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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: February 2009

a few more

Another new post below this one. 

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my kids this time :)

We went to the park today and enjoyed the beautiful weather.  Still love my new lens and my new blog.
(being friends with Andrea is expensive!)

Then the kids took a couple with the other camera.
We called Grandma to see if she wanted to meet us for lunch and the candy shop. 

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first big post (and they aren’t my kids)

We finally have The Mandel 5 blog up and running (thank you, Rob!).  The “Blogroll” at the top of this page has all the links from my old blog and my 50 Things list is now on the 365 blog.
It seems silly to have it up and not post anything new with big images (the...

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medieval times

After Keira’s party today, Nathan got to have a special afternoon with Colleen, Mark, and Alex. They took him to Medieval Times. He LOVED it. Colleen just sent me this photo.

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keira’s 2nd birthday

We celebrated Keira’s 2nd birthday today at My Gym. So fun!

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observatory

The kids called this the “Absorb a Terry.” I could not get them to say it right! I have not been here in a long time. Since a Sunshine field trip when I was a camp counselor I think. I forgot how pretty it is up there and it’s one of...

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my new scrapbooking buddy

Bambi and I planned to scrapbook all day today. Kris called early this morning to say she forgot about Corey’s minimum day and asked if I could pick him up from school. So, lucky Corey got to scrapbook with us after lunch! He was just so thrilled to be there (insert sarcastic...

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4th in 4th and 5th in 5th

Jamir tagged me to post the 4th image in my 4th folder and my 5th image in the 5th folder on this computer. I have folders everywhere so I just used the ones from my external drive where my family photos are stored. Weird how they both ended up being from the zoo.
This...

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bear with the blog

New and improved blog coming in the next few days……{squeal}!

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research at the library

Our teeny-tiny town recently opened a teeny-tiny public library. Nathan had to do some research for his animal report on great white sharks. Rob is usually the one who takes the kids to the library. When I didn’t see a card catalog anywhere, I knew it had been a really long time...

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