Happy

Yes, we had Thanksgiving and a day off today and many, many other activities between my last post (whenever that was) and now…
So, while Curious George is buying me a precious five minutes between loads of laundry, I thought I’d post a couple of fun photos taken the other day while Thomas was “helping” me [...]

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Happy Halfway to Two Birthday

My baby just turned 18 months old. On the one hand I wonder how we got here so quickly. On the other, it feels like he should still be my baby, not this chatty, active (nearly running) toddler.

I took him to his 18 month appointment today – 20% weight (23.5 pounds) and 70% height, saying [...]

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Last Days of Autumn

My latest photo challenge entry for the I ♥ Faces photo blog.

This week’s challenge is Autumn Beauty.

The leaves are now gone by the way. Instead of the beautiful yellow leaves on the silver birch, we have bare black branches but at least the streets are clean. The street sweeper came by at 7am a few days ago and [...]

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This Makes Me Laugh

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Halloween Part 2: The Child-Friendly Version

Halloween was on a Saturday this year which means we had time to catch up with a bunch of families from the neighborhood before the big candy trek.
I took the opportunity to wear the costume I had planned to wear the night before – complete with makeup.

But it was the tights that were the perfect [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

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Better Late Than Never

I realize Halloween was over a week ago and you’re really supposed to post photos of an event like this in the days immediately following but, hey, I’ve been busy. And as the saying goes, it’s better late than never.
Our Halloween had two parts – and two costumes. WAY more effort than I usually contribute [...]

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Into The Darkness

OK, that title sounds so depressing but I actually mean it literally. Daylight Saving ended last weekend which means that, here in the Pacific Northwest, darkness arrives early. So early in fact that it is already almost dark when I pick Thomas up from school. I have lived here for about 6 winters now and [...]

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And…More Balloons

My latest photo challenge entry for the I ♥ Faces photo blog.

This week’s challenge is balloons and..well…you know how I feel about balloons. I had no shortage of pics to choose from thanks to a recent birthday party. Samuel shares my obsession with balloons. These kept him occupied for a full 30 minutes.

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