Crocheting: Two months in

OK, true confession. These crochet posts are all about me. I realize 90% of you reading this probably have no interest and the other 10% might think Hey! Crochet stuff! Well my fellow hookers, this one is for you. And me. Mostly me. I’ve become completely obsessed with all things…

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I’m thirty-five (and how we’re spending fall in the pandemic)

Fall in Minnesota is usually breathtakingly gorgeous and this year hasn’t disappointed. I don’t usually talk about my birthday, but this year I turned the big THREE FIVE in the midst of beautiful fall colors, a baby turning a year old, a COVID kid birthday party, and lots of outdoor…

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Emelia at twelve months

Are you ready for gobs of photos? Because this girl is ONE. And we celebrated her birthday as a family after a highly successful COVID party with her sister this past weekend. Emelia has exploded in her development this month, and she’s into everything. I can’t keep up with her…

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The combined COVID birthday party

Being that my girls’ birthdays are six weeks apart, I figured eventually we’d combine them at some point, especially if we were going to do something bigger or have it outside. I sure wasn’t planning on combining them for Emelia’s first birthday. I wrestled with this a lot over the…

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September 2020 in review

It’s already autumn and September is over. Ever since Olivia returned to daycare a few months ago, the weeks seem to fly by. During lockdown they dragged, and now the evenings are getting darker. It’s a tough time of year for me because I don’t do well with the increased…

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