Category Archives: Challenges

Just Keep Him Laughing

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

Samuel is a tough child at times. At the ripe old age of three and a half, he has worked out that tears (and very loud crying) buy him an incredible amount of sympathy. I don’t know whether I should … Continue reading →

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Going Dark

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

I haven’t had much to say around here lately. Actually, I supposed I HAVE had stuff to say, just not the time to say it. I still don’t have time to put together anything deep and meaning so, instead, I … Continue reading →

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A Taste of My Own Medicine

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Both of my children love photographs. And who can blame them? They’ve both had virtually every significant moment of their lives caught on camera since birth. Thomas, in particular, has shown an interest in taking his own photos and we … Continue reading →

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Missing Them

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Because each of the boys mentioned (without prompting) how much they missed Karin and Mayumi over the weekend. Because this week’s I Heart Faces Challenge in “A Touch of Sun”. Because this photo says sunshine to me in so many … Continue reading →

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White Out

Posted on August 28, 2011 by

I’m back from the beach, but blog posts may be sparse while my parents occupy our office. With Karin and Mayumi and my parents here, we are officially bursting at the seams and using every available room in our house. … Continue reading →

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Friends? More Like Siblings.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

The photo in this post is my entry for the latest I Heart Faces photo challenge, “Friendship”. It’s interesting to look back over the last month and see how things have changed since Mayumi and Karin first arrived.Karin is not … Continue reading →

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Finally Hot Enough for a Little Water Fun

Posted on July 25, 2011 by

We had such a wonderful, busy, productive weekend and I have so many photos to share. Of course I need to edit them all first (I’m a little OCD on that front) so, in the meantime, I’ll share a quick … Continue reading →

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A Weekend Well Spent

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

There is nothing better than returning to work on a Monday with the feeling that your weekend was well-spent. This weekend I had the perfect mix of getting some work done around the house (painting started but laundry not quite … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Fatherhood

Posted on June 19, 2011 by

Unless you’ve been living under a rock in America, you’ll know that today was Fathers’ day. A day that, thanks to it’s close proximity to U.S. graduation, earned the unfortunate marketing phrase “Dads and Grads.” It’s sad that Dads don’t … Continue reading →

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A shocking turn of events

Posted on June 12, 2011 by

My boy is about to commence his last two days of Pre-K. OK, so maybe I’m more shocked than anyone else, but I can’t believe that my baby is on the verge of beginning Kindergarten, which is called Prep where … Continue reading →

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