symphony

...At Lulu's for coffee and vegan cookies after this afternoon's SC Symphony Family concert downtown....Dylan, Taliana and Karmalynn were 3 of 12 children selected to be "conductors" for the last song!! Actually, the girls were asked before we got to our  by coffywoman
…At Lulu’s for coffee and vegan cookies after this afternoon’s SC Symphony Family concert downtown….Dylan, Taliana and Karmalynn were 3 of 12 children selected to be "conductors" for the last song!! Actually, the girls were asked before we got to our
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…At Lulu’s for coffee and vegan cookies after this afternoon’s SC Symphony Family concert downtown….Dylan, Taliana and Karmalynn were 3 of 12 children selected to be “conductors” for the last song!! Actually, the girls were asked before we got to our seats, but they agreed to do it only if their friend Dylan could join them.

I don’t think Dylan really knew what he was getting into! Once up there, he moved himself to the absolute end of the line and then he looked so eager to stop waving that baton around!!!

He later told us he didn’t like being up there…he is, I think, inclined towards the introvert end of the spectrum!


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celebrating Chloe’s first birthday

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Our beloved li’l baby girl turned 1 several weeks ago now!! She celebrated, yes she did. Her actual bday was a weekday, so poor thing had to go into daycare, but I woke up a little earlier than usual to bake her a banana cupcake. We’d already introduced wheat to her, so the only new, big 1-year old, new food was agave. And, it was her first real sweet treat!

That weekend, we celebrated with a little Music Together party at our house with just a few of our closest family friends. She had a blast (as did the other kids, I think!)! And she wore the dress that her “teacher” in the infant room gave her!

Then, a couple of weeks later, we had yet another celebration with the family.

She is such a joy to be around…she is often so playful. If she hears you laughing, she might just join in, too, even though she may not be sure why you’re laughing; while Cameron sings the Glee Cast version of “Lean On Me,” she sings the intro, “hum hum hum hum”. She likes trying to put things back together (fit lids on their cups, join mega bloks together, etc.) and, though I haven’t had much time to blog about her communication skills lately, she is signing and has been for quite some time! “Fan” and “all done” look remarkably similar, but they’re also clear in context! And, she gives high fives on-demand!

She is our baby, for sure. I look at her and Dylan next to each other and know that no time at all will pass before she’s as tall as he is and talking non-stop.

Already, she’s finished her first full week in the toddler room at pre-school! I came to pick her up one day and there she was, sitting in a regular kiddie chair at the table–no straps on the chair to hold her in, no tray–happily eating her lunch while waiting for my arrival!!

. With every new thing that she does, I’m so very proud and so very sad! She is growing up so fast!!!


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good morning and happy birthday!
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eyeballing the cupcake?
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bday cupcake
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dylan presenting the bday goodie
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mmmmmm
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sampling
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initial skepticism
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party day cupcakes (banana split, cookies ‘n’ cream, gluten-free chocolate)
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music together circle
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that’s teacher Jessica (we’ve been taking her class since Dylan was young!)
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diggin’ the music
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sisters
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drumming with Camille
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choppers shot
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music play-along
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cupcake time
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time for a taste!
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daddy mug shot
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family party time
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party warm-up with Tyler


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auntie cindy decorated!
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lovin’ the balloons
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not sure about the balloons
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with lola and Jason
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<3
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auntie love
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Birthday Girl shirt made by Auntie Cindy
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NEWTEXT


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happy
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more love
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bonding with Auntie Cindy
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interested….
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really interested
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bday wish time!
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sheer joy
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singin’
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here’s that shirt!
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time for presents
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she loves my wallet
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didn’t nap! ready for bed, but still going!
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bday low-fivin’
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my joyful baby
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chillaxin’
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happy bday, li’l one…!
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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s b’day…

In honor of Dr. Seuss's b'day... by coffywoman
In honor of Dr. Seuss’s b’day…
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I’ve been terrible about updating lately but not for lack of things to say. This one here, for example, is just the jolliest person on Earth…up until she’s not the jolliest person on Earth!

