In the summer, reminders about how life is so, so good come fast and furious. The trees fill in and make shade, our “garden” grows green things whether in the form of flowers or otherwise and everyday I think, man, hanging out with friends is such a special treat; and then, as it turns out, we very often get to do it again the very next day. Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Thomas Tea Party
Saturday, May 5th, 2012
Magic Garden
This is maybe the coolest thing we’ve ever bought for a dollar. It’s like the borax crystal projects that we’ve tried. You set up the paper strips in the plastic tray and pour in the solutions. It was easy enough for Chase to put together with a little help. And it started “blooming” in about two hours. She’s going to be so excited to see how it changed over night! Read the rest of this entry »
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
Thomas!
I should have had this post written an hour ago but my youngest child still refuses to sleep. Pull ups drive her crazy but changing sheets in the middle of the night makes me crazy. I’m not sure what we’re going to do about that. I’ve been trying to figure it out for weeks now. It seems to be all quiet now though, phew. Read the rest of this entry »
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
My Favorite Favorite
As opposed to my (plain old) favorite picture from this weekend is lousy and out of focus because I was too lazy to get up from my bench in the shade. That’s ok though because we got out to the park even if I did want to turn around halfway from where we parked to the actual playground. I had a giant jug of Gatorade, I was brave, I pressed on. While we were walking Chase told me that her favorite, favorite flowers are buttercups. How sweet is that? I don’t ever want to forget it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Sunday, April 8th, 2012
Good Day
Easter 2012, Cylburn Arboretum. We hunted for eggs, had a little hike, a picnic and enjoyed the terrific weather. Dinner was slow roasted leg of lamb, roasted asparagus, parsley(ed?) potatoes and strawberry shortcake for dessert. I’m coming out of the best kind of food coma. How was your day?
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Saturday, April 7th, 2012
Easter Preparations
We’re almost ready! I have to stuff a few eggs but we should be good to go. The girls were super excited at bedtime tonight. I know they can’t wait to hunt for eggs in the morning.
Lamb’s on the menu and maybe a picnic. We might just get to see a tulip or two tomorrow after all. Maybe I should check the weather? I’m looking forward to big smiles, fancy dresses and some low key quality time. Sounds doable, right?
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Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Weekending
We did it up right this time. No birthday parties or conferences or anything. Well, you know what we did yesterday. Today we got a late start… Chase didn’t get out of bed until 9:00! 9:00! That might be normal at your house but definitely not here. Even Avery slept until 7:30 which isn’t sleeping in but isn’t waking up early either. I’ll take it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Find!
Today was supposed to be better! And it was… mostly. Ben took the girls out this morning and I had a great visit with my good friend Erin and her sweet little boy. Plus, they brought delicious spanakopita and hummus. What a nice treat! And the girls came back with just enough time to have a quick play date with JJ. Read the rest of this entry »
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
Home For Techological Dinosaurs
That’s sort of what we’ve got going on here but we’re having fun. We finally (finally!) have a working record player. It only took one failed win on Ebay (anyone need a broken record player?) and two trips to Essex to get it all sorted out but I did it. And, as the label on the machine insists, it’s Musictime!
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Sunday, March 4th, 2012
Field Trip :: Hampton National Historic Site
Chase has her first taste of junior ranger-ing this past summer at the Outer Banks. Now she’s all about collecting badges. We drove out to Hampton today because I’ve always been curious about what it is. And by drove out I mean we drove beyond the places we usually go by about half a mile… maybe less. We’ve just never visited before which is kind of crazy because a) it’s pretty cool and b) we practically drive by it all the time and c) it’s totally free. Read the rest of this entry »