tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34891948558267984942012-02-05T23:50:10.587-05:00Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.comBlogger5501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-41943049038762981082011-12-20T22:02:00.000-05:002012-02-02T22:02:54.503-05:00

Second morning at home for Christmas vacation and it just keeps getting better :)   Any guesses how?!?  Or Why?!? :)  I bet it's not even going to take you three guesses -- I'll give you two!

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The little brother plays :) Reed and Niklas were out doing a little Christmas / Birthday shopping and Henrik quickly took over the position as king of the house - designing new games, making the rules, deciding which ones to bring.   Favorite of the night was downhill castle crash...

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So after we got our wrapping all done, stopped at the post office, it was off to see Santa!  Sneaky Pete had told us that the reindeer were going to play a trick on Santa and hide in the aquarium so we were all set and ready to go!  We couldn't wait!   But on our way downtown, Sneaky Pete called and said that Santa had caught the reindeer trying to sneak away and put them in the penalty box

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This year we are staying home for Christmas, which means we are shipping all presents out, which also means we have to get them out to the post ASAP :)  I told the boys how Santa's elves help make and wrap all of the presents and I needed help! So I have some helpers aka ELVES this morning.   I'll consider myself lucky if I am able to get anywhere near the presents :)  They are all about doing

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I found these in the dollar bin at Target... I couldn't resist.  Especially when they are in love with Rudolph :)  Boys loved them.  Didn't necessarily love me taking their pics with them...  Can you tell ? :) If you are not already familiar with it, let me introduce you to the "Let's-just-get-this-done-and-forget-this-ever-happened" face :)

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It's that time of year!  I am so excited the boys love the lights as much as I do.  I could do this every night all month long :) And SURPRISE! Santa was there!   But I don't think Santa was feeling too well.. we'll have to find Santa another day when he is feeling better ;) After Santa we stood in line for the hayride.  45 minutes later we finally got on.  But you know me

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Yay!  I love Saturday mornings :)  LOVE THEM!  Especially my first day of an extra long Christmas vacation!!  The boys and I decided to celebrate by dressing up our pancakes with a little extra Christmas spirit. They are phenomenal little helpers in the kitchen :) But I did have to kick them out to the other room so I could finish my little surprise :) Henrik was thrilled with

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The night started innocently enough.  Reed was cooking a delicious dinner, I was getting antsy and so were the boys.  And when we get antsy, we tend to get a little annoying.  So to keep us out of the kitchen and out of Reed's way we decided we would make dessert.  A Christmas classic -- Cornflake trees.  Fun so far, right? We had leftover individual cereal boxes so we were making the single

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I have been dreaming of snow.. begging for snow... rubbing chubby bellies wishing for snow.  But no snow... no snow hats and boots... no snow babies :( But still my babies?  Most definitely! And could they be cuter? I think not :) They are just the best of friends :)  This is better than any snow :)

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Gonna find out whose been naughty or nice, because our elves are getting busy!! First on the list, pinecone Christmas tree ornaments!  One of the first Christmas' Reed and I were married we went to one of his best friend's Christmas tree farm (great great memories!!).  While there I collected bags of pinecones. Bags. I have been using them in our Christmas decor ever since.  This year we took

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After Niklas got his cast off we had to wait a few weeks before he could get back on the ice. So unfortunately we didn't get much ice time this fall but he wanted to go back and finish the session, even if it was only a few classes.  Unfortunately fear got the best of him for the last two classes (both since coming back after getting hurt) but today he seemed to come back to life on the ice :)

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... a disaster in five years, but now - well that just makes for some good pics ;)

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Our Elf arrived from the North direct from Santa today!   The boys named him Sneaky Pete...

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To keep up with the famous Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties, we have kicked off an Annual Ugliest Christmas Treat celebration... aka The Christmas Treat FAIL :) But hey, we had fun trying!  And the frosting was fantastic... just ask the boys :) And even though Reed's treats didn't turn out, he did get to enjoy some sugar high cuddles and wiggles with the boys :)

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Scissors, chop chop!  No more pacifiers!! (Well maybe, mom and dad might have hid one or two in case of an emergency) ;) A sad attempt at trying to suck a cut pacifier... Henrik doesn't recommend it :)

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One of our best buddies down here in Cincinnati was celebrating his 2nd birthday!!  WOO HOO!  And he invited us to join them!!   Sadly Niklas was at skating lessons, but Henrik was there and loved every minute of it :) Happy Birthday Abel!!  We love you little man!! Henrik, where's your cake?!? :) Belly! awesome.

