July 2010

The Week in Bentos: July 26-30, 2010

July 30, 2010

Monday

For Monday’s snack, I sent Wyatt to camp with a cereal bar (cut in half and stacked), some blueberries and his beloved salami.
Tuesday

The main part of my toddler’s lunch for day care was a stuffed pepper half that was leftover from dinner the night before. I chopped the pepper up and mixed it in to [...]

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What I Did on my Summer Vacation

July 29, 2010

The boys and I are back home after a nice, relaxing trip to Iowa to visit my parents. I was born and raised in Iowa and I have many, many happy memories of my childhood there. We go back to visit every Christmas, but we usually don’t have the money to fly there in the [...]

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The Week in Bentos: July 12-16, 2010

July 22, 2010

I’m late getting this post up because the boys and I are in Iowa visiting my parents. I was going to completely ignore my blog while we were on this trip, but I still haven’t adjusted to Central time so I’m wide awake while everyone else in the house is in bed. I’ve got my [...]

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Project 365 2010: Week 26

July 13, 2010

June 25, 2010: Augie dug my 10 year old king monkey beanie out of one of my dresser drawers and the kids spent minutes — minutes! — playing with it. I think Wyatt looks insanely cute in this picture.

June 26, 2010: I spent some time clearing off my super-scary messy desk and managed to get [...]

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The Week in Bentos: July 5-8, 2010

July 11, 2010

Monday
No camp on Monday, so no snack to show.
Tuesday

Wyatt headed off to pirate camp on Tuesday morning with this snack box tucked into his back pack. It had plum from the tree that hangs into our backyard and some pretzel sticks.
Augie was home from day care because he had a fever on Monday, so no [...]

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Project 365 2010: Week 25

July 8, 2010

June 18, 2010: Wyatt decided he wanted to “do science” when we were playing outside, so he got a magnifying glass and hunted for bugs. Here he investigates a particularly interesting specimen.

June 19, 2010: Augie just about always falls asleep in the car on the way back from dropping Wyatt off from camp and I’m [...]

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