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How to Charm Me

By Anna Sawin

Tell me Henry “is soooooo cute, Mom. I want us to have another baby in our family.” And then, a few days later, tell me that when you are a “big man” you want to “get married when Henry gets married, so you can always live together.” –William, age FOUR IN JUST SIX DAYS as…

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Cows and Cones

By Anna Sawin

I have about 597 Maine photos I could be posting today, but summer keeps rolling on and I loved these photos of boys and ice cream from last Friday, taken at a new local farm stand/farm/dairy bar. Animals galore, beautiful farm scenery, a lovely shaded place to sit and very good ice cream. Locals? I…

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Food Friday: A new look at an old summer favorite—Potato Salad

By Anna Sawin

My head is so far into summer that I can barely emerge long enough to do things like, oh, think past my next swim. Even the fun stuff, like making playdates, or figuring out our next adventure seems like a little too much work some days—it’s been so great just to let the day happen,…

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Vacation: The Aftermath

By Anna Sawin

I have… …seen a little boy’s dream come true: a candy-filled pinata hanging from a digger. …600 plus photos to wade through. …four small pieces of Maine granite on my washing machine, removed from various pockets, also one half of a sand dollar, three bird feathers and a snail shell. Relieved to find no dessicated…

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Everyone Was a Baby Once

By Anna Sawin

Welcome the fabulous and funny writer and working mother-of-four Jen from Get In The Car! who is one of my favorite bloggers and I’m delighted to have her posting at Hank and Willie today. As her regular readers know, Jen and family are tending to a family member with an unexpected illness and would certainly…

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Creative Cooking

By Anna Sawin

Meet blogger Elizabeth, who can be found on other days at Wearing Stilettos, Living On a Farm, which is, without a doubt, my favorite blog name of all time. Second favorite might be Not Yet a Girl, Not Yet a Wino, but I digress and this is Elizabeth’s post today, not mine! * * *…

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Food Friday: Sweet Corn Salad and Watermelon Salad

By Anna Sawin

Say hello to friend and expectant mama Laura, who blogs at Cult of Domesticity. She knows her way around the kitchen and has some perfect additions to our Food Friday archive. Happy birthday, USA! *** It’s the Fourth of July today, one of my absolute favorite holidays! One of the things I like best about…

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Why Bother? Here’s Why

By Anna Sawin

Welcome writer and mama Amy, an online pal from way back when our summer 04 babies were newborns and we were in the same attachment parenting email group. Amy was one of the first bloggers I “knew” and has been a great encouragement to me since the beginning of Hank & Willie—I’m delighted to have…

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Greetings from Tripletville!

By Anna Sawin

Remember my friend Amily, who guest blogged last fall about expecting triplets? And you all cheered her on when they arrived in February and again when I got to take their photos? So many of you have asked for updates, so here she is again, now as the mama of three beautiful, healthy triplet boys.…

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Beachy Keen

By Anna Sawin

Meet my friend Nicole. As a marine scientist , a swimmer and native Californian, she knows a thing or two about beaches. * * * Hello readers. I hope you’ll pardon my intrusion into the world that is Hank and Willie, but our friend Anna is taking a blog break, and I have been given…

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