<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826</id><updated>2025-11-14T14:07:15.939-06:00</updated><category term="autism"/><category term="Aidan"/><category term="favorite things"/><category term="Sean"/><category term="Video"/><category term="Aaron"/><category term="Bradykinesia"/><category term="Broadway"/><category term="Camp Akeela"/><category term="Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"/><category term="Dancing"/><category term="Dystonia"/><category term="Football"/><category term="GlutenFree"/><category term="MatildatheMusical"/><category term="Mom"/><category term="New York"/><category term="Pain"/><category term="Parkinson’s"/><category term="R2D2"/><category term="Vermont"/><category term="Wish List"/><category term="aspergers"/><category term="autism service dog"/><category term="blueberry"/><category term="broken arm"/><category term="employers"/><category term="health insurance"/><category term="recipe"/><category term="simply colors"/><category term="thanksgiving"/><category term="vaccines"/><title type='text'>The Thomas Family</title><subtitle type='html'>Full time mom to three active little boys! Life is an adventure and we are living it!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>351</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-2633851091145643650</id><published>2014-09-06T09:15:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-06T09:15:52.209-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Broadway"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Camp Akeela"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="MatildatheMusical"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="New York"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Vermont"/><title type='text'>Recent Pictures of the boys</title><content type='html'>Aaron is 5, Aidan is 8 and Sean is 10

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This summer Sean went to &lt;a href=&quot;http://campakeela.com/&quot;&gt;Camp Akeela&lt;/a&gt; in Vermont for one month. When I flew up to Burlington to pick him up, I brought Aidan with me and we spent three wonderful days in New York City seeing all the cool sights. We even saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.matildathemusical.com/&quot;&gt;Matilda the Musical&lt;/a&gt; on Broadway. Mom was in heaven!  There was a very somber moment with tears from Aidan when we visited the September 11th memorial in New York City. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/2633851091145643650/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/2633851091145643650?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/2633851091145643650'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/2633851091145643650'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2014/09/recent-pictures-of-boys.html' title='Recent Pictures of the boys'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNbuSmKcRBAmtfCp0lNJX8OYSoMKgQU1dzswG-V8NM2P1qk13XiRpBSuZKg7w2dnNvB-0k4fIkjuWspJyusv1TQpW_XM3bTA0HGE50ujiDh-A_umSAET3RVjzaQbICFmAKaSg3w/s72-c/DSC_0004.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-4368506831092204505</id><published>2014-09-06T09:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2014-09-06T09:02:02.439-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Bradykinesia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dystonia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Mom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Pain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Parkinson’s"/><title type='text'>Growing Pains</title><content type='html'>This year has been hard for me. I&#39;ve been in and out of physical therapy and on/off medications to help me with back pain and spasm muscles.  At one point, my sister suggested I go speak to her Neurologist in Tampa. My sister has had &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parkinsoninfo.org/about-parkinsons-disease/&quot;&gt;Parkinson Disease&lt;/a&gt; with tremors since her mid 30&#39;s. Surprisingly, my father&#39;s death certificate had Parkinsons listed on it too. Anyways, desparate for help, I agreed to go. I was prescribe a test called a DatScan to determine if my Dopamine levels in my brain were low. My lovely insurance wouldn&#39;t cover the test calling experimental, even though it is the ONE and only test available to determine Parkinson. Due to the family history, my new neurologist decided to put me on one of the trial medications for Parkinsons. She prescribed me a medication with some significant side effects. None of which a mom of 3 boys, a full time job, has the time to deal with. Anyways, I tool the medication and surprisingly to me, my muscle pain decreased significantly. I became overall much happier and more free to move around with much less pain. The side effects of the medication is insomnia. I would take the medication at bedtime and then wake up at 2am and be up until 5am and eventually fall back to sleep. This doesn&#39;t really work for me because I have to be up at 6am to get the kids fed, ready and off to school and then report to my job by 8:30am.  So after enjoying not being in pain, I stopped the medication so that I could carry on as mom and employee. That is when I realized that I am in a very difficult position. I am 42 years old. I cannot shoulder the pain of stiff muscles and function either. I&#39;m at a cross road and during the interim, I&#39;m struggling to complete all of the basics tasks that a 42 year old should be able to do. I can&#39;t keep up with the housekeeping, I can&#39;t keep up with the laundry. I tell my DH that I hurt and he just doesn&#39;t get it. I don&#39;t wish this level of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pdf.org/en/pain_pd&quot;&gt;pain &lt;/a&gt;on anyone. It&#39;s awful. I&#39;m scared as well for what lies ahead in my future. </content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/4368506831092204505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/4368506831092204505?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4368506831092204505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4368506831092204505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2014/09/growing-pains.html' title='Growing Pains'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-7131772284713146413</id><published>2013-10-19T11:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2013-10-19T11:14:04.233-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="GlutenFree"/><title type='text'>Gluten Free Mickey Waffles!</title><content type='html'>It&#39;s been a while since I have posted. In mid August I finally took the family Gluten Free. We were able to drop the 10 year olds ADHD meds and mood stabilizing medication. Since then, it&#39;s not an optional diet in the family, we are 100% Gluten free. I&#39;ll drop wheat any day verses given my oldest those medications.  &#39;

We ate at Disney&#39;s Animal Kingdom Lodge, &lt;a href=&quot;https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/dining/animal-kingdom-lodge/boma-flavors-of-africa/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Boma&lt;/a&gt; and they fell in love with their Gluten Free Mickey waffles.  I wish I had that recipe, all the chef told me was tapioca flour.  This is my attempt for the boys and they loved it.

I found the Mickey Waffle maker at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=23884806&amp;amp;cp=&amp;amp;parentPage=search&quot;&gt;ToysRUs.Com&lt;/a&gt;. The waffle maker makes 4 Mickey waffles. I have three boys to make a family of 5.&lt;br /&gt;
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You will need:&lt;br /&gt;
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4 eggs&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups of buttermilk&lt;br /&gt;
1/2 cup oil&lt;br /&gt;
3 tablespoons Vanilla&lt;br /&gt;
2 cups of rice flour&lt;br /&gt;
1 cup of tapioca flour&lt;br /&gt;
3 tsp of baking soda&lt;br /&gt;
2 tsp baking powder&lt;br /&gt;
4 packets of Stevia (or sugar)&lt;br /&gt;
1 tablespoon of Cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;
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Separate eggs, and beat egg whites to form dry peaks. Set aside Mix egg yolks with buttermilk, stevia, vanilla &amp;amp; oil.

In a separate bowl stir dry ingredients together, including tapioca flour. Mix egg yolk mixture into dry ingredients. Fold in egg whites.

For the Mickey Waffle maker above, if you have pre-heated and sprayed pam or coconut oil, cook for 3 minutes.

This will feed a hungry family of 5, if your family is smaller, cook all the batter. Let the extra Mickey waffles cool to room temperature, place in freezer safe bag, with waffles separated by wax paper and reheat on a busy school morning!

