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Jon got busy shoveling the yard today.

Yeah, you heard me. Shoveling the yard.

I was confused at first, too. But when he does seemingly crazy things, I don’t ask a whole lotta questions. I just roll with it. The outcome was this, though:

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A dual entry igloo. Real Eskimos never had it so good. I made three separate attempts to have my kids narrate a video blog, giving a guided tour of the igloo. But all three instances ended in yelling and tears and accusations that one child was getting more face time in the video than the other child. They’re real divas, the pair of ‘em.

But dang, they are cute when they get along. These cute pictures were taken several minutes before Jachin gave Zoe a snowball line-drive to the face.

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After the tears start, I stop taking pictures. That’s the only way I can look back 30 years from now and remember what fantastic, well-behaved children I have. It’s all about the denial and selective memory.

more pics up on flickr.

6 Comments »

  1. I think a selective memory is mandatory. I am trying to cast out the bad memories of being sandwiched with my kids for days on end this week. It will do us all good.

    Happy new year, Suzanne. Your kids make me smile - they are super cute.

    Comment by Mama Milton — January 6, 2008 @ 10:40 am

  2. I love the selective memory idea. Though I did take one Christmas pic of my youngest have a huge toddler tantrum. I plan on looking at it whenever I want a third child that we so can’t afford. But I’ll delete it before he’s thirty and I’m telling his wife that he was such a perfect child that they should definitely have children of their own.

    Does that make me evil?

    Comment by Jerseygirl89 — January 6, 2008 @ 10:49 am

  3. The igloo is awesome! I’m with you on the selective memory thing. I do it, too.

    Comment by Leslie — January 6, 2008 @ 6:19 pm

  4. The sadness & fighting over ‘face time’ is pretty hilarious; I hope you did save those videos.

    I completely agree with everyone else - your children are frickin’ adorable. And your husband is awfully handy, no?

    Comment by stephanie — January 6, 2008 @ 6:55 pm

  5. Denial and Selective Memory. I love it. I think I’m going to try that from now on.

    Comment by Susie-Q — January 6, 2008 @ 7:56 pm

  6. cool!!!!!!!!were do you live to get all that snow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Comment by lola — May 8, 2008 @ 2:21 pm

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