A panini party thrown by my friend Kasee. She’s a great cook and she goes ALL out for her parties. There was a huge table of panini ingredients, Italian sodas, a couple of appetizers, salads, chips, and several desserts. I think she should have one every weekend. Putting away the winter clothes and getting out the summer stuff (Ella’s…
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10 Books Ella Currently Loves: Spring Edition
Ella is now 20 months old (my baby! the time! etc) and she loves books. If you dropped by our house unexpectedly, you would almost certainly find giant stacks of her books on the couch, near the rocker in her room, next to my bed, and outside her bedroom door. These are ten books that are currently in heavy rotation….
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It Doesn’t Take Much: Squeaky Shoe Edition
. . . to make me happy. Just a little herb-garden-helper wearing shoes that squeak when she walks (or, as she would say, “queek, queek”). ******************************** It doesn’t take much to make Lisa happy. Just the first time my son sat an read a book silently to himself. He has been reading for a while but this was the first…
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Jeans and Cardigans
Pretty much my favorite thing to wear right now is jeans and a sweater. And, you know, something under a sweater. This was the day after I got my haircut and it was still looking good from my hairstylist straightening it. I immediately decided I NEEDED a flat iron. Sweater: Borrowed from Landen, Shirt: Ann Taylor Belt: Gift from Merrick,…
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Art
I have about as much artistic ability as a one-legged duck, so when I decided to make some sort of large-scale art to go on our dining room (and I use the term “dining room” in the loosest of terms), I knew it had to be something that could be done by an infant. Possibly a sleeping infant. This project…
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