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What May showers brought
You’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 MoreTime out!
Henry 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…
Read MoreParts and pieces
Sometimes I can’t decide if I love all the individual parts and pieces of them more, or if it’s the whole delicious whole that I love the most. For more Best Shot Monday, click here.
Read MoreFood Friday: Chicken and Corn Chowder
It’s about the fortieth rainy Friday in a row today, and while I greet rain with enthusiasm for the green growth it represents, I would greet it with slightly more enthusiasm if it fell on a day when I wasn’t home. With two boys. Inside. It isn’t just rainy, either, it’s rainy and chilly. Like…
Read MoreAs promised
A while back I asked if you thought it would be wrong to encourage ill-mannered behavior that I am ultimately going to abolish if I can encourage it just long enough to get it on video? I did, and I did. I think I gave it a little too much buildup, but it felt like…
Read MoreThe Merry Month of May
Happy May Day! Image from Will’s nursery school May Day walk, taken today as 16 nursery-schoolers hung May baskets on houses throughout the village. Wouldn’t you like to come to find that hanging on your door? Wishing you a day of unexpected surprises, too.
Read MoreFood Friday: Making Reservations
Sorry, it’s been that kind of week and that kind of day and we’re going out for dinner when the kids are in bed. You should, too! But my friend Shannon just gave me this tip, so I pass it on to you in the name of Food Fridays. Go to restaurant.com for and search…
Read MoreMilk face
So Stacy over at Land of KA is an excellent and generous photographer who shares photo tips each week on Saturdays, and then encourages you to put them into practice at Theme Thursdays each week. I am rarely organized enough to make a photo that would emerge from my camera meet the theme of the…
Read MoreBabies and umm…WordPress, hello?
So today in the car Will delivers a deep sigh and asks, “Mom, can we PLEASE have some more babies in our family? We only have one baby in our family!” (Guess that would be Henry.) Me: “How many, Will?” Will: “I think 100.” Me: “But how would we take care of 100 babies?” Will:…
Read MoreShe makes it look easy
Yesterday I took just one frame of Will’s beautiful and cooperative cousin as she lounged in the spring sunshine, and I got this lovely shot. Today I find out if newborn TRIPLET boys will be as cooperative. What do YOU think? For more Best Shot Monday, click here.
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