Etsy and OPK

Enjoying these incomprehensible headlines? Busy week here, how about you? So busy, in fact, that I just discovered that THANKSGIVING is next week. Immediately followed by CHRISTMAS ten minutes later. Sweet pumpkin pie in a pan, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? Help a disorganized mama out. Tell me your favorite Etsy.com shop, because I have a…

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Playdate in the park

Had to replace yesterday’s photo with something a little more appealing! I’ll take these guys over pictures of (my) 80s fashions any day. And yes, it really was that chilly here today, even though we still have green leaves on the trees. Eeek. Hope for warmer weather tomorrow for all the little gremlins!

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How to Charm Me

Henry, 27 months 1. Tell me, in breathless, painstaking detail, what you had for lunch at school that day when I pick you up. You know, the lunch I made you that morning. “I gotta peach, Mama! And noodles!” 2. Refer to the skin of the peach as the “wrapper” and the pit as the…

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Not sleeping like a baby

This sweet newborn defied the odds during our photo shoot last week, and stayed awake to be ABSOLUTELY sure he didn’t miss a thing. (A good trait to have, since he is the third child in this family–he needs to keep up!) Have you ever seen such an alert, bright-eyed baby, just ten days old?…

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Next thing you know he’ll be borrowing the car

Year two of nursery school, day one, and as you can see, he was ready to say goodbye before he even got in the door. How does it all go so fast? It doesn’t help that I held a delicious newborn yesterday, either. Talk about getting slapped around by karma. (Pictures to come. He is…

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Did someone say blueberries?

I swear I heard someone around here promising a blueberry post. Not what you had in mind, maybe, but here you go. More soon. Hard to pick them, cook them AND post about them, as it turns out. For more Best Shot Monday, you know where to go!

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Milestone Moments, Part 2

Here’s a milestone for you: Two-year-old boy runs into a HEDGE of poison ivy and highly-allergic mother has to hoist him out of the plant material. He’s practically got it made into a laurel wreath around his head by the time I extricate him, and we still SOMEHOW MANAGED TO AVOID IT. Except for the…

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The Sea Glass Stoop

Photographer Stacy hosts a little photo challenge each week, called Theme Thursday. This week’s theme is Summer Fun, and while I am rarely organized enough to match up the images on my camera with the right theme each week, I love seeing all the creative interpretations on the themes each week. This week, since I…

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