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On the Brink of the School-aged Years

August 5, 2016 – 1:24 pm

Two things happened yesterday that helped clarify an uneasiness I’ve felt all summer. • I took the kids to the zoo with only a small backpack filled with three water bottles and a few essentials. We’ve been handling zoo trips this way for quite some time. But this visit, zipping around strollers filled with children […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged growing up, James, Owen, school, Sophie | Comments (2)

Your Sixth Birthday

April 20, 2014 – 9:54 pm

Dear Sophie, This year your birthday started with a visit from Grandma and Grandpa in Baltimore. And, on the way to the airport, Owen threw up all over himself and the van. As I was trying to get him cleaned up with the few wipes and plastic bags I had, changing him into one of […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged 6, birthday, disney, Frozen, Grandma, Grandpa, Nini, party, Pop Pop, presents, sick, six, Sophie, YMCA | Comments (0)

A New Demographic

February 19, 2014 – 12:31 am

It’s 11:25pm the night before I turn 35 and I feel like I want to physically reach out and press against time. Slow it down. Stop it, for a moment, for many. I have been so lucky in my life and I have such high hopes for the future. I should also note that not […]

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Big Boy Beds

January 20, 2013 – 10:21 pm

I loved these cribs. In the beginning, I wished they matched. I always envisioned a twin nursery with matching twin cribs. But the white crib was free—thanks to Facebook and a friend of a friend—and that’s what our budget, at the time, allowed. In the end, I loved them. James slept in the painted white […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged bed, crib, exhaustion, James, love, nursery, Owen, sleep | Comments (2)

My Kitchen Salon

December 4, 2012 – 12:07 am

We often make bread in the bread machine. And mix milk and whipping cream together to make our own half-and-half. And we try, we really try, to never eat out but by never I mean at least once a week at around 6pm we look at each other, exhausted, and we look at the kids, […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged andy, gray, hair, kitchen, life, mitchell's, salon | Comments (2)
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