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Collaboration

card from Color Box Design
So…Christmas.  It’s coming.  I know, Halloween is still three weeks away, but let’s be honest, we’ll sneeze a few times and BING!  It’ll be December 15th.  I’m a self-proclaimed procrastinator.  And I’ve never been a good gift-giver.  (A lot of my weaknesses are tangled up with my proclivity to put-off.)  I […]

Learning Slowly

Henry,
The new family dynamic has been quite an adjustment for you — understandably so.  Your new dynamic (sassier, more defiant, more volatile) has been quite an adjustment for me.  Though darling and sweet (mostly) to Lily, you’ve been quite … different, (to put it kindly,) to dad and me.  In trying to parent you […]

Toys

We don’t own many toys. Henry’s more of a ball and bat (or golf club or racket or mitt) kid than a train-set kid. He’s also into dressing up as a “strong man” and fighting off imaginary villans with his sword (which was a mini-blind opening wand in its former life.) So […]