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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: April 2009

birthdays, pirates, and magic mountain

We had the fam over this morning for omelets to celebrate Jennifer, Kris, and Rob’s (belated) birthdays.  Everyone got to order a custom omelet and Rob had three pans going at once.
auntie with her too-tall kids

cousins – with “flat nick” (a project we’re helping our Michigan cousin with)
we tried Cold Stone’s new cupcakes (that have...

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saturday fun

the boys had a game this morning.  both of them had a couple big hits.  my favorite part of the game was when Logan fielded a ball and threw it to Nathan on first to get an out.  Teamwork. 
then I had a session.  Can you stand the cuteness?
We had dinner tonight with Cathi,...

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rancho camulos and dogs

Megan and Nathan get out of school early on Wednesdays.  Since we had the time, we went to Rancho Camulos for a tour and pictures.  Megan’s class is studying local history.  She will be making a scrapbook of her visit.  This is one of the first working rancheros in California and the setting for an...

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happy birthday, jennifer!

Today is Auntie Jen’s birthday.  Nathan and Megan and I went to see 17 Again with her after school.  Cute movie.  Now I love Zac Efron even more. 
Then we met Brady for Olive Garden dinner and had cold stone.
Happy Birthday, Jennifer!  We love you!

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after school swimming with grace

was it hot enough for everyone today?!?!

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our busy sunday

I had a park session with these sweet sisters who come each time one of them celebrates a birthday.
I also met up with Steph’s family to do some photos for her dad who is retiring soon.  Meanwhile, Rob took the kids to the beach.  They rode bikes, played catch, visited Papa Bob, and splashed around. ...

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from melinda’s camera

Melinda gave us a cd of photos from April.  I finally had time to look at them.  Here is Sadie attacking Logan at the cake pop party!
And more from her studio with the puppies.
Megan thought Melinda had funner props than I do.

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play and pics

Today started off with baseball photos and a game for the boys.  Megan and I headed to Glendale to see the play “Sleeping Beauty” with the Brownie troop.  Those plays are always so funny.  We had a great time.
Megan with the fairies from the play
the girl scout troop, minus a couple
After the play, we had...

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hannah montana movie

Our weekends in April are really full so I decided to take the kids to the Hannah Montana movie after school today.  It was such a cute movie.  They all loved it and since we’ve had the soundtrack for a while, they knew most of the songs.

That bear is Brownie Bear.  It’s the girl scout...

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self confidence

I think I mentioned on here that the kids started a karate class.  So now it’s girl scouts on Monday, karate on Tuesday, baseball on Wednesday, dance on Thursday, and karate again on Friday.  Not a schedule I love but karate has been good so far.  No pictures yet – Logan still doesn’t have a...

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