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My brother recently proposed to his girlfriend, so this morning I was telling Carolyn that soon she’d get to call Uncle Dan’s friend Genevra “Aunt Genevra”. She was all excited and talked a bit about their marrying kiss and living happily ever after. (Kid’s watched one too many Disney movies, methinks.) Fast forward to dinner [...]
Carrie’s preschool had their Halloween parade today, and they all got to make scarecrow costumes for it. Last year they made pumpkin costumes, but I think these are way cleverer. There’s even a construction paper crow on their hats! Unfortunately, my camera battery died right after this picture, which was the first picture I took. [...]
My great-grandmother will be 100 years old on Wednesday. To celebrate this momentous occasion, all of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren came to a party in her honor. (Well, not quite all, but as many as we could get in one place at one time!) She met both the girls for the first time, [...]
Dear Carolyn, I’ve been pretty edgy and tense lately, and I think it’s because I was dreading today. I felt like my baby would be gone, and I’d be left with a big girl I hardly recognized…only, when you woke up this morning, you were still, well, you. We had a fabulous day today. You [...]
We took a whirlwind trip to Rhinebeck over the weekend (we left Saturday afternoon and came back late last night…or early this morning, depending on your point of view!) I was determined not to buy anything to spin, as I haven’t spun anything I got at Hemlock yet, and I have to confess that most [...]
Dear Anna, Yesterday you turned three months old. Three months doesn’t seem like a long time, does it? I’m pretty sure I missed a month or two in there! But at the same time it feels like you’ve been here forever. You are an interactive, smiling, giggly baby already. You and I have wonderful conversations, [...]
Today we baptised Anna. Denis’ sister Mary and her husband Lou agreed to be her Godparents, and so everyone gathered at the 9:30 mass to celebrate with us. I was very surprised that Anna didn’t scream about having water poured over her head (she hates having her hair washed!) or having the chrism smeared in [...]
Carrie picked out this…puppy?…for Anna. Only, it’s got a bunny tail. And it giggles maniacally. Yeah. Next time remind me to actually try the toy before agreeing to buy it, OK?
Carrie had a field trip for school today. It was in the same place as last year, although this year the weather was much, much nicer. They also did some different activities this year – I’m not sure if it was because the kids were bigger or because the weather was nicer – including some [...]