Picture Day, Pumpkins, Kanki
It was family picture day today! We showed up and were thrown a bit of a curve ball–the studio is under renovation, and they had set up shop in the old catalog desk area. This made the kids a bit rambunctious, and the lights and crowds made the whole experience a bit crazy. Everyone was hot and stressed out! Kendall took antsy to a whole new level. Hope something turns out, anyway–these are for our holiday card, after all. 😉 This afternoon we went to the farmer’s...
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Tinkerbell Kendall & Bear
This morning we made muffins! Our favorite, lemon poppyseed. (This mix is hard to find at our grocery store, thanks to Nana for finding and bringing us boxes of it!) The kids made Halloween decorations in the afternooon. Kendall played in the Tinkerbell costume I’d gotten her at a consignment sale many moons ago, and dressed her bear up as Tinkerbell, too! So adorable. She kept the costume on, as she played with the power tools and take-apart truck, and even when she played catch...
Read MoreGSEC, PNO, TGIF
After a nerve-wracking and stressful exam location snafu on Wednesday (basically the site was closed unexpectedly, with no notification to us test-takers), today I finally got to take my GSEC exam. I’d been studying hard, and it paid off! I got a score of 99%, good enough to be invited to join the SANS Advisory Board. Nice! My director says I will get a nice wooden plaque as well. 🙂 I’m glad I have a security certification now, to go along with my Red Hat and Splunk certs....
Read MoreConnect Four, Midnight Tea Party
Kendall was really into playing Connect Four today, but eventually decided she just wanted to make a pattern. And she sure did, all by herself, even using the extras! Tonight we found her up after bedtime, setting up a tea party. Cute, but not the right time, K!...
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