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It was HOT HOT HOT down there, too hot to wear makeup, it would have melted off my face.  We were only there for a quick 48 hours. Riverwalk was neat. I would have much rather been there alone with Ian, however we have come to accept that we won&#39;t be getting weekends alone together for a long time.  We visited Morgan&#39;s Wonderland which was a park designed for children and adapted for kids with special needs both intellectually and physical. The boys loved it and we hope to take them back in the late fall or during the winter when it&#39;s not so hot outside.  Well, I have to run... baby is upstairs wiggling. Sad I only get a few moments to myself to type : ).</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/378873362493145354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/378873362493145354?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/378873362493145354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/378873362493145354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2010/05/memorial-day-weekend.html' title='Memorial Day Weekend'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ-N9Z0Uc3ev07LlYocOVa2z_QBLqqDV9l68e9RasQ4FHir4XDYlIZGUimJ5CwjLddo76OCE_XRMKZJLV3rvwCEa2nQbZwOvssrgAmO2pL6EFP4hrjRXBJNE_2cIgj76zxQ7O2tQ/s72-c/DSC_0201.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-5247489031312579764</id><published>2010-05-16T23:02:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2010-05-16T23:31:21.813-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What have the Thomas&#39;s been up</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYk_O5MvObK4K1piB_MmXAfDCUlPvZezQGqnGq-bVutqMpsPAYA6-i1sQogByXnzxThI3XiEv-4aDQt0IVCUseUc_WK-ZO-YPhoGzK_e7qCn4ss0O2xKASkYkeYHkyXB_IVay-1g/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYk_O5MvObK4K1piB_MmXAfDCUlPvZezQGqnGq-bVutqMpsPAYA6-i1sQogByXnzxThI3XiEv-4aDQt0IVCUseUc_WK-ZO-YPhoGzK_e7qCn4ss0O2xKASkYkeYHkyXB_IVay-1g/s400/DSC_0012.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472086491911505346&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What have we not been up to? We are always on the go go go. All three boys are growing up so quickly. Sean, amazes us more and more every day.  He was recently accepted into a math and science charter school. At the age of 6 he enjoys everything science.  Every morning when he wakes up he turns on the weather channel. He is mostly interested in hurricane season and local severe weather. Often times when we drop him off at the curb at school, the first person he see&#39;s he tells the weather forcast too. &lt;br /&gt;Sean has been doing addition, multiplication, and has recently started to learn division.  He knows all of the elements by symbols on the periodic table of elements.  In his free time, he will go to the internet and watch video clips on national geographic on Solar Winds  or something.  His recent standardized testing had him in the 99th percentile for academics compared to typical peers his age.  He is reading on a third grade level.  Sean had a bit of a tough mid year at school. Thankfully, we are back on the right path and Sean is participating in his classroom and even had a young lady in his classroom write out her phone number and give it to him for a play date.  Of course, Sean has no idea what to do with this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjFLBylamQRAHfMPJhogLZP0mMxbIcxVq5Uo8ukntpbi9gc4qkMuf2jQaRPjfS-MX33dWnj0KG6iiOJqL6NohF88JjMpkyDNaAzqiv-dd0vfuCQs2ZPdM_eVkphkfKMF5nv9BtA/s1600/DSC_0221.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjFLBylamQRAHfMPJhogLZP0mMxbIcxVq5Uo8ukntpbi9gc4qkMuf2jQaRPjfS-MX33dWnj0KG6iiOJqL6NohF88JjMpkyDNaAzqiv-dd0vfuCQs2ZPdM_eVkphkfKMF5nv9BtA/s400/DSC_0221.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472086678689721330&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aidan, how quickly he has grown up.  His speech is starting to improve significantly. He is 3/4 of the way potty trained. He loves to play, has a great imagination (loves the rescue heros).  Aidan is our child that gives cuddles and kisses.  We are working with him now on transitioning into new public places (he&#39;s having a hard time). He is very interested in what his big brother Sean does. In fact, he is often Sean&#39;s shadow if Sean will allow it.  He is reading, starting to write his name, and can identify all of the planets in space by sight. Aidan took the brunt of Sean&#39;s &quot;hitting&quot; issues we had during mid school year.  Now that Sean has stopped, Aidan is in some type of shock and has started to act out himself a little.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCF8igz2b80hKSYT3vtkEwrO-7jPf7we-wsOexODErn-4hDg_hqj0Afuf0gsMltiljXA8JP0uZg5le5NdfepcMJG7IkBwj6V3E_THmb6aYN2i6KRylLViqX0zHPiuEZBCdknoTg/s1600/DSC_0031.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 186px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCF8igz2b80hKSYT3vtkEwrO-7jPf7we-wsOexODErn-4hDg_hqj0Afuf0gsMltiljXA8JP0uZg5le5NdfepcMJG7IkBwj6V3E_THmb6aYN2i6KRylLViqX0zHPiuEZBCdknoTg/s400/DSC_0031.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472088091794505954&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Baby Aaron is on the run run run. This mom is on her feet every minute of the day because of this little man.  He is into anything and everything.  Aaron started walking at 13 months.  He loves to be outdoors.  He loves his older brother&#39;s attention.  He says ma ma and da da and has started in the Early Childhood Intervention program due to his high genetic risk for Autism. &lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm5BrkhsmtAEHICEW1mz1UEMTaLwHXj9OM_dEAgGr5ycD5O8vQ-YQmQTb4J0qcD02Fyphd4hPBUgj_Jdf6mI34iuAYSrcvFxSQT9xqHwpRvukwXLwE1gTiNs7IfwcrE6L13f2AQ/s1600/DSC_0061.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 237px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOm5BrkhsmtAEHICEW1mz1UEMTaLwHXj9OM_dEAgGr5ycD5O8vQ-YQmQTb4J0qcD02Fyphd4hPBUgj_Jdf6mI34iuAYSrcvFxSQT9xqHwpRvukwXLwE1gTiNs7IfwcrE6L13f2AQ/s400/DSC_0061.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472089723816557426&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I stay really busy juggling two school schedules, social skills groups events, school district meetings, doctors appointments, ECI appointments, and playdates.  In fact, i&#39;m a bit ticked that I havn&#39;t lost weight because I eat  like a bird and I&#39;m on my feet all day long doing something. Perhaps my endocrinology appointment next week will shed some light on it. I am often tired.   Have I spilled my guts enough yet, I just made myself tired reading this  : ). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHksZiusUllPy0pShUwkZDhfpkwDbcsvMFOPiXhRkzsEytn7YKKVpRhM5h19rETFwBGiKOhEizI95ivnFUDbpEnGpAfjnQUvus8yN_vjz89XluMaC19zFAUEJVjh-tCGJo7_Q8Iw/s1600/DSC_0140.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHksZiusUllPy0pShUwkZDhfpkwDbcsvMFOPiXhRkzsEytn7YKKVpRhM5h19rETFwBGiKOhEizI95ivnFUDbpEnGpAfjnQUvus8yN_vjz89XluMaC19zFAUEJVjh-tCGJo7_Q8Iw/s400/DSC_0140.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472091508824135410&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ian hasn&#39;t been traveling, which has made me really happy. He has been working long 60-70 hour work weeks and it appears he might be getting a promotion very soon. I am very happy for his career success. I&#39;d like to say I played an important role in it.  : )</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/5247489031312579764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/5247489031312579764?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/5247489031312579764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/5247489031312579764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-have-thomass-been-up.html' title='What have the Thomas&#39;s been up'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYk_O5MvObK4K1piB_MmXAfDCUlPvZezQGqnGq-bVutqMpsPAYA6-i1sQogByXnzxThI3XiEv-4aDQt0IVCUseUc_WK-ZO-YPhoGzK_e7qCn4ss0O2xKASkYkeYHkyXB_IVay-1g/s72-c/DSC_0012.