The Dances

We have been growing a very very small garden on our back porch. We have tomatoes, spinach, peppers, chives, and cilantro. It is a fairly random mix of plants, but this is the first time I’ve tried to grow anything to eat since I was maybe 7 or 8 years old. Christian and I ate [...]

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Awhile ago we had a beautiful day and took Lilly to see the baby animals at Kidwell Farm (Frying Pan Park) a few miles away. It was interesting to see her reaction to all the animals she had only seen in books and movies. She was brave enough to touch a few of them.
Christian demonstrated [...]

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Christian found a gas receipt in our glove box the other day and brought it in. Here it is compared to the receipt from the last time we filled up our car. What a difference a year and a half makes.

It makes me very glad we live close to everything (stores, mall, Christian’s job, etc.) [...]

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Twice a year (spring and fall) the Washington D.C. area has a really great consignment sales for kid stuff. I read about one of these sales before Lilly was born. We went and we got hooked. It’s like a gigantic garage sale with just clothes, toys and baby equipment. Prices are great too… especially [...]

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We looked out the window yesterday and what did we see… The white squirrel running around… but we’ve already written about him. No, there were two woodpeckers pecking at our trees in the backyard. That’s right, not one but two! Lilly was fascinated. Here’s a picture. (By the time I got the camera, one [...]

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