Still, I mean to say, she’s growing up a lot. The tantrums, when they happen, are still terrible, but they’re a lot less frequent.

Also, she’s really blossoming into a very kind and thoughtful little human. She often thinks of her friends at school and wants to draw pictures for them, or make invitations for play dates, etc.

She is often so good about instantly saying thanks if you give her a hand with something or tell her something nice. And she’s getting more helpful, too!

Three was definitely more challenging than 2…and 2 was a doozy, but we’re seeing her mature and it’ so very sweet!

Incidentally, she made the Dr. Seuss mask at library story time last week! Super cute, huh?


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last Saturday

This is a girl who was happy to see her Lola and Aunties this weekend! by coffywoman
another bday celebration
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This is a girl who was happy to see her Lola and Aunties this weekend!


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last Sunday

...At Lulu's for coffee and vegan cookies after this afternoon's SC Symphony Family concert downtown....Dylan, Taliana and Karmalynn were 3 of 12 children selected to be "conductors" for the last song!! Actually, the girls were asked before we got to our  by coffywoman
post-concert pic
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…At Lulu’s for coffee and vegan cookies after this afternoon’s SC Symphony Family concert downtown….Dylan, Taliana and Karmalynn were 3 of 12 children selected to be “conductors” for the last song!! Actually, the girls were asked before we got to our


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shumamagu

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This is Cameron’s shumamagu hat. I don’t remember exactly when she came up with this term, but I do know it was in existence around Halloween because she had it spelled out on some goodie bag she got to decorate somewhere!!

Around bedtime–always around bedtime while trying to do the night time routine–Shumamagu comes out. She tears across the room taunting us with “Shumamagu is too fast for you!!”, evading our arms. Sometimes, she streaks across the room naked. But, this hat, which she so despised previously is now totally beloved and now referred to as the Shumamagu hat!!

Where do these kids come up with this stuff?!


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cameron biking

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Cameron on her bike!
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Cameron has been really reluctant to ride her balance bike. At first, she refused to ride Dylan’s old blue one…because (sadly) it was blue. So Santa left a pink one for her…which she also cried about using.

Her buddy Kaden is already riding a 2-wheeler and on one of our Friday playdates, he wanted to rider her bike! This got her thinking about the bike in a more positive light….Then, Dylan, rockstar big bro, encouraged her to ride it by showing her how much fun it was to ride his old one!


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demoer Dylan
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It was much more fun to ride together!!


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yay!
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They had so much fun goofing off in the driveway, we took them to the school the next day to practice.

Cameron didn’t stay on her bike long, but the awesome thing is that she actively wanted to ride it for a while!


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flu and whatnot

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We’ve had quite an eventful 3 weeks here what with everyone but Chloe cycling through flu of varying severity.

It started with Dylan (in retrospect, I think he had flu) who was up and down for basically a whole school week. While he was in the midst of the Sick, Cameron had a 1-day fever (probably a mild case of the flu because she’d been vaccinated).

It was exhausting when the kids were sick, but then Tom was downed for an entire week after they were all back to good.

I’d been managing to stave it off–or, so I thought, but I ended up getting it last. As of this evening, I’m on Day 6, though today’s fevers were really sporadic and I’m not experiencing the chills anymore.

I’m grateful that it bypassed Chloe entirely! She has her own issues to contend with as it is what with several new teeth poking through!

Now that we’re all leaving the yuck behind us, we can look forward to celebrating Chloe’s first birthday and other happy moments!


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chloe walking

Chloe’s been walking for a couple of weeks now! Crazy, but true. If memory serves, I think this makes her the earliest walker of the 3 which really just means she is super motivated to join her big brother and big sister in whatever they’re doing!!

Just yesterday, she visited the toddler room at daycare, too. She had such a great time, she sacked out before dinner time.

Broken record time: I can’t believe how fast she’s growing up!

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piggy jammies!

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Chloe is now big enough to fit in these cute jammies. That is all.


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