Travelingjenny
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On New Year's Eve we took the girls ice skating, for the first time this winter. Grace has cool new hockey skates, and it only took her a few minutes to get the hang of skating again. It was Tess's very first time on ice skates, though, and she did very well. She could stand…
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Today I realized that I haven't really mentioned the holidays here, mainly because approximately 75% of my readers were here with us. We had house guests for eleven days, and it was wonderful. That's right, I never once thought about kicking anyone out into the snow. After all, it was incredibly fun, and joyful, and…
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Today marks the end of the girls' two-week break from school, and Adam's two-week vacation. It's been great, with eleven days of house guests followed by a few days with just the four of us. We seem to have found a rhythm, helped greatly by Grace's sudden love of books and Uno (a change from…
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We now have a house full of family, and two very excited little girls. We wish you and yours a lovely time of togetherness and joy — and maybe even a few reindeer games.
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Awwwwww….. That's all I have to say. (And did I pick a good man, or what?)
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Today we finally visited the Christmas tree farm down the road from us to choose and cut our tree. We can't help but think about and look forward to this day all year long, since we drive by the farm at least twice daily. We brought our sled so that we could pull Tess…
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Yesterday, we stopped at the Christmas tree farm on our street to buy some wreaths. Grace was very helpful as we chose the prettiest ones, and is very excited to go back this weekend to get a tree. It's starting to look slightly festive around here. For several days now, Tess has been asking me…
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6:50 am: Grace and Tess burst into our bedroom wearing snowsuits, coats, hats, gloves, etc. Completely ready for THE SNOW. (Sorry, no photo of this since I was SOUND ASLEEP.) 7:04 am: Grace beholds the beauty of the first snowfall. 7:05 am: Grace completes her second snow angel. 7:11 am: Tess is still standing at…
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The chicken coop and bee hive are winterized; the leaves are all raked; the fire pit and grill have been put in the garage; the snow pants and winter boots are at the ready. Winter, bring it on. {p.s. Today I took Grace to a cool performance today of "Stellaluna," a kids' book about a…
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