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A yucky weekend...


Our blog has taken a halt as I have been feeling a bit under the weather. I seemed to have caught a stomachbug on Thursday, which I just can't seem to get rid of. Claire caught it on Saturday with Chris a bit later on in the evening. It has a been a weekend of hanging out at home. After being cooped up all weekend, we decided to spend some time outside. We were busy cleaning out the flowerbeds and cutting everything back for our impending snow. It actually was a gorgeous day today. I wore a tee-shirt and pants--love that! Back to the reason for this post...I planted a garden again this year. Last year's was much more successful, but I think I was more dedicated to watering it, etc. Anyway, I gave growing pumpkins a try, thinking it would be fun for Claire to see the progress. Needless to say, there wasn't much progress to report. Our little pumpkin that could, only grew to the size of a small ball. We picked it today. I tried to have Claire sit on the steps next to the pumpkin, but she proceeded to roll it down the stairs! What a little handful! I moved her up a step and quickly snapped the picture. Can you guess which pumpkin came from our garden? Next year is a new year. We'll try again.

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Anonymous said…
Hi -- Sorry you guys were sick over the weekend. We had that at our house last week, but Abby had strep and Kennen had an ear infection - No fun!! I think your pupmkin is nice - cute and small just like Claire.....Have a happy Halloween if I don't talk to you.
Nicole
Hey - by the way, I didn't start a blog, but joined facebook.
Nicole
October 27, 2008 at 11:35 PM
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