A few random pictures of what’s going on around these parts:
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Finally found a preschooler-sized apron for Walt that didn’t have flowers on it. Well done, Target! He loved helping me bake some banana bread yesterday.
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“Mom, doesn’t my hair look pretty for Mass?”
(Mostly) business in front.
Party in the back. Beautiful, honey!
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The neighbor’s car got a flat tire. Jane and Walt took it upon themselves to help them out.
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Among all of the things Jane and Walt made/brought home from preschool, these two pages are among my favorites. Jane and Walt’s teacher took their pictures on the first day of school and during the last month of school. She asked them what they want to be when they grow up, and she recorded their answers below their pictures.
Jane:
Daddy would argue that they’re the same thing.
Walt:
Either the kids are loving what’s happening at home, or their main goal in life is to do it better for their progeny!
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Poor Mr. Harry has been teething big time the last few weeks, and he’s on the tail end of an ear infection. He was so beside himself after his nap the other day that he had to hold two stuffies and have his blankey wrapped around him.
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After reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, I’ve been purging a whole lotta stuff around here and happened upon this gem. Here’s Philip with his Grandpa Al, who used to drive the engine at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Walt, our current train aficionado, cannot believe he’s actually related to a train engineer! Super, super cool stuff! I got a frame for the print, and Philip has it on his nightstand. Love you, Al!
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Philip and I celebrated our 7th anniversary last Sunday (May 31st). Don’t you like how I’m writing about our 7th anniversary on my 7th post? Not at all planned, but a definite happy coincidence. How did we celebrate, you ask? We did absolutely NOTHING! We had a leisurely morning at home, went to the late morning Mass, had lunch, went for a family bike ride/walk (pictured below), had a family nap (glorious!), had brinner (breakfast for dinner), got the kids to bed, watched an episode of The Goldbergs and The Property Brothers, and read in bed. It was a perfectly wonderful quiet day, and we’ll be celebrating with a date night in the very near future. This was Walt’s first actual bike ride beyond our block. He was a champ!
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Hope you have a wonderful weekend! If you’d like to read more 7QT posts, head on over to Kelly Mantoan’s blog, This Ain’t The Lyceum!
