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Because I had nothing else to do
My husband and I discovered hulu.com tonight, and this is one of those moments we’ll look back and laugh about someday when watching TV on your computer is commonplace, like next week. “Honey! Come quick! I’m watching this here teevee on the computer–see, you press the button, like dat and you watch a teevee show!”…
Read MoreMaine, in pictures. Part 1.
Jump Around
One of my favorite things to do with subjects of all ages is make ’em jump. Kids in particular can’t seem to get enough of it, and I’ve had a lot of fun this summer stopping the action. Technique-wise, it’s easy to do, at least from the camera’s point of view. 1. Shoot in manual…
Read MoreWant a G-U-N, too?
Okay, my heart is officially broken. The real world, it has broken through our little bubble, and everyday little nuggets like this one pop out. My sweet firstborn boy, carefully examining the youthful, bright blue-and-green repeating dinosaur pattern on his pajamas last night said, “Mom, is this cam-U-flage?” “Uh, yes, I guess you could call…
Read MoreFood Friday: Apple-Oat Muffins
All of a sudden it is feeling a lot like fall, so naturally? We went apple picking. Even Henry, age 2, can reach the apples on the lowest branches, so it was a successful venture all around. For our first foray into cooking with apples this fall, we decided on apple muffins. I took the…
Read MoreNext thing you know he’ll be borrowing the car
Year two of nursery school, day one, and as you can see, he was ready to say goodbye before he even got in the door. How does it all go so fast? It doesn’t help that I held a delicious newborn yesterday, either. Talk about getting slapped around by karma. (Pictures to come. He is…
Read MoreEight years ago today
Happy anniversary, love.
Read MoreWhat happens when you leave your children with me
It all started so innocently. They wanted to play house with a giant box that we keep in the basement for cabin fevery winter days. We decided painting it with finger paints and handprints would be a great idea. Then we ran out of finger paint, so they continued work on their color palette with…
Read MoreThe foot bone’s connected to the ankle bone
If it’s possible to overdose on chocolate, I think I definitely did. But besides that, we had a great weekend with a house filled to the rafters, and we almost finished the whole swinging quart of fudge sauce. And about 100 other pounds of food. In fact, about the only thing that would feel good…
Read MoreApologies if you came back here looking for pretty pictures
Believe me, Henry, I wanted to cry, too! Yes, that is what you think it is on the crib rail. I would start this by saying there are no words to describe what I just experienced, but then that wouldn’t be much of a post. So I will say that the poo-bacle last winter was…
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