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Co-founder of Kdari Virtual Partners and The Kdari Network

Tabetha’s Tweets 2009-01-18

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  • Just enjoyed a nice chat with a friend online….. #
  • 5YO: “Hey Mom! I’m about to win chess!” Me: “Who are you playing against?” 5YO: “Myself.”” #
  • @Cullens_Girl Tis very true! in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • @karenswim Cool! I scored very happy too! Who’da thunk? 😀 in reply to karenswim #
  • @roberthruzek COOOOOL!! You went over 100! It’s a great think you’re doing! I can see why you passed your goal!! in reply to roberthruzek #
  • @roberthruzek Yeah! Uh-huh! A good think! It probably was, but what I meant to say was, “It’s a good THING you are doing!” 😀 in reply to roberthruzek #
  • BLOGAPALOOZA is COOL!!!! http://middlezonemusings.com/ #
  • @karenswim Tis very true. I like my twitter name! in reply to karenswim #
  • Almost positive my 2YO has an ear infection. Should I take her to the doctor or treat it with tea tree oil? #
  • @Lorrie58 Thanks! She is my absolute favorite 2 year old! 🙂 in reply to Lorrie58 #
  • @simpsonsparadox Wow! That should be the cure for just about anything! 😀 in reply to simpsonsparadox #
  • @Cullens_Girl already tried tea tree, but it can take a few days to do its work. Tried to call Dr, but they are booked…. in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • @Cullens_Girl It appears that I have no choice since dr is booked. I usually mix 1 part tea tree to 2 parts olive oil. Thanks for the site!! in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • @Cullens_Girl Moms do sacrifice a lot for their children, don’t they? But the children sure are worth it! in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • The tea tree/Olive oil mix for my 2YO’s ears, along with her body fighting infection, is working!! No antibiotics!! Cool! #
  • Somehow I have managed to hit my head on the ceiling twice this week! Me!! 5 foot tall! Huh? #
  • I think I’m gonna be sick! The MMR vaccine has tissue from aborted babies in it?! http://www.lifenews.com/nat4689.html #
  • I’m new to this! How in the world do you clean a gas oven? 🙂 #
  • After 2 responses, I think I now know how to clean my gas oven. If you don’t hear from me again, you’ll know I was wrong! 😀 #
  • Just said to 5YO, “Wanna watch me win computer chess?” Got beat 3 times instead, while he pointed out every error I made. Pride anyone? 🙂 #
  • Teriyaki stir fry! Yummmmm! #
  • Eating the last of my Christmas peanut brittle. Yum! #
  • Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! My first room is completely organized and labeled!!! This is big, even if it IS only the bathroom!! #
  • @stretchmarkmama LOL!! That is hilarious! You crack me up!!! And I think you enjoy cracking people up!! in reply to stretchmarkmama #
  • Just listened to my hubby trying to tell his dad on the phone why his dad couldn’t hear him on the phone. 🙂 #
  • 5 kids bathed!!!! For some reason it about wore me out this time! Call it exercise? #
  • Kids in bed….studying my Sunday school lesson for tomorrow. 🙂 #
  • @Cullens_Girl Me too! 🙁 in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • Had church at home this am b/c of the snow. Interstate didn’t get plowed….maybe b/c it is Sunday? #
  • @Cullens_Girl We are studying about Elijah. The older kids’ lesson is the same as the adults, so we had 2 SS teachers at home this am. 🙂 in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • @Cullens_Girl Talking about the Ladies study? This time we are just eating together and playing games. No study. It will be fun! 😀 in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • @Cullens_Girl Wondered if that is what you meant. 🙂 He is teaching from I Kings 17-19 about Elijah. in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • Me to 2YO, “Come here, my little princess.” 2YO: “I’m not a little princess; I’m a big princess!” At least she came when I asked, right? 🙂 #
  • @Cullens_Girl Cool! I think there are also workbooks @ church, so you’ll have to grab one Wednesday. in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • I’m trying to feel that warm feeling that happens when you give something away to someone else who can really use it. #
  • accidentally gave away our playpen. Set it by the neighbors’ door to shovel snow & forgot about it. They left a thank you note. #
  • @Lorrie58 It really kind of is…now that it is over. in reply to Lorrie58 #
  • @NatalieGrant It looks like they still do….unfortunately. 🙂 in reply to NatalieGrant #
  • @Lorrie58 Could be. It WAS free in the first place! in reply to Lorrie58 #
  • Mom, can I have more salad without the lettuce? #
  • Wow! I am amazed at God! He just provided me with a playpen through a wonderful friend! #
  • @Cullens_Girl Huh! We’re both amazed! LOL! in reply to Cullens_Girl #

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Christmas 2008 – Part 6

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Anna is not far from changing from a girl to a young lady. She very much cares about her appearance and likes clothes and jewelry. It may not be too long before she wants clothing and jewelry instead of toys. Of course, she is a firstborn, and they tend to love playing with children, so who knows? She is playing with her My Little Pony house as I type! Still, this could be the last year she is excited to receive a toy for Christmas. My little girl is growing up!

