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At the lake 25 Jul 2013 | 04:40 am
As a child, we spent every free minute at the lake. I learned how to ski when I was barely out of diapers. I could slalom before I was 10. Sophie, on the other hand, has spent little time in natural w...
Swim Test 16 Jul 2013 | 09:14 am
Just yesterday I was saying that I couldn't wait until Sophie was independent enough at the pool that I could sit on the side reading a book while she ran around swimming and playing. As the saying ....
Beachisms 12 Jul 2013 | 02:55 pm
Despite repeated tellings that Myrtle Beach is the city rather than just the sandy place with the water, Sophie insists on referring to the beach itself as such, always asking when we're going to "the...
What I'm Reading 2013 29 Jan 2013 | 08:58 am
Another year down, another shelf added to my personal library. I read some really amazing books last year. Books that made me laugh. Books that made me weep. Books that had me so frustrated I could ba...
Dia de los Muertos 2 Nov 2012 | 07:46 am
Somehow October turned into one of the craziest months of this year. We've had birthday parties, at least one, every weekend; Sophie's birthday was the 14th, which meant working and baking for her bir...
Finally. A Before and After 2 Oct 2012 | 11:18 pm
I spent several hours last night going through the 3000+ photos I have on my iphone. Largely because all those pics were taking up more than a 1/3 of my storage capacity and that's just plain silly wh...
Toothless 7 Sep 2012 | 08:02 am
Sophie first alerted us to a loose tooth in early July. On vacation with friends, the older daughter of our travel companions was showing off her wiggly tooth and Sophie piped up that hers was loose a...
Spider Kid 16 Aug 2012 | 11:25 am
For the seven of you that didn't see this on Facebook or Instagram. Plus, I wanted to try out the Blogger app on my phone. We're all still alive and kicking. Maybe once school starts I'll actually wri...
Stages 24 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
At every stage in my daughter's brief life, I have thought things were kinda rough. I'm being dramatic, of course, because rough is relative here. But histrionics aside, I truly felt like I was strugg...
Lucy 27 Apr 2012 | 11:00 pm
My daughter loves to ride her bike. Nearly every day she begs me to take her out riding. I feel like a bad mommy but I only take her out riding a couple times a week. Its not that I don't want to take...
