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Remodel Project: Big couch. Little door.

March 2, 2010
boybarians remodel the basement

In case you don’t follow me on twitter (what?! you don’t??? *gasp* Aw, it’s okay. I never tweet anything worth reading.)… we are remodeling the basement.
Calling it a “remodel” instead of just a “model” is laughable, because it currently looks like this:

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“Swine Flu” is not sexy.

November 8, 2009
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I tried to post a blog the other day. It was so incoherent, I have no idea what I was thinking. I even took a (blurry) picture of my ceiling with my phone that I attached to the post. It was bizarro.
In case you hadn’t guessed, I caught a bug. I [...]

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Happy Halloween

October 31, 2009
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We celebrated fall with great company and beautiful scenery at a local pumpkin patch.

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Jumping

October 30, 2009
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I call this series jumping.

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Streeeeeettttttchhhhhh.

October 21, 2009
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Well, there ya’ have it. Life with my 3 Boybarians is all stretched out. I’m loving all this extra room since moving to a one-column blog. And aren’t those brothers just soo… brotherly?
I’m ironing out a few tweaks still with the template, so please feel free to send me some screen shots [...]

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Paint Job

September 8, 2009
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The Boybarians sure are handy with a can of spray paint. Doncha think?

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In 60 more payments, she’ll be all mine.

August 25, 2009
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*sigh*
In case you were ever wondering what happens after your beloved van goes down, down, down as the flames get higher… and it burns, burns, burns like a ring of fire (name the song!), turns out your sentence reward is 60 months and this sweet baby:

Don’t get me wrong, she is shhhhhhhmmaaaaancy. GPS [...]

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Meet the Boybarians

August 16, 2009
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Einstein, age 9
Talkative, outgoing, inquisitive, insatiable, hot tempered but quick to cool, loyal, thoughtful, charming, handsome, alpha male.

Picasso, age 7
Shy, amazing sense of humor, empathetic, slow to anger but simmers for a long time, beautiful, artistic, care taker, creative.

Trouble, age 6
Miracle, comical, affectionate, sweet, mischeivous, charming, inspirational, good friend, loves attention, wants everyone to laugh.

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Growing: Up, Cala-pillars and Bellies.

July 27, 2009
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Up.
Trouble learned how to pedal. You’d think by now I’d get over these milestones, but I never do. We have tried and tried and practiced to try and get him to understand the pedal motion. His big brother tries exactly once, and the kid gets it. And I’m the mom clapping [...]

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Happy Pretend Independence Day

July 3, 2009

For some reason, Des Moines decided to celebrate the 4th of July on the 2nd of July. It was a nice warm up for Saturday. The boys were tolerant models while we waited in our coveted spot until dark.
And – like a bad predictable movie – my memory card beeped full about [...]

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Easter

April 14, 2009

Family. 5 hours of driving. Lots of food. Trouble’s first time participating in the egg hunt. Enough candy to get us through Halloween. Good times.

How was your Easter? What’s your favorite Easter tradition?

Don’t miss a post! Subscribe to lwm3b. In a reader? [...]

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LWM3B Year In Review

December 31, 2008

As 2008 draws to a close, and I look on to 2009 with great anticipation. I offer you, the dear, sweet readers who still visit me… a year in review of lwm3b. Since this is a recap, my pics are sized to fit the old blog.
January: I publicly humiliated myself by coming forward [...]

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Have yourself…

December 24, 2008

… a Merry Little Christmas!
It’s a heat wave here in Iowa. Yesterday we got up to 30*. Not bad considering it was -2* and -20* with the wind chill just 2 days earlier. Doncha all pack yer bags at once, now.
My boys are beside themselves. There are no [...]

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Snow Bunny or Hot Chocolate Duty?

December 1, 2008

I suppose I oughta get used to the idea of snow. It’s likely going to be here until April or May.

Yeah, I know that’s nearly 5 months from now. *sigh* I keep thinking I’ll wake up and it’ll still be beautiful and green outside. I’ll let you know if that happens. [...]

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Candy 101

November 3, 2008

Naaaahhhh, I don’t think he’s had too much sugar, do you?

