On January 31, 2013 we celebrated our house’s thirteenth birthday (thirteen years with us) and its 128th birthday on this street. Click on each of the photos below to find room by room descriptions of where we started, and where things stand today. Each one is a little love story about us and the places…
lucky thirteen: a love story and a house
Thirteen years ago today we put an offer on this beauty. I know. She’s gorgeous isn’t she? What can I say? We were young, in love, ready for an adventure, and more than a little crazy. But despite those early years of near-camp like existence, the hours and hours of back breaking work, and the…
(story)time: award winners
Big congrats to one of our very favorite book authors / illustrators – Jon Klassen. He won the 2013 Caldecott for This Is Not My Hat – a house favorite that we’ve read twice just this week, and it’s only Wednesday. Outside of Extra Yarn (my Klassen favorite for illustrations, authored by Max Barnett), This…