Your birthday falls now in the unfortunate position between banana buffets and nail polish parties. We ask you every year what you’d like for your birthday and you always reply that you’re good. No piles of thirty-seventh birthday invitations stack up on the dining room table, and any small trinket or large item that we…
a trip down memory lane
This was E as a baby taken shortly after her first outdoor painting adventure. I remember sitting out there that day, watching her work on that board, while M took photos and we enjoyed a bit of the afternoon sun. She sat there for quite a while, trying out paint brushes and her fingers. Seems…
three is easy for seven
After seven years, it’s funny to think of a party in terms of just three kids instead of a dozen. We’ve had simple / elaborate birthdays (yes, you can have both at once) for all the previous milestones, and just had another one for the baby a few weeks back. The seven year old requested…