Monday, September 08, 2008

This blog is nice but Facebook is more fun

So what have we been up to for the past 9 months? It seems that all of our life cycle events that occured were for the most part captured on the camera.... occassionally posted on Picasa........ and then in between its been "fun with facebook"-- posting stories, pictures, videos, status updates and more.

My friends get it, of course, but I feel bad for family members who used to look here to see what was new with the girls and the rest of us.

I don't think it's possible to make up for lost time but here is a list in NO ORDER of some highlights (and photos too!)

- Our big trip to Disneyworld in December 2007! Highlight of the year!
-A "first"- going camping for one night at Stone Mountain
-Two broken arms, fixed in time for the 4th of July
-Starting pre-K (at the same school)
-Finding more confidence in swimming at the pool with some lessons and as many evening/weekend visits as we could squeeze in
-A fabulous week at the beach with us, GramE, PopPop and Uncle Keith
-First "salon" manicures courtesy of DeeDee
-An unfortunate bout of pneumonia during spring break landing Leah in the hospital for 1 nite bookended by a fun visit to D.C.
-Another sucessful season of Tiny Tykes Soccer, a semester of Kindermusik, and a totally over the top dance recital!
-Visits from Aunt Myra, Uncle Alan, Isaac, Sara, Dee Dee and Poppy Joel
-Too many random colds, sniffles, coughs to mention
-Plenty of fun birthday parties with friends and outings to Zoo Atlanta, Children's Museum, High Museum of Art, and The Braves













So no promises on keeping this thing up to date. It's just too easy when I have facebook open all day! Even if no one ever looks at this blog, I find it's a great way to take a look back at what's been happening, outside the chaos of our day to day.

Friday, April 04, 2008

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Leah in the Light


Finally dumping my camera after, oh 3 months-- this one was last week after dinner and the light was just so pretty I couldn't resist. A few more to follow
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Monday, March 24, 2008

Egg Dying with GramE



This past thursday pre-easter. Took some convincing that you could EAT the eggs... but now they love em!
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Welcome to the Dollhouse


When I was a little girl my Poppy (Lauren Hansen) made me a dollhouse that he created entirely by hand. It was fully lit and lovingly decorated by my mom. It went in to storage sometime in 1987 when my family moved from CT to SC and stayed in a box for the past two decades. Just recently, my mom took the dollhouse on as her new 'project' to bring it in to the next century-- with new furniture and details, updated "people" and a fresh coat of paint. The girls LOVE IT and have named everyone in the family and play for hours on end with this new and improved version. I'm so happy to see them get such joy from one of my most favorite childhood memories.

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Me and The Girls on Easter

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Sydney and Her Bunny

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Happy Easter!

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Hanging out with Sara & Isaac

We had a great weekend! Saturday was all snow and lots of indoor fun (though they did brave the snow for about 30 minutes). Leah declared "I want MORE snow than THIS!"


Monday, January 21, 2008