Welcome to Prarie Pi. This blog exists to journal and document the memories that our family experiences. Pi is "an amount of type that has been jumbled or thrown together at random." We hope to assemble in words and pictures the daily thoughts and activities that happen in our household. We do this to help those that are distant from us get a glimpse into our days so that the miles that separate us won't keep us apart.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

As We Express Our Gratitude....

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....we must never forget....
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....that the highest appreciation....
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....is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John F. Kennedy
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Baby's First Thanksgiving equals......
Baby's First LEFSE!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Monday, November 25, 2013

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow


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Buttercup lovingly grew out her hair so that she could donate 10 inches to Locks For Love.
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Yesterday, we went to the salon to get her hair cut.
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She loves it!!!
Good job, Buttercup!!  All those tangles were worth combing out for awhile for such a worthy cause!!
We are proud of you!

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Coco is Four!


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Happy Birthday, Coco!
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What a fun day you had coloring with your new coloring pencils and coloring books!
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You helped Grandma decorate your cake.....

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...and you picked a purple polka-dot theme!!!
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You smiled all day....
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...and thought of a wish before you blew out your candles!!
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You received a new purple winter jacket...
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...a Dora journal....
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....sticker earrings.....
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....and paper dolls that Grandpa and Grandma helped you punch out of the book.
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I really tried hard to talk you out of having your "4" birthday.  I asked you if you would stay "3" for one more year and then have your "4" birthday next year.  But you were adamant about turning 4 and told me that it just had to be this way.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
We Love You!!
 

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Are You Ready For Some Football?


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This girl is ready....

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...it's the thing to do...

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...when your sibling closest in age is a boy.....
...and he is a daily playmate!!
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Go Get-Em Coco!
She was having so much fun that she requested a football themed birthday party!  With a little encouragement from mom, we have since changed the theme for next week's party to purple polka dots!!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Look What We Got Yesterday.....


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...and it has been hanging around all day today!!!
The kids are very excited about this new visitor!!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

For All The Saints.....



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St. George
.....who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confess,
Thy name, O Jesus, be forever blest,
Alleluia! Alleluia
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St. Agnes
Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress, and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well-fought fight.........
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St. Bernadette
.......Oh, Thou, in the darkness drear,
their one true Light.
Alleluia! Alleluia!

 
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St. Francis of Assisi
Oh, may Thy soldiers, faithful, true and bold,
Fight as the saints who nobly fought of old
And win with them the victor's crown of gold.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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O blest communion, fellowship divine,........
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..........we feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
Yet all are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia! Alleluia!