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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: March 2007

VOTE: Custest Bunny Photo of ‘07

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Bunny Contest

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more from the park last week

I edited a few more from that night at the park….

Rob got this net to use as a backstop so we don’t have to chase the balls as much
This is Logan trying to convince us that it *isn’t* getting dark and it’s *not* time to go home.

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tee ball & stuff

Well, I’m home early. Teri and I took an earlier flight home from Vegas so I can stand in line tomorrow for the kindergarten roundup (I want Nathan in the morning session – wish me luck!). I don’t think I really ever want to fly again, thank you very much. Our plane dropped and jerked...

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midnight ramblings

I keep getting asked if I am “going back to work” next year. Nope, not returning to teaching just yet. But I AM working. And you know what’s weird? I put in MORE hours with photography than I ever did teaching. I never brought home papers to grade or did any prep work at home....

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e-i-e-i-oops

Wowee – did you guys see that Ali has raised over 20,000 dollars for Autism Speaks? And that her badge is in first by like 100 donations? Awesome.
Tonight was Megan’s school performance. Man, we have a lot of these to look forward to in our lives. They are so stinking cute and the kids are...

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autism

If you scrapbook, you know Ali Edwards. And if you are a blog addict like I am, you know that her son Simon has autism and she is raising money for Autism Speaks.And that she has raised over $14,000 already. And that the actor Kevin Bacon will match her donation if her badge...

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more from vegas

My camera didn’t make it over to Tryst. Like I said on the other blog, I need a purse-sized camera. If I had one of those, I could have taken a photo of the 2 deer roaming around by our house today – AGAIN. That is a big huge deal around here. Anyway, thanks to...

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rob’s bday

We celebrated Rob’s birthday a little late this year at his mom’s. The kids had fun and the food was yummy as usual. I am proud of this first shot because last year’s post on this topic didn’t even have a picture with the birthday boy in it! =)
Sporting a new haircut...

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water play in march

Well, it wasn’t really hot or anything here today but warm enough for the water fun to start back up. Logan would jump into water in a snowstorm. My little fish.

This child would rather watch.
Alex joined the fun and was the last to get out.

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scooters jungle

Went again to the mommy/toddler playtime at Scooters Jungle. We had so much fun, we bought a pass for 10 visits (5 if I take both boys) and booked a party for Nathan’s birthday.

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