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The Day After Thanksgiving
It is the calm after the bustle of a holiday. At least, it is for us. We are decidedly not Black Friday shoppers. We had a busy day yesterday, first with my family, then with Jeramy’s. We ate 2...
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Choosing Our Tree
Today we went and picked out our Christmas tree. We went back to Ricker Hill for our tree, for the second year in a row. After choosing one, Simon and I ran around and explored, while Daddy tied the...
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“Trimming” the Tree
My patient husband performed a bit of surgery on our Christmas tree today, cutting off the bottom row of too-wide branches that were sweeping far into our living space, and shortening the trunk. (Poor...
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The Little Things Of The Season
Our tree now has lights. We strung them up tonight, while Simon jumped on the couch excitedly shouting: “Our wun-uh-ful kiss-miss tweee! Our wun-uh-ful kiss-miss tweeee!” After we finished, and were...
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It’s Been A While
Simon’s Christmas present from Mumma and Daddy: a yellow ukelele for jamming with Daddy. Hello, friends. It has been over a week since my last post. I needed a break from the blog world for a little...
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The Return Of Spring
This weekend, as a family, we are celebrating the return of Spring. This morning started with Simon and I boiling and coloring some eggs together. This time around we did nothing fancy, just crayons...
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An Easter/Ostara Hike
Some scenes from our nature walk yesterday as a family. Our celebration of Spring’s arrival, and a new family tradition. It was so peaceful to be in the woods, though we did come across a few other...
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Three
My baby turned three yesterday. And if he knew I had just called him my “baby” he would be quick to correct me sternly: “No Mumma, I not a baby. I a big boy!”. He is my crazy child. He is so...
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19/52
“A portrait of my child, once a week, every week, in 2013.” Simon: A boy and his balloons. Simon only asked for two specific things for his birthday: a tiger cake, and balloons. Cake and balloons were...
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First Fireworks
With the help of some noise cancelling headphones, Simon got to stay up late and watch the fireworks for the first time this year. He “oohed and aahed” and had a wonderful time. When we got home, he...
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Vacation Bound
“Free” by Nikki McClure Today we are packing, doing last-minute laundry, running errands, writing lists and then re-writing them. We are leaving tomorrow for a week in Rangely, Maine, to stay in a...
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Halloween 2013
Hi! Happy November! I hope you all had a safe and fun Halloween yesterday, if you celebrate. We sure did! In the morning I got up early to start engineering my horizontally braided hair for my...
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2014
We started our new year off this morning by being entirely too lazy for an impatient Simon, who woke with typical boisterous three-year-old energy. (How do they do that, so early?) Once he convinced...
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Why My Kids Won’t Be Making A Christmas List
I realize that the holiday season is different for every family, and is often fraught with feelings of protectiveness over one’s traditions. You hear all the time about whether or not saying “Happy...
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