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VANESSA SHIELDS

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Category: My Family

My Family · Parenting

Breakfast of Birthday Champions

May 28, 2012 Vanessa Shields1 Comment

Breakfast of birthday champions includes: cake milk in a fancy glass jammies happy bellies big smiles Of course we had cake for breakfast this morning! How could we not?! It's the best way to start a birthday! Cake and milk. Super yum!!    

My Family · Parenting

Jett on set

May 24, 2012 Vanessa Shields

Jett was able to be in one of the commercials we are filming this week. Here he is enjoying the 'props' and the 'set'....Just loving playing and being his cute self! Of course, at one point during the shoot, he stopped the whole thing to tell daddy (the director) that he had an idea for… Continue reading Jett on set

My Family · Parenting

Getting Dirty

April 20, 2012 Vanessa Shields

Miller helped me re-pot and re-soil our indoor plants this morning. She asked me if she could get dirty and I told her 'UH, YEAH!'. And, so, we did. Both get very, very dirty. Including her brand new 'white' shoes. She was happy to dirty them. Hopefully, the plants will grow bigger and stronger now… Continue reading Getting Dirty

My Family · Parenting

Jett & Miller are Cover Kids!!!

March 31, 2012 Vanessa Shields

Thank you, Windsor Parent Magazine for letting Meeps and Goose grace the cover of your April issue! We had a blast posing for pics! Photo credit?! I'll follow up with the photographer's name...! Mon dieu! She was AWESOME! Patient and funny - and look what she captured! Thank you! Thank you! Everyone - pick up… Continue reading Jett & Miller are Cover Kids!!!

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