in our house. (version two)

— we take a great deal of pictures of Samuel

— we call ice cream screamers
— our favorite ice cream is mint chocolate chip. Okay, that’s mine.
— I am eating Edy’s Chocolate Chip Ice Cream right now.
— Grace is typically the ice cream, or screamers, dishing up gal.
— she stuffs the mugs {we use mugs} very full. That’s why she’s the scooper.

— we love to watch The Biggest Loser
— we try to not eat ice cream while watching The Biggest Loser
— we are known to cry during The Biggest Loser
— I especially am known to tear up
— I don’t like to wear socks in the house
— the little boys don’t like to wear socks either

— bread is either gluten free or gluten full
— those that eat gluten can eat a whole loaf of bread together in a day
— those that eat gluten free can eat their loaf of bread in a week
— we can eat an entire box of cereal for breakfast
— our favorite cereals are gluten free Chex

— our homeschool books are kept in the office
— our homeschool books can be found in the kitchen instead of the office
— bedtime from start to finish {with the boys} takes almost 2 hours
— I wake up very early. Typically before six am.
— I write in the morning. And late, late, late at night.
— I do pop on twitter and times throughout the day.
— And facebook.
— the Oreck Vacuum is used every day

— My favorite subject to teach is well, I don’t know. All of them?
— Okay {gasp} I actually love to teach math.
— I also love to teach history
— my kids love history. And math, not as much.
— we have a ton of legos

— we pick up legos every single day
— we step on legos every single day
— we shop at Trader Joes and Costco and Target
— I read medical journals about Celiac Disease in my spare time
— we can eat an entire watermelon {in season} in one day
— we can eat an entire cantaloupe for lunch

— the dvds are supposed to be sorted by genre
— typically a Veggie Tale movie is smooshed in somewhere
— if a dvd is left out {or a wii game} the game is lost for a couple days
— it is almost always loud
— I say, let’s be quieter several times an hour.
— Make that every ten minutes.
— I try to remember that they’re all only young once

— I’m asked by my boys to take pictures of their lego sets for the blog
— Grace does ballet while doing the dishes
— we are a joyful and {mostly} happy family
— and, oh yeah, we take lots, and lots, and lots of pictures
— and we talk about our annual a summer trip to the lake all year long

And that’s that. A little bit more about us.
Any of these a fave? Anyone else have nicknames for ice cream?

How about you? What makes your family uniquely you?

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