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a week's worth of odds + ends

^ to say Birdie has been ready for the 31st is an understatement :) ^ ^ "halloweenies" from our fave - Dutch Monkey ^ ^ Teddy tried his hand at cookie making, with... moderate success ^ ^ treasures from an autumn walk ^ Somewhat hard to believe the end of October is actually here. But for those of us still in disbelief the...

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wishing you a cozy weekend

I don't know about you but I couldn't be happier it's friday!! We woke up to a crisp breezy day and after some bundling up headed to the pumpkin patch. The kids enjoyed the heck out of all the activities including something called the "corn crib" and of course the petting zoo. Teddy passed out in his car seat five minutes before getting...

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a happy list

Whenever I feel stuck in a "blogging rut" I go back. I go back to the days it was called "livejournal" because it was exactly that - a journal. I got back to the back we wrote about everything and nothing and whatever came in between. I desperately miss the rambly posts that went on and on about someone's day until you could...

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teddy turns two!!

Well... it happened. My baby turned two. I no longer have a child who's age I can refer to in "months." Nope, it's official - he's a toddler. A running wild, sentence saying, counting (from two to "eveven," as in literally "two, eveven") and snack getting toddler. And once again I find myself misty eyed and wondering "no, really, where DID the time...

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a week's worth of odds + ends

^ Teddy is absolutely obsessed with pumpkin, it doubles as a night light too! ^ ^ love our new garland from Brimful Shop! ^ ^ can't believe how big our sweet Franny is getting!! ^ ^ this girl adores doing chicken chores every morning ^ ^ poor kid busted his lip the other day, boys will be boys I suppose ^ Happy friday...

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my little bookworms

It's been thrilling for me to now have two kids that enjoy books, though in different ways. Birdie is very excited about numbers and letters and her version of "reading" (reading and re-reading a certain book with us until she has it memorized). Teddy enjoys books that have recognizable symbols that he can name. So we're big on alphabet, number and word books....

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