Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Feb 11, 2012, 8:28 am
Yes, oldest is turning ten in a few months and seems that we are SLAMMING into our pre-teens with him. I have a feeling that although some of these traits are part of most pre-teens, I am thinking others may be distinctly "boy" issues. For example....what is it about hygiene that becomes non-existen...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jan 29, 2012, 9:36 pm
It seems as if I am not able to get on here as much as I'd like. The year is now 1/12 of the way over and it seems like I am so overwhelmed already. January has been pretty tumultuous. The whole car ordeal swallowed up the first week of the month. But at least I am finally allowing myself to love...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jan 21, 2012, 6:34 pm
The new year is in full gear with almost a month behind us. And what a month it has been. Lots of firsts for us and a bit of a whirlwind. So I figure that before I start posting pictures from 2012, I should probably post about our little "celebration" to ring it in. We decided that it was final...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jan 9, 2012, 11:30 am
Title isn't too newsworthy, huh? What about if I add in our own car? Still no big deal? Then I have to add first time in over two years in our own car. Okay, maybe now it's a little bit interesting. At least it is to us. I am still waiting for the other shoe to drop. After five years of driving a ve...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Dec 31, 2011, 9:10 am
I haven't done a Christmas post yet. Most likely, I probably won't. Yes, we had the usual opening presents on Christmas morning and I took a fine amount of pictures. But Christmas this year felt non-exciting. Noah's surgery kind of brought things down a few levels and so did the fact that it never ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Dec 23, 2011, 10:55 am
"Twas the week before Christmas and what did we do Spent it recovering but NOT from the flu Little Boy Noah has had sickness galore So surgery was scheduled so he'd be sick no more Little bro Aaron went off for a stay with Grandma and Grandpa not too far away A quick dinner out for his last solid me...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Dec 13, 2011, 1:21 pm
... 13 grandkids all looking forward and smiling at the camera. Christmas performances at church and school are done and class party supplies are purchased and sent to school. Aaron is excited about his solo sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house while Noah goes in for his surgery. I have a few...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Dec 5, 2011, 1:44 pm
Whew...the start to December came in with a blast this weekend. I have to say we have had a memorable start to the holiday season. 5. Cutting Down the Tree This is our third year of cutting down our own Christmas tree. Rather than a cold snowy day for tree hunting, it dawned with rain...and a lot of...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Dec 1, 2011, 8:38 pm
December already? Yup! Wow, what a year! This month always seems like such a whirlwind that I always need to remind myself to slow down and take it a day at a time. I sat down with the December calendar to plot it out since there is always so much going on. There's a lot coming up in the next couple...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Nov 29, 2011, 9:18 pm
Nine and a half years...one very very old house...nasty bathroom with chipped paint, rotting wood, moldy walls, and falling apart surround. No money for redo but a woman fed up with being grossed out every time a visitor uses her "facilities". Thus... A trip to Home Depot, a quick lesson in scraping...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Nov 13, 2011, 2:42 pm
Sometimes the nine year old in our house just makes me smile, no matter how angry I can feel at him at times. I am feeling quite horrible today, cough, headache, sore throat...you know the drill. So I went to take a bath while the boys were happily trying out a new Wii game I had rented for them for...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Nov 11, 2011, 10:45 pm
Hopefully others who have experienced "concert highs" will understand this :) I just got home from my first performance with the symphony chorus for this concert season. We performed Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (the Ode to Joy one) and it was by far the best the chorus has ever sounded. It is just S...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 31, 2011, 8:22 pm
Phew! Halloween is over. Yay! Now for the real stuff. As much as I love the hullabaloo of the holidays, I do have to remind myself on a regular basis to take things one day at a time. And the next 2 weeks, there are going to many moments of one HOUR at a time. Why is it that we have weeks where we h...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 29, 2011, 4:51 pm
I have become a Halloween equivalent of the Scrooge. I don't know. I use to like it when I was little so I'm not sure what changed. But really, I could take it or leave it. Thankfully, the kids go to a school that doesn't celebrate it so I don't have to deal with a sugar filled party during the day...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 26, 2011, 8:19 am

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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 25, 2011, 8:50 am
The song in the title of this post by Amy Grant from quite a long time ago is running through my head this morning. As are tears of sadness as well as joy. My baby boy is seven today. He has made it very clear that he is finally a big kid. And he really did look older this morning. Okay, you may be...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 24, 2011, 2:05 pm
