Monthly Archives: May 2008

Growing up

My girls are growing up. I know this is a statement of fact. Here are 2 ways I see it in Sara: 1. She made a plan. When discussing when we would nap, she decided she would play in her … Continue reading

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Syttende Mai

We dedicated a whole day to the Norwegian constitution day. Things I didn’t expect when I moved to Seattle. We have 20 photos on flickr with more detail in the captions. There’re in a set. I called Heidi and mentioned … Continue reading

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Mom’s Day

Sara whined, “When there’s going to be a girl’s day?!!” It was a wonderful day that wore my husband out as he became me for a day. When you have young kids, the work never really ends. We just finished … Continue reading

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Angela’s baby shower

I knew it was going be a socially intense day when Burke called me during our Maui vacation to discuss how to make everything happen. We did do a lot of things. At the end, I was ready to be … Continue reading

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Claire’s birthday and Conference

Another conference. Yes, I attended 10 days of a conference before Maui. I’m making up for not going to conference for about 1 year around Laura’s birth. Today was Justus Lehmann day, named after the founding head of department. Thought … Continue reading

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Wrong size

This morning Sara came into the kitchen with a purple shirt and stripped pants she had chosen to wear. In a distracted manner, I looked sideways at her shirt while preparing breakfast and said, “That’s too small for you”. It … Continue reading

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Bib rebellion

The outside has decided to come inside. I’ve just driven two tired girls home from pizza lunch, playdate at Greenlake park, and working out in the morning. I unloaded all our stuff from our adventure (from 8:30am-1:30pm), put two tired … Continue reading

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Sarah, swimming, and shaking off the Hawaiian sand

It didn’t all happen in that order. Also note that it’s Sarah with an “H” as in my friend from church who moved to Denver 2 yrs ago (has it really been that long?!!!). There’s a big gap in my … Continue reading

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