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To My Daughters
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September 6, 2020

To Nora, at Eleven

Today is Nora's eleventh birthday. At times I feel like Nora's birthdays are celebrations, but also tiny losses. They're bittersweet moments to marvel at future possibilities and find joy in the past year's accomplishments, but also moments[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Life
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August 26, 2015

First Day of First Grade

This morning my biggest girl started 1st grade.  She moved from the primary classroom to an elementary classroom at her Montessori school, which means she will be learning alongside not just other first graders, but also second, third[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Film Friday
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September 12, 2014

Film Friday: Conversations with Zara

I promised some more videos of Zara, so here's a little idea of what a conversation with her is like at 20 months.  This video was taken the last week of August, just before she stared going to "school."   And for fun, here is[...]

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Nora blowing out candles on her Frozen cake
Fort Collins, CO
Film Friday
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September 7, 2014

Nora at 5

Nora is 5!! We celebrated her birthday today with a party with friends.  The theme was Frozen, of course, because it is her favorite thing (like all pretty much every other five-year-old American girl) and I've given up fighting the Disney[...]

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Fort Collins, CO
Recipes & Canning
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March 11, 2014

Rhubarb Cupcakes + Nora is 4 1/2!

Last Thursday, Nora turned four and a half.  Looking at this picture, I can't help but think how wise she is -- some of the things she says to me are just amazing, and I wonder how can she only be 4 1/2?  But other moments I find[...]

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Gillette, WY
Life
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September 11, 2013

Fourth Birthday Carnival

Sunday we had Nora's fourth birthday party.  Since she is all about the clowns on our street, we decided to have a carnival theme for her party.  I had a ton of fun putting together all of the decorations for her party, from our carnival[...]

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Gillette, WY
Film Friday, Life
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September 10, 2013

Hello, Four

Nora has been four for four days now.  We celebrated with our usual family breakfast of her choice before Chris went to work.  She chose the exact same thing as last year: cinnamon rolls and berries, which we ate picnic style on our d[...]

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Gillette, WY
Life
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September 6, 2013

Throwback Thursday: A Note to Nora

I'm using "Throwback Thursday" as an excuse to post this amazing photo by Melissa Surprise of Surprise Photography. It is officially Friday morning, September 6th, (but still Thursday in my book since I have not yet gone to bed) and I si[...]

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Feb 22

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Just a picture of the sweetest little girl at nap time. ♥️

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Feb 21

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Bath time with ambiance a la #ERCOT. 

Luckily we have not been affected by the water issues so many others have experienced. I finally decided to bathe the little girls for the first time in over a week (with a tiny amount of water, I promise) and the power went out again. We got out a lantern and decided to just roll with it. At least it's not below 30 anymore and I managed to get the diapers washed earlier today when we thought things were back to normal.

Maybe this is the universe's way of making sure I don't stay up until 2AM working?

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Feb 17

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#snowpocalypse and poor planning on the part of the Texas Electric grid means we're experiencing a candle lit evening. So far every one is still having fun and it's not too cold in here yet so we're calling it an adventure.

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Feb 15

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Well this is something I never thought I would see... a second real snow in the same winter. This one is light and powdery and is promising to hang around for most of the week thanks to freezing temperatures. There are no plows or salt/sand trucks down here so we're all locked in and enjoying an old fashioned snow day.

I figured I had to bundle Vivienne up and take her picture in the snow just so I can prove to her that once we had a real winter in Texas.

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Jan 10

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Zara made a #texassnowman - tiny, full of grass and leaves, but a legit snowman. 😂 We have the fastest snowflakes I've ever seen falling down here right now and could get up to 4 inches! The girls are over the moon.
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