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-8868581583640507076</id><published>2010-01-24T20:39:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-24T21:17:10.250-06:00</updated><title type='text'>stopping for a moment to write</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1cDGG4hRvRpyA0zHtp08zH96aVq5nkKv7c6eh8VWL1s1egqrN0x-qVvco782oGcFgWvLfhbKwsEG7yvItmM7mK_XxZtPdL71kEXrIDWgdTXL1XCBbGhm8O5TzPibMgEHvhJfIg/s1600-h/DSC_0022.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 388px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1cDGG4hRvRpyA0zHtp08zH96aVq5nkKv7c6eh8VWL1s1egqrN0x-qVvco782oGcFgWvLfhbKwsEG7yvItmM7mK_XxZtPdL71kEXrIDWgdTXL1XCBbGhm8O5TzPibMgEHvhJfIg/s400/DSC_0022.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430505939072865154&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOW! time FLIES with three kids. For those of you who were family/friends when Sean was born, I&#39;m reliving that nightmare with baby Aaron. Baby Aaron has never once slept through the night. In fact, at best he sleeps in two hour increments. Next friday we are having a sleep study done, however he&#39;s identical to Sean in this category, especially with the belly issues.  Ian &amp;amp; I haven&#39;t found a way to pencil in any help for me either.  Like most families, we are recovering from a major home improvement job (shower), Ian&#39;s broken truck, entertaining for the holidays....   isn&#39;t there always something.   I need to start interviewing people to come to the house during the day for two or three hours, just enough time for me to get in a nap or to get some cleaning done. Baby Aaron doesn&#39;t let me put him down, he is 22 lbs, so my arms are getting strong : ).  I think I might be calling ECI soon : ), I&#39;ll wait until the sleep study reports come in, they are also giving him an EEG (Karyn are you back at work?). &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This last fall was perhaps the most stressful time EVER in my life.  Sean went from Aspie, high functioning autism to moderately autistic with no rhyme or reason to his hitting in school.  In fact, the school district had him on FAST TRACK to be in a classroom with all disabled children instead of mainstreamed.  I was taking him to the Neuro every three weeks BEGGING for help. Between not sleeping with baby Aaron and the stress of the complaints on Sean&#39;s behavior at school, I&#39;ve almost collapsed from physical and emotional exhaustion. The short of the story, a medication I was giving him was causing all of this regression. Against his neuro&#39;s suggestions, I took him off two medications and we are slowly getting him back. The last two weeks at school are the best two weeks he has had in MONTHS! &lt;a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The good news, Aidan!!!  My sweet pea, is doing great in preschool! His speech is coming along, we are hearing more words out of his mouth.  He still has some difficulties transitioning and has no idea how to understand stranger danger, but he&#39;s doing better.  We are still working on the potty training issue. He really has no interest in potty training.   I was unsuccessful as of his ARD last November in getting Aidan a full day program, when I mean full day, I mean four hours a day.  All research shows early intensive programming is the best for children on the autism spectrum. I have no idea outside of cost on why my school district doesn&#39;t do what every other district does.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I got a new camera for Christmas. It&#39;s one of those fancy digital SLR&#39;s. I love the pictures it takes!!! I&#39;ve uploaded some to share!  you&#39;ll have to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanaidan/sets/72157623153686309/&quot;&gt;click this link&lt;/a&gt; to get there!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/8868581583640507076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/8868581583640507076?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8868581583640507076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8868581583640507076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2010/01/stopping-for-moment-to-write.html' title='stopping for a moment to write'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy1cDGG4hRvRpyA0zHtp08zH96aVq5nkKv7c6eh8VWL1s1egqrN0x-qVvco782oGcFgWvLfhbKwsEG7yvItmM7mK_XxZtPdL71kEXrIDWgdTXL1XCBbGhm8O5TzPibMgEHvhJfIg/s72-c/DSC_0022.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-4201467208452791462</id><published>2009-10-25T21:59:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T22:03:05.380-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A Texas Fall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzhyphenhyphenAWjT7slbYbJDxH1s1xllhrU9d7YwWnSU4B-Zcv5dZOWvX9hLSqnOD55AE260z58b4DoqN06Gh0mXUrPBG8KO4eMjj22z9s9EjtRdqGy-TOvionY8PgkDMgHwcqFXgjggLSg/s1600-h/0052.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdzhyphenhyphenAWjT7slbYbJDxH1s1xllhrU9d7YwWnSU4B-Zcv5dZOWvX9hLSqnOD55AE260z58b4DoqN06Gh0mXUrPBG8KO4eMjj22z9s9EjtRdqGy-TOvionY8PgkDMgHwcqFXgjggLSg/s400/0052.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396738761733219410&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&#39;ve been busy. Adjusting to the family schedule has not been easy.  Mom is still on the run, and her feet hurt more than ever.  We have had some fun going to Halloween parties, pumpkin patches, parks, building legos, reading books and just being silly dancing in the living room.  I love you three more than ever!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/4201467208452791462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/4201467208452791462?isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4201467208452791462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4201467208452791462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/10/texas-fall.html' title='A Texas Fall'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimwiGVj1pAi-tYkKE-2mBAwdnHY5chIg_ZgkyR8yaK6w_QNGIIGXnj_Aq0iFg-YdUK5vDysPnEYJ_HrN4LJ9Oh72605RWw4pGSLvS5gEqDkiRxDpROmOeiL0GUmfLZcybDfkjwA/s72-c/0002.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-6639835649888726818</id><published>2009-10-08T15:49:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T15:51:44.559-05:00</updated><title type='text'>2009-2010 School year pictures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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Sean broke his are in three places and didn&#39;t fair well with all of the pain.  Amongst his grumpiness we did manage to have an action packed summer full of fun activities.  The kids wore me ragged, but I suppose this is what childhood memories are made of.  We went to parks, pools, aquariums, stockyards, drive through wildlife park, rode a train, visited grandma, rode on an airplane, and visited a space museum to name some of the things. Enjoy the pictures.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/8638141213042536201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/8638141213042536201?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8638141213042536201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8638141213042536201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/08/busy-busy-summer.html' title='busy busy summer'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhONZ-HmU2j-nkBG85Vak0bWNRUMO1wPB06hJq710ttl2xILqyC-0X2gaMBiCoHiMX1W0sFyGHJKgLCV-vjDiUWsqpIyB236K7_X4ciT2_6XdvQY18nWaRNILsxlAaOKfmDnBOUvw/s72-c/IMG_2926.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-8465926575645462068</id><published>2009-07-15T13:18:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T13:24:19.713-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="autism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="employers"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="health insurance"/><title type='text'>Stop Autism Health Discrimination</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;405&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/7rVX_nSLFtg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/7rVX_nSLFtg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00&amp;border=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;405&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Health Insurance &quot;does not cover&quot; issues related to Autism. It&#39;s United Healthcare.  