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 Here she is!  Last Thursday we bought a double stroller so that we can enjoy it this summer and also are ready for the new baby next fall. This peanut enjoys it outside too.  We filled up the water table that the dog drinks out of, which is always fun on a warm afternoon.  And […]

 Kari and Julia made collages this weekend, an old cabin favorite activity.  Anyone can make a collage, just need a theme, a scissors and a glue stick, along with a pile of old magazines. But these were especially wonderful.  I loved the colors and the themes were more involved.  There was one with just faces

 This beautiful sunset was on Thursday night.  Grass is turning green. Here are some breakfast kids from this weekend, eating eggs, sausage, and pancakes.  Later they did their best flying kites. There’s not really enough room here, and back in the field, the trees create weird wind currents.  Hopefully these kites survived today and they

 Two weeks ago we were struggling under the weight of a huge snowstorm.  Here is the window in the bedroom tonight, wide open to the warm spring night. Today, we spent the afternoon in the sun on the patio. May? You have swept away all the cruelty of a snowy April and brought us sunshine

 He’s out here in the kitchen, eating stale puff corn because Matilda is playing in the family room and Trunchable is making him nervous. I told him it’s pretend.  He’s still staying out here. The beds were set up and blankets and pillows passed out to all the excited little sleepover guests. And now it’s

 We had to change our homeowner’s insurance last fall, and the new company had concerns about that flat roof with no railing. Never mind we’ve lived here for thirty years with ZERO claims of any other than general  storm damage a couple times.  No claims have ever involved this flat roof. Nobody has ever fallen

 p.j. remembered that I took kids to Como on a day she had school and couldn’t come with, so today when the question arose around 9 am–what are we doing today? She asked to go to the zoo.  It’s free. They accept any donation.  It’s easy. Sure.  The outdoor food stand is torn up in

 While we were waiting for the travelers coming from Florida, we kept busy. Those guys were here getting babysat for a while, pretty excited crowd. We had a great time.  Saturday we went to the mall to see the children’s art show. The display was large and impressive. Children did a very nice job on

 These are from last week when we went to Toddler Gym.  We didn’t realize, but it’s over until next October.   This was the last day.  She didn’t feel very good though, and at one point asked me to carry her. Then I thought maybe she was just hungry, so we bought some little cookies from

 Well, these pictures are from this week.  The light was beautiful, pink and periwinkle.  She was here, my right hand girl: We sorted toys and cleaned.  I threw away all the million year old potato heads and some other thing that were done for.  This is how we contain our crawling baby, keep her away