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Home updates
My blog used to be as much about our house as it was about our family- back when our house was our baby. Now that we have Scotland, the house has fallen in priority, but I still fiddle around with it. Here’s a few recent updates: Homemade chalk board in kitchen- Who knew you could…
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Cincinnati here I come!
I’ve signed up and handed over a pile of banknotes. It’s legit- I’m running the Cincinnati Half Marathon!
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Momma's little helper
I’m learning there is an art to incorporating your child into your day’s work. In fact I think it would make a great book: “100 ways to make your toddler a working member of the household.” Here’s one of my latest. Let you child sit on the edge of the sink, their bare feet dangling…
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Braindump
Tonight, Tom brought home Indian take-out. It felt so luxurious. We have take-out about once a quarter, and every time I’m overwhelmed by how wonderful the concept is! The kitchen that I had thoroughly cleaned, stayed clean. We spent more time eating and chatting because there was no prep or clean up. The meal: malai…
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Scotland's Milestones: 18 mo
One of Scotland’s favorites is to sit on our shoulders and run around the yard. He’ll come up to me point to my head then say “Ahee?” – his version of outside. I’ve found my reports on Scotland are slowing, perhaps because he is developing so fast now, I can’t keep up with it all.…
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Parenting 200
I have the feeling I just got enrolled in Parenting 200.
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Our serious, sensitive, squatting Scotter!
I love this picture I took the other day of Scotland. It shows several things about him: First that he often has this brows-lowered serious look. He’s a thinker. Second, that he loves his stuffed animals and is often seen giving them loves. Third, that he’s a squatter, he rarely sits- but rather squats.
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"Are we not all beggars?"
This morning reading Mosiah 4:16-23 I thought of the Romney-Ryan campaign and of my passionate Republican friends and family and wondered how they read these verses? My Catholic friend Claire and I were talking about the new Mormon-Catholic Presidentional bid, she said “Not that his budget plan is very Catholic” and I replied “Nor is Romney’s…
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Stumped
Scotland asks me questions all day long. He’ll jabber a long sentence ending in an elevated tone to signal a question and then look at me intently. I look back at him, deer-in-the-headlights. How do I respond? If I wait too long he’ll ask the question again. Usually I say, “Oh!” or “Sure” but I’m…
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Bread bakers apprentice
My bread baking adventures continue. My first loaf of multi-grain hearth bread turned out okay. It wasn’t as lofty as I would have liked and I struggled transferring the loaf from the pan to the stone. The second attempt, a 100% whole wheat bread was not so good. It rose beautifully, was looking great but…