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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!
We had a lovely day filled with family, fun and food! Anna really enjoyed shaking the plastic eggs and asking people to “open it!” and the jokes I filled the eggs with were a huge hit with Carrie and her cousins.
Anna has big-girl bike envy, and suddenly the little pink ride-on car is nowhere near cool enough. So I got out Carrie’s trike to see if Anna could ride it. She’s still a little too small to reach the pedals comfortably, even on the smallest setting, but she does love to push it! I have [...]
We’ve had this cookbook for a while, and used it a few times, but never to make the title recipe. Today we made Salad People for dinner. Carrie couldn’t decide between making a person, robot or alien, so it’s a combination of all three. And I’ve discovered that the kids don’t even like cottage cheese [...]