Life
This is our life. The nitty-gritty, day-to-day story of what we’re doing and our adventures as a family. Sometimes detailed, often mostly a photo journal, filled with lots of pictures of cute little people and occasional longer reflections on Hinds family happenings.
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Play
This week’s You Capture theme was “play” and I had a hard time deciding what to shoot. I’ve said before, my cellphone has trouble capturing quick movements, and now that Nora knows how to crawl, she is a super speedy girl. She’s now mobile enough to be dangerous: moving Pip’s food from his food dish…
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The Joy of Baking
It’s Wednesday, which means baking day. But I’m not doing any baking today, because I was so excited to try something new this week, that I’ve already gone through a whole bag of AP flour. That’s okay, though, because we’re stocked for a while and I’ve been having lots of fun! I really do think…
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Powell Ears
I started following a mama blog recently by a mama who is a photographer. She does a fun little thing every Thursday called “You Capture,” where she gives out a topic and encourages people to go out, take pictures for the next week, and then share their pictures the following Thursday. I’ve been taking a…
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Happiness Is…
A 4th of July street fair. This has to be the best 4th of July party I have ever seen – but then, like I said, when Nantucket does something, they do it right. Saturday morning, Nora and I headed down to the Unitarian Church for a public reading of the Declaration of Independence and…
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Beach Baby
This week Chris had a rare two days off in a row. Nora and my gift to him for Father’s Day was a whole day of doing whatever he wanted, so Tuesday, he said he wanted to go to the beach. You might expect this to be a post about how we all went to…
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Date Night
Staying at home doesn’t just mean more time with Nora. It also means more time with Chris, which is also an amazing gift. When we still lived in New York and I was working, we were like ships in the night. Chris and I saw each other on Sundays and for about 30 minutes in…
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Dada’s Day Off
It started with blueberries. Which isn’t the worst way to start a morning, but we won’t be adding them to Nora’s list of favorite food anytime soon. Blueberry pancakes, though? Well, that’s another story. What can I say, the girl likes her carbs – enough to warrant one in each hand. But, who can blame…
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A New Chapter
Yesterday, Chris and I opened a new account at Nantucket Bank and on the form where it said employer I wrote “homemaker.” Holy cow! It’s here! I have officially joined the ranks of the under-paid and over-worked nanny-maid-cook-personal assistant-chauffeur-etc. (says Ann Crittenden), and I couldn’t be more thrilled. Since our final trip across the walkway…
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Walkway
Mother nature must have had a read on Nora this week, because the weather was a perfect match for her: cool and rainy early on, but sunny and warm towards at the end. She cut two top teeth on Monday (and she must take after me, because they’re giant). With the teeth came a general…
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In Process
It has begun. The mad dash that is packing and moving and relocating a household is underway for the Hinds Family. Of course, this isn’t something too unfamiliar to Chris and me; just 18 months ago we were excitedly telling people about this new house, and 14 months before that was our cross-country pilgrimage to…
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House Hunters Nantucket
Last weekend was house hunting weekend. We drove out to the cape Friday night and stayed in our first P.E.O. Bed & Breakfast, with Kay, a sister from Chapter X. Kay was wonderful: she had a lovely house and she made us a delicious breakfast Saturday morning. (I must say that B&B is a fabulous…
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End of Winter
This last weekend was beautiful. It was sunny and in the 80’s Saturday and in the upper 70’s yesterday, which was perfect for playing outside. And introducing Nora to bunny rabbits, just in time for Easter. I, like any good mom, took tons of picture of her with rabbits in honor of the holiday, but…
