Month: July 2011
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Washington, D.C. Album, Part 1
I've been enjoying having my kids home so much this week! We've had a quiet week - just hanging around the house and spending time watching movies and reading books together. And I've been scrapbooking – I'm working on putting together a DC album for the kids. I've gotten 5 two-page spreads done (which is really… Read more
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Letters from my girls!
I came home yesterday afternoon and found that we had 7 letters from the girls! It made me feel so much better to "hear" their voices. 🙂 Here's the general gist of the letters: Emily is trying to mother Libby and Libby wants nothing to do with that. Emily wrote that she walked down to Libby's room the first… Read more
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My girls
My girls are at a Fine Arts camp at a local college this week. They are only 15 minutes away and are staying in the dorms with friends and counselors and I'm sure they are having a great time. They are taking classes in theater, dance, music, creative writing, and art – all subjects that… Read more
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DC Vacation – the last day
The last day of our vacation was supposed to have been just the roadtrip home. But we had promised Emily a trip to the Holocaust Museum (Anne Frank is her hero) and we couldn’t disappoint her. So, the younger kids and I hung around the hotel room and the local Panera while Tom and Emily… Read more
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DC Vacation – Day Three
Day 3 brought with it a tough decision. We loved Mt. Vernon so much and the kids enjoyed running around so much there that we were torn about making them go through another day downtown DC walking and touring. We were going to tour the Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Holocaust Museum and the Smithsonian.… Read more
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DC Vacation – Day Two
Day 2 started off with a total change in plans. We were going to take a tour of the Capitol and the Supreme Court, followed by Emily and I going to the Holocaust Museum while Tom took Andrew and Libby to the Smithsonian. But then we saw the forecast and realized that we simply couldn’t… Read more
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DC Vacation – Day One
Wow, we packed a LOT of things into Day 1. I’ll do a full post with better pictures next week but I want to get each day briefly chronicled now. This is mostly just a list of the places we visited because I’m getting old and operate on fewer brain cells when I’m tired. :p… Read more
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DC vacation – The Roadtrip
We’re on a vacation that we’ve been talking about doing for years. We’re taking the kids to Washington, DC for the first time and we are all so excited!!! We left at about 7:30 this morning full of smiles, saw an airplane on a truck, beautiful countryside in Pennsylvania, amazingly cool windmills, and then lots… Read more
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The Cabin
We have been looking for a lake cabin to rent for a couple of months. We talked to some friends, tried a couple of online rental websites (and got some funny feelings when the cabin owners wouldn't sign a lease with us but wanted the money via paypal that day), and then gave up on… Read more
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Fourth of July Gifts
We are packing up, making sangria, folding beach towels, and getting ready for a road trip tomorrow! We are sooooo excited for this mini-vacation – it wasn't planned because our actual vacation starts in a week – but we didn't hesitate when we received the invitation for a long weekend at a friend's lake house. … Read more