddy!” Almost the first thing Elias says every morning is “Daddy.” I think … Continue reading →

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Rose Garden

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Kimberly

Nathan and I have really been wanting to go to Multnomah Falls. Since this weekend was gorgeous, we decided it would be a fun time to go. However, Nathan also wanted to take me on a date to see a … Continue reading →

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Indiana: The Final Post

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Kimberly

It’s been a long time since I wrote about our trip to Indiana…but there is one more event from our trip I want to share. On Friday we woke up in Cincinnati after seeing the ballgame the previous evening, and … Continue reading →

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Baba

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Kimberly

Elias has officially named Grandpa Bartle. We were wondering if he would come up with a way to shorten Grandma or Grandpa soon. In the last couple of days Elias has been referring to Grandpa Bartle as “baba.” When he … Continue reading →

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First boo-boo.

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Kimberly

Elias has had lots of bumps and bruises in his first 20 months. He even had one really nasty bruise right below his eye from falling into the night stand that made me weary of taking him out for a … Continue reading →

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Our Next Adventure

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Kimberly

I’d just like to take this opportunity to announce that we have officially started potty training in the Smith household. But….that’s all I’m going to say about that. I always swore to myself that I would not be one of … Continue reading →

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Indiana: His First MLB Game

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Kimberly

The real reason we drove to Cincinnati was to attend a Reds game. As we were planning our trip to Indiana, Nathan and I decided we wanted to go to a Major League Baseball Game. There are quite a few … Continue reading →

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Indiana: The Long Day

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Kimberly

Thursday was the long day of our trip…but it was tons of fun. We woke up earlier than usual, and drove from Lafayette to Cincinnati, Ohio. Elias did well in the car, but he was very glad when we stopped … Continue reading →

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Clean-Up

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Kimberly

Earlier this evening, just before bath time, Elias climbed on my lap and asked me to read him a story. I told him that we would read lots of stories after he took a bath. (That is part of our … Continue reading →

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