Category: Birthdays
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In the days leading up to Claire’s birthday last month, her top front tooth was dangling by a thread. I kept asking her if she wanted me to pull it out, but she refused. She insisted that she didn’t want to lose it until she was nineteen years old (I’m not sure where the arbitrary…
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I have posted something on this blog for each and every one of my children’s birthdays. Yes, you can even read about Ella’s very first birthday all the way back here and here. So even though it may be six months late (her half birthday was last Saturday!), I have to share these photos from…
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Eight years old. I didn’t do much documenting of life in The Rental House. It almost feels like a lost period of our lives. One Saturday afternoon back in April as we were set to celebrate Ella’s 8th birthday with monkey cupcakes in the backyard (a week after her real birthday, which for the third…
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For a girl who has only ever wanted to celebrate her birthday at home with family, it seemed fitting that Claire should be the last person to celebrate a birthday in our old house just one week before we moved. On her actual birthday, a Wednesday, she woke up and asked if the birds and…
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On Memorial Day, our little family of five celebrated Lucy’s 2nd birthday, and the whole event was a reminder to me about why I love this age. You see, two-year-olds will be impressed with the puppy cupcakes you spent hours making the day before. The instructions are here if you are so inclined. (Oh yes,…
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Back to regular life this week, with one tame (compared to last year) birthday party to cap it off. It was so fun to watch this robin building her nest literally right outside the window in Ella and Claire's room. Although it's a little depressing writing about it now after finding a smashed egg on…
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This week was all about vacation, with Ella's 7th birthday thrown in the mix as well. The kids never quite adjusted to Central time, so they were up extra early every morning. Claire loved all the sundresses I packed for her and so she would waltz into our room every morning at 6am fully dressed,…
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I just have a few things I want to say about Claire before her 4th birthday is eclipsed by the next birthday on the calendar (spring is birthday season in our house). I think I say this every year, but in some ways I feel like she has already been four years old for months.…
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Ella attempts to teach Lucy how to write. She takes her big sister role very seriously. On another ocassion she exclaimed, "Oh my gosh, it's hard work teaching a baby to count!" The one snack we always have on hand. Goldfish crackers were one of my favorite snacks as a kid too. Claire & Lucy's…
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When Ella turned 4, she had her first big party (a million preschoolers running around Kids U). So to be fair, I asked Claire if she wanted to have a party somewhere for her 4th birthday. "No," she said. "I just want a party at home with my cousins." For the record, that's all she…