Fit4Miracles

We have been blessed lately to get fresh, straight-from-the-hen eggs. I looove the colors of these eggs.  Seriously, I have a problem.  I “ooh” and “ahh” over them way too much (with my husband rolling his eyes in the background).  And then I crack them open and their bright orange yolks spill out, and the […]

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I found a new tradition at my house this year: gingerbread playdough.   It’s easy, it’s fun, and it smells sooooooo good. At my daughter’s fall party the room parent brought in pumpkin spice playdough.  Sometimes 2nd graders think they are too old for playdough, but the sweet-smelling pumpkin spiced dough was too tempting for their little hands. They […]

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It’s Halloween, but I’m thinking about Christmas. Christmas morning at our house always starts with stockings.  Then the traditional Christmas breakfast of funny face chocolate chip pancakes, eggs, and whatever else was on the breakfast wish list.  Then it ends with opening the gifts under the tree.  We are not extravagant at Christmas, but our […]

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A couple of days ago I came home from Miracles after a work-out, and I was still a little pumped up, not really ready to be done. So I asked the kids if anyone wanted to learn how to do leg lifts with me. “Me!! Me!!” shouted across the room, and four out of my […]

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Today my daughter and I headed out the door together to walk to a birthday party around the block.  I took her little 6-year-old hand in mine and felt thankful, soaking in the sun and strolling together.  She is my only girl.  She is the pink among all the blue! She looked up at me […]

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