Freezing pre-teens who don’t want to pose for a photo. A hippie in long sleeves (!) who might have his pants on backwards. A mermaid so bundled up that she no longer looks like a mermaid. Digging into the haul. A glass of wine for the grown-ups.
Category: Ellery
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Mermaids
A terrific Halloween parade begins when you show up to the parade to find your good friend is wearing the exact same costume as you are, and you didn’t even plan it.
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Afro circus
Tom picked up a copy of Madagascar 3 at the grocery store. Someone really loved the freebie wig that came along with it.
Apparently, if you want to make people at a grocery store smile, you release a dancing 5-year-old in a rainbow wig.
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Open for business
Ellery has opened a diner in our living room. She’s a one-woman show, from designing the menu to plating up the food.
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Spring Break PurgeFest 2012: Day Six
Out of the entire PurgeFest, this was the hardest day yet. Big props to both sets of grandparents, Renita, and Tom for helping piece together child care and making it happen. On weekdays I’ve been juggling three children as I purge, but this project called for serious focus and solitude.
This is Ellery’s room. Other than putting a bed in place of her crib, we haven’t done much to it since her birth. The basic purge was done by 1:39pm, as you can see on her clock. But then I needed to truck it to IKEA and gather some Trofast to organize her belongings. Those took the place of the rocker, which had been my trusty nursing spot for many years.
I put the last bin into place as Tom was reading Ellery a bedtime story.
I am POOPED, but I’m beginning to think we’re tipping the balance on the organized vs. scary spaces in this house.
Plus, I’m thinking no one can accuse me of being one of those people who only posts about a Martha Stewart life, ’cause I’m fairly certain Martha never let Alexis’ room look like this.
There will be no tally of what I purged from this room, as certain people in this house are readers, but I will say it sure does feel a lot more open and airy!
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I hear it’s called “snow”
It is clearly not going to be a winter of snow drifts and cozy days off school.
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First 3D movie
We took the kids to see the Lorax today. For Ellery, it was her first 3D movie. She marvelled at the whole concept, outstretching her hands and trying to grab what flew in front of her.
Then she settled in for some serious viewing.
