<link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/4everfamily/~3/FEkGXv7LEuE/</link> <comments>http://4everfamily.com/2010/09/07/1126/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lora</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Keeping It Real]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://4everfamily.com/?p=1126</guid> <description>There’s no denying that the newborn phase of parenting is hard. Really hard. But when I was in that phase, I thought that by the time the kids were toddlers/preschoolers, life was going to be so much easier. 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Really hard. But when I was in that phase, I thought that by the time the kids were toddlers/preschoolers, life was going to be so much easier. I had visions of the kids playing nicely together with things that they’re intended to play with [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fCNqrjfoXzb5Z4M-TgCNBBiWNr0/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fCNqrjfoXzb5Z4M-TgCNBBiWNr0/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=FEkGXv7LEuE:1X7OL4Nkpw0:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=FEkGXv7LEuE:1X7OL4Nkpw0:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Life In The Nudist Colony</h1> <p>Lora — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:10:27 +0000</p> Seriously, people, I feel like I live in a nudist colony lately. Not even joking. Ava has started boycotting clothes. If we don’t have anywhere to go, she’ll spend the entire day in her underwear. If we are going somewhere, I have to force her to get dressed and then as soon as we get [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bl0BlFlybdv4LHo7sTJ2Aoi6uDE/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bl0BlFlybdv4LHo7sTJ2Aoi6uDE/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=Wsn9JTuMv0U:3FFESbXBL10:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=Wsn9JTuMv0U:3FFESbXBL10:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=Wsn9JTuMv0U:3FFESbXBL10:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=Wsn9JTuMv0U:3FFESbXBL10:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=Wsn9JTuMv0U:3FFESbXBL10:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Where Does She Get This Stuff?</h1> <p>Lora — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:29:18 +0000</p> This last weekend, we decided to take a day trip up to Omaha to go to the zoo with Kim, Rob, Myra and Gavin. That was something we’d been planning on doing since the beginning of summer and now that August was nearly over, we figured we’d better get to it! I was very disappointed [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BSNZYWb3w4fjScvjIVLcZdjGkdc/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BSNZYWb3w4fjScvjIVLcZdjGkdc/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=BTKcslDfYnA:dWB0XBid22A:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=BTKcslDfYnA:dWB0XBid22A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=BTKcslDfYnA:dWB0XBid22A:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=BTKcslDfYnA:dWB0XBid22A:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=BTKcslDfYnA:dWB0XBid22A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Weird Rash – HELP!</h1> <p>Lora — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:23:55 +0000</p> So I’ve mentioned how sick the kids have been the last few days. They’re finally recovering…no fevers yesterday or today! But now I have a new worry. Today I was changing Kelvin’s diaper and I noticed he had little red bumps all over his butt. 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I’ve never been there before…mainly because I’ve never even been to Florida, but also because I come from a family of 9 kids! Who could blame my parents for not wanting to shell out for that? 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You know how people say that God laughs when you tell him your plans? Yeah, he was definitely chuckling at that one. For the last two days, Kelvin has been running a [...] <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQUzR4cx5JXutooQGOpc4lJAox4/0/da"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uQUzR4cx5JXutooQGOpc4lJAox4/1/da"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=7YrZQo9337g:1Lfq8UmVrRw:D7DqB2pKExk"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=7YrZQo9337g:1Lfq8UmVrRw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=7YrZQo9337g:1Lfq8UmVrRw:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=7YrZQo9337g:1Lfq8UmVrRw:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/4everfamily?a=7YrZQo9337g:1Lfq8UmVrRw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Freezer Cooking Update</h1> <p>Lora — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:38:15 +0000</p> Freezer cooking today did not go as well as I’d hoped. I did get a lot of recipes done, but six of them are still going to have to be done tomorrow. It started going downhillwhen my kids started running fevers late Saturday. 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Tomorrow is actually supposed to be our hottest day of the year so far. Yuck! I feel like we have to hibernate just as much in the summer as we do in the winter! 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Some of us hadn’t slept well, others weren’t feeling good, and we were all just grumpy. I knew I needed to get dinner in the crockpot and needed the kids to not hang on me for just fifteen minutes. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK? 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