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Thanksgiving Books!
Our new tradition of reading Halloween books in the weeks leading up to the holiday was a great success. Henry really enjoyed his holiday books, so much so that he wanted to dig into the Christmas books as soon as we book the Halloween ones away.As much as I love the holidays, I am not the kind of person who likes to start focusing on Christmas early. I like waiting until after Thanksgiving–one holiday at a time!I decided that it made sense to purchase some Thanksgiving books. Here’s what we ordered:- The Night Before Thanksgiving
- Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving
- Thanks for Thanksgiving
- Thanksgiving Is
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Things I’m Working on as a Mother
It dawned on me the other day that Henry never seemed to have a hard time adjusting to life with his new brother Tate at the time of Tate’s birth. I realized, however, that it’s probably getting harder and harder for Henry, now that Tate is more of a presence in our lives. He interacts with us, he laughs with us, he cracks us up a lot more, he asks for things, he demands a lot of attention, and he elicits a lot of positive feedback because he’s so stinkin’ adorable now (in my opinion, 16 months is when kids start to get really fun).Tate’s more pronounced presence… Read More -
Revitalized Spaces
There are spaces in my home that bug me every time I walk by them. The thing about those kind of spaces is that they typically only take about 15 minutes to transform. So I generally spend several hours (if you add up all the seconds I spend being bothered by them each day) thinking about corners that don’t take very much time to fix. Oy!
In this case, one area was really bothering me: the bookshelf in our bedroom. The thing about that bookshelf is that I see it for several hours each night as I work on my computer from my bed.… Read MoreOne night I decided to do
