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Sob. It’s a rainy (of course) Friday. I have two sleeping boys upstairs—exhausted from the dearest nursery school closing ceremony you can POSSIBLY imagine, complete with songs sung so sweetly it made your teeth ache, individual odes to each child and butterflies emerging from their cocoons. Downstairs we have a teary mommy, who just rubbed…
Read MoreYum. And, as Henry would say, all gone! The other night at dinner a friend mentioned a great bottle of wine she had just enjoyed, and told me the name. Which I promptly forgot. And then I remembered another great wine, one that I had the foresight to document about a month ago by pulling…
Read MoreMy Best Shot Monday this week also doubles as a sneak preview for the mom and dad of this handsome twosome. But you get a two-for-one special today, because there is no way I can decide on just one of these boys. These two came ready for fun—the best kind of photo shoot! Add a…
Read MoreI started the month with flowers, and now that we are almost at the end, I’ve got more flowers. All those April and May showers were good for something! Photographer Stacy hosts a weekly roundup of photos, Theme Thursdays, and this week the theme is flowers. Check over there for her gorgeous flowers and see…
Read MoreHaving fun altering reality with these super funky (at least for me) vintagey, color burst and sepia Photoshop actions by lovely and amazing photographers Laura Pearce and Ree of Pioneer Woman. Thank you for sharing them! It takes an ice cream outing to get these two to stop moving. What’s your favorite funky foto technique?
Read MoreLove this one. It is a photo of mother and daughter from daughter’s two-year-old party a few weeks ago. This party, actually: Mom is a professional photographer, so the technical errors on this one might make her cringe, but maybe the tenderness factor might override some of the mistakes. Daughter is a professional two-year-old and…
Read MoreThe sweet, endearing mispronunciations of childhood might be one of my favorite parts of parenting. The mistakes are so earnest, yet so fleeting. I can barely stand it when the proper pronunciation actually emerges, because it is such a clear reminder of how fast the time passes. As soon as the whole household has gotten…
Read MoreLooking over the photos of the weekend, I have a soundtrack in my head of “Pomp and Circumstance” mixed with, oh, pick an early 90s song, “Mr. Wendell?” Reunions are revered by some, reviled by others, but good, bad or lovely, they provide an unrivaled experience—to go back to a place that knew you before…
Read MoreYou’ve heard me gripe about all the rainy days we’ve had of late. You won’t hear me complain about these beauties that have finally emerged. Lilacs, May 2008 I haven’t downloaded a single photo from my college reunion yet, but I can tell you that: A) It was wonderful. B) I had the best of…
Read MoreHenry in self-mandated “time out.” And yes, we call that the naughty step, because who doesn’t get their best child-rearing tactics from reality TV. The blue stool is his own touch. A FEW THINGS ABOUT YESTERDAY A) Henry sobbed for the entire 11-minute drive home from swimming lessons, because I didn’t wait long enough (like…
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