Another weekend over and a new week begins. It is a beautiful sunny afternoon outside and it makes me grateful for how gorgeous the weather was all weekend long. Thankfully...since we had outdoor activities planned the entire weekend, which is daring in October in Michigan. Saturday was our annual c...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 19, 2011, 7:10 pm
It's cold outside...and wet. The perfect night to curl up in bed with a book. And that is exactly what I intend to do as soon as the boys get home from choir practice and I put them to bed. It's been a rough week around the Wheelz Home. Noah has been sick for a week and doesn't seem to be wanting to...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 10, 2011, 8:14 am
The title pretty much sums up our weekend. Fall is always such a busy time for us that we were surprised when we headed into last weekend without a single plan. The boys were wonderful enough to let me sleep in a little on Saturday morning so I was in a pretty happy mood when I got up around 8:30. A...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 4, 2011, 9:30 pm
We made a quick trip to our favorite apple orchard a couple of weekends ago to pick some apples. We enjoy the slide that comes out of a barn that goes quite fast, petting the goats and seeing the cute tiny brand new baby goats, and in the past Noah's favorite part was the "kitty barn". The kitty bar...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 2, 2011, 9:52 pm
A. Noah checks out the selection and picks the very best apples he can find. Schwallier's Country Basket is the best apple picking orchard in Grand Rapids. They are sooooooo good! B. Aaron is ready to take his bag home C. Both boys help to peel the caramels and only eat a small few :) D. As the cara...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Oct 1, 2011, 8:44 pm
...and really happy to be! I made a dramatic decision this week to stop facebook for the time being. I already miss seeing what's up with my family members and I KNOW I am going to miss the pictures of them all, including pictures of a new baby niece who was born last week. But I also know that the ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Sep 6, 2011, 9:31 pm
So usually I do a post about the first day of school and the pictures of each of them as they head out the door. But as I was uploading the pictures from the first day today, I started going back through some old pictures (I always get nostalgic on the first day of school) and got a little stunned. ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Aug 29, 2011, 12:50 pm
So I did a "venting" post nearly a month ago and then not another word. So I can be fairly sure that no one is reading this anymore but I needed to document the next in my ongoing series of room re-dos. Aaron has been in his current bedroom for about a year and a half. Before that, it was our b...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Aug 3, 2011, 10:30 pm
My brother and sister are runners. As was my father before them. I admire their persistence, determination and self discipline to strenuously exercise for their health and I see the satisfaction that they get from that exercise. I run too. But not in the good exercise sense. I run from challenge. A...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jul 25, 2011, 9:20 pm
Aaron is our Water Boy! He loves to be all engulfed in anything wet. He has a bit of an obsession with dunk tanks and begs every day to be in one. I found a small sprinkler for him this year but rather than playing with it the correct way, he took the spinning top off and created a "fountain". Then ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jul 12, 2011, 9:08 pm
One reason we are lucky for living where we do in Michigan is our close proximity to Lake Michigan. In less than an hour's drive, we can get to the "Big Lake" to play whenever the fancy strikes us. In the past couple of years, we have frequented the beach in Grand Haven, particularly because it had ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jul 11, 2011, 9:20 am
In our area, ever the last few years, splash pads have been springing up all over the place. They're safer, easier, and less expensive to maintain than city pools and do a great job keeping the kids cool in the hot summer weather. Aaron is a water MANIAC. He is one who from day one has always wanted...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jul 6, 2011, 8:16 am

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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jul 4, 2011, 9:26 am
We got a fun opportunity a few weeks ago that I want to share with you. My friend Deb at Mom Of Three Girls and Just a Mom's Take On Things sent us an offer to review a couple of fun toys. This particular toy was definitely right up my two boys' alley. As a rule, through the years I have avoided "sh...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jun 23, 2011, 8:56 am
So Sunday will be an interesting day. My in-laws have decided that the boys have to come for the week for their little church's VBS. They live just over an hour north of here and want the boys to stay with them the entire week. I am not going to go into huge detail about this but I will just say tha...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jun 19, 2011, 9:12 pm
I haven't done a top five in ages but it has been awhile since I came off of a weekend feeling that we made the most of it and actually enjoyed it. This was a good one though. 5. First Boating Trip We decided that since we had gone mini golfing for Mother's Day (our usual Father's Day activity) that...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jun 13, 2011, 9:17 am
Noah reminded me this weekend of the exact number of days until his birthday. And again begins the annual dilemma of birthday festivities for the boy. Aaron has had a party for the last two years; his birthday is a regular birthday during the school year and it is just fine. He had his fifth at Chuc...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jun 3, 2011, 4:00 pm
