http://thejuergensens.org Family Blog for the Juergensens Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:48:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just wrapped up a week of family vacation, which I would call a success. There were so many milestones to report, and I will admit to resurrecting my old “things are getting easier” thinking. Here are just a few of the highlights: - It was our first vacation ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=217 This has been a great school year and sadly it is coming to an end in just a few days. (written week of June 14) A fellow mom said it is all downhill from Miss Noelle, which I can understand. All three girls have her this year ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=202 I just dropped all three girls at summer camp, which marks the beginning of a new era of everyone going to school at the same time! Given that they are only two blocks away and it is only for four hours, it was a great moment rather than a ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=213 I don't know when the phase started, but everyone has started saying "I love you" a lot, even Sabrina who is the last hold-out. It seemed to coincide with Mary, our original nanny, returning and it may just be coincidence but she certainly does have a positive effect. ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=199 This weekend marked 2 weeks since we moved the girls up to their new bedrooms on the third floor. It has been a surprisingly smooth transition, and is a big milestone months (if not years) in the making. Zoe was the first to move up. Her furniture ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=192 Today was a really nice Zoe day. She seems to be having more and more of them, with the tears in the day becoming minimal. This morning she walked to church with Kate as usual, while I carried Sabrina. (Zoe and Kate definitely have a bond either ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=189 A few weeks ago I took the kids to Wendy's for dinner. (Have I mentioned they are a new client - yeh!) I got them settled in to our usual booth, and about 5 minutes in to the dinner, a man on his way out stopped over and ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=182 Okay, maybe it's not quite that dramatic, but yesterday Kate started saying her sister's name "Sabrina" correctly for the first time, or at least very close "Sa-Bi-Na". Prior to this she had been saying Damana, which started to sound like Donna when said fast. Her original name was ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=180 We had our parent-teacher conference last Friday with Miss Noelle, and it was probably the only time in our lives that all three girls have the same teacher. It was quite a relief to find out that all three girls are doing well in school. Apparently Zoe hasn't ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=179 Kate has taken to saying this and I must admit I love it. I'm not sure what she means by it, or what her definitions are, but it sounds nice. Recently we were reading an animal book and she said "that's a pretty anteater", and later "that's a ... http://thejuergensens.org/?p=178