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YAY! I love Christmas... I am so glad you are here! :)

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I love the holidays.... but sometimes, just having a Saturday - a simple day to just B E.  Just to enjoy.  Now that's what I am thankful for :) Niklas and Opa's House.... And Henrik's creation... And Candy Land...

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Friday after Thanksgiving... little shopping, little sleeping, few million Christmas lights :)

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Thursday morning came too fast... We all stayed in our jammies longer than I care to admit in writing :)  And that my friends is how to spend Thanksgiving!!  Think about it -- you are only in your jammies around those that you are the absolute most comfortable with, right?  And who else should you surround yourself with on Thanksgiving Day?!   Like I said... that my friends is how to spend

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Yikes!  It's our turn to host Thanksgiving!  That's a lot more pressure than I ever realized!  And I am not even the one that cooks!  But the excitement of having everyone together and everyone at our house far outweighs the pressure :)  We couldn't wait!   Family started arriving on Tuesday and the last of the crew arrives tonight (Wednesday before Thanksgiving).  The boys had their list of

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Hot dog hot dog hot diggity dog! It's time to dance for the hot dog dance!! (Yes we are addicted to Mickey Mouse!)

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I have the best hubby in the world.  Seriously.  The B E S T hubby ever.  For a million reasons, but reason 1,000,001 -- he lets ME take Niklas to the Minnesota Wild game with tickets directly behind the players bench.  Niklas is going to DIE when he sees these seats!! Niklas knew we were going to the hockey game, just me and him on a mommy/niklas date, but he had NO idea where the seats were

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It's time for another art project!   We recently discovered how fantastic the IKEA paints are.  Color is far richer than the silly washable paints we have been using from Michaels for the last 3 years and now that we have made this little discovery - we can't stop!  We just keep going bigger and bigger! Henrik : Uh-oh!  Green Gone? Nope!  Phew!

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Lovin' this new look Reed is sporting for Movember!! :)

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 Someone snuck some ice cream!!! All day Henrik had wanted one thing and one thing only - Ice Cream.  He's been running around the house all morning with his ice cream scoop and when we finally broke down to go and get him ice cream, he even carried his ice cream scoop into Graeter's...  He wanted to carry it out of the store and hold it on the way home (everything right now is "I do, I

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Little brother is napping!   And someone can actually play trains without having a tank around to tear up the town! :)

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Reed's birthday.  The boys are giddy.  They can't wait.  We only bought the presents two days ago and they have already told Reed every present they knew of.  Worst secret keepers ever ;) It's almost like Christmas morning to them.  They woke up early begging to give Reed his presents.  Niklas helped me wrap them yesterday making his own wrapping paper for Reed.  Each drawing giving him (Reed

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We are here at the hospital today to have a second look at Niklas leg.  Best -- cast comes off, worst, cast stays on {BOO!}  All depends on how this check-up goes!!  We are keeping our fingers crossed!! Come out come out wherever you are! Let's hope this is your lucky day!! (Niklas got a thing about hiding right now :)  Remember under the chairs when he first broke his foot?  Now he's behind

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Niklas' Pumpkin.... Wink, side smile, 5 teeth and a little nose. Those were his instructions and he told me exactly where everything was to start and stop!  The boy knew what he wanted!! Henrik's pumpkin... Banana smile, eyes - skinny! Mom's pumpkin... For Reed :)

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It's f.i.n.a.l.l.y here!  HALLOWEEN!  For Niklas, it was a no brainer... he was Spiderman.  For Henrik, it was only after trying on three costumes that he settled on what would be his final choice.  First try, Mickey Mouse, second, Ninja and finally, the lucky third - a repeat of last year, the Candy Monster. Attempting to take a picture of them was just simply comical... they were far

