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My embarrassing moment...To set the stage, my MIL phone number has 666 in it. I frequently answer the phone by saying, "Yes, Satan?" or something to that affect when I see her number pop up on the caller ID. Just to clarify, I don't think my MIL is the devil! (Hi Tracy!) Anyway, the phone rings and I see the number 666 pop up so I answer the phone, "Yes, Satan?" The other end of the line is dead silent. Finally, a small voice says, "is Phillip Kelly there?" I hand the phone off to him in hysterics. It was a solicitor from a bank!!

Evangeline's first solid poop. Now, you may be wondering why I would post about this. It is quite a funny story! So...Evie started eating solid food (yams) 3 days ago and hadn't pooped yet. Phil was changing her after her nap and low and behold, stinky yam poop! He changed her and then started horsing around with the kids. I was uploading pictures on the computer in our bedroom and he came in to answer a question. When he turned around, I noticed that he had poop on his back and arm. He was pretty grossed out, I thought it was hilarious. Upon further investigation, we discovered that Jubilee had stepped in the poop smearing it all over the floor and squishing it between her toes. Everyone ended up in the bath!

I picked 16 quarts of strawberries on Thursday. It was cool and overcast, a perfect day for berry picking! Phil stayed home because of his allergies and because strawberry plants give him huge hives. We froze most of them for Phil's morning milkshakes. Phil loaded the food dryer with halved strawberries and the whole house smells delicious!!! I hope to make some jam as well.

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