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New City Transportation

Walking is overrated. Running up and down the hall has become a thing of the past. Get around in style on our new train line!

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Engineer Lance revs the engine on Cahill county’s newest addition to the carpet! Proud of this new invention, Lance was very eager to have someone try it out. Unfortunately passengers were hard to come by and even after chasing one down and commanding her to ride the train she still had to be drug, under protest, to the box cars. A wise onlooker suggested that the teddy bears ride instead.

After a recent modification, the train has taken on the great outdoors and seem perfect for hauling acorns, sticks, rocks and any other interesting object found along the railway lines.

Note: passenger weight limit not to exceed one pound unless mother engine is employed for extra push.

Sports

Getting the kids to bed has taken on athletic proportions for one urban family. Needing a way to unwind and relax from the day, one couple decided to take an evening walk. Not only did this provide opportunity for uninterrupted conversation and family togetherness, but confining their children to the stroller caused general sleepiness and agreeability about bed time. Having hit upon this wonderful sleep aid, plans are laid to make exercise an evening ritual.

Health and Beauty

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Announcing the winner of the Little Miss Cahill beauty pageant: Ivy Annette!

Special attention was given to her Sunday morning attire while rosy little cheeks won the judges’ enthusiastic admiration. Thanks to Brian Cahill (aka daddy) for judging this event.

Fashion

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In honor of Veteran’s day our cover model shows off the latest in patriotic attire. Let’s hear it for our heroes!

Weather

A light snowfall despite the 70º temperature proved somewhat messy in Cahill county. While defrosting her freezer with the aid of two children and a hair dryer, one mother reported that the rain of snow and ice turned into a small flood. Clean up efforts required 3 towels and a load of laundry. Some looting resulted from the chaos and a peanut butter cookie is reported missing. Small boy suspected.

Around Town

Cahill county prides itself on community. To enhance relationships and gladden hearts everywhere each edition strives to record happy events that will bring a smile to our readers. Just this morning live footage was captured of two happy little children, coexisting in peace and harmony. We hope this brightens your day.

Comics: Good for a laugh

Lance, after learning his full name has recently taken to calling his sister “Ivy George”

Just overheard “Uh-oh, Lance tear Bible. Mommy pix (fix) it”

Lance put on Brian’s good shoes, walked to the door and announced “Lance go work”

When Ivy has a toy Lance usually wants it. If she won’t hand it over he throws a fit which usually moves her to generosity. She will give it to him with a sweet smile and say “thank you”.

The kids are learning about traffic lights. When it’s dark and I come up on a red light Ivy will say “stoplight!” then we talk about “red light stop” until it’s time to “green light go’”.

Lance counted his goldfish crackers at lunch today “one, two, five, three, four”

Fall Festival

This Saturday the kids didn’t seem to want to take a nap so we packed them up and took them to a fall festival at a nearby church. 

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First stop was the pony rides. Both kids thought this was great fun and Ivy didn’t want to get off. We rode them several times over the course of the afternoon.

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There was a petting zoo with goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits, pot belly piglets and a rather scary calf. All the animals were fairly tame but the goats could get into a bit of a feeding frenzy if you had a cup of food. Of course, this problem corrected itself as more and more feed was distributed by eager little hands.

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Much to Lance’s delight the local fire station was there with a truck.

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Along with hot dogs and popcorn there was cotton candy – a new experience for both kids. Ivy wasn’t so sure on the first bite but on second taste decided that yes, this was edible. Lance on the other hand couldn’t stuff it in fast enough! Good thing I had wipes with me!

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The kiddie bounce house was very popular with Lance and Ivy – non stop movement and fun! They played on this the majority of the time. In all we kept them going for 3 solid hours – I think that helped contribute to the success we had in adjusting them to the time change. What a fun afternoon!

Saturday morning

This post is made possible by my sister–in–law who inspired me  to try a new variation on eggs and because we were up early on a Saturday morning.

Poached Eggs: A trial run.

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Me and my cooking buddy started out to try our hand at boiling eggs. First came a lesson on the difference between the words “oil” and “boil”.

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Next Lance helped me put cheese on the eggs waiting in their little bowls.

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We slid each egg into the pot and set the timer.

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About this time Ivy wakes up and decided to check out what’s happening so we use the cooking time to take everyone to the potty.

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The first eggs come out great and while the second batch is cooking we get ready to eat! Lance sets the table and Ivy heads for her chair.

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Everything was perfect – we feasted on delicious poached eggs and triple berry coffee cake (Brian’s favorite).

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Ivy approved of the eggs!

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Afterwards we all cleaned up – Lance really puts his whole self into any task.

And thus goes our experiment – a great success!

The eyes have it

Ivy has such big, expressive eyes and can use them quite to her advantage. Daddy seems most taken with them but she can work a quick charm on just about everyone she meets. She has been noted for her early and extensive vocabulary, but her eyes are quite eloquent as well.

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Curiosity

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Hunger

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Relief (finally getting to eat!)

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Soul

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Not sleepy!

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Innocent stare (when guilty)

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Friendliness

What a little treasure!

New park!

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Along with several other recent improvements, our apartment complex added a new playground!

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This is an exciting addition to our “fun things to do nearby” list. There’s a big and little slide, stuff to climb on and manipulate….

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There is the perfect amount of swings…

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And a really fun tire swing! However, the best activity seems to be playing with all the wood chips. I can see many fun days ahead!

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