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for our seventh anniversary we made the trek to seattle for an overnight of food, food, late night tv and some more food, oh and sleeping through the night and well into the morning. we shot this in a dark alley with a not so great camera after stuffing ourselves at lecosho. such a fun night! thanks to grandma for watching the small humans.

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afternoon light slipping into the kitchen

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our annual pilgrimage to willow view farms to hang out with the goats, fill our bellies with apple slushies and our buckets with honeycrisps and galas.

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thanks be to grandpa for the yard of soil, with a little luck some of it will still be in the garden come spring.

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rainy mondays without cohen just aren't the same, but i think we are starting to find our groove as a home team of three.

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uncle aaron and auntie laisha were in town for the weekend & came for breakfast this morning. grandma brought the fantastic food and apparently max brought the cute.

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because it's been awhile since i have had a bird on a wire shot up

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how i spend my nights these days

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we pulled ada from her preschool today as it just wasn't the right environment for her. to make up for the disappointment we set up our own preschool in the kitchen and did some brush/finger painting.

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the little ladies i spent the weekend creating

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this kid does a mean poker face

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uncle milan was here visiting for the weekend.

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we used to call it nap time, but nowadays we call it "please just lay down!" time.

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the great escape

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do i really need to explain this? it's cohen, being cohen, although i think he was calling himself "the inspector" here.

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our hamster darth vader butterfly curled up to go to sleep last night and then never woke. we had a little ceremony for him and then buried him in the garden. it was a sad day. we'll miss you little buddy.

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lady and the crow

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talking through the glass

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cohen's first trip to school. it was only for one hour today, but he was READY! "you don't have to stay Mom, I know what I am doing cause I'm five years old now. Don't worry, I am going to be ok!" and he was.

my little man, he's growing up.

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max & mabel, again.

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max & bertha. such good friends.

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9 months!

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mr fancy new haircut looking all grown up and ready for kindergarten

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I got busy with Max and then found these two like this on the front walk. When I asked where they were headed I was told, "we're taking our camper (the wagon) and heading west, you know, towards the deserts of africa".

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we were running late (of course) and the sun was shining much too brightly to make it work, but here it is, ada's first day of preschool photo.

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'tis the season

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if you want those empty pudding containers it is going to cost you! the moustache however is free.

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just another night in the alley

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hold still for a minute ada and be brave! this is the hard part. i'm sorry ada, but i need to pull out your tooth now. it will be over soon and then you can have a popsicle.

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it's my disguise mom! if the bad guys think i am a girl they will leave me alone and then when they aren't looking i will shoot them! isn't that a great idea?