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Happy Halloween! My brother got married today! Welcome to the family, Genevra! Carrie was their flower girl, and Anna was…as well-behaved as you’d expect a 15 month old to be at a wedding. Which is to say, not very. But the ceremony (at least, what I got to hear) was lovely, and the dinner was [...]
Carrie’s class had a halloween party today, and they were supposed to wear their costumes. Instead of dealing with her long flowing ghost costume, Carrie decided to be a cat. Black ears, a pin-on tail, some eyeliner whiskers, and my cute kitty-cat headed off to school. I picked her up so we could make it [...]
We had a giant kids’ party today, featuring a Dora mermaid cake: and sand art: and presents: And now, Carrie is officially five! (Also, thank you to Greta and my dad for taking some of these pictures!)
Dear Carolyn, Today you are five. Five seems so old, doesn’t it? Last year I was worried about you turning four, because it seemed like I was losing my baby. But this year I was excited for you to turn five. You’ve been excited too! Since your birthday party is tomorrow, we spent the day [...]
24 cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles…check! Napkins…check! Camera…check! Time to go watch Carrie celebrate her birthday with her class!
They had a family game night at the primary school this evening, ending in a barn dance in the gym which was actually quite fun. Exhausting, but fun.
Today I had a lunch date with Carrie at the school cafeteria. She was thrilled to have me there, and I hope I can join her another time. The other kids were funny, too – once I helped one of them open something, the rest of them suddenly had something that needed opening! Then I [...]
Carrie’s teacher has a tradition where every child is the “Star of the Week” for a week (usually near their birthday) during the school year. This week is Carrie’s week, so we got to make up a poster of pictures for her to share. Tomorrow I’m going to meet her for lunch and then read [...]
My brother is getting married at the end of this month, and we had a shower for his lovely bride today. I ended up getting her some cookie making things, and Anna was hilarious – she saw the paper label on the cookie sheets with pictures of cookies on it and was frantically signing “cookie” [...]
Vital stats: 15 months, 3 days old 22 lbs. 8.5 oz. 30.2″ tall Anna is still pretty much in the 50th percentile on the charts in all respects. My average little baby! Poor girl got 3 shots today, and was not happy about them. The nurse commented that it’s a good thing she does this [...]