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Happy Birthday, Mickey!

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My little sister is 35 years old today (at least if I did my calculations right.) Where do the years go? Once upon a time she was my live doll-baby. I prided myself on being the best at getting her to stop crying and yep, I even changed her diapers (I didn’t make that up, did I, mom?) And as she grew from baby to little girl, she got cuter and cuter. (Dad, send me some pictures to add to this post … I don’t have any.) And her name evolved … from Michele to Mickey, then Mickey Mouse to Mickey Moose, which became Moosey Goosey (or something like that) and then Loosey Goosey. And now dad calls her Lucy. But I call her sister and friend. Happy Birthday, girlfriend!

Update: Dad came through and “got right on it” sending photos. Here are the first two. From baby to bull. More to come …

Is it almost Spring?

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It is hard to believe that we have made it to March. The year 2005 started with creating many memories with family and friends. Highlights range from Shelly & Jill constructing an amazing ginger bread house with Auntie Shel to designing memory pages (from Westi) with Grandma. The girls proceeded to demolish the gingerbread house with the help of many friends at Pattengale’s New Year’s Eve Bash. The most significant theme to this winter, however, has been the snow. Snow, snow and more snow. Some mornings it can be difficult to take off the covers. Fortunately, times for sledding and building snowman with grandpa while grandma prepares hot chocolate and snacks have been plentiful and wonderful. I even find shoveling snow on a peaceful, quite, beautiful evening a calming and meditative activity. And then the dozen snow blowers power up and you might as well be at a tractor pull. So enough of the snow. When will it be spring?

My favorite things about winter:
Shelly: Sledding and hot cocoa.
Jill: Throwing snowballs at grandpa and the treats after sledding.