Summer Wrap up
So…C and M started school today. Not the same school, but also not the same times so I was able to see them each off for their first days and pick them up as well. C definitely wanted to just be...
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September found us in NYC for a wedding reception. There was a lot of discussion about appropriate attire leading up to the trip (what is business casual for children?) with the oldest child at one...
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Last week we had big C’s 10th birthday party, her actual birthday, little C’s 10 month birthday, an adult costume party, a costume bingo night at M’s school, and two pumpkin carving parties. OK, that...
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Well, I did get the first round of Christmas baking—the annual neighborhood goodie exchange plate—done this weekend. This is a terrible picture (thanks darkness!) but all but two of the plates have...
View ArticleNew year, same stuff
Two years in a row we didn’t send out any Christmas cards at all, so the fact that our “new years” cards went out slightly after the new year still seems like a win to me. It took a few tries to get...
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Some things I have sewn… Geranium top for M (actually was for the Hawaii trip, but wearable hopefully all summer long!). Shown with firecracker pants I made…2 years ago? M says they match because they...
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With baby C’s new nap schedule I have gotten some blocks of time to sew this summer. Much less than I want to (or at least fewer items are getting sewn than are on the to do list) but still a pretty...
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Our cherry tree had 8 cherries this year. Baby C enjoys the beach, and big C enjoys building “fairy houses” there. One of the days we visited was warmer than the other. We went to the fair. Actually,...
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M is doing soccer again, with G coaching. She likes to play midfielder. Faux pumpkin patch photos. Children would not cooperate very much. Baby C just wants to run towards the camera. First lost tooth!...
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I heard that Windows Live Writer, which is close to my heart, stopped working so using it to write a test post… Here is baby C (not a baby anymore!) in a skirt that M (with some help from me) made...
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