I sit here with a second and fourth grader in the house. When did THAT happen? It was such a great year for both boys. I usually always take a picture of each of them on the front step on the first and last day of school and compare. While I was looking at pictures last night, I discovered that thro...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Jun 1, 2011, 9:49 pm
Memorial Weekend was several weeks ago now but I never posted on it and I wanted to have a record for the future. As silly as it seems, I find myself often looking back through this blog to find out what we did at different times through the years and I like having the record to refer to. My birthda...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 25, 2011, 9:38 pm
This title speaks it all. I have so many things running through my head right now that I can't seem to focus on anything. This may sound extremely identical to a vent, but I just have to get my thoughts out of my head so I can try to get some sleep. 13. Steve just told me that after talking to Aaron...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 18, 2011, 8:07 am

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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 15, 2011, 2:59 pm
I cannot believe that there are only three weeks of school left. This year has flown so fast. I was driving to pick them up the other day and realized how calm this school year has seemed compared to years past and I was trying to figure out why. Here are some of my thoughts: A. The first day was su...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 10, 2011, 9:41 pm
I made a momma bird unhappy this weekend. And on Mother's Day weekend to boot. As I was setting up to have a small garage sale on Friday just to try to make enough money to get a small video camera that was on an amazing sale at Target last week, I heard a strange noise behind me. I looked up and sa...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 9, 2011, 10:41 pm
We stayed home for Mother's Day this year. We decided to enjoy the absolutely beautiful afternoon and take a trip to the local mini golf place. This has traditionally been our Father's Day outing but Steve is the one who actually suggested it. Every year the boys get better and and better at staying...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - May 5, 2011, 7:54 pm
WHY GOD MADE MOMS Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: Why did God make mothers? 1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 2. Mostly to clean the house. ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 28, 2011, 10:04 pm
Noah asked the other day if he could have a basketball for his birthday. I told him that it would be silly to have one since we don't have a hoop. He said he wanted one so he could play with it at recess. We have been debating the best way to get the boys a basketball hoop for ages, including going ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 27, 2011, 9:26 pm
"Is Mommy really going to sit there and take pictures while I eat this entire bunny? "Mommy, I'm eating the ears off. Are you gonna stop me???" "Whoa...there's a big hole in the middle of this rabbit!" "Can't waste a single crumb. Better pour it out so I can eat those pieces next. "I'll use this ...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 25, 2011, 9:38 pm
Easter weekend has passed. We had some time together as a family which is always cherished. I wanted to share some great shots I captured over the weekend. We haven't done professional pictures of the family in so many years that I can't even count. It seems like they never quite capture the person...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 22, 2011, 4:39 pm
It's Easter weekend. I really haven't made much of a thing at all about Easter with the kids this year. Of course we've talked about the real purpose of Easter, but we haven't done any of the "traditions", such as coloring eggs, planting flowers, making Easter crafts, etc. It just never seemed to fi...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 17, 2011, 8:02 pm
Wow, it's been awhile since I posted here. Trying to figure out how to get everything done during the week is still a work in progress. There are a few things on my mind tonight as I get ready for the week. Aaron has a field trip this week. One that I volunteered to drive for before I got the Gymbor...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 8, 2011, 8:49 am
So yesterday I posted about all of the adventures leading up to out main point of going to Chicago for Spring Break, but never got to the main event. Back in December on Christmas vacation was when Steve and I had realized that we hadn't gone anywhere as a family during the entire year and that no m...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Apr 7, 2011, 4:16 pm
Spring Break 2011 is almost over. We are recuperating from our whirlwind overnight adventure to the Chicago suburbs and our trip to Legoland Discovery Center. I am sure if you have boys (yes, I know some girls too) then you have experienced the euphoria that can overcome them when they start buildin...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Mar 31, 2011, 9:34 pm
Last weekend was the final performance for the symphony chorus for this season. We performed Vaughn Williams' Sea Symphony. It was a huge exhausting but remarkable and moving piece of music. Rehearsals were quite shaky all week and we wondered how the performances would go. Surprisingly, it all came...
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Kristina W. posted an article on the Wheelz Are Rolling - Mar 29, 2011, 11:00 pm
So I finally got around to loading (I just can't seem to grasp when I'm up and when I'm down loading) pictures form my camera. I found pictures from several weeks ago that I never shared. It has definitely been a very busy few weeks with starting the new job, finishing up symphony for the season, an...
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