Hooray for a new year! 2013 was a huge year of change for us, and although 2014 will involve some changes (like a summer internship. . .somewhere), I don’t think it’ll be quite as life-altering as 2013. At least, that’s what I’m hoping. In 2013, Bart labeled it “The Year of Big Goals.” When we sat down a couple of…
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Fourth and Final Quarter
The end of the year! And this was by far my best quarter. Not only did I read MORE books than another quarter, but also I felt like I read better books. And, as usual, the double-speed audiobooks are my best friend. Also, I was on the Cybils committee for Easy Reader and Early Chapter Books this year (look for…
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Christmas Eve Fondue
This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Collective Bias®. I wrote this post, made the fondue, ate all the bananas (and most of the doughnuts) and washed off Ani’s deliriously-happy chocolate face afterward. Consider yourself disclosed and also invited over for fondue as long as you promise to bring more bananas and doughnuts. Now that we’re in the “stay-home-and-save-$1500-on-plane-tickets-for-Christmas” mode…
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The Shop Around the Corner
One of the best parts of Christmas this year is that Bart is out of school for a month. After his last final, two weeks ago, we celebrated by taking a family trip to CVS to buy diapers (we like to live on the wild side). When Ella was born, Bart told me that one of the most important things…
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Christmas Morning
Christmas morning as a parent is just so magical. I loved every minute of it this year. Ella woke up around 7:30, but Ani was still snoooooozing, so we finally started without her at about 8:30. Christmas waits for no babies. How could this not be my favorite present? After about half an hour, Ani woke…
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