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When Build-A-Bear Comes Home

October 28, 2008

*comments are now open! thanks for your patience!*
Have you ever wondered what happens to a Build-A-Bear after he is brought home?
Well, if you happen to be a boybarian, you take your beloved pirate puppy home…
strip him naked…
and put on his clothes…
backwards…
when you’re supposed to be sleeping.
Thank you Build-A-Bear.

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They Start Young

October 14, 2008

If you follow me on twitter, you got to read my initial reaction to my youngest son. All my sweet boys have their own sassy personalities, but Trouble? He earned that nickname.
In our great room, we have a tall picture window. It goes from knee height to way above my head – [...]

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For Sale: Two of the Messiest Boybarians on the Planet

October 1, 2008

Those of us who live in an area that has four seasons – unite!
I think families who live where it is always mild and beautiful, have no idea the chore it is to go through and completely replace the wardrobes of every member of the family twice a year. Recently, I did just that.
Then, [...]

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Welcome to Iowa!

September 14, 2008

Welcome travelers from Blog Around the World. Thanks for stopping by! Welcome to the great state of Iowa.

That’s Iowa. Not Idaho. No potatoes here. Though we’ve got plenty of a different kind of crap er, crop.
Despite what you may think, Iowa is not the largest corn state. That [...]

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Hear, Hear!

September 13, 2008

I’ve mentioned here before that my sister, Mobs, is getting married later this year. Last weekend was her bridal shower in the Chicago area. The whole fam came along, even though the party was girls-only. While I giggled and watched Mobs open about 30 different kinds of panties, the boys got to [...]

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It Always Starts Innocently Enough

September 2, 2008

Look at these beautiful, seemingly innocent faces.

Except boybarians can never just sit sweetly in front of a pile of rocks and play the game.
It’s just too irrestitable. ‘Just a small little handful… Mom won’t notice,” he seems to be thinking.
A couple birthdays ago, my BFF got one of the boybarians one of [...]

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Photos of Just a Day

August 28, 2008

Here are a few pictures of my boys doing school. Is it weird that I stalk my own family members like paparazzi?

And lest you think we take ourselves too seriously…

**Update by request of nearly *every* single comment – the desks are from Michael’s. But you were only supposed to notice the (slightly over [...]

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The Boybarians Overtake the Science Center

July 29, 2008

I try to post chronologically, mostly because I use this blog to help me remember things in my ever-increasing age. Do you guys use your blogs for memory keeping? If you don’t… take 10 minutes and read a few of your archives. I love it! But this is from when I [...]

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Sweet, Sweet Picasso

July 2, 2008

Ha! Even my mom thought the frog – and yes, it really is a urinal! – was in our house. This frog isn’t in our house, but Handy Man did help design it. It was created by an artist in New Mexico and is in a house Handy Man designed that sits [...]

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What We Did On Our Summer Vacation

June 19, 2008

What do you do when the museum is closed, the zoo is wet, the parks are soggy and it’s your summer vacation?

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Of Rainbows and Robots, Legos and Pirates

May 20, 2008

Einstein came running in to find me. “I made a prism outside,” he shouts. “Come look!” Only in the name of homeschool can you count both making prisms and landscaping chores as science. We’ve been doing a lot of “science” lately.

Can you believe all that green? Just when I thought [...]

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Interview with a Boybarian

April 25, 2008

Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Einstein: I really don’t know. I mean, there are a LOT of choices, Mom. And I’m seven. Seven! How in the world is a seven-year old supposed to know what he wants to do for-EVER?! Well, I am [...]

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Animated LWM3B Button

April 24, 2008

By request! I made an animated blinkie button that links back here. Want to keep up with the boybarians’ crazy antics? One click and you can transport yourself right back here to the craziness. Just copy and paste the code below the button and paste it into an html/java element in [...]

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Six More Weeks of School!

April 21, 2008

I find this almost impossible to believe since it feels like we are just overcoming winter. Spring has sprung! I couldn’t be more excited about the upcoming promise of warm weather… just could. not. be.
We are scheduled to finish our school year at the end of May. I can’t believe that’s so [...]

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Another Round of "Ask LWM3B"

March 30, 2008

It’s been awhile since I’ve answered some of the reader emails. I guess if I don’t ever answer them, people are going to stop asking. So here are some I found while cleaning out my inbox yesterday…
(1.) You travel a lot. Where ya’ goin’ all these places, girlfriend?
Well, I don’t know [...]

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