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Archive: November 2009

In Our Neighborhood November Walk

My sister had the day off today and joined us for a walk through our neighborhood. We collected pine cones and leaves and enjoyed the bleak beauty of late autumn. Most of the trees have lost all their leaves; but there are still some touches of...

Morning and Night

This morning I caught Bella sitting next to Ben as he played. She looked so serious as she read her book. Tonight as I put Sophie into her pajamas I saw her stretched out next to Ben and just had to send Dom for the camera and snap a photo or two or...

All Bounced Out

Another dinner time, another chance for Ben to fall asleep. I tried him out in the bouncy for the first time last night. He lasted about 3 minutes. Tonight he stayed happy much longer because as many times as I told her not to, Bella would keep...

Big Sleepy Ben

My big Ben is 4 months old today!

Here he is sleeping on his daddy’s lap last night while I made dinner.

A Party by Bella

The other morning I glanced at the coffee table and found a curious sight. Look carefully at this scene. I asked Bella what it was. She informed me that the photographs (they got wet and were ruined so we let her play with them) were plates. The...

Catching Up

I weighed Ben and Sophie yesterday by the simple expedient of stepping on the bathroom scale holding them and then subtracting out my weight. Sophie now weighs 25 pounds. That’s about what she’s been weighing. She’s finally wearing...

7 Quick Takes… Make that 10 (on Saturday)

This didn’t make it up for Friday. And I couldn’t stop at 7. There was a week’s worth of cuteness to record. Can you handle it? 1. Bella can carry a glass of water across the house. If I remove the lid from a sippy cup, she will go...

Beer Batter Bread

Sorry, I can’t recall who linked to this recipe for beer batter bread. I’d love to give due credit because it was awesome. I really love homemade bread; but it does take time. And it always seems that I choose to bake on a day when...

Ballerina Bella

Bella got some dress up clothes from her cousins. I love the three-year old sense of style. The ballerina dress over the jumper dress. The white snow boots. I love it! The dolly also came from her cousins. Dolly, see the angel! And away we go...

Some Thoughts on Death

Recently we’ve been reading Canticle of the Sun: A Hymn of Saint Francis of Assisi illustrated by Fiona French. I love the brightly colored mosaic-style illustrations. Sophie especially keeps coming back to this one. It’s reminded me of...

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