Family
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Yep, Still Here
I can’t believe it’s been a week (or more!) since I wrote a real blog post. I’ve been super busy with my husband’s family’s six-day visitWhich was lots of fun and altogether way too short, but a little hectic at times trying to match the schedule of an active family with teenagers to our toddler-led…
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Big News
We have some exciting news to share: And who better to tell it than Nora, who learned a new word this week. [youtube=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCggFDRSF0c”]
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Resolutions
It’s a little late, but I do have some New Year’s resolutions. I’ve been thinking about setting realistic goals for the new year (Simple Mom has a great post on this) and decided just to set three of them: Do better at the Housewife Challenges. Stop being a housewife. Don’t let 2 get in the…
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Last Week
This last week of 2010 has flown by — and it’s really going out with a bang. I had thought that I would be back to regular blogging this week, but with preparing for Christmas, Christmas, my family visit, and late nights working on my New Year’s resolution (to be discussed Sunday)…I didn’t have much…
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Back to Work (A Little)
We’re in the land of mega-chains and drive-throughs! (A.K.A. the rest of the United States outside of Nantucket.) Saturday morning, we were on the first ferry off the island at 6:30 am. After an adrenaline filled morning of, “oh my gosh it’s 10 to six, we have to go!”, we had a leisurely 2 hour…
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Creating Traditions
One of the great things about being a parent is being able to create your own holiday traditions: deciding what’s important to celebrate, how it will be celebrated, and when. But, as fun as it is to be able to decide for ourselves, it’s also an awesome responsibility.Everything we do is building a memory for…
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Gerber Baby Material?
Lots of people have told us Nora looks like the Gerber baby and we have even been approached at the mall to see if we had considered a modeling career for her. All of that’s nice to hear, but we’ve never seriously thought about submitting her photo for anything.Until now.
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A Family Portrait
It’s amazing how much things can change in a year. Last year at this time, we were new parents, barely sure of what we were doing (now, we’re mostly sure…sometimes). Last year, we sent out a Christmas card that was just one big picture of Miss Nora. We were nowhere to be found on that…
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The Sights
My dad and little brother left early this morning, stuffed full of Chris’ amazing Thanksgiving food and ready to get of the island before the Biden’s take over the air space. With all the visitors we’ve had, we have developed a sort of unofficial itinerary of “the sights” every Nantucket visitor must see. Of course,…
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Question of the Week
Tuesday in town, a reporter from the Inquirer and Mirror approached us and asked if we wanted to answer the question of the week and be in the newspaper. How fun, we thought. Of course, this week’s question was, what are you thankful for? There are a ton of things that I could have said.Beachesand…
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Nora, the Prison Guard
If you believe Erica Jong, this:is my 18 (21…25…?) year prison sentence. In case you missed it, in The Wall Street Journal ‘s “Saturday Essay” last weekend, Jong wrote about the evils of attachment and green parenting: You wear your baby, sleep with her and attune yourself totally to her needs. […] Add to this…
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Mim
Though most of our families are in Texas or Iowa, I do have some family on the east coast. My dad’s mom and brother (and his family) live in Burlington, Vermont, which is a ferry ride and about five hours away. It’s funny, you would think that five hours isn’t that much, but some how…