Nantucket
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Not June Cleaver
I love sitting in a clean house. I love knowing that every room is picked up, the floors are fur free (at least until someone pets the dog — NO ONE PET THE DOG!!), and there isn’t a single dish festering in the sink; knowing that I can sit guilt free at the computer and…
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Wordless Wednesday: Sunset Swim
Tonight we snuck in an evening trip to the beach…
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Watermelon Tomato Gazpacho
Summer time really is the best time to be newly pregnant. I haven’t had much by way of morning sickness at all, but I’ve definitely noticed a preference for certain foods, mainly lots of fresh fruits and vegetables as close to their natural state as possible. Luckily, there’s so many delicious fruits and vegetables to…
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The Best Anniversary Present Ever, a.k.a. I Win
I have a delicious and fabulous recipe to share, but I realized as I was putting together the pictures that I never wrote about the fifth anniversary gift I gave Chris, which is crazy considering how much I love it. Thus, the recipe is going to wait until tomorrow (although you’ll get a little ingredient sneak…
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Growing
Things keep changing, no matter how much I will them to keep still. It’s almost unbelievable that this little girl, who builds sandcastles and begs to be buried was once horrified by the prospect of sand. That the girl wadding out with a friend (faster than Mama can keep up), knee deep, then sitting down, spent summers crying if…
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Saturday Surfing
Finds of the Week: Dan Barber’s Culinary Crusade, Wall Street Journal — a brilliant defense of local eating from chef Dan Barber Debating the Local Food Movement, The Atlantic — a disection of the latest attack on locovorism (anti-modern, fundamentalism, etc) Don’t Touch My Child! Lessons from Asia, InCulture Parent — on our irrational fear…
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Wordless Wednesday: Celebrating Independence…with Dada, too!
A peek into our Nantucket Fourth of July festivities.
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Big Sister
I am incredibly behind on blogging, but I had to share these pictures of us telling Nora she is going to be a big sister. We knew there would be no way I could sneak a pregnancy by Laura, Margarete and Trish (not with a trip to the brewery planned), so before they came out…
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Ocean-Induced Joy
For all the moments of uncertainty about the future, I am genuinely in love with my life. I love the sweet satisfaction of finally figuring out how to do some tricky java script thing for a website I’m working on. I love quiet conversations with Chris while our little one sleeps in the next room.…
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Birth Plans Second Time Around
Aside from sheer exhaustion and pants that are getting a little harder to button, it’s almost easy to forget that I’m pregnant. We get so busy with our days that, unless my body reminds me to slow down, I don’t think too much about it. A large part of that is the “been there, done…
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Play Group
Just a quick milestone celebration. Today this goofy girl went to her very first playgroup all on her own and loved it. We decided that it might be good for Nora to spend some time with other kids and other adults this summer, so she’ll be going one day per week to a playgroup run…