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{A small interruption in our Halloween posting...} Becoming a man... Step 1:  Pee in the woods Starting Therapy.... Step 1:  Have your mom take a picture of you peeing in the woods (all I can say is Monkey see, monkey do... and no, not Reed, give him a littttle credit ;)  Hint: Niklas)

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It's almost Halloween and we still have so much to get done before tomorrow! Last night we were "Boo'ed"... now today it was our turn for a little boo-ing!  Niklas jumped all over it.  He wanted to boo the entire neighborhood!  We made the goodie bags and each time we finished one, he thought of another person that needed one!  Finally Niklas conceded and agreed to deliver our boos but only 

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Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE fall?  Days like this, are completely WHY I love the fall :)  We spent the day with our friends, the Brackens, played at the farm, played some more, took the hayride, ate some yummie kettle corn, grabbed dinner and then played some more right up until bedtime :)   Remember the giant sling? It got even better!!  Now you shoot pumpkins! And a

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Yum!  Cinnamon roll pancakes!  I mean, YUM!  Pumpkin pancakes!! Good morning to me! :) And to you! And YOU! What?  Skip the pancakes and just give you the ooey gooey cinnamon and sugar ?!? Where would you get that idea?!  NO, you couldn't have seen mom doing that!  I would never do such a thing, right??  Ok, fine... as long as it's our little secret!!

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Halloween is almost here and school is celebrating with a spooky lunch! (Niklas hiding from me... this is more often than note the case lately!) And as awful as it is, I had to laugh, after this delicious sugary yummy lunch, they put the kids down for their nap :)  And honestly, as much as I laughed, the joke was on me.  Every single one of them out like a light.  I am

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Booo.... we are on our way to Henrik's first haircut.  Kind of a bitter sweat moment...  he's got some of the cutest baby curls in the back when he get all hot or when he wakes up from a nap and they are all going to be cut off!!  But alas.. it's time.  Most of the time he's just looking straggly and rather mulletish.  Here's to hoping he doesn't look too grown up!! So once we

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As you know, Niklas take "hockey" lessons (skating) every Saturday morning and one of his favorite people is Coach Andrew.  When Coach heard that Niklas broke his leg he got ahold of us and invited Niklas out to their game!  And not only did he invite Niklas to the game, he took him back into the locker room to meet all of the guys right before the game! Niklas definitely thought he was the

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Welcome to.... Started by two brothers this down home restaurant, just south of the living room, is soon to be the next big franchise.  You won't want to miss this one!  Family friendly, non-smoking and only serving the finest in organic plastic foods.  As one of the young restauranteur states, "Although completely in-edible, they will be the tastiest treats you ever fake "

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Niklas is in a cast... And I am officially in the land of mommy guilt... And yup... he's a hockey player.  After the cast was put on he was required to stay off his leg for one hour.  We treated him to ice cream and as soon as he got home - where did he go?   I'm impressed... I can't lie.  I'd be milking this one on the couch with my feet up!!   (WOO HOO to mobile phones...

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So it's Sunday afternoon, we have left Michigan and have made the long drive home... we are getting close and the boys are getting antsy.  Reed drops us (me and the boys) off at the park down the street to release some pent up energy while he goes home and starts unpacking the truck... 30 minutes later Henrik is running home, I am carrying Niklas and his shoes and he has tears streaming down

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After we did the family photos it was time to go inside and warm up!  Oh my gosh by golly... it was a cold morning, and I stepped in dog poop (sorry boys for blaming the stink in the car on you!!)... the photos were worth it (you've now seen them yourselves) but I was glad to be back at mom and dad's with Grandpa Howie with a new pair of shoes on! We stayed at Grandpa Howie's house while we

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Who you might ask?  Oh just my ole' buddy Kristin Root.  She squeezed some family photos into her busy schedule on a very last minute notice and despite the cold, despite kids NOT cooperating... she totally rocked it.  She brought tears to my eyes when I saw them.  You know we have never had family pics before?  How sad!  Me with no family pics... but not anymore!   She actually rocked out

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One of my favorite things in the fall is the apple orchard.  Cincinnati has some good apple orchards, or at least you can fool yourself into thinking so until you go back to Michigan... there's just something different about a Michigan apple orchard.   I am sure some of it is sentimental, but seriously... Michigan apple orchards rock.  That and being there with the whole family just made it that

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Like I mentioned... In between the hayride and pumpkin carving, Henrik got a lesson in good old fashioned stick fighting from Greg :) And he's going down! VICTORY LAP!!!! Victory lap stopped short... But he still won a trip to the candy store! (Always one of the best parts of the CRCG!!)