Employers can also stop Autism Discrimination by letting United Healthcare know you will cover these items.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/8465926575645462068/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/8465926575645462068?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8465926575645462068'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8465926575645462068'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/07/stop-autism-health-discrimination.html' title='Stop Autism Health Discrimination'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-9175944581851117935</id><published>2009-06-27T10:02:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T10:35:59.224-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aidan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="autism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="broken arm"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Sean"/><title type='text'>and so it goes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rQn_4YlAnGuQEVQxo1v3UJ6eAmU4dj5bY1jV3764ssMsx0W997R-mkJOl6f8oXonE7-Tc1JJpR9K1z_9qAl55NzUV10GayK1vDFWFWsv3z3prxCPOKhfe2QWgMTN11dVohMoPw/s1600-h/IMG_0013.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rQn_4YlAnGuQEVQxo1v3UJ6eAmU4dj5bY1jV3764ssMsx0W997R-mkJOl6f8oXonE7-Tc1JJpR9K1z_9qAl55NzUV10GayK1vDFWFWsv3z3prxCPOKhfe2QWgMTN11dVohMoPw/s400/IMG_0013.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352029146519330594&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7shu3ooCsItq3Bfu9MIQoemcBjASc3BVJyogEKTg3DIRe3PuSRYMM9FVdrZIxMarK20u0D2tVhD2BBhSo7GAie4V0vEahacAv13bX1NCvfRAgCZd9agZnXrPLWBKeE7jcL_NXg/s1600-h/IMG_0011.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7shu3ooCsItq3Bfu9MIQoemcBjASc3BVJyogEKTg3DIRe3PuSRYMM9FVdrZIxMarK20u0D2tVhD2BBhSo7GAie4V0vEahacAv13bX1NCvfRAgCZd9agZnXrPLWBKeE7jcL_NXg/s400/IMG_0011.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352029144768512258&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week has been an incredibly difficult week for me as a mom.  Last Monday, Sean climbed into an empty cardboard box on top of our king bed, and decided to launch himself off.  As he was falling his stuck his little arm out and took the weight of his body on his arm backwards and broke it in two places and dislocated his elbow.  When he walked down the stairs his poor little arm was swollen and just hanging there funny, I could see the bone getting close to the surface of his skin so I knew it was bad.  Ian, was 5 feet from him when it happened and he rushed Sean off to the ER who confirmed what we thought.  We got lucky, the on call Orthopedic Surgeon, was the former Orthopedic Surgeon to the San Fransisco 49rs.  On of the concerns about Sean&#39;s injury was possible nerve damage to his radial nerve. Since the bone broke in half, it was pushing on his radial nerve.  His has limited mobility in his thumb and fingers right now, however at least he has mobility. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;With Sean&#39;s injury, he now missed summer camp last week.  Aidan is turning three next month and recently completed his battery of tests and evaluations through the school district.  He has been identified as a child with autism and possibly having an auditory processing issue as well.  With the diagnosis comes a receptive and pragmatic speech and language disorder.  He has qualified for school district services and will start summer services mid July.  Aidan, like his older brother was only offered a part time program through the school district.  He will go to a school program that is 2 hours and 45 minutes a day.  Their theory for not putting him in a full day program was his age.  They say, they hope to get him compliant enough (in his behavior) that in January they will try to push for him to be in a full day program.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The good news is, I have learned a lot on my autism journey.  I will be able to use my understanding of visual supports, redirection, distraction to help myself to help Aidan.  The difficult part is I now have two on the spectrum and there is no rhyme or reason to autism.  Even the most consistant mother&#39;s struggle with the non compliance, tantrums, and behavioral challenges that come with it.  I think one of the biggest challenges I face is friends and family and the opinions that come with it.  From the outside the kids look like the normal neighborhood kid, it&#39;s mothers of autistic children that truly know and understand that challenges and it hurts me when I hear people tell me, you just need to do this....   doing what works for the typical child, doesn&#39;t always work for the autistic child.  The best support anyone can give me is to read and understand about the behavioral challenges of a child with autism.  I also get a lot of comments that there is nothing wrong with Sean, well.. that&#39;s good news to hear.  I gave up my full time career to stay at home with him and dedicated all of my time and energy to help him get where he is today. My husband also works on redirecting their difficult behaviors with positive distractions. While Sean still has behaviors that are autistic in nature, he has come a long so far with his speech  that we are very hopeful for him.  I hope to dedicate the same amount of time and energy with Aidan.   The struggles of having two on the spectrum and a newborn, is I cannot take all three out in public.  It is physically impossible for me to keep up with them since Aidan will run and never look back.  At 3 years old, Aidan is 40 lbs and the only way to keep him from a tantruming situation is to physically remove him, which makes it impossible to handle the baby.  While I don&#39;t like to be stuck at the house, I am thankful Ian works from home often, because it does allow me a couple times a week to sneak out when the baby is sleeping with Aidan or Sean.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have learned a lot about Autism since Aidan&#39;s diagnosis (which was not a surprise to me), this go around I am actually going to utilize our private insurance to supplement Aidan&#39;s care.  I am going to see if I can get him qualified for private ABA Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech Therapy.  The kicker in getting all of this approved by insurance is not to have his coded with Autism.  Once that is coded on him, our insurance will automatically decline these valuable services.   My reason for the supplemental care, is I cannot trust our local school district to get it done. Since he will be in a half day program and Sean will be going to kindergarten full time in the fall, I will have some time before Aidan&#39;s half day program that starts around noon to give him supplemental services.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I ask for prayers of support for myself and my husband. Prayers that we stay strong and steadfast.  We&#39;ve been strong, but at times we have our breaking points.  We don&#39;t get many breaks from the children which can make things difficult as well. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; &quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &#39;Lucida Grande&#39;; font-size: 11px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/156/A34965A25119A516031C3FD5D98149F7.png&quot; style=&quot;border: none; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/9175944581851117935/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/9175944581851117935?isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/9175944581851117935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/9175944581851117935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-so-it-goes.html' title='and so it goes'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rQn_4YlAnGuQEVQxo1v3UJ6eAmU4dj5bY1jV3764ssMsx0W997R-mkJOl6f8oXonE7-Tc1JJpR9K1z_9qAl55NzUV10GayK1vDFWFWsv3z3prxCPOKhfe2QWgMTN11dVohMoPw/s72-c/IMG_0013.