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week 47 in pictures

eeek! that number is getting REALLY close to 52! which means I’m really close to being DONE with this year’s album! I’ve really enjoyed working with the cobalt edition, but I’m super excited to do something new. not that I’ve decided yet what I’ll use. (I know, mary. I know…) I still really want to use clementine, but I’m pretty excited about the new editions too. help! in other news, I FINALLY got my second cobalt binder ordered. I put so much extra stuff in my books that one binder is NOT enough. heck, 2 is barely enough! it should be here in a day or two, and then I can take all of my post june out of the ghetto white binder they’ve been hanging over the edge of and into their real home!

sunday: micah has been dying to go and spend his birthday money from gramma jackie. he had $5 and was determined to buy a pack of gum. I love that that’s the #1 item on his shopping list. at any rate, we finally went to the store and he finally remembered his money, so after MUCH deliberation, he finally got his gum. getting change back was just a bonus!029

monday: “hey look! it’s a C pancake!”032

tuesday: an after school trip to the library. layla had just checked out this babymouse book from the school library, so she brought it in with her, sat down and read the whole thing.003

also tuesday: shane passed out right after dinner. stayed there until after we’d gone to bed. he was in his bed in the morning, so apparently he woke up at some point and moved.004

wednesday: every now and then, ginger gets confused and thinks she’s actually a lap dog… all ~75 pounds of her…012

no small picture for thursday… I have 2 big thanksgiving collages I’m including.

friday: ross came over to visit! the kids were SO excited to see him. layla was playing this game where you type in something and it makes it appear in the scene and interact with what’s already there… for instance, if you have a rabbit there and you add a bear… the bear will eat the rabbit. they had fun trying to find something that would beat the loch ness monster.017

saturday: the start of turning our formal dining room into a spare/school room. bed + storage in. computer moved out of the harry potter closet. school books and supplies organized. boxes finally unpacked, broken down, etc. 018

and some skinnies to stick in the center slots: 1. layla after church with straw whiskers. she does this almost every sunday. we need to earmark our offering for the purchase of a new case of straws… 2. the ditch in front of our house. it had been raining SO hard. I’ve never seen it this full. 3. shane and layla with our thanksgiving apple pie.028034029

and the pictures from thanksgiving.2012-11-222012-11-221

{book shots will be added later}

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