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We were back in Michigan for a few short days and the first day I forget my camera.  I still can't believe I left the house without it. And then only to find out that Sara and Dad did too! We are awful!  But it didn't stop us from having a great day!!  First stop was Sandy's Donuts... oh yum.  Then on to John Ball Zoo :)  Thankfully Reed had his phone so we could at least grab the classic statue

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It all felt so normal... all the way up to the seizure...    Apple orchard, making apple crisp with the boys, a short nap, and then over to our friends for a dinner over the campfire - I couldn't have imagined a more perfect fall day!  I don't think the boys stopped running for a minute once we got to their buddies house.  Henrik had tried so hard to keep up with the big kids... He was such a

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Just a normal day, playing at the park :)  I love normal days :)

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5.5 years younger, 6 inches taller... my little brother.  So many ridiculous stories, some ridiculously sweet, others {most} just simply ridiculous. :)  But always my favorite stories and always one of my favorite people. But... that being said.  He has always been annoying has heck.  And now, still annoying, he's bigger than me so any defense I had is gone.  But now, there is no mom telling me

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You know we drive by Kings Island almost everyday... but we've never been there with the boys.  Until today.  P&G Dividend day.  The boys were so excited.  We got there early.  In time for the gates to open and in hopes of beating the crowds.  We did pretty good.  Longest line was 45 minutes.  Kids loved it.  Niklas more than Henrik but only because Henrik wasn't quite tall enough for the rides

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So our babysitters from last night?  Mom and Pops.  Yup!  They rock!  But today unfortunately we have a rather short day with them.  Their flight leaves fairly early ... but that doesn't mean we can't squeeze in some fun :) So we spent the morning at Parky's Farm :)   Pops and his little man :) Pops and his {original} little man Grammy and her little man :) Grammy and her {original}

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Kids night in... parents night out :)  Okay, so it was a work function... who cares!!  It's a babysitter, a night out, two warm dinners eaten at the same time, no bedtimes, no only-one-more-drink (okay, that might be a lie), most important it was a chance to be an adult with other adults! :) There was dinner at the game but really, how often do Reed and I get babysitters? Really?  Almost never.  

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Hockey Skates!! Watch... you are about to see his happy dance!

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You might have picked up on the fact that our house is definitely a hockey house, but every now and then another sport slips in :)  Most the time if it does, it's soccer.  It was a gorgeous night, so before dinner we snuck off to the soccer fields to kick a few balls :)   It was a little too close to dinner for Henrik who chose to spend most the time snacking :)  But Niklas got a good run around

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Nothing is better than warm laundryexcept...warm laundry with BLANKIES! :) (I love the toes!!) oh wait... one more thing could make this even better...my boys :)  They're my boys :)

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 Look at 'em!  Seriously... Having them this close might be tough at times, but this moment... Yup.   Makes it all worth it :)

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Niklas vs. OpaandBlunce vs. All Who takes it all?  Taking bets now :) And the winner is ???? And now... Blunce vs. ALL 

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You know most zoos have large animal characters...maybe even live animals to hold and to pet... But  Minnesota Como zoo has larger than life animated pee cups!  Why hasn't someone thought of this before?!? :)  Blunce was so excited he got his picture taken with it while Niklas and Henrik settled for the Pee Cup and Syringe tattoos!! Although it's hard to top a larger than life pee cup, the Como

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After the State fair it was time to relax, we were all exhausted.  Except Henrik, who as you have seen, took a nap :)   Thankfully a bottle of bubbles and he was a happy camper with minimal effort on our parts :)