Christmas 2008 – Part 5

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I will share Peter’s Christmas with you today. It is interesting to see the difference in personality between my boys. While Phillip spent most of the whole morning looking at a single toy, Peter was constantly moving and went from thing to thing.

Christmas 2008 – Part 4

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Because Candice was born in early January, she was almost a year old for her first Christmas. That means she was old enough to be everywhere, playing with everyone’s toys and the boxes they came in!

Christmas 2008 – Part 3

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Today I am going to share Phillip’s Christmas with you. First of all, I feel like I should mention that Phillip’s favorite toy was a transformer. He spent almost all of his Christmas gift time trying to figure that thing out with his Dad. (That should tell you a something about him. Focused!) I took several pictures of him in pretty much the same pose and then figured I was getting a bit redundant. As a result, there weren’t nearly as many pictures of him as the other children. 😐

Christmas 2008 – Part 2

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Luke recently did a series of pictures of our kids from a photo shoot we took. He posted pictures of each of our kids on a different day. This series is a take-off from his series. Call me copy cat! 🙂

This is the first Christmas Bethany has any chance of remembering. You will notice that in most of the pictures, she is wearing purple Dora pajamas. They were a gift that she just had to put on immediately! But I better not spoil too much for you! Enjoy!

Christmas 2008 – Part 1

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Now that Christmas is well past, I think it is time to start telling you how Christmas went in our household. Don’t you think so? Because we have so many cool pictures, I am going to break this into quite a long series. There will be at least 6 parts. I hope I don’t bore you too much! 🙂

Each of our children has from a very young age had a blanket that is special to him or her. There are few items in our household that our children can say belong specifically to them, and their special blankets are one of those few. Because these blankets belong to specific children, we are able to use their blankets as identifiers.*

For instance, because of this wonderful heavy snow we have been getting this season, church has been canceled 3 times so far. On those occasions, in order to keep our children in their own space and (somewhat) contained while we had church at home, we had each child sit on his/her special blanket. It worked wonderfully!

Also, it has been a tradition for the last 2 or 3 years for us to set each child’s unwrapped Christmas gifts on his/her special blanket on Christmas morning. This allows the children to know immediately which gifts were intended for whom. Also, since the blankets are spread out, each child has a place set aside to sit on as they look at their stuff!

What do you think of our blanket identification idea? I’m definitely open for more Christmas morning traditions. What are your Christmas traditions or what were your traditions as a child?

* For those of you who might be wondering, I don’t have my children show their blankets as identification, and I really can tell my children apart without the blanket anywhere nearby. Really…I can. 😀

Tabetha’s Tweets 2009-01-11

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  • I don’t have time to read an article on time management!! #
  • Let’s see…my 5YO was vomiting yesterday, & today my 2YO & 6YO are vomiting and my 8YO feels sick…. #
  • In some ways it is easier for all the kids to be sick at once instead of staggering over the course of a week. #
  • @stretchmarkmama LOL!!! in reply to stretchmarkmama #
  • Now 8YO is vomiting, but 2YO is playing almost as usual. #
  • First time in a long time that my 5YO voluntarily played with a doll….it burps. #
  • Want to keep your toddler busy? Stick a piece of tape to one of his/her fingers. 🙂 #
  • Sneezed pretty loudly and scared the pacifier right out of my 1YO’s mouth!! #
  • Hubby is getting sick as we speak, and I am not feeling so great as I hold my vomiting 1YO over the trash can. #
  • Poor 2YO! I can’t make her understand why she can’t eat when she has been throwing up. 🙁 #
  • My 2YO is finally eating crackers and drinking Gatorade. #
  • Guess I gave in to my 2YO too soon….vomiting again. 🙁 #
  • @Cullens_Girl The baby’s seemed to only last 3 or 4 hours, so you may not have to worry much. Maybe the breastmilk helped her? in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • Whole house now smells like Pine Sol. Germs, go away! #
  • @Cullens_Girl Good. You still might want to introduce food and drink very slowly. I thought B was over it until I gave her food. in reply to Cullens_Girl #
  • Just commented on a post! Wanna see? http://tinyurl.com/94js9b #
  • I commented again – this time on the gov’t & the church. http://tinyurl.com/8jeynf #
  • @lgedeon Um….what’s a head muscle? 😀 in reply to lgedeon #
  • Just began an argument w/ hubby just for the sake of arguing (with no proof), & he provided the proof for me!! #
  • No church tonight…too many people have the stomach virus…. #
  • My 2YO is pretending to throw up (pronounced “grow up” by her). #
  • Now my 2YO is asking me to take a picture of her pretending to throw up…..I don’t think so! #
  • Round 2 of stomach virus for the 2YO…. 🙁 #
  • Just gave my 1YO (today) daughter milk for the 1st time. Brother is allergic. Waiting to see if she is too…… #
  • I do believe my daughter shares a birthday with Max Lucado! Pretty cool! #
  • My hubby is temporarily tired of being on the computer! Write it on the calendar!! #
  • @simpsonsparadox He actually just got over it and also just finished a wordpress plugin. There was a gap in “must do nows.” 🙂 in reply to simpsonsparadox #
  • @MaxLucado If today is your birthday, you share it with my daughter who turned 1 today. Happy Birthday!! in reply to MaxLucado #
  • Something must be wrong with me. I just ate cake that had too much frosting! I didn’t think that was possible!!!!! #
  • Hey!! I have a record amount of views on my blog this year!!! Cool!!! 😀 #
  • Oh no! Regression! Just tried to close a window by clicking on the upper right corner instead of the left. How long have I been using a mac? #
  • My 3 oldest are mesmerized by a demo chess game on the computer! They are watching it like TV!! #
  • @lgedeon I don’t smell THAT bad, do I? in reply to lgedeon #
  • My 2YO just climbed a taller than average gate. I have trouble getting over it!! #
  • Commented on customer service. http://tinyurl.com/87up9y #
  • Playing chess with my hubby. He has 7 pieces on the board. I have….um….one. Think there’s a chance of a stale mate? 😐 #
  • Hubby beat me at chess as expected. I expected it from the beginning but since he made a big mistake at 1st, I had a bit of hope. Oh well! #
  • @crossmark LOL!! I bet @stretchmarkmama is thrilled!! Not about the woman part, but the helping out, unless of course, it was her chocolate. in reply to crossmark #
  • Isn’t it interesting when you have been taught a concept for years and only completely “get it” when you are teaching it to someone else? #
  • Want to promote your blog and have fun reminiscing at the same time? http://tinyurl.com/725xx2 #
  • @lgedeon I knew that, but I didn’t get it completely until I did it. 😀 in reply to lgedeon #
  • Finally ready for more of that super sweet birthday cake!! #
  • Just wrote on my chin with a permanent marker. That’s why my name means grace!! :- #
  • Decided to do some major cleaning/organnizing today. What did I accomplish? Underneath one bed. Hmmmmm. This could take a while!! #
  • @lgedeon What?! You shaved?! Now I wrote on myself for nothing! Why don’t you write on your chin, too, so we’ll still match? in reply to lgedeon #
  • @Cullens_Girl Oh no!!! Is he still sick? Or maybe sick again?! in reply to Cullens_Girl #

