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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: August 2012
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Thursday, August 16, 2012. Noah, my 7 year old drama prince, has a flair for the dramatic. Yesterday he came moaning and crawling into my office, clutching his beloved Angry Bird, who evidently made the long and arduous journey from the living room with him. Noah claimed that he couldn't walk because of weakness caused by hunger, hence the crawling. And he desperately needed Doritos Taco Chips to survive. Links to this post. Tuesday, August 14, 2012. For starters, we couldn't have a proper tea party with...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: June 2012
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Sunday, June 17, 2012. Pinterest Fathers Day Pressure! So, by now you've heard of or become addicted to Pinterest, right? Well, what started out as love and joy for me, has turned into an internet site which has now added 135,548 things to my already too long to-do list. All of these recipes and crafts and kid activities are now haunting me - DO ME DO ME DO ME. And Father's Day was no exception! Angels would sing about the Thai chicken (Mark's favorite) I was going to create! Daddy is a mighty smeller!
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: February.
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Ever wonder what people in the Northeast do in the doldrums of winter? We build forts and look cute for all of 2 seconds before we poke each other in the behinds with the sticks and throw the balls at the ceiling and get the fort kit taken away:. We then make old-fashioned box and blanket forts that we don't want to share with our brother and sister:. We see way too many movies (find the hidden Noah if you can! What kind of weird 8 year old kid wants to do that? UNTIL I couldn'...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: May 2012
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Thursday, May 31, 2012. Summer movie crop thoughts. Welp, since we've lost our babysitter (wailing, gnashing of teeth, writhing in agony), it looks like our summer entertainment will consist of a LOT of kid movies. We used to do cool things on dates. One time (many many many moons ago), Mark rented a limo for our anniversary date. We ate at a swanky restaurant and then had the limo drop us off to see "Nacho Libre." Tee hee! Anyway, enough of the reminiscing about when we used to be cool. *sigh*. My phone...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: November 2013
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Sunday, November 24, 2013. We finally got our first real snow for the 2013-14 winter. It's only about 3 inches but we'll take it! Please and THANK YOU! Every year in winter I see this view. The neighbors (not just that house, but all around us) have a nicely shoveled/snowblown driveway and pristine, lovely sparkling snow. And now look down. That's our front yard and driveway. Now, here's the view out of our back windows:. Proof of life at our house. LOTS of it. After which in less than 10 minutes they'll...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: December 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012. Christmas in 5 Long and Wordy Acts: ACT ONE. Ritchie Christmas 2012 Act 1: Random Unplanned Getaway Surprise Trip. 8230;because there's plenty of time and money for that right before Christmas, right? Mark remembered to take a few photos at the Museum of Play. As expected, Shelby loved the Dora and Diego exhibit. But wait, what's this? Two boys who think they're MUCH too cool to watch Dora or Diego anymore, playing with the Pirate Piggies? So, shopping for me! Lots of Christmas...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: July 2012
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Saturday, July 28, 2012. Who Wants to Buy a Fabulous Chicken Chair? Ahhhhh Chicken Chair. You've had a long and not-so-successful run at our house, with all of your failings documented here on our family blog. Http:/ markandestelle.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-and-worst-traditions-of-our.html. Http:/ markandestelle.blogspot.com/2010/01/chicken-chair-update.html. Http:/ markandestelle.blogspot.com/2010/03/christmas-chicken-chair-update-2.html. Chicken Chair revived…. Scroll down quite a bit). Chicken Chair e...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: October 2012
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Saturday, October 27, 2012. Could alternatively be titled, "How Family Memories Are Made."). Hmmmm, could also alternatively be titled, "Turns Out Mommy Won't Fight Zombies For You, Instead She Will Sacrifice You to the Zombies To Save Herself."). It was a time of terror. For them. And me. And a time of tears. For me. And them. Revelation Number 1. We need to toughen Noah up. That is, until Thriller came on and ended with its maniacal cackling evil laugh and I announced, "And with that, we're HERE! I kep...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: June 2013
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Saturday, June 29, 2013. The Thrill of Victory - FINALLY! So, early summer has become a time of dread for our family. And NO, not because it's the beginning of summer vacation and having non-quality 24/7 kid time (though that would be a close second, as you can understand after reading last week's blog post. NOPE, what our family dreads most is the annual early summer Cub Scout competitive event. You know, the Pinewood Derby, Boat Regatta, etc. Those words strike fear and dread in my heart. But okay, fin...
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This Is How We Ritchies Roll: February 2012
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Saturday, February 25, 2012. So, I recently resurrected these silk tulips from the basement and arranged them into a basket on our dining table. Not too exciting, right? BUT these are special tulips! They are some of the very tulips from the displays we had at our wedding. Say what you will about silk plants, but at the time I couldn't fathom spending hundreds of dollars on flowers and NOT being able to keep them. So, silk red tulips for our wedding it was.nineteen and a half years ago. Links to this post.