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So after our vacation we drove down to the Twin Cities to spend time with the fam!  It's about the only thing that got us motivated to leave the North Shore honestly! :)  It's been SO long since we have been back to Minnesota and Michigan, we were all just itching to get back.   Our first full day back was spent at the Minnesota State Fair.  We planned specifically around the fair last year

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Oh is it really over already?  How quickly the sun rises on the last day.  I don't think any of us were ready to call it quits yet.  We all wanted to stay in our PJ's, take the few extra minutes to watch the sun come up, the whole morning seemed to go in slow motion.  Rather felt we were clinging to the last moments... (I R E A L L Y enjoyed the donuts obviously!) (p.s. Only one bad

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Day two.. everyone needs a vacation.  I forget how badly we need vacations until we take one :)    Even when we wake up and it's foggy and you can hardly tell you are by the shore.  You get up.  And you realize you woke up without an alarm clock and then you take a deep breath and you enjoy.  You say a prayer to say Thank you for all the simple things.  And then you just drive.  You drive until

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Ugh... that was a LONG ride... BUT WE MADE IT!  WE MADE IT!  We made it to the Minnesota North Shore.  We are at Lake Superior.  And we made it in MINUTES of getting on our boat ride.   (Niklas had it in his mind that we needed to buy a boat because if we were going on to a lake we had to have a boat.  He had it all figured out.  When we tried to explain to him that we wouldn't be getting a boat,

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-43571745437758216092011-08-20T21:43:00.001-04:002011-09-20T23:28:23.598-04:00

After the boys (Niklas, Justin and Stephen) birthday parties, we, the parents, decided we should plan a family play date.  We ended up at Bonnybrook Farms for their Chuck Wagon dinner.  I remember the first time we saw the sign for a Chuck Wagon dinner... we laughed.  Never thought twice about it.  Until one of our neighbors told us we HAD to go.  Then Patrice, Justin's mom, mentioned it.  Then I

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So proud.  So seriously proud.   About a month ago we were outside playing and ran into our neighbor Sara, and her dog, Paxton.  It was a ridiculous hot day and I don't remember exactly how it happened but a cup spilled and Niklas discovered Paxton likes ice cubes! So today, we are outside playing and Sara drives by on her way home from work.  Immediately Niklas asks to go inside and get ice

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-79184549486147515352011-08-15T22:22:00.001-04:002011-09-20T21:09:34.836-04:00

Niklas hasn't wanted to do art projects with me lately... he is more into playing hockey, going to the playground or one of a million other things.  Tonight, this was my little mommy dream :)   One night, my little man and a willingness to do art -- one night was all I needed and oh what a night :) Niklas and I had so much fun!  Reed was inside playing with Henrik and it was just Niklas and I

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-9072550548169011672011-08-14T21:32:00.001-04:002011-09-13T22:09:43.891-04:00

Grandma and Grandpa were driving through Cincinnati on their way home from vacation and stopped by for a night to see the boys :)  It was a short visit but it was great to see them!  And to top the excitement off, Niklas got more birthday presents and Reed and I got to go on a date!!   Grandpa took on the task of teaching Niklas Candy Land :) Henrik took on the task of trying to get Grandpa

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Me and my boys :) I'm the luckiest girl in the world :) (I guess we know where Niklas gets his big mouth from now!) ;)

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Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-70262485170633680672011-08-08T20:59:00.001-04:002011-09-13T21:13:08.035-04:00

YAY!  We have finally made it through all of the ear infections, tubes, and all other yuck and we can finally start swimming lessons!!  YAY for Henrik :)  (and yay for us too!  I think we are having as much as he is! And it's also a little extra special because we get to see Niklas cheering him on now!   Henrik has been following his brother through all of the hockey lessons -it's nice to have a

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-91376562160866898562011-08-07T20:11:00.000-04:002011-09-13T20:52:17.821-04:00

In the attempts of finding games for Niklas birthday party I happened upon Fizzy sidewalk paint (Quirky Momma website) and we did use it for Niklas birthday party at school but to be honest I way  over-bought supplies so this afternoon we decided to do it again!!    Recipe is SUPER easy.   A container of baking soda1/2 cup of cornstarchWarm (almost hot) WaterFood coloring (or washable finger

