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When I woke up this morning and looked out the window, I thought, “gosh, that looks like awfully solid rain…” So, I am not, after all, a lazy gardener for not cleaning out my beds and putting in annuals yet. I’m just psychic!
Dear Carolyn, Today you are halfway between 5 and 6. I am not going to kid you. It’s been a challenging few months for both of us. But first, the good stuff. You are doing wonderfully well in school, as always. While I always knew you were great at reading, you continually surprise me with [...]
To make up for having to take down our trees, Carrie and I planted the beginnings of a garden today. Beans, cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes, zinnias, marigolds and parsley. Including the sunflower Carrie planted at the PTA’s Earth Day fair last week, we will have a lot of new growing things to take care of [...]
We had to let go of a couple of old friends today. The two giant evergreen trees next to our driveway were not in good shape – one was already completely dead, and the other was in the advanced stages of the same disease. As much as I knew the responsible thing to do was [...]
Carrie passed Snowplow 1 and I passed Basic 1 and 2! :) We’ll be taking a break during the warmer weather, though. As much as I’d like to move on to Basic 3 and learn how to spin (haha) it just seems a little odd to put on winter coats and skate on top of [...]
Somewhere along the line, Anna has picked up the idea that sunglasses make her a movie star: I don’t think I take enough pictures of her, do you? I mean, she clearly has no idea what to do when there’s a camera pointed at her…
Dear Anna, Today you turned 21 months old. So much closer to two than one, it’s amazing how much you’ve changed from baby to little girl in this past month! You love your books, just like your big sister. Your new thing is to let me read you a book, then you take the book [...]
sandbox with lid: $60 160 pounds of sand: $12 assorted sand toys: $17 hours of joyful play: priceless
Denis took the girls to the school playground today while I was working, and then I met them there after work. After we managed to pry them away from the slides and tunnels, we took Carrie to the shoe store, where we discovered that she has crossed a threshold: from toddler & preschooler style shoes [...]
We’re loving the warmer weather around here! We pretty much spend every afternoon from when Carrie gets off the bus until Denis gets home from work out in the front yard, doing fun things like riding bikes, blowing bubbles, “chalking” (like coloring, but with chalk), and playing with the “flowers” (aka pinwheels). We love spring!