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porcupine

the model and her protégée

by sesame on February 27, 2011

the girls and i took a walk before dinner. they let me take my camera too. when clover is done, she says “nuff”. off we went home for dinner. just what i needed after a long day of cabin fever.

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I strive to see the world the way she does. Look at the wonder on her face while watching trees out the window of the train. I mean, why not let all that negativity go and just enjoy the ride. It is more fun that way. We went to a great event today for Gemma’s [...]

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first grader

by sesame on January 30, 2011

tomorrow.

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boy energy

by sesame on January 2, 2011

Boy energy.  All I heard about when we found out that one of the twins was a boy was that crazy boy energy. “Watch out because boys are crazy”, they cautioned. “You will not know what hit you when you have a boy,” they said. How come no. one. warned us about the GIRLS! Meanwhile [...]

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trying to raise free range children

by sesame on October 30, 2010

It is hard to raise a free range child these days and mostly it is my own darn fault.  I let fear take over.  Alec and I listened to the author of free range kids speak this past week and that has me thinking about how we are teaching these kids of ours about the [...]

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presenting the new smile

by sesame on October 11, 2010

after hanging on for dear life, the tooth lost the battle to stay in place to a raisin bagel at breakfast. the tooth fairy came that night and brought gemma a $2 gold coin. i remember watching those tiny teeth come in just yesterday! (ok, so i checked and apparently it was over 5 years [...]

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our new favorite park

by sesame on September 30, 2010

daisy chains and airplanes oh and spinning things that need to be photographed with a wide lens (not the 60mm i had) and a slow shutter speed (*duh – smacks head) to be effective in any way.  *that, by the way, is a note to me. dale had the right idea and got some great [...]

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the lost tooth chronicles

by sesame on September 20, 2010

part one. for jen. there are 3 others not far behind.

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bup!

by sesame on September 19, 2010

that is the twins’ word for jump.  we all say it now.  the whole family sounds crazy when we talk to the twins. coo-coo bup.  memma bup. i love their crazy mixed up words. gemma used to say “babysuit” for bathing suit and now she counts in japanese… soon enough the twins will be smarter [...]

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wishful thinking and under-dressing

by sesame on September 16, 2010

you can tell it is spring.  the dresses are coming out of the closet after school and despite the chill, she refuses sweaters. 2 weeks of holidays start tomorrow at 3:30pm.  we are very ready.  sort of.  i mean, we have the dresses.

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