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Gedeon Chess Club

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The game of choice around our house recently is chess. It’s really a bit surprising, considering our oldest child is only 8. Of course, they are not that great at the game, but Peter and Phillip have played it so much using the computer hints that they know how each piece can move!

Phillip seems to have the most interest, but that makes sense since he seems to think like a chess player. Peter is also interested though, as was proven by the fact that he was leaning over my shoulder today pointing out moves that I hadn’t seen yet! Talk about humility!

Although it is a big humbling, it is also exciting to a person who has never won a game of chess! I even turned the game around to suicide chess, where the object of the game is to lose all your pieces. I couldn’t even do that! But hey, at least now I can tell everyone that I can’t lose a game of chess!

Maybe there is some hope for our kids, since they are getting a young start! Meanwhile I will sit back and try not to choke on my pride as our boys learn faster than I do.

A Snowman With Personality

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During our last snowfall, the kids and I built a snowman together. I rolled the bottom ball, Anna rolled the middle one, and Peter rolled the head. Phillip busied himself dusting snow off the van (not sure why, but he was more interested in that than the snowman).

Luke agreed to help stack the three balls, so as soon as we got the balls as big as they needed to be, I came in to let Luke know we were ready. He took a glance outside and said, “That’s not big enough. Make it as big as you can manage, so I did.

Now that snowman may not look very big to you in the pictures, but I tell you, rolling that ball was no easy feat! It got so big that I was literally laying across it, pushing with my feet and hoping it didn’t roll the wrong way and dump me on the ground! Then I noticed that I had to move it about 5 feet over to where we were planning to have the snowman stand. Of course, in  a foot of snow, it grew quite a bit in that distance. Talk about some exercise as I used my whole body to roll the huge snowball across our driveway, wondering with each push if it was going to budge. It was fun, though!

I helped Anna make the middle ball bigger because the size ratio for her was about the same as for me with the bigger one. We had very little trouble working together. And I had no trouble at all making Peter’s head bigger. Unfortunately I dropped it and broke it twice before I was done. So, I guess you could say Peter’s head was a remake. 😀

After Luke helped put Mr. Snowman together, he was taller than me and almost as tall as Luke. And best of all, he seemed to have a bit of personality. He had a bright smile* and rosey cheeks that just brought life to him! He also seemed to be leaning comfortably to the side as if to say, “Aren’t I cool?” And he really was….until he melted.

But never fear, the snow is falling again as I type, and you never know. Mr. Snowman might just return with all his coolness and give us another bright, crooked, frozen smile!

*If you are wondering, Mr. Snowman had jelly bean eyes, a carrot nose, a gummy worm mouth, skittle buttons, and broken sponge mop arms. And he didn’t complain a bit about having broken arms!