Three today!
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Happy birthday, Alex!
We celebrated all day long, from a birthday breakfast at home, to a birthday party with friends at Stay & Play, and finally a Superbowl dinner with our neighbors. Alex had a great day. Pictures are in the February set on Flickr. Also, check the January set for [...]
I love that tree
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Today it’s a year since we bought our house. I can hardly believe how the time has flown.
Big Brother, Little Brother
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Alex and Charlie wore matching pajamas on Charlie’s first night at home. Alex and I bought them last summer, shortly before we found out that the baby was a boy. Alex picked out these bright, sunny Tigger pajamas and we agreed that they would be fine for either [...]
Family of Four
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Charles Nicholas was born on January 12, 2009. He weighed 8 lbs, 15 oz, and was 19 inches long. He is doing great!
We will call him Charlie.
Alex is so happy to be a big brother. We are enjoying this time at home with each other and Nana and [...]
What 40 looks like
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I am 40 years old today. I expected it to feel like a bigger deal than it does, but I think the impending arrival of baby brother is taking my mind off of it.
Still, 40 is surely the biggest milestone since 21, at least in my mind. [...]
Snow fun
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We are getting more snow today. It already looks like more than the 2 – 4 inches that were predicted. (The picture is from our last big storm, not from today.) So I guess we’ll add a white new year’s to our white Christmas this year.
It’s the last day of [...]
Merry Christmas!
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All the best from everyone here at Raspberry World. I hope 2009 brings everything your heart desires.
P.S. More pictures from the Christmas card photo shoot available here.
Gingerbread cookies
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I’m participating in Jenn’s Virtual Cookie Exchange today. Visit her site for more great cookie recipes!
Alex and I made and decorated these gingerbread cookies on Monday. Yum!
Here’s the recipe:
8 tbsp butter (1 stick)
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp [...]
Linzer cookies
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I hosted a cookie exchange this weekend. These Linzer cookies were my contribution. I made six dozen using this recipe from the King Arthur Flour website. I also ordered special glazing sugar, toasted hazelnut flour, and Linzer cookie cutters to make these lovelies. The results were completely worth all the [...]
Bear in a front pack
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Alex loves to play pretend games right now. This morning, he strapped on a backpack and stuffed a bear into the front of it to pretend he was carrying his “baby” in a front carrier.
He makes up elaborate games that have to do with transportation – like [...]