A Tale of Two Trees

April 28, 2009

My life is divided in 2. There are 2 countries that share me, my heart, and my family. My first love and motherland is sunny, beautiful, complicated, hopeful South Africa. I grew up in the purple-kissed Jacaranda City – Pretoria. Every October the streets are strewn with a rich carpet of delicate petals. It is [...]

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Sweet Sixteen Months

April 27, 2009

To Our Sixteen-month-old-baby Micah,
How we love you – how amazed we are by you! How delighted we are by your chubby cheeks and chunky little tree trunk legs. You are tall and strong and bubbling over with joy and cheeky chuckles. We love to watch you sign “dog” and “milk” and “car” and “ball” with [...]

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Wordless Wednesday

April 22, 2009
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Crazy for Consignment

April 18, 2009

I’ve got the children’s consignment sales fever. And I’ve got it bad! Today was one of the biggest semi-annual sales in the area and Pete and I went all out. We got a sitter (thanks Abigail!), we got cash in hand, and we went buck wild for all the awesome stuff they had! I mean, [...]

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Yes, I'm THAT kind of mama

April 17, 2009

As in, when I dropped my 3 and half year old at preschool his teacher took one look at him and said to me, “but…..today is PICTURE day!” To which I calmly responded – “Yes, I do know that. I also realize that Jackson is wearing the EXACT SAME OUTFIT as yesterday – but he [...]

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A Chocolate Covered Lesson

April 13, 2009

I never look forward to Monday mornings and going back to work. Tonight is the exception. Tonight my children are sky-high on sugar! They have consumed vast quantities of kiddie-crack a.k.a. chocolate eggs, chocolate chicks, chocolate basketballs, chocolate soccer balls, chocolate slabs. They have become addicts in a matter of 3 short days. I [...]

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An Easter Meditation

April 9, 2009

Philippians chapter 4 verse 8:

8Finally, brothers,

whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable

—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things.
From our family to yours – we wish you a blessed, reflective Easter.

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How to Leave a Comment and Win a Prize!

April 2, 2009

Ok – Family – time to stretch your minds and take that leap into the blog-o-sphere that you have been putting off until now. Here comes your official PUSH! No more lurking around this blog without leaving us a little “Hi-di Ho, I was in the neighborhood” message.
Now, some of you tell me it is [...]

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