Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Dec 2 to Dec 7

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• Dec 2, 2016 - The child will be gone from 9 PM to 8 AM? Plenty of time to see a movie!
• Dec 3, 2016 - Better late than never! One day, I will actually get this done before Thanksgiving.
• Dec 4, 2016 - Put the tree up today. Had to take it down after just 2 hours. This is why.
• Dec 5, 2016 - Always "fun" when the vampire visits at the doctor. No worries, just routine!
• Dec 6, 2016 - First ever band concert! Trying not to faint over how grown up he looks.
• Dec 7, 2016 - Science project done and turned in! (Thank goodness that's over.)

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Nov 20 to Nov 25

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• Nov 20, 2016 - Stunning shot of Luke and the city at night, taken by my husband at his office.
• Nov 21, 2016 - Quiet please, science in progress! (Running experiments for science fair)
• Nov 22, 2016 - To grandmother's house we go! First road trip in the new vehicle.
• Nov 23, 2016 - Though he doesn't eat them, he really wanted to help with the deviled eggs.
• Nov 24, 2016 - Happy Thanksgiving! Our first ever attempt at mashed potatoes from scratch.
• Nov 25, 2016 - This beer bread turned out great! It uses the yeast and bubbles in the beer instead of regular yeast to help with the rise. It was excellent!

In case you missed it (since I didn't post it)

A quick recap of things I really need to actually blog about but haven't had the time, like this (how on earth did we get here?!):

Sixth Grade??!!!

 And then we did this not long after (L-R: Kylo, Rey, and Finn, age approximately 10 weeks):

Yes, all siblings. Yes, we're insane.

Which very rapidly turned into this (T-B: Rey, Kylo, and Finn, now approximately 5 months):

From less than a week ago, covering me from hips to ankles.

And we really had no choice but to do this, due to a cracked radiator in our 1999 Camry that would have cost 3 times what the car was worth to repair it:

I can't believe we bought an SUV, even if it is a "crossover." We have been assimilated!

 We decided to drop soccer and try this, which is working well so far:

He's slowly but surely getting better.

And then there was this, our last year of eating off the kids' menu: 

12??!!!!!

Unfortunately, the party was largely interrupted by this (BIL and SIL did not come with our nieces due to weather , and both my parents and DH's sheltered here while it passed): 

Hurricane Matthew aftermath at my parents' house; the house made it through unscathed!

And this (not sure how many more of these I will get):

I hope to blog each of those individually, but at least you're caught up on the last, uh, 3+ months (sorry!). If you're wondering where the stitching pictures are, there hasn't been any stitching since my birthday. A lap full of kittens will do that to you! LOL But I want to snuggle with them for as long as I can while they're little, since they may not be as interested when they get older.

First "real" blog post is coming up, and it's about something completely unimportant: movies! (What else, right?)

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Sept 22 to Sept 26

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• Sept 22, 2016 - Sitting at his desk in his homeroom, waiting for our parent-teacher conference.
• Sept 23, 2016 - Happy kid, happy kitten!
• Sept 24, 2016 - Kylo got me right on my knuckle today. Owie! Claws = tiny razor blades
• Sept 25, 2016 - Not bad for a $5 10-minute fix. I can't believe this Duct Tape matches so well.
• Sept 26, 2016 - Old - Normally, I would post only one photo a day for Project 365, but given the years of service of our 1999 Camry, I really felt like it needed to be featured in addition to the second picture. Bought in October 1998, 3 months after we got married. 198,000 miles, a tape deck that no longer works, a cracked windshield, a driver's side window that would roll down but not up without repeated attempts, and (as of last week) a leaking radiator, as in needed refilling daily kind of leaking. Any radiator repair would have cost more than the car was worth. So just shy of her 18th birthday, we said goodbye.
• Sept 26, 2016 - New - Meet our new 2016 Honda CRV. I still can't believe we bought an SUV. Luke even got his wish. "I want a blue car!"

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Aug 29 to Sept 3

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• Aug 29, 2016 - Giving new meaning to using a computer to "surf."
• Aug 30, 2016 - Star has come down, but she's still not too sure about these new invaders.
• Aug 31, 2016 - How can one person doing homework take up the entire den floor?!
• Sept 1, 2016 - Only interesting clouds so far from the hurricane. Shouldn't affect any family.
• Sept 2, 2016 - How can one 12-inch pizza use this many napkins?! Greasy, but so yummy.
• Sept 3, 2016 - DH discovered the Chamblee Rail Trail during work this week, so we visited.

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Aug 11 to Aug 16

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• Aug 11, 2016 - First use of our solar lantern! Too bad the power is out.
• Aug 12, 2016 - Third generation flute, like his mother and grandfather before him.
• Aug 13, 2016 - Four generations! Love you, Este Mom/GG
• Aug 14, 2016 - Hope that new backpack comes soon. That's a lot to tote around.
• Aug 15, 2016 - Dreaming with her tongue out.
• Aug 16, 2016 - Birthday party prep has begun! First official party purchase.

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - Aug 5 to Aug 10

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• Aug 5, 2016 - Very likely his last day at KinderCare after nearly a decade. Sniff, sniff.
• Aug 6, 2016 - Minor mouse surgery. Patient made a full recovery.
• Aug 7, 2016 - Remembering that it's the rain that keeps things so pretty and green.
• Aug 8, 2016 - First day of middle school!!! How on earth is he in 6th grade already?
• Aug 9, 2016 - Professional cute-er. Olympic champion napper. Do not try this at home!
• Aug 10, 2016 - Pretty flowers on this dreary day. Also learning my phone's depth of field.

Project 365 - Fabulous 40 - July 30 to Aug 4

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• July 30, 2016 - Crafting is better with beautiful tools that remind you of friends.
• July 31, 2016 - Missing Daddy, who is away on a business trip.
• Aug 1, 2016 - Praying mantis on our back porch.
• Aug 2, 2016 - Reminding myself how pretty and green our backyard trees are.
• Aug 3, 2016 - Middle school mascot! (Holdover from the 1960s, when it was a high school.)
• Aug 4, 2016 - Day 5 without Daddy = Cake for, um, I mean, with dinner.