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| August 25 |
Miles was excited to show me the John Family minifigs he built. He has spent the better part of the past two weeks on an elaborate build of our house. He wasn't very good about keeping the mess contained and so I told him it was time tear it down. The way our kids perceive our hair color will never not surprise me.
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| August 26 |
I made this kids take this family picture in honor of our 18th anniversary. I never could have imagined what life would be like or how happy I would be when we got married on the extremely hot August day. Anthony and I celebrated by going to brunch at First Watch because that night was back to school night at SMS. I got to walk Will's schedule and it was a little trippy because they are the same halls I walked as a high schooler myself. He has classes in some of the same rooms I had classes in.
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| August 27 |
Miles is always jonesing for a playdate. It is hard to fit them in after school when multiple kids have practices in different directions, but we were able to make it work. It is his frustration in life that Elliott gets to have a playdate with Nicholas too when he get together with Gabriel.
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| August 28 |
Wednesday the Toms arrived in KC! Laura came to town to attend her childhood BFF Whitney's wedding. While Dad, Will and Lauren were are mutual, Miles, Elliott and I stopped by my parents' to say hello. Hannah loves to dress-up, so they packed a few of her favorite costumes to share.
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| August 29 |
I captured the look on Elliott's face when he realized that the Tom Riddle Harry had been conversing with was Lord Voldemort while Tony read the final chapters of
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. It has been fun reading the Harry Potter series with Elliott this summer.
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| August 30 |
Anthony's co-worker Neil shared some chocolate cake with us on Friday. The boys were excited to see it on the counter when we got home from the park after school. Friday evening Lauren and I went thrifting to Savers, then I spent a few hours at my parents house visiting with them and Jill, Emily and Laura.
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| August 31 |
Saturday was a busy day. In the middle of the day Will and Lauren watched Hannah and Riley while Laura and Trevor went to Whitney D's wedding. Madeline was here too, but she slept most of the time. Will followed Riley around, showing him our various fans, as well as helping him play basketball in our front room. Lauren hung out with Hannah in her room, first playing with her LOL dolls and then dressing up with Hannah. Hannah was Peter Parker, Elliott was Miles Morales and Lauren was Sandman. The kids had a lot of fun together. In the evening I went out with my friends to celebrate Joi's birthday. We've gotten to be better friends over the past year, visiting at the park while our kids play after school, cheering on the sideline while our kids play sports together, and working on various committees for the PTA.