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-12507341472646594632011-08-06T23:11:00.000-04:002011-09-13T15:33:00.453-04:00

Eating peppers, drinking lemons juice, and the running around like little dorks = a great Saturday night!!  That's just how we roll! We are dorks... all of us.  You can blame it on me.  But we are fun dorks.  And we laugh.  We laugh a lot.  Dorky, I know, but true :)  And I wouldn't have it any other way! As my dear friend said, can't you just hear their theme music rockin in their

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-36393414981239497702011-08-06T22:27:00.000-04:002011-09-12T22:51:31.678-04:00

Have I told you yet how much we love our garden?  Because if not, let me just tell you how much we LOVE our garden... as Niklas says, "We super duper love it." Our definitely favorites in the garden are the heirloom tomatoes, oregano, peppers and most definitely the shallots (best EVER!). So, tonight we brought in a few things from the garden for our grilled pizzas.  Reed challenged me to take

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Niklas' best little buddy turned three and we were invited to celebrate with him!  Niklas was sooo excited.  Reed and Niklas went to Target together as Niklas was adamant he knew exactly what he wanted to get Stephen - a squirt gun. And not a "baby" one either!  A BIG kid squirt gun!  And then after getting Stephen his squirt gun, HE wanted to wrap it all by himself!  He cut, he wrapped, he taped

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-55318913708693736412011-08-06T21:16:00.000-04:002011-09-13T21:20:37.190-04:00

Our little tank got his first black eye! (Picked him up from daycare today and I was freaking out, but he was quite proud!  Not proud enough to let me take a true photo of it, but still rough and tough!  They said he hardly even cried!  He is definitely my tough one!!  He will be the enforcer!)

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I have a love/hate relationship with mosquitos.  They love me, I hate them and we have had to avoid the creek behind the house because of the mass mosquitos, but tonight, it was just Henrik and I and we couldn't resist.  The water was low, the rocks were perfect for jumping and skipping, the minnows were multiplying and perfect for chasing!    Henrik didn't get a single bite but I got 15.  Oie.  

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I will miss this.. we see this expression many times in a day!  And there are so many different meanings to this, many requiring no words, but then there is the ever popular, "all gone?"and "all done?" It's awesome... as I said... I will miss this.  One of the many little things that are slowly disappearing as he gets older and his vocabulary get bigger...  my babies are growing up!

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I did forget to mention one very special guest at Niklas' birthday party... So my apologies to Duncan, the class hermit crab, thank YOU for celebrating Niklas' birthday with us as well :) A few weeks ago we ran into a few friends and Niklas kept telling them we were having Dunkin Donuts at his party!  I couldn't figure it out - he hadn't mentioned wanting donuts at all... until it dawned on me -

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Welcome to Niklas Mikkos' Miami Redhawks/Minnesota Wild Zamboni party!! :)  And to the Zamboni cake that is half the original size (I told you, there are no tutorials online on how to make a Zamboni cake! We might have had to make a second go at it!) :)   but Niklas seemed quite happy with it :)  And frankly, that's ALL I cared about! We set the table with multiple zamboni's, we even found the

Amy Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01461014789937026859noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489194855826798494.post-38053549026769955772011-07-29T20:08:00.000-04:002011-09-11T00:43:38.341-04:00

Okay, so we are only a year late :) But finally... Pops was down for Niklas' birthday weekend and the boys finished Niklas' hockey bed!  WOO HOO! :)

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This is not the first time, nor will it be the last time, but this is definitely ONE time where your charm has paid off!  Henrik has been sweet on all of the ladies at Goggin for weeks now and tonight, Niklas birthday night of all nights, YOU little man -- YOU took the ice!  You are supposed to be three to get on the ice on class night and you charmed your way right on.  We were impressed when

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HE'S 3! As always, Reed and I took the day off of work and pulled the kids from school.  We will always celebrate birthday's together.  As long as the kids let us! :)  And the birthday boy rules the day!  Whatever he wants he gets!  So we started out at Mr. Alan's McDonald's for pancakes and then off for the water park!!  Sadly, mom didn't check what time the water park opened so we arrived about

