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Happy Halloween!

Today concludes the R.I.P. Challenge.  I didn’t go out of my way to pick books I would not have normally read, and I vow to do better next year.  I don’t think I’ve read a gothic novel since college… I really enjoyed all four of these books and would like to thank Kate for introducing [...]

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Hummy

Thomsen was crawling around the floor like a bear this morning.  I believe he was trying to use the slowest mode of transport when I asked him to come by me to get dressed.  We started talking about bears and how Mommy wants to go back to bed and hibernate… I asked my little cub [...]

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R.I.P. Camera

Thomsen broke our camera yesterday.  I had left it on the desk after I uploaded our latest pictures, and he got to it and dropped it on the cement floor with the lens out.  I am sad but not devastated.  Errol and I got that camera almost four years ago, and we were planning on [...]

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Halloween books!

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Thomsen has been loving the Halloween books in the holiday section of Princeton Public Library. His favorites include:
10 Trick or Treaters: a Halloween Counting Book by Janet Schulman
The Haunted Ghoul Bus by Lisa Trumbauer
Julius’s Candy Corn by Kevin Henkes
There Once Was a Witch illustrated by R.W. Alley
Check them [...]

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Thom reading

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You can see our house from this corner. It felt particularly beautiful yesterday. The picture doesn’t do it justice.

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Thanks for sending this, Mom! He loved it and carried it around for a long time. Errol is going to get it laminated so Thom doesn’t ruin it. For now, it’s hanging on a wall in his room.

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This morning there were two parcels on our porch, and I was thrilled.  It’s always exciting to get good mail and even more exciting when you look closer and recognize your mother’s handwriting immediately.  Mom did not disappoint, and I now have in my possession a dozen of her homemade mint chocolate chip cookies.  Thomsen [...]

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New books from Ama!

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