Day 2441 | Bunny Snuggles

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I have good news and bad news. The good news is that life has slowed down and we’ve been fully enjoying and appreciating the slower pace around here (thanks to book festival and soccer wrapping up).

The bad news? I can’t update my blog from my phone anymore. This, as you might imagine, makes my *daily* posts that much more difficult. I guess Squarespace has decided that it doesn’t want to support 8-year-old blogs anymore. Crazy, right? If my posts become more sporadic, please forgive me. I’ll do my best to transition to using my computer again, I promise.

Day 2440 | The Addams Family

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We were treated to quite the impressive high school musical today. Our niece/cousin starred as Wednesday in The Addams Family Musical and she was incredible. The entire cast was great and the set design and directing were pretty spectacular as well (thanks to my sister-in-law and brother). After living in DC away from family for so many years, I still don’t take days like this for granted. It makes my heart happy to be a part of these moments.

Day 2438 | Cute Bun

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Sorry I continue to be quiet on the blog lately. I’m just not taking many photos, it seems. I’d like to say that means I’m living in the moment more, but, in fact, I’ve probably just been too busy to take anything of interest. Haha.

I took this nice photo of the bun tonight for all of you, though. I realized Flopsy hasn’t gotten much attention on the blog lately either. He’s still around, for the record. We’re pretty sure he’s counting down the days until we bring home our Christmas tree. He loves Christmas.

Day 2436 | Last of the Orchid

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The first day of the full blooming orchid was mid-July. I’ve been watching the blooms slowly die off for a bit now, but yesterday the final flower fell to the ground. Three and a half months of enjoying that beautiful plant. That’s pretty amazing, right? And now the wait begins until the next bloom. I think it was over a year last time…I’ll keep you posted.

Side note: the photo above is the bun enjoying an orchid snack after the final bloom fell off the plant. The bun loves orchids, too!

Day 2435 | STEAM Fair

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Instead of having a Halloween celebration yesterday, the boys’ school always hosts a STEAM Fair to divert attention from costumes and candy. It’s a great plan and it works like a charm.

The boys really enjoyed learning about their topics and presenting them to other students. Even the parents get to enjoy the fair. Chase selected deep sea animals as his project and Robbe chose platypuses. Both subject matters I know very little about—until now.

Day 2434 | Halloween 2022

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What a lovely Halloween! Robbe dressed as a Clone Trooper (with a helmet we’ve had in our closet for four years..woohoo!) and Chase decided to be Marethyu (from the series The Legends of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel). We managed a quick visit to see a bunch of family and then came back to our neighborhood for the serious trick or treating. The Wisconsin weather even cooperated. It was one of the warmest I can remember.

Thanks to my mom for sewing up Chase’s cloak and thanks to Chris for supporting my crazy costume-crafting. Making these costumes brings me so much joy.

Halloweens Past

Enjoy a quick history of all of the boys’ costumes over the years. I love looking back at all these photos, so I thought you might as well.

2021 - Poseidon and Ares
2020 - Legends of Zelda Family Costume
2019 - Ninjas
2018 - King and Knight
2017 - Scientist and Spider
2016 - Frozone and Tool Guy
2015 - Firefighter and Dalmation
2014 - Hedgehogs
2013 + 2012 - Goldfish and Owl (just Chase)

Day 2431 | Busy, Busy

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It’s been crazy around here lately. I mean, crazy crazy. With the book festival going on since Thursday, I’ve barely had a chance to catch my breath racing from one thing to the next. It’s weird that the rest of life doesn’t slow down when the book festival is going on. Just a couple more days and things will get back to our normal level of crazy.

I did manage to snap this photo of an orange tree that has been bringing me joy in my front yard this week. That counts as being present in the moment, right?

Day 2430 | Young Writers

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The boys both read their original artwork at the Chippewa Valley Book Festival’s Young Writers Read Showcase. Kids between grades 3-8 can submit their stories and 2-3 from each grade get accepted to present their work on stage. I asked them to read their pieces for you in advance so you didn’t have to miss out on all the fun. Check out the links below. Yay for young authors!