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sweet d, having a cuddle with her mama at the park.

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sometimes squirrels get sad. always they are cute.

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i found this sweet lil bunny thrifting the week before we moved. he's for a certain lil bedroom of a certain lil man... wait, i've said too much already! :)

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it takes five keys to live at our new place; one for the building front door, one for the mailbox, one for our front door, one for the gate to the backyard and one for the storage room. that is a lot of keys, but i don't mind.

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the sun cam out today and so did the ladybugs.

it has been spectacular.

we've been outside nearly all day,

playing, picnicking, lawn-mowing...

i think i'll go back out now.

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trying on hats at ikea.

raise your hand if you knew they sold hats at ikea.

they sell cheese too!

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new eyes.

aren't they lovely?!

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pretty hair.

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best bangs ever.

this is max, a horse the girls like to visit when we go for walks.

he has the greatest hair i have ever seen on an animal.

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channeling r. buckminster fuller...

... as we built towers and houses out of marshmallows and toothpicks.

this was such a fun (for us and the squirrels) and inexpensive project.

a new do.

her hair is hijacking this blog.

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having fun with pancakes.

we had someone coming to see the house this morning between 9:30 and 10:30,

which means we had to be out. a family breakfast date seemed like a perfect idea, and

we hadn't been to slappy cakes since last september which is just far too long!!!

it was so yummmmy!!

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i'm  a very fortunate girl.

being loved suites me, like crazy.

plus, i got my christmas earrings in finally and turquoise back

in my hair so i'm feeling like a real girl again.

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my beautiful smelly cat. she has style far beyond her 5 years.

i'm slacking a bit in the daily photo department...

life gets hectic, and you find yourself spending all your free

time on the telephone with banks and real estate agents, getting nowhere.

it's not fun, don't do it.

i visited my uncles yesterday. they purchased a new camera and some lenses

which prompted us to plan an all day photography date extravaganza.

i think i'll be back on track after that.

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a new dress.

i love this fabric so much i could scream!

and it fits like it was made specifically for me.

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"hey smelly, can i take your picture?"

i like her.

i also like the claunch monochrome film that came when i updated my

hipstamatic app. it's taking rather lovely photos.

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it snowed today in portland. twice.

it wasn't much, but it was ours.

and the sun was shining all afternoon.

it felt wonderful to be outside.

we built a tiny snowman on the deck and a small snowman in the yard.

we used nearly all of the snow we had, but then more came later

so the yard looks pretty again.

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smelly's first ever loose tooth.

it's the bottom-center-left one.

there are no words great enough to explain

how excited and grown-up this makes her feel.

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family dinner date at bay leaf.

they make pretty things out of vegetables.

tonight was the first time all 4 of us got out of the house in two weeks!
the squirrels caught a nasty chest cold that brought along
some of it's not-so-charming virus pals and boy were they ever 
determined to stick around and make sure none of us got any
sleep or had any fun. smelly caught it first and is better now. 
sweet d caught it worse, which is usually how it goes, and she's not 
quite kicked it yet... but well enough that we could get out and eat
some delicious food that someone else cooked and cleaned up!

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"and there's sarah, wearing her dork hat."