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"Happy Birthday to ME! Happy Birthday to ME! Happy Birthday to MEEeeeEEE!  Happy Birthday to ME!"  .... Niklas has been singing that for almost a month.  It's how it puts himself to sleep! There is only one other person I know that could even complete with that level of excitement and her birthday was July 2nd :)  So rather a coincidence Niklas should start the countdowns on her birthday (love

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Every night, Monday through Thursday, but still loving every minute of it :)

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One small step for Henrik, one GIANT step for my future hockey team :)Look at THIS!! And aren't those the darned tiniest little skates?!? :)

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Your dentist is your teeth's best friend...bite someone else instead ;) Niklas had his first dentist appointment today.  He was SOOOooOOO giddy.  He couldn't wait to tell Blunce (aka Uncle Todd, also a dentist/endo).  Niklas just came to my dentist with me and they did an awesome job.  He was excited, a little timid, and downright in awe of the whole process... He was so excited about his

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Niklas is quite taken with one of his skating coaches, the hockey coach - Mr. Andrew.  He asked me last night if Mr. Andrew could please come to his Zamboni birthday party (he is convinced he is having a zamboni birthday party -- not the easiest cake, not a whole lot of tutorials out there on that one! Tractors, yes, zamboni's - no, so we'll see!). Anyways, I mentioned this to Mr. Andrew and we

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Another night of skating, another night of hockey :)  We are living the dream!  Niklas is doing awesome. I can't believe the progress he is making.. I am quite jealous really.  (I might have said that before, once or twice :). Sorry!)   But then there is poor Henrik... who just simply can't understand why HE can't go out on the ice.  Poor little man...  Your day is coming!

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I fully believe that some people come into your life as a gift from God.  My dear friend Karen was one of those gifts.  I remember struggling with not having any family around, particularly grandparents, someone to purely gush over the kiddos with me, listen to my endless babbling about them and to share their prayers for the kids with me, and to share with me wisdom -- viewing life from outside

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Sitting at the table for breakfast and the kid just started giving me the eyes...Oh those eyes!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN!!  We had an awesome time at the party!!   Steve, I think you were at the other end of this attack!  Sorry! :) And this one... sorry again! The Mad Science Team!  Studying the power of air :) Waiting... waiting... waiting...  BLAST OFF!  (I love the kids faces!!) Justin might have known what he was getting from Niklas before he opened the present.  We are still

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You can still count on one hand the number of times Niklas has been on skates and look! He's just a natural! There is nothing else I can say!  I am so impressed!   (I can brag about my own son right?  That's not too tacky? Forget about Toddlers and Tiara's, let's talk about Sons in Skates!  Because I am already that mom!) :)   (My wanna-be, soon little buddy!  I promise!  Soon!)

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Niklas woke up early.... REAL early this morning and decided he was going to help me make his lunch :)  Things may have gotten a little out of hand :)  6am and we had the cookie cutters out cutting cheese, stacking pepperoni's, and fresh tomato's...  But he ate it.  Every bite of it :)  And if you have ever watched Niklas eat, you know what an accomplishment that is!  (Empty plate usually only

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Setting : 1 Hour, 34 minutes after bedtime 3rd time getting out of bed "Niklas, what are you doing up?" "Mom, I just can't be in bed that long"

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If only I could be as healthy as you!  You eat tomato's straight from the garden and here I sit with a double chocolate brownie... :)

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Long overdue but we finally got Henrik into some swimming lessons.  Seems like everytime we went o sign up something happened!  But not this time!  This time Niklas and I went and we got you all signed up!  Niklas was so excited to come watch you swim he even got his very own YMCA card :)  Although he will tell you everytime that they spelled his name wrong! :) You did great! So proud of you

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(He is going to kill me in 15 years... maybe even less)

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Quite literally it was a fight.  Not a typical water balloon fight with the Miller men vs Mom but this time it was the Millers joining forces against the balloons!   (Fill me up again please!!) Majority of the time, the balloons won :)

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