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Making the most of their short time together!

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Bedtime in Indonesia, our little cabin for a few nights