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Welcome to the Mandel 5!

Thanks for stopping by our little world.  There is never a dull moment in this house with Rob's teaching jobs, my part-time teaching and part-time photography, three busy kids, and more pets than we need.  Check out the links above to read my friends' blogs, find old posts, or get in touch with me.

doll bed

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Who is sleeping in the doll bed?blogpetersen-0006

of course!

Diego stays right where Megan puts him while she is at school.

(PS…Cindy, you made that doll blanket…know it is the highest honor to have something you have crafted used for a pet in our house)

birthdays and boothing

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Today is Rob’s birthday!  Last night I said something to him about only being 40 for a couple more hours and he had no idea what I was talking about.  He said he “didn’t even know what the date was” and didn’t realize his birthday was the next day.  And I believe him.  I am sure he would have rather skipped it, but we took him out to breakfast anyway.  Bright and early.  Since the kids are up at the crack of dawn even on Sundays.blogIMG_2025blogIMG_2017kidsblogIMG_2029usblogIMG_2030nay

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Then Megan put in 4 hours of cookie-selling….blogIMG_2072

and we celebrated Sadie’s second birthday (she shares it with Rob)….blogIMG_2047hayley

bunnies, cookies, girlies

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Megan had some friends over after school today.  First thing they did was bring in ALL four bunnies.blogcookies-0012

Nathan went to practice and the girls and Logan made cookies.  Megan had been planning this all week.  She really wanted to make an Eeyore cookie and told me exactly what she needed me to buy for it.blogcookies-0014blogcookies-0017blogcookies-0019blogcookies-0021

I can not believe it turned out so well.  She is so proud.blogcookies-0026

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Then Megan and Grace got in some photos after I set up for tomorrow’s bunny sessions.blogmcookies-0044

disneyland withdrawals

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We haven’t been in like 2 and a half months!  LOL  I am determined to get our money’s worth on those passes.  The kids got out of school early today so we headed down this afternoon.  No traffic and we walked on the rides!blogIMG_1970dlandblogIMG_1971dlandblogIMG_1975blogIMG_1987dlandblogIMG_1995dlandblogIMG_1998dland

some things you’d only see in my living room….

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this and that

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Logan and I painted two backdrops today for my Easter sessions.  I am so bored with doing the same thing every year so this time, we’re doing something new!blogIMG_1944

Nathan had a baseball game tonight.  He hit the ball really well.blogIMG_1956blogIMG_1967

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we also made a pink backdrop!

What’s missing from this blog post?  Oh, I know….

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gone all day

Today Megan and I were gone all day.  I did a couple of park sessions and then we headed down to the Grove and Samy’s Camera before arriving at Dorie and tony’s for Game night.blogIMG_1928

had to pop in AGPbloggame-0364

baby (almost big sis) Kailynbloggame-0372

Megan was in charge of babysitting while the adults played games.bloggameIMG_1936

saturday

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no sports today!  Ran errands and then took Nathan, Megan, and two of Megan’s friends to a play.blog_1902

saw a rainbowblogphoto

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got a pedicure with Jen then had dinner at CPK with Jen, Brady, and Wes (or as Logan calls him – West)

logan and the bunnies

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sports and pizza

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Today was Nathan’s second baseball game of the season.  blogIMG_1857

In case there was any confusion, Megan does NOT like to be at the baseball field.blog_1865

Jennifer took Logan to football practice for us during the baseball game.  Unfortunately, it was his last practice.  Not enough kids signed up for his division.

We went out to pizza with Jen.  Mmmmm mmmmm.

February 26, 2010 - 10:45 pm Colleen - Megan can come hang with us sometime if she'd like. I think she'd have much more fun.