Introduction Jalapeño - A little fun with stop motion

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With the furlough, we've got a bit more time for creative projects around these parts. HandsomeJoe is pouring his time into side projects. 

One day he and the girls made props, backdrops, collected bits and bobs and made a stop motion video out of one of the stories he's invented about a little dragon named Jalapeño. 

Furlough Foodie Fun

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So, there's a lot of reasons to be angry about the government shutdown, but I'm not going to get into them. What I am going to get into is gushing a bit about some of the marvelous things we've been making from scratch.

Bonne Année! Happy New Year!

Bonne année à vous et à tous les vôtres.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Merry Midwinter, Joyeaux Nöel, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, and more.

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Instead of waiting until the end of the month, I'm here now to wish you a Merry Midwinter! 

No, not the middle of the winter. Mid year at the Winter, the darkest day of the year. 

So, to cheer you up a little, I present you with two marvelous ladies, being marvelous.

November Recap - 2018 - already?

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Really? November is over already? 

October Recap - 2018

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It looks as though another month has flown by! October has been incredibly full and incredibly satisfying. Here are some highlights!

September Recap

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School is in full swing and the special events, school papers, and calendar pages seem to be fluttering by.

Here are some things that really stood out in September.

SOMEbody turned four and we had a hopping good time at her Frog party. There was even a purple frog with pink polka dots cake, lily pad cheeses and salami slices, origami frogs that really jump.

The girls are getting good enough at biking (A is still trucking along on her balance bike) that I might have to find myself a bike just to keep up!

My first art assignment this semester was a self portrait (it was a quick assignment over the first 1.5 weeks.) 

We celebrated HandsomeJoe and my 10th anniversary with a few day trip down to Mystic Seaport and the Mystic Aquarium. We haven't been (and we go as a family) in several years and it's a special place to us as the time we visited prior to that was the day before darling A was born.

The highlight of the trip for the girls was repeated visits from Juno the beluga whale, the boat tour of Mystic Seaport, and getting to go down below deck on the big boats. 

The highlights of the trip for me was getting to be by the shore, the boats that remind me of summers with my grandparents, a vacation with my darling husband and my two favorite girls. 

Top THAT, October! :) 

Yes, Daddy can have a Princess Cake this year too.

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Yes, Daddy can have a Princess Cake this year too.

Last year, we called Daddy's bluff, and made him a Princess Cake.

It was so much fun and so delicious, he wanted one again this year. My guess is that we have the beginning of a tradition on our hands.