life with the els
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Escaping to the Lake…one of our best escapes yet.
I dedicate this post to last summer. To dreams coming true. To Dave Trout and Under the Radar for playing unknown music on the radio. To Christiaan Snedeker and Dave Trout for imagining a retreat where artists (and their families)… Continue reading
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Surviving the Storms. Think on This.
Over Memorial Day weekend, Texas was hit hard with storms. There were families literally swept away inside river homes in Wimberley. Precious lives lost. Many Houston families’ homes were flooded with inches to 2 feet of water. Neighbors and friends of… Continue reading
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Preparing for School
We’ve enjoyed summer and are in the crazy last days of complete insanity. I am moving from room to room cleaning up legos, beads, making beds, putting away clothes to turn around and it’s like the opposite of Mary Poppins.… Continue reading
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Doing What I Can
This is the third entry in a series I call “El Real Momma” The purpose is just to be completely “Real” with you all and real with myself. The internet can be a place of fear and sometimes I am… Continue reading
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Finding our Rhythm, Season by Season, Day by Day
This is the first entry in a series I call “El Real Momma”The purpose is just to be completely “Real” with you all and real with myself. The internet can be a place of fear and sometimes I am afraid… Continue reading
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Summer Week 7- Theme Weeks- Game Week
Our theme this week was Games! The Els are ages 3, 4 (almost 5), 6 1/2 and 8. Between the six of us, we have 4 that are mature enough to sit through family game night and enjoy it. I… Continue reading
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Summer Week 4- Theme Weeks- Water Week
Last week, while the Nation celebrated our Freedom on the 4th of July, we prepared for a week long celebration with Water as our theme. The first objective of water week: learn to swim! Swim lessons With a bird’s eye… Continue reading
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the Start of summer… theme weeks second year
We started summer. We continued a tradition from last summer- theme weeks and we started a new tradition- summer jobs.First:summer jobs:there are 4.one for each El.Line leader- to keep them from fighting when they are getting out of the carKitchen… Continue reading
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You Are Enough
When you see me crying I hope you feel encouraged and not sad Encouraged that we are all in this together Encouraged that every mom and dad have their struggles that nobody has a perfect “social media” life We’re real… Continue reading
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The baby Els go to school!
It has been a busy week at the El house! On Friday, Miss T. and Little L went to visit their school and El Momma went to orientation. The Big Els were both in Elementary School at the time. So,… Continue reading