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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.

Monthly Archives: November 2006

it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas….

Today’s session rescheduled due to a sick kid so we got to put the tree up a couple days early. Megan was very into the ornaments this year. It took extra long because she had to look each one over before hanging it. =) The boys were just boys, losing interest pretty quickly. lol.

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all i want for christmas…..

Yesterday was quite a big day at the dentist. Megan had her front tooth pulled – the one she fell and broke three years ago. She was amazingly brave and is so happy to have it out. The tooth fairy left $5. Rob was a little nervous about that because each kid will supposedly lose...

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kari’s blog

My sweet niece, Kari, has a blog! Welcome to my little world. She’s almost 11 but I am sure someone counted wrong because there is NO WAY that was eleven years ago when I hopped in my car to drive from my apartment in Westwood to Santa Clarita and forgot my purse and...

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it’s almost december…….

Today the kids decorated a gingerbread house that Grandma Verna gave us. I can’t believe they are asleep now because they ate half the decorations! Nathan helped me put stamps on the envelopes for our cards (but the letter still isn’t done so we’re not ready to mail anything yet).

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kings game

Brady gave us 3 Kings tickets for last night’s game so we took Nathan. What a lucky little dude to have mommy and daddy all to himself. He LOVED it. He was especially interested in the “time outs” the players were put on when they hit and tripped each other. =) It was free hat...

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cousins & friends

There was a day, or maybe a year (or maybe more!), when Megan and Corey did NOT get along. They faught all through Sunday night dinners and Corey would even complain on the way to Grandma and Grandpa’s house if he knew Megan would be there, too. Today, they have both grown up...

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family

Well….we started Thanksgiving with a Burrill/Choate photo session at Dad’s. Yeah, Rob had to be photoshopped into the above photo because he was at home searching for something he needed to take to his mom’s. Ahhh…technology!
Naturally, my boys are goofing around and Nathan did not look at the camera once.Brady and JenUncle Rich and Aunt...

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happy turkey day

Nathan had his Thanksgiving Feast at preschool last night. We had the traditional pizza, ceasar salad, fruit, and cookies! =)

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kookie dough

This “kookie dough” was one of Nathan’s fund-raiser items. Bambi bought some and asked that the kids use it here. =) What fun they had tonight making and eating their works of art!

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fashion show

I took Megan, Kari, and Grace to the American Girl Fashion show in Santa Barbara last night. My mom used to take the girls and it’s fun. Megan had a little trouble sharing Kari with Grace but I think they all ended up having a good time.Here are the girls with Grandma Corky 3 years...

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