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Expression Creates Being: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Things we want to learn about this school year. I love this picture. It reminds me of how fun it can be to inspire my kids and help them feel brave enough to try new things. For a while, at the beginning of the summer, I was having a real tough time getting 3 year old Edgar excited to play outside. One day, I showed him a bunch of inspiring pictures of kids playing outside (from http:/ playathomemom3.blogspot.com/. We want to learn. Water- how it comes. How cars do the brakes.
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Expression Creates Being: August 2011
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Thursday, August 18, 2011. Sabrina 7 months- wait- 7 1/2 months. Mustachioed Carmichael family August 2011. And regular summer fun. With all the busyness, I feel like Sabrina especially hasn't gotten her fair share of documentation. She certainly isn't getting the regular updates on the blog / in her baby book that she deserves. So, let's see if I can get a little of that in before nap time is over. Sabrina loves food. She started solid foods about a month and a half ago, and she gets so excited when...
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Expression Creates Being: October 2013
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Monday, October 21, 2013. Wow I haven't posted on my blog for so long, that the editor I am using to even write this is completely new to me! Anyway, I've been working on a fun new project. Since Edgar could talk, he's been saying awesome things. I've been sharing them on facebook (partially as a way to keep track of them). I also kept a word document with a list of all of those awesome things that Edgar and Sabrina say. For a while now "have you heard the new Edgar-ism? I am not an artist. Also, I am il...
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Expression Creates Being: October 2011
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Monday, October 31, 2011. I Have the POWER! For a reminder of the 80's Saturday morning awesomeness, click here. We are last minute costume sorts of people, and this year was no different. But, with a Saturday morning, some cardboard, a new silver pen, some paint, Velcro, and Christmas socks- we pulled off a couple of pretty rad costumes. I just gotta hide mom! WellI managed to get him to stand in line. Me When it was his turn to walk across the stage I said, "okay, show them your moves." WOW! ME, I'M JEN.
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Expression Creates Being: December 2012
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Sunday, December 16, 2012. Why I Wore Pants to Church Today. Today was "Wear Pants to Church Day." If you missed it, you can read about it here. We try to follow Christ by serving and loving our fellow man. There is no reason to treat someone poorly because of what they are wearing. It is supremely ironic to suggest that the way someone else looks, acts, thinks, or dresses will some how defile your spiritual church experience. If you feel that way, perhaps you are doing church wrong. Jen is rock star.
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Expression Creates Being: February 2012
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Monday, February 20, 2012. So, here is an overdue update/catch-up on our family over this past winter. Alex successfully got older. The next day we left for Utah/Christmas. The car trip in the snow with 2 kids went great. No problems. We stayed at my folks for Christmas. It was fun to spend time with family.but would have been better without the stomach flu ripping violently through the whole family. Then it was back home. HOME! Heaven: evenings spent together after the kids go to bed about 8:00. And so ...
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Expression Creates Being: May 2012
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Friday, May 18, 2012. I am completely loving these siblings. My 3 year old and 16 month old are becoming such good friends. They play, they snuggle, they take care of each other. There is this entire entity of siblingness that is completely independent of me.and it is just wonderful. Here are my little nupboards in the cupboards. They pretend that this is their gorilla cage. It's right under where I cook, so I pass them in gorilla food and toys while I am prepping dinner. Wheelbarrow rides with dad?
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Expression Creates Being: January 2011
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Introducing Sabrina Eldora Carmichael. Sabrina was born Friday night- Jan 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm. She was born into the water and caught by her daddy. The birth was fast (less than 2 hours at the birth center), intense, and beautiful. Both Sabrina and I are recovering wonderfully and are fully enjoying our babymoon. I'm not quite sure what to write, because my husband Alex is detailing life so well on his blog 42 days. Saturday, January 1, 2011. Turned out fantastic. It will p...
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Expression Creates Being: February 2011
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011. They're playing our song. So, I was feeling particularly sad and frustrated today. I was remembering my first few weeks with Edgar.the pain.and the questioning the reasons for having children.I love love love my children and am thankful for them. It's just, so many days of pain and sleep deprivation can really wear a person down. Then, on the drive home tonight, I heard my sweet son singing the lullaby. Time today- but in a good way. I was filled. Fire and all of that. Maria gr...
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Expression Creates Being: March 2012
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Day 2 of Spring here in Oregon, and we are totally loving the snow (= When we awoke this morning, everything had gone extremely very white,. And here it is nearly 3 pm and still snowing! I took the kids out to build a snowman this morning, but they quickly got cold and tired. So, I put Sabrina down for a nap, snuggled Edgar up in front of a show, and headed out to finish those snowmen! WARNING: you CAN NOT build a giant snowman with one person. Snow is too heavy. So, our milk h...
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