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-715208221854137982</id><published>2009-06-08T22:40:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T23:06:11.277-05:00</updated><title type='text'>cheating on blogger</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY81xR7uxcmGgnkrPI7ugLIunb8xeHuZaENMCVx5bjeytZH0DmXkhETQmsC0Jwz2XX-l22J6yOqlg3C4gZzZmUB9pZ-f43IXbhT7I1Cmpr5oFpQTJifOQMskhfQmhRmNI7oTT6A/s1600-h/IMG_0190.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY81xR7uxcmGgnkrPI7ugLIunb8xeHuZaENMCVx5bjeytZH0DmXkhETQmsC0Jwz2XX-l22J6yOqlg3C4gZzZmUB9pZ-f43IXbhT7I1Cmpr5oFpQTJifOQMskhfQmhRmNI7oTT6A/s400/IMG_0190.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172432187946306&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Sean got his summer haircut ~~ his shearing as we call it &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc8nOFgNW9EiIBsuMFDytdIY-yFeaek0TplAEsVIF9Qa2QHTn5ADn5aiiChpMSyUZwQr1PrSYLygZEt-LwMSCxKi2eQuhi_X34B32d0qGhCPSOSvq72JX3sU0zbyxnYGX-pUNSw/s1600-h/IMG_0205.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGc8nOFgNW9EiIBsuMFDytdIY-yFeaek0TplAEsVIF9Qa2QHTn5ADn5aiiChpMSyUZwQr1PrSYLygZEt-LwMSCxKi2eQuhi_X34B32d0qGhCPSOSvq72JX3sU0zbyxnYGX-pUNSw/s400/IMG_0205.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172425319745330&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Aidan refuses to let anyone cut his hair, I&#39;ve even tried when he has been sleeping&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggM3jn9IgBW9IiE7H-A9sHhE31A1rItxovg9FWgV0_fsgzfBFifiDYxojEQqMuAPrAVx-DK4Ck3B68PzHlplOhm7GPQ-mwv37q9LHajKWXtWZbrdZQXdwy3GteAj6NMvbSnkaylQ/s1600-h/IMG_0164.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggM3jn9IgBW9IiE7H-A9sHhE31A1rItxovg9FWgV0_fsgzfBFifiDYxojEQqMuAPrAVx-DK4Ck3B68PzHlplOhm7GPQ-mwv37q9LHajKWXtWZbrdZQXdwy3GteAj6NMvbSnkaylQ/s400/IMG_0164.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172424944927362&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                              Aaron is losing all of his hair!&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ever since facebook came around, I feel like I&#39;m cheating on my blog.  I guess it&#39;s easy to write a couple words verses sitting down and putting thoughts down in writing.  I really honestly don&#39;t get two free hands often and if I do, I am cleaning up a mound of toys and cracker crumbs. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Aidan had some blood work drawn last week.  Ever since he has been born he catches colds often.  I know what your thinking, every kid get&#39;s sick, well... true... but not like Mr.Aidan.  Last year I took him to the doctor over 30 times.   All 30 times he was either running a fever, had strep, sinusitus, or an ear infection.   He had his ear tubes put in and adenoids taken out and this January Aidan started to get a left swollen lymph node.  In fact, it&#39;s not gone down.  I felt hopeless like his pediatrician was listening to me. I changed his pedi and his new doctor drew blood right away.   Now, we are in mystery period ... blood work doesn&#39;t show anything too crazy, but his still always sick with fever, night sweats and a swollen lymph node.  We can only pray that it&#39;s nothing serious.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sean finished his school year and immediately took off for a two week vacation to his nanny &amp;amp; papa&#39;s house in Biloxi.  He is sooooo excited.  I sent him with my old iphone, equipped with Madagascar Escape to Africa, two &quot;How it&#39;s Made&quot; episodes,  Nasa Podcasts, a couple new weather radar iphone apps, and his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwnizEKBDI&quot;&gt;favorite song&lt;/a&gt; of the month . Both boys belt this one out at the top of their lungs....    &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbwnizEKBDI&quot;&gt;Barking at the Moon from the Bolt soundtrack&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Baby Aaron is growing by leaps and pounds.  He is 22 inches long and has to be at least 20 lbs.  He is wearing 12 month clothing and he&#39;s not even three months old yet.  His appetite is so strong that I feed him every 45 minutes to an hour and despite him rejecting it before, he is starting to supplement himself with formula here and there.  I purchased my favorite herbal supplement while breast feeding called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.motherlove.com/product_more_milk_plus.php&quot;&gt;More Milk Plus&lt;/a&gt; . For those of you reading thinking that stuff is a bunch of witchcraft, you are in the wrong. I used it with all three boys and it works!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sean has 4 weeks of summer camp, Aidan will hopefully get a few towards the end of the summer.  He turns 3 on July 5th.  He may end up in the school district program this fall.  We shall see how it goes, he has his last evaluation this friday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ian &amp;amp; I celebrated our 6th anniversary at Papadeaux&#39;s last night.  It was very nice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mom has lost all of her baby weight thanks to the aggressive every 45 minute feeding session of Aaron.  I&#39;m back to my pre pregnancy weight, now I just have to lose about 60 lbs for me to reach my goal weight.   I already find it difficult to eat having three boys under 6, so I&#39;m just going to eat smarter. More protein.  If I get hungry, instead of grabbing a bag of the kids cheese its , I am going to grab a low fat cheese stick.  I have to be bathing suit worth come October.  I am soooo excited about my girls cruise, I can&#39;t stop talking about it.  Three days of sun and good friends with no interruptions... can&#39;t wait!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ok, I have to get going.  I am sure there will be baby awake soon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/715208221854137982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/715208221854137982?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/715208221854137982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/715208221854137982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/06/cheating-on-blogger.html' title='cheating on blogger'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdY81xR7uxcmGgnkrPI7ugLIunb8xeHuZaENMCVx5bjeytZH0DmXkhETQmsC0Jwz2XX-l22J6yOqlg3C4gZzZmUB9pZ-f43IXbhT7I1Cmpr5oFpQTJifOQMskhfQmhRmNI7oTT6A/s72-c/IMG_0190.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-5135027723001689725</id><published>2009-05-03T20:46:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-03T20:51:26.074-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here&#39;s smiling at you!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghW28Ag5E75LPKfi9R6Y4QXRci4EDGrvX1Q02VkQgdkiOhCwB2HH-K7QuE93w-CuISnjreLeTzQD3lt4zNJbubJ60gfBVVvVJ7_k5xCltWFSz7snEKtaCTs_7vZo_OK0nSx2AR4A/s1600-h/IMG_2273.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghW28Ag5E75LPKfi9R6Y4QXRci4EDGrvX1Q02VkQgdkiOhCwB2HH-K7QuE93w-CuISnjreLeTzQD3lt4zNJbubJ60gfBVVvVJ7_k5xCltWFSz7snEKtaCTs_7vZo_OK0nSx2AR4A/s400/IMG_2273.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331780173754121506&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqvcxMhRPJyKaMxvFwEMXIGmMz5XzSTrHvPFpli9ojFdEkYZAFvXvshTtgtH65Wae9P0WfZXjMPWfwz53WG8boU17-upNa6XONvDMJactu401bZoE4C9XSVfym5eMFKwCzSfxlw/s1600-h/IMG_2243.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFqvcxMhRPJyKaMxvFwEMXIGmMz5XzSTrHvPFpli9ojFdEkYZAFvXvshTtgtH65Wae9P0WfZXjMPWfwz53WG8boU17-upNa6XONvDMJactu401bZoE4C9XSVfym5eMFKwCzSfxlw/s400/IMG_2243.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331780174138852322&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-Nhs5pfG4nOfzItju0hXdwVHZvb5_KGpQtOzFKN2XXuC2kXB8CE9rSrPSwXmbVSl0D6Wd_ZLG2dj42q6xZPxCDPfpMlcy0NT-W1p1Ad8JQ_vkyTdbVEZiDREV-zFeXsoqEKveg/s1600-h/IMG_2267.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 391px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-Nhs5pfG4nOfzItju0hXdwVHZvb5_KGpQtOzFKN2XXuC2kXB8CE9rSrPSwXmbVSl0D6Wd_ZLG2dj42q6xZPxCDPfpMlcy0NT-W1p1Ad8JQ_vkyTdbVEZiDREV-zFeXsoqEKveg/s400/IMG_2267.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331780169359074274&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aaron is growing by leaps and bounds. He is almost 2 months old and he is just about to get into 6 to 9 month clothing! Yikes!  Had the boys dress up today and mom played home photo studio and snapped a couple good pictures.  I&#39;m doing good, outside of the sleep issues, which is to be expected.  I am about 5 lbs from my pre pregnancy weight, however... that was my heaviest weight I started being pregnant at, much more weight to lose!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/5135027723001689725/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/5135027723001689725?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/5135027723001689725'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/5135027723001689725'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/05/heres-smiling-at-you.html' title='Here&#39;s smiling at you!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghW28Ag5E75LPKfi9R6Y4QXRci4EDGrvX1Q02VkQgdkiOhCwB2HH-K7QuE93w-CuISnjreLeTzQD3lt4zNJbubJ60gfBVVvVJ7_k5xCltWFSz7snEKtaCTs_7vZo_OK0nSx2AR4A/s72-c/IMG_2273.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-4997686124006787773</id><published>2009-03-30T20:31:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T20:38:57.908-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Brothers, Boogers, &amp; Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg55ebmMfkTxdoSlUYsLtJkielPrgYOP_IOweZhaY4KL3DGFZ8anl8bNL1w0ox-nUrkWvzknrxKJWO2dt9GzbBC1eJDeor9w_4WhduYr5moRwFJkc5r0js-4WCTxdXoXNtOAEPGA/s1600-h/IMG_0811.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 400px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg55ebmMfkTxdoSlUYsLtJkielPrgYOP_IOweZhaY4KL3DGFZ8anl8bNL1w0ox-nUrkWvzknrxKJWO2dt9GzbBC1eJDeor9w_4WhduYr5moRwFJkc5r0js-4WCTxdXoXNtOAEPGA/s400/IMG_0811.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319160305955873506&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRld8h_IGp_rOjEX6E3WSBeXLGUTwYp8SSbUkSSJPZeyCKWsayrdBz3SsfVb5z2nj3Z-ArGZzrOuyTbeEnZ4wNW4MVSvUNyymMh3vyjAJjhQ-fSRN4EIN0Dv9sCstJyRSzWosdg/s1600-h/IMG_1805.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 364px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRld8h_IGp_rOjEX6E3WSBeXLGUTwYp8SSbUkSSJPZeyCKWsayrdBz3SsfVb5z2nj3Z-ArGZzrOuyTbeEnZ4wNW4MVSvUNyymMh3vyjAJjhQ-fSRN4EIN0Dv9sCstJyRSzWosdg/s400/IMG_1805.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319160302678864386&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aaron made his big debut almost two weeks ago!  Boy, where does the time go!  I was scheduled for a cesarian section on 3/29 and went in to labor on 3/17 (ST.Patty&#39;s Day)...   Aaron was born 10lbs 2oz ...  I think they got the original due date wrong : ).  If he would have gone to the 29th, he would have been almost a 12 lb baby... whew&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I woke up the morning of the 17th, having pretty regular contractions.  I also threw up that morning and figured I could chalk that up to the flu like symptoms some moms feel before they go into labor.   We made it into the OBGYN and he said he would go ahead and do the C Section that day.  When I went up to the L&amp;D they hooked me up to the contraction monitor and they were pretty regular. 10mins apart.   The C Section went great (with the exception of the Spinal Block administration) and big boy was born and came out screaming!  I spent extra time on the table, we did cord blood banking and I had my tubes tied : ).  As much as I love children and babies... I know my limit.  I am afraid if I went for #4 that my sanity would go downhill and my quality of mothering would also go down hill.    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ll share a couple photos, however for now, I will probably be posting some under&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.3thomasboys.blogspot.com&quot;&gt; Aaron&#39;s Blog&lt;/a&gt; too.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/4997686124006787773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/4997686124006787773?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4997686124006787773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/4997686124006787773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/03/brothers-boogers-baby.html' title='Brothers, Boogers, &amp; Baby'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg55ebmMfkTxdoSlUYsLtJkielPrgYOP_IOweZhaY4KL3DGFZ8anl8bNL1w0ox-nUrkWvzknrxKJWO2dt9GzbBC1eJDeor9w_4WhduYr5moRwFJkc5r0js-4WCTxdXoXNtOAEPGA/s72-c/IMG_0811.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-3487630205627829759</id><published>2009-03-07T21:29:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-07T21:31:48.041-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Snotsucker!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI3PrOOE8hkNVEEEZuP_SuAiNjg5ab1tFvJSBXG34vgWsMvHUEaYhn1OJEUiKhZ8lgYEga83LfdwDcN3izMXv9dPl9ecO6m_OWpNzCfS39rY5-TXu43kK1lc04OpphXDwHqp3Xw/s1600-h/nosefrieda.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 177px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI3PrOOE8hkNVEEEZuP_SuAiNjg5ab1tFvJSBXG34vgWsMvHUEaYhn1OJEUiKhZ8lgYEga83LfdwDcN3izMXv9dPl9ecO6m_OWpNzCfS39rY5-TXu43kK1lc04OpphXDwHqp3Xw/s400/nosefrieda.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310654401277646098&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I cannot wait for my new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nosefrida.com/&quot;&gt;NOSEFRIEDA&lt;/a&gt;. Aidan doesn&#39;t blow his nose and has chronic sinusitis and with Ian&#39;s help, I think this will help us keep his nose clear. Since I had to order it online, I ordered a second one for the baby.... just in case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have to check it out!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/3487630205627829759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/3487630205627829759?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/3487630205627829759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/3487630205627829759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/03/snotsucker.html' title='Snotsucker!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI3PrOOE8hkNVEEEZuP_SuAiNjg5ab1tFvJSBXG34vgWsMvHUEaYhn1OJEUiKhZ8lgYEga83LfdwDcN3izMXv9dPl9ecO6m_OWpNzCfS39rY5-TXu43kK1lc04OpphXDwHqp3Xw/s72-c/nosefrieda.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-6471690799489010271</id><published>2009-03-01T22:26:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-01T22:30:13.090-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ready, Set, Go!</title><content type='html'>I&#39;ve got the baby&#39;s car seat cleaned and ready to go. Diapers, back up formula to supplement as needed. A bed for the baby. Some outfits.  All we need is the baby! I hit full term today so it&#39;s a matter of time... tick tick tick... my guess is, he will have curly hair.  I have the same scratchy sensation on my cervix as I did with Sean... we shall see if that is just a bunch of baloney or not.  Make sure you are watching the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.3thomasboys.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;baby&#39;s blog&lt;/a&gt; for announcements!  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.3thomasboys.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/6471690799489010271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/6471690799489010271?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6471690799489010271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6471690799489010271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/03/ready-set-go.html' title='Ready, Set, Go!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-6697360497788742970</id><published>2009-02-16T21:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T21:31:41.016-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My Happy Valentine!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&#39;text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;&#39;&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRhLvozfvrUolF9Sj3fEYPD36jYxzCC4B9uwooYBddDHXYKAYBtoI1cQ-ZdeRbz9reZN-3zs8ycsxEiSjjmTnyLaMvixGSKRpnEePphTseM6Ihdcai27gO9pB5tyF78Gvk5SqhA/s1600-h/IMG_1483.JPG&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRhLvozfvrUolF9Sj3fEYPD36jYxzCC4B9uwooYBddDHXYKAYBtoI1cQ-ZdeRbz9reZN-3zs8ycsxEiSjjmTnyLaMvixGSKRpnEePphTseM6Ihdcai27gO9pB5tyF78Gvk5SqhA/s320/IMG_1483.JPG&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; alt=&#39;&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&#39;text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;&#39;&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrorbN6TgZCoLllr8-3R5blWXgKQzQXRdjq_gkBqd8SrZi2ThKJHA3zZZh5nL6614VRAUgkXaHx9wNNih2LvpBZ0lnI0Z6hAeq2jxOysBK_UY-R_C8RSwY4vCcRzii2ESJeK2xbg/s1600-h/IMG_1466.JPG&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrorbN6TgZCoLllr8-3R5blWXgKQzQXRdjq_gkBqd8SrZi2ThKJHA3zZZh5nL6614VRAUgkXaHx9wNNih2LvpBZ0lnI0Z6hAeq2jxOysBK_UY-R_C8RSwY4vCcRzii2ESJeK2xbg/s320/IMG_1466.JPG&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; alt=&#39;&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&#39;text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;&#39;&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOn-w978Y__Yn7pKx5M5-dsQtl912gK4Ng6sAQMk1tNxAD0C1rNevEOYvrFAXKjhPSvmq0AbiVHNssWaIrZaGKmuZdZkc0cwazsCaW8yRY0LUhMqk0LgvFy0MJ9_1sHVHm390ZQ/s1600-h/IMG_1471.JPG&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOn-w978Y__Yn7pKx5M5-dsQtl912gK4Ng6sAQMk1tNxAD0C1rNevEOYvrFAXKjhPSvmq0AbiVHNssWaIrZaGKmuZdZkc0cwazsCaW8yRY0LUhMqk0LgvFy0MJ9_1sHVHm390ZQ/s320/IMG_1471.JPG&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; alt=&#39;&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Boys were good to their mommy this year! Long stem roses, truffles, and a nap!  Ian even spent 6 hours cleaning the house (it&#39;s getting hard to pick things up off the floor).  Sean was taking pictures today and this is what we got!&lt;div style=&#39;clear:both; text-align:CENTER&#39;&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://picasa.google.com/blogger/&#39; target=&#39;ext&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif&#39; alt=&#39;Posted by Picasa&#39; style=&#39;border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;&#39; align=&#39;middle&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/6697360497788742970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/6697360497788742970?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6697360497788742970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6697360497788742970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-happy-valentine.html' title='My Happy Valentine!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRhLvozfvrUolF9Sj3fEYPD36jYxzCC4B9uwooYBddDHXYKAYBtoI1cQ-ZdeRbz9reZN-3zs8ycsxEiSjjmTnyLaMvixGSKRpnEePphTseM6Ihdcai27gO9pB5tyF78Gvk5SqhA/s72-c/IMG_1483.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-6655042777071154094</id><published>2009-02-08T20:34:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-08T20:42:41.723-06:00</updated><title type='text'>so proud of my Sean</title><content type='html'>My good friend Lisa just emailed me this picture she took of Sean during his football season, I couldn&#39;t be more than proud of him!&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhij5ZOFAay7DCSZWI2wZK57ucg8SuXodzVQifuBq6IryMHEfiqJgpEqjli9NcCPRgYRTNOg0DH29gQZvbgLQ5EpWyXvjlZ0Y6j4kbOcRU6Ve1jkHlSV4tLHz9I8YoUeTKHPaNCQ/s1600-h/FootballSean.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhij5ZOFAay7DCSZWI2wZK57ucg8SuXodzVQifuBq6IryMHEfiqJgpEqjli9NcCPRgYRTNOg0DH29gQZvbgLQ5EpWyXvjlZ0Y6j4kbOcRU6Ve1jkHlSV4tLHz9I8YoUeTKHPaNCQ/s400/FootballSean.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300620782438314290&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  He starts football back up next month! Ian wanted him to pick up another sport like baseball ... Sean saw Ice Hockey on TV and told his father, &quot;daddy, that&#39;s what I want to play&quot;. Yikes....  I better get him into martial arts soon, so they can help teach him when it&#39;s appropriate to tackle or hit.  Sean had a doctors appointment last week and he almost weighed in at 60lbs. He&#39;s getting soo big!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of big, I&#39;m as big as a large whale right now. Equipped with cankles and all!  I&#39;ve really backed off lifting Aidan up to his crib. My mother instincts tell me that if I continue to lift his 38lb rear up into the car seat or crib, that my water will break soon.  As much as I am uncomfortable, I still want the baby to make it to term.  I want him to be as healthy as possible.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a nice day off today.  I didn&#39;t have to do dishes, laundry. or clean up the toys. I even got a 45 minute cat nap in. Thanks to my hubby for thinking of me in the last month of being pregnant. I really needed the day off too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/156/A34965A25119A516031C3FD5D98149F7.png&quot; style=&quot;border: none; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/6655042777071154094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/6655042777071154094?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6655042777071154094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6655042777071154094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-proud-of-my-sean.html' title='so proud of my Sean'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhij5ZOFAay7DCSZWI2wZK57ucg8SuXodzVQifuBq6IryMHEfiqJgpEqjli9NcCPRgYRTNOg0DH29gQZvbgLQ5EpWyXvjlZ0Y6j4kbOcRU6Ve1jkHlSV4tLHz9I8YoUeTKHPaNCQ/s72-c/FootballSean.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-6021552132406109021</id><published>2009-02-02T12:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-02T12:55:34.532-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ali G</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMPug27k8nrO3I5uqQ4NZXm_uuWvGzGgMAwabujMKSKQ6Fn-5YJ_LqOWAMoaDKG20ijCDwZb_qIEpjI-kIVKHAsJnIfobyc7qR_H_7JTHLS-LNlAmOEBkyN5XIcw22sxF_RiweQ/s1600-h/IMG_1351.JPG&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMPug27k8nrO3I5uqQ4NZXm_uuWvGzGgMAwabujMKSKQ6Fn-5YJ_LqOWAMoaDKG20ijCDwZb_qIEpjI-kIVKHAsJnIfobyc7qR_H_7JTHLS-LNlAmOEBkyN5XIcw22sxF_RiweQ/s320/IMG_1351.JPG&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; alt=&#39;&#39;style=&#39;clear:both;float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is our young Ali G..... or might I say, Aidan T&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what a character!&lt;div style=&#39;clear:both; text-align:RIGHT&#39;&gt;&lt;a href=&#39;http://picasa.google.com/blogger/&#39; target=&#39;ext&#39;&gt;&lt;img src=&#39;http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif&#39; alt=&#39;Posted by Picasa&#39; style=&#39;border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;&#39; align=&#39;middle&#39; border=&#39;0&#39; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/6021552132406109021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/6021552132406109021?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6021552132406109021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/6021552132406109021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/02/ali-g.html' title='Ali G'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMPug27k8nrO3I5uqQ4NZXm_uuWvGzGgMAwabujMKSKQ6Fn-5YJ_LqOWAMoaDKG20ijCDwZb_qIEpjI-kIVKHAsJnIfobyc7qR_H_7JTHLS-LNlAmOEBkyN5XIcw22sxF_RiweQ/s72-c/IMG_1351.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-8420891496171760280</id><published>2009-01-31T22:30:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T22:41:12.202-06:00</updated><title type='text'>growing up!</title><content type='html'>where does the time go... Sean amazes me more and more every day!  This past week he has started to really take an interest in the Weather.  In fact, he asks to watch the weather channel on a regular basis.  This afternoon while I was cleaning my closet, Sean came up with a doodle pad and free handed the United States and proceeded to tell me about a low pressure front moving over some state causing rain.  He then drew lake Michigan and mentioned there was a chance of snow.  He proceeded to the east coast and drew a picture of them getting more ice.   I can see how he is going to struggle a bit socially in school, because most 5 year olds don&#39;t get into certain science subjects like he does. The good news is, he loves sports.  That almost forces him to be a little more social.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aidan, my big boy Aidan.  One of the things I missed out with Sean as a first time mom is the creative / imatative play. Sean, just lacked the skill all together.  Aidan every night when I lay him down, blows me a kiss... and well, it melts my heart.  He is still likes to bust a move to almost any kind of music.  I&#39;m working hard on trying to get him into a mom&#39;s day out program once a week, however we&#39;ve hit a bit of a behavior turn with him, he is just now having separation anxiety. This makes it really hard for me to leave him, (with him throwing a tantrum).  I go back to the memories of Sean doing that at daycare and how they never proceeded to tell us there were any issues until they kicked him out of daycare.  I can&#39;t imagine how Sean was being treated in that class.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve changed the look of my blog to more of a &quot;spring&quot; look.  I figured I better do it why I had the chance.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://3thomasboys.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Aaron&#39;s blog&lt;/a&gt; has been updated as well. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am off to bed, we are lucky enough to have some good friends pop in tomorrow night for the superbowl.. btw, ian has and will always be a die hard steelers fan.  Some of my friends from my old neighborhood in Ocean Springs might remember seeing that Steelers flag flying from the house... so if you haven&#39;t picked a team to route for and need one... go ahead and route for them!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/8420891496171760280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/8420891496171760280?isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8420891496171760280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/8420891496171760280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/01/growing-up.html' title='growing up!'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-7606635063716013518</id><published>2009-01-11T22:04:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-11T22:18:27.413-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Long time no post....</title><content type='html'>Eek, I am a bad blogger... I&#39;ve been busy busy busy!!  I started a blog for the baby, my hopes are to print it as a journal at the end for him.  You can find it &lt;a href=&quot;http://3thomasboys.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or over on the right column on my blog roll.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&#39;ve schedule a C Section for March 20th.  I do have a feeling I am going to have this baby early. He&#39;s already 4lbs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aidan, boy... he keeps me busy. The primary reason for not blogging.  He&#39;s also hit the separation anxiety stage. He&#39;s starting it a little late, but wow... talk about timing... I&#39;ll be going to the hospital in a couple months for 4 days... I hope he does ok.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sean, had a rough transition the first week after school for both Thanksgiving and Christmas break.  It gives me a good idea that he will need summer services to keep from regressing on his social skills prior to starting kindergarten next fall. In his free time he likes to watch the Discovery Channel. He&#39;s watching engineering type shows. &quot;How it&#39;s Made&quot;, &quot;Time Warp&quot;, seriously, I don&#39;t know any other 5 year old that will sit there and do that!  His football season is coming to an end. He has really learned a lot and I think he has enjoyed himself quite a bit.  It&#39;s been good to see him &amp; Ian have an activity they could bond on. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aidan will need to start some type of moms day out program. He will be 3 this coming July and is totally stir crazy with Mom &amp; being home with me.  It get&#39;s hard to go out because I have to be home for Sean&#39;s school bus in the morning and afternoon and he only goes to school for 2 hours and 45 minutes a day (Sean).  Right in the middle of the day and I have been putting Aidan down for naps.  We had Aidan in a preschool setting one day after we returned from our Christmas trip to Mississippi and he didn&#39;t do so well.  He wouldn&#39;t eat any of their food, wouldn&#39;t nap... etc. I suppose it will take him some time to get use to a routine.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#39;s late and I&#39;ve organized an event for my local mom&#39;s group tomorrow morning (old habits die hard).. We are heading to a bounce house place and I&#39;m taking both the boys (WISH ME LUCK) and hope they are on their BEST behavior because I can&#39;t be struggling with them to get them out to the car!   Ian is on a short 2 day work related trip to Colorado, so I will be on my own the next couple days. Thankfully I have a friend near by that I can call on in the event of an emergency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mylivesignature.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/156/A34965A25119A516031C3FD5D98149F7.png&quot; style=&quot;border: none; background: transparent;&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/7606635063716013518/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/7606635063716013518?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/7606635063716013518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/7606635063716013518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2009/01/long-time-no-post.html' title='Long time no post....'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17161826.post-2007372464132331086</id><published>2008-12-18T00:14:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T00:25:37.312-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Aidan"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Video"/><title type='text'>Chicka Chicka Boom Boom</title><content type='html'>we have a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom fetish in our house, here is Aidan&#39;s attempt at singing!  &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&#39;allowfullscreen&#39; webkitallowfullscreen=&#39;webkitallowfullscreen&#39; mozallowfullscreen=&#39;mozallowfullscreen&#39; width=&#39;320&#39; height=&#39;266&#39; src=&#39;https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzbowwkKZ3w5xf1B4ny8hm0SCtzu_F5JFRStJ759hXsV9hM3Lu5y12s-UUNvIDF7n_lUrC2xBUMwM4&#39; class=&#39;b-hbp-video b-uploaded&#39; frameborder=&#39;0&#39;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He has quite the voice... i guess I better get him into singing classes..... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;warning, hide your fine crystal if you turn the volume up</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=35a83b84125735f7&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/feeds/2007372464132331086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/17161826/2007372464132331086?isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/2007372464132331086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/17161826/posts/default/2007372464132331086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://6dicefarkle.blogspot.com/2008/12/chicka-chicka-boom-boom.html' title='Chicka Chicka Boom Boom'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>