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Category Archives: Ellie
Mark’s First Foray Into The Wilderness
We took advantage of the glorious weather on Sunday to go for our first hike as a family of four. We love Double Rock Park, which is just a super-short drive from our house. The stream was pretty full so … Continue reading
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A Blessed Sight
Both asleep, at the same time (at the beginning of yesterday’s nap) P.S. Don’t worry – I didn’t leave them like this for long. I had been between them while nursing Ellie to sleep for her nap and had just … Continue reading
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Ellie’s Dishes (and Mama’s Sanity)
It’s been a rough week. We’ve had some puking on the two-year-old’s part, some general “I don’t feel good at all” sickness on the adults’ part, way too much laundry, and a kitchen that hasn’t ever been completely clean since … Continue reading
Child Labor At Its Finest
Someday, Ellie will be doing all our housework! (And for the record, it was her idea for her to scrub the sink – not mine.) (And yes, this means I actually managed to do some house work, during the week, … Continue reading
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Chickadee-dee
Thanks to a friend of ours, we recently got a fun book about “Winter Friends“. Because of that book, the other day Ellie was drawing chickadees, which she calls “Chickadee-dee”, because I told her that’s what they say (plus another … Continue reading
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Mark Wants To Be Like Ellie When He Grows Up
(especially when it comes to the awesome clothing combinations he’ll get to make.)
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Ellie Holds Mark All By Herself
for the first time without any help! Wait!! Where did she go? Also, Ellie wanted to show you her teeth.
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Mark Dresses Up to Go To Church
Mark is very lucky to be the recipient of lots of great clothes from his cousins. We decided to bust out some cute ones for his first trip to church. Don’t you just love that sweater vest? 🙂 Ellie wanted … Continue reading
Emerging
Our time of cocooning ourselves at home is over and we’re slowly emerging into real life. Last week, Ellie, Mark and I even managed a quick trip to the grocery store. Not just any grocery store either – we went … Continue reading
Art, By Ellie
Recently, Ellie has started drawing actual objects rather than random lines, all without any prompting from us to do so. I love to see how her mind works! “tract-deer” (I think it’s a tractor but I’m not sure.) “dolphin fish … Continue reading
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Salmon and Souvlaki 