We went to my great aunt & uncle’s house today for a cook-out since the kids had off from school. They live on a small, mostly retired farm, next door to another great uncle who cares for a retired race horse. The girls had a good time playing with their little cousins and feeding Brownie! [...]
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I found the best puzzles ever in the toy store by our dance studio. Family puzzles! I adore complicated puzzles, and used to have thousand piece puzzles in progress on the dining room table all the time…pre-kids, of course! So, these puzzles only have 400 pieces. But some pieces are big, some medium and some [...]
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We went to Ithaca today to celebrate my cousin’s college graduation. It’s unfortunate that this side of my family is a bit scattered across the state, so we don’t tend to gather as often as we’d all like. But everyone was there today, and we all enjoyed catching up! More pictures from the day are [...]
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We made a quick trip this weekend to NYC. Our first trip with Anna out of diapers…let’s just say, I would be happy to never see the inside of a rest stop bathroom again! The purpose of our visit? To surprise Poppy for his birthday, of course! It was fun to get all the cousins [...]
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We woke up to snow (!) and some minor tree damage from the wind storm last night, and decided to ignore the downed limbs and head to Ithaca as planned. Anna is finally old enough that I don’t have to be shadowing her every second in other people’s houses, and Denis took over most of [...]
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We had a nice quiet (well, as quiet as it ever gets with two kids) dinner at home and a small ice cream cake to celebrate Denis’ birthday today. Happy birthday, honey!
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My cousin Kathy had her twin girls this morning! Abby and Emma, welcome to the world!
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Yesterday was my birthday. Denis and the girls got me a lovely mother’s necklace, and we went out to the local hibachi place for dinner with my family. The girls gave me the best present ever by behaving like angels at the restaurant. Anna was initially horrified by the giant flames, until she saw the [...]
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I came home from work tonight to candles in the windows. It’s been on my mile-long to-do list for a while now, to put those up, but it hasn’t managed to percolate to the top yet. I do so love seeing those in houses this time of year. I was so shocked to see them [...]
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I rearranged the living room a smidge so we could put the tree up this evening. I do love going through the ornaments we’ve collected throughout the years, and Carrie loves to hang things on the highest branches she can reach while Daddy holds her up. I remember our first tree – senior year of [...]
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