Summer vacation used to be for me a time to get things done that I didn’t have time for during the school year. (Which almost seems laughable now…how could I have not had time to get things done? What did I used to do with my time?!). None-the-less, every summer I’d make myself a to-do [...]
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Our first summer trip was to Michigan for Cousin Jesse’s wedding. We left last Thursday for the eight hour drive to Crystal Mountain Resort. The girls did better than expected with the long drive, and Ed turns out to have had an uncanny ability to find really fun parks in whatever town we are passing [...]
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We made it to summer vacation and are loving it! The girls and I have fallen into an easy routine. They usually wake about 7. By the time we’ve gotten dressed, played a little, and Ella and I have eaten breakfast, it’s time for Harper to eat (and for Ella to watch a little Dora!). [...]
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Yesterday (while she munched away on a cheese stick dipped in applesauce): EJ: “Daddy and Ella having a picnic” Me: “Sure are…” (Then we talked about vacation for a minute) EJ: “Ella and Uncle Jake have a picnic?” Me: “on vacation?” EJ: “Yeah!” I grabbed the flip, and this is the conversation that ensued. As [...]
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