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Happy Birthday, Henry! (7 years-old)
Our Henry,
You are such a gift to our world! You make our lives better every single day. This year you graduated from kindergarten and into 1st grade. You love the three older girls in your community: Stella, Frances, and Lila. On Lila’s birthday, you let her wear your airplane wings. You also lost your first tooth! And then three more!
This past year you stopped doing Aikido and started doing swimming at Nitro. You swam until December and then switched to ukulele with Ms. Lesley.
We went to San Diego for Spring Break. You loved learning to surf with our friend Andrew! We went to … Read More
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How to Celebrate My 40th?
40!?!
It’s on the horizon!
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I got to be with my cousin while she celebrated her 30th birthday. It got me thinking about how I used to celebrate birthdays with a lot more creativity and zest. For my 30th birthday, for example, I invited my good friends to trek to a camp in the mountains of Colorado. We went snow-shoeing, cooked meals together, watched a movie, played board games and just had a lot of cozy fun together.
It made me sad to think that I was about to let my 40th birthday pass without much ado. It’s not that I need the attention or need … Read More
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Christmas Countdown: Activities!
I don’t mean to be one of those annoying Pinterest-y mothers talking about the perfect Christmas activities, but we are having a lot of fun with our countdown calendar.
The boys especially love the activities related to food, such as drinking eggnog, making gingerbread houses, and making hot chocolate. They are excited when we get home from school and select an activity.
Here’s our full list of things we choose from:
- Drink eggnog
- Drink hot chocolate
- Visit the Zilker Tree
- Visit 37th Street lights
- Visit Christmas house at 1912 Crystal Shores
- Go ice-skating
- Attend the Cherrywood Art Festival
- Make bagged lunches and deliver them to homeless people on the street
