I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Year of the Rabbit
The year of the rabbit is supposed to be the luckiest year. The children are very aware of the Chinese zodiac and new year, they see and read all about it on their placemats when we go out to eat. We’ve been eating dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant once a week, and both girls [...]
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A Fresh Start
What a busy year 2010 was! House projects, school adjustments, work changes. It was wonderful and horrible. 2010 could be a bit of a bastard sometimes. I have some small projects and some big ideas for the house, I’d really like to take some time concentrating on the front and back yards. The exterior paint [...]
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The Light in the Lantern
Putting The Light in the Lantern back on the shelf for the year. Every night during advent, I set up a tiny chair in the hallway between both children’s rooms, light a candle, and read a chapter. They’re two or three pages long each, so it’s just a few more minutes of stories each evening. [...]
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New Traditions
What better time for family traditions than Christmas? When I was a kid, we always had Christmas Eve dinner with my Mom’s side of the family, where we would eat meat pies, and the next morning with my Dad’s, where they always had those English crackers with the toy and crown inside. When my brother [...]
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>Thankful for Thanksgiving Weekend
>Four days off in a row? I’ll take it, even if I spend half of one day in the kitchen. Our Thanksgiving dinner was pretty basic, actually, just the standard Thanksgiving fare for four. My favorites are the sides, green beans and stuffing. Maybe some mashed potatoes with obscene amounts of hot gravy. The turkey [...]
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>Birthday Cherries
>Z turns nine today, oh my baby is so grown up! One of her special treats today is harvesting the cherries off her cherry tree. For two weeks, she’s been asking when we can pick them. Nine cherries for the newly nine year old girl. On Z’s seventh birthday, we went to the tree farm [...]
>Easter Sunday
>We don’t really do much for Easter around here. Actually, we do nothing for Easter, besides indulging the grandparents with participating in egg hunts, egg dying, and baskets, and bringing home Easter related projects from school. Bean received this sweet wool bunny and a basket of grass from preschool.
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>Needle Felted Heart Necklace
>I’m not really into Valentine’s Day. I am, however, into hearts and love and half off Valentines candy the day after. The Valentines the children made for their friends at school were accompanied by needle felted heart necklaces I made. I thought I’d take some photos of my procedures. This is totally basic needle felting, [...]
