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		<title>Animal Watching</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy took his birthday week off work, which gave us a chance to go to the zoo on a weekday morning.  (I promise not to post about every zoo trip but this is all I&#8217;ve got today!)

Natalie&#8217;s favorite of the day:  the baby elephant statue.  Forget the real animals!

Ben&#8217;s favorite: it&#8217;s a tie, between the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/02/27/animal-watching/</link>
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		<title>Veggies!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mondays are my new favorite day!   I get one of these delivered to my doorstep:

We signed up for a service called Farmer Fresh To You, which delivers a box of locally grown, organic produce to us each week.  It tastes amazing!  Hannah was asking to see how much comes in a box, so here it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/02/21/veggies/</link>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Natalie is always thrilled to jump on board with any holiday she learns about, and Valentine&#8217;s Day was no exception.  (I&#8217;m just glad she doesn&#8217;t constantly ask to go trick-or-treating again!)  All week long she looked forward to a Valentine&#8217;s party at her friend Ava&#8217;s house.  The girls got to decorate crowns, and eat heart [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/02/16/valentines-day/</link>
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		<title>Kids At Play</title>
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Natalie and Ben are becoming fast friends&#8230; mostly.  Ben adores his sister, but sometimes she gets frustrated trying to play with him.  The other day I reminded her to be kind to Ben and not push him.  She responded cheerfully, &#8220;I&#8217;m not pushing him, I just want to poke him in the eye!&#8221;

Don&#8217;t worry, this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/02/12/kids-at-play/</link>
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		<title>Sunshine By The Slice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure everyone knows by now that we got an entire week of rain last week.  It&#8217;s not often that SoCal gets a storm like that, and we personally enjoyed it very much.  The kids and I did end up feeling a little cabin fever by the end of the week.  Going out in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/01/24/sunshine-by-the-slice/</link>
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		<title>A small change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My apologies to those of you expecting another of Mollie&#8217;s great posts!  This is just to advise you all that we&#8217;re trying something a little different in our continuing quest against comment spam.  As a result, you will no longer see the Captcha letters and numbers when you try to post a comment. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/01/13/a-small-change/</link>
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		<title>Mornings at Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our mornings go by pretty quickly.  One errand or activity, plus Ben&#8217;s nap, and suddenly it&#8217;s time for lunch.  The mornings when we just stay home are always a nice break.

I drag Ben&#8217;s high chair into the middle of the kitchen so he can watch me cook and clean while he eats snacks or plays [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/01/10/mornings-at-home/</link>
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		<title>Christmas Eve Pictures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s go back in time so I can catch up on the last couple Christmas events&#8230; I know my family will want to see the pictures!
Christmas Eve was spent at my aunt and uncle&#8217;s house, as usual.  It is always a wonderful, welcoming place to spend time with the family.  Andy had to work until [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/01/04/christmas-eve-pictures/</link>
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		<title>2010: Year of the Zoo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we had a wonderful time spending New Year&#8217;s Day at the Santa Barbara Zoo!   It will likely be the first of many trips this year, since we bought the family membership pass.  I&#8217;m sure it will be a great investment, because Natalie LOVED it!  She used her extra-high-pitched &#8220;excited voice&#8221; the whole time, that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2010/01/01/2010-year-of-the-zoo/</link>
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		<title>A Marathon of a Post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 6 I successfully completed my first marathon!  I had been training for it since October along with my sister Jamie and our long time best friend Melanie.  Years ago, Mel and I had set a goal of running a marathon at some point in our lives (Jamie already ran one 4 years ago!), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thetoads.hawkbats.com/2009/12/30/a-marathon-of-a-post/</link>
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