Travelingjenny
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My sweet girl "Six" (as she requested to be called yesterday), started her big day off with some gift opening. Next came a visit to the art studio (where messes are mandatory — luckily) with her good buddy, Elyse. Next came brownie sundaes with our next-door neighbors (whom Grace invited all on her own)! All…
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One very eager assistant chef, Two sisters who like to play together, Three kinds of pie and one delicious gingerbread cake (YUM!), And four very adorable Thanksgiving fairies. Tomorrow, the celebration continues!
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Three things I'm thankful for right now: A three-year old with sky-blue eyes, who has requested peanut-butter-and-jelly for Thanksgiving dinner. A husband who cleans up my messes (and turns off the smoke alarm) when I leave the stove unattended. A very nearly six-year old with a big heart, who drew turkey hands today for everyone…
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On Sunday we walked at our favorite spot. Tess insisted on wearing her backpack (which contained her baby doll), and she ran almost the whole way. She walked on the rocks, she ran with Maggie, and she played "chase" with Grace (who dropped her drawers, but that's another story). She even attempted to do a…
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We took full advantage of the 60+ degree weather today. We walked at the park, played at two different playgrounds, did some outdoor chores, and… played some serious soccer. Grace got the ball out of the shed, and the next thing I knew, both girls had changed into their "soccer clothes," and Adam had his…
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Puppy and Kitty were very cute. But because it was Halloween, they could also be very scary. (But because Puppy insisted on wearing her favorite purple dress and purple tights and Halloween socks with her costume, she was still more cute than scary.) Puppy and Kitty went trick-or-treating with their best buddy, Dalmation — after…
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Today was a gorgeous, sunny and warm fall day in New England. Perfect, we decided, for visiting our two favorite apple orchards — one for cider and donuts (and wooden cutouts just screaming for adorable photo ops), and the other for kids' activities. So we drank cider, took photos, climbed on hay bales, visited farm…
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On Sunday we visited the crazy place known as Pumpkinland. I had heard about it ever since we moved to Maine, and was slightly afraid to witness the extravaganza in person. But it's just a bunch of Halloween-y things set up on someone's farm, so how crazy could it be? And I certainly didn't want…
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On Sunday the four of us (plus Maggie!) hiked up Bradbury Mountain to breathe some crisp fall air and get a good view of the amazing foliage. It was very fun. I handed Tess a leaf and was immediately reminded of the very first time we visited Bradbury Mountain, almost two years ago. She held…
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We have been having beautiful, warm fall weather here. All week I felt like I needed to stay outside and soak it up as much as possible, because I know everything will change soon. So, I took the girls to get ice cream after school four times last week — and then on Saturday we…
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