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Simple Children’s Birthdays
I am counting my lucky stars that we are still in a place where we can celebrate our children’s birthdays in a simple way.Despite the fact that we have been to lots of birthdays at jump houses and gymnastics places, Henry is still okay with the idea of having a birthday party at a park or our house. I gave those two options to him, and he said, “Our house, of course.”So there you have it! It will be a simple celebration planned by Henry. So far he has decided:- Vegetable tray (this kid seriously cracks me up)
- Gluten-free chocolate cake with mint icing and chocolate chips in
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18 Summers
I recently read or heard a reminder that we only have 18 summers with our children. (Hopefully this isn’t entirely true, since I still vacation with family in the summer. But it resonated with me nonetheless.)While that was percolating in my mind, Matt read something about a father who spent a month traveling with his children every summer, and we both agreed that that sounds so lovely!So I think we will try to go on a 3-week vacation every summer as a family. We will aim for 2019 so we have time to save up for another big international excursion. I have two weeks of vacation in the… Read More -
Camping!
So, camping. I think it was mainly positive! (I’m still working through the calculations in my mind.)
We squeezed this trip into an already-crowded weekend because I wanted to be able to check off our camping goal for 2017. I got home from the Magnolia Makers Market around 2:45pm and then wanted to help Henry process everything. We put away everything, and then we used these manipulative to calculate how much of his money should go to college, his future car, the Elephant Sanctuary, and then to his own wallet. Then he wrote a letter to the Elephant Sanctuary. Next I had to respond to some emergency things related to… Read More
