Letter Writing

As a child and even as an adult, I loved to get old-fashioned mail.  With the recent announcement of the post office ending Saturday delivery and continuing concerns about their business model I can't help but wonder if the reality of inexpensive hand-written letter will soon end.  In the meantime though, Sophia has really started to love writing letters.  So far she sends them only to a few people outside of our home, but this list is expanding quickly.  She sits down at a desk, asks for paper and writes.  Her love for this is so great that she asks to look at the card section in Target whenever we go there.  So, for Valentine's Day we got her a Villian's notecard set with her Villian's figurine set.  These are a few pictures I snapped of her writing before she told me that she was busy writing and it was not picture time.


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Letter Writing

As a child and even as an adult, I loved to get old-fashioned mail.  With the recent announcement of the post office ending Saturday delivery and continuing concerns about their business model I can't help but wonder if the reality of inexpensive hand-written letter will soon end.  In the meantime though, Sophia has really started to love writing letters.  So far she sends them only to a few people outside of our home, but this list is expanding quickly.  She sits down at a desk, asks for paper and writes.  Her love for this is so great that she asks to look at the card section in Target whenever we go there.  So, for Valentine's Day we got her a Villian's notecard set with her Villian's figurine set.  These are a few pictures I snapped of her writing before she told me that she was busy writing and it was not picture time.


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The flu has hit

The past week has been tough- the flu hit the girls one at a time, one day apart. Needless to say we spent a lot of time resting and enjoying the extra cuddles with the girls, but gosh am I happy they are on the mend.


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 Hope you are all weathering the flu season well.

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The flu has hit

The past week has been tough- the flu hit the girls one at a time, one day apart. Needless to say we spent a lot of time resting and enjoying the extra cuddles with the girls, but gosh am I happy they are on the mend.


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 Hope you are all weathering the flu season well.

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Happy Valentine's Day 2013!

For Valentine's Day we made salt dough hearts, X's and O's to string together for decoration and give to Sophia's teachers.  Sophia also made each teacher a cupcake, which we boxed and delivered earlier this week.

Making Salt Dough ornaments:

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Baking, Decorating and packaging the Cupcakes for school:

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Happy Valentine's Day 2013!

For Valentine's Day we made salt dough hearts, X's and O's to string together for decoration and give to Sophia's teachers.  Sophia also made each teacher a cupcake, which we boxed and delivered earlier this week.

Making Salt Dough ornaments:

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Baking, Decorating and packaging the Cupcakes for school:

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Christmas 2012! (a bit late & out of order)

Decorating the gingerbread house


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Eating Ice Cream Sundaes that Nana made


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Enjoying their new dollhouse


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Christmas 2012! (a bit late & out of order)

Decorating the gingerbread house


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Eating Ice Cream Sundaes that Nana made


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Enjoying their new dollhouse


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Cardboard House

I have a very distinct memory of being a kid and playing in a cardboard box with my brother.  It formerly housed a refrigerator, but when we inhabited it we designated it a space ship.  We played in it for days.  So, when a large box arrived at our doorstep I knew exactly what to do & it turns out that the girls did too.  What a house it is, especially after the decoration party we had!



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Cardboard House

I have a very distinct memory of being a kid and playing in a cardboard box with my brother.  It formerly housed a refrigerator, but when we inhabited it we designated it a space ship.  We played in it for days.  So, when a large box arrived at our doorstep I knew exactly what to do & it turns out that the girls did too.  What a house it is, especially after the decoration party we had!



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