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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: August 2009

the weekend

This weekend it was over 100 degrees and the air around LA was filled with smoke.  We had a rare free weekend so we headed to the beach where the air was clear and the temps were a little lower.  We hit 4 beaches in 2 days.
path to beach #1
It ended up being a local...

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megan took these

She picked out their clothes, told them how to stand, etc.

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new nose

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knock out

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ladies night out

at the melting pot…mmmm..
with Karen, Stephanie, and Jennifer

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walking home

So two or three times a week, I will be walking to school to get Logan.  It’s all uphill to get there and takes me 20 minutes.  I am dying by the time I get to the top.  It’s so sad.  Then Logan and I walk home.  At first, he complained the whole way, stopped...

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hart park and cinderella

Rob fished today so the kids and I ran some errands, went to Hart Park, and saw a play.  They’ve really done a nice job refurbishing Hart Park.  I always forget about it.  It’s one of those things that’s just always been there.  We had an hour to kill before the play so this was...

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scooter’s jungle with no injuries – hooray!

We went to scooter’s jungle tonight for Kylie’s 6th birthday party.  Yes, Megan came.  And yes, I let her go on some of the stuff.  I know.  But she would have been miserable otherwise. 
Dawn always plays with the kids.  I  keep telling her if she opens up a summer camp, I’ll be first in...

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megan’s first nose job and abbey’s birthday

This morning, Megan had her nose “adjusted.”  She was very brave.  Mostly because she had no idea how much was involved.  She had to be put under, had an IV, the whole nine yards.  No fun.  She’s never had anything like that done before.  She woke up saying, “Why are so many things ON me?” ...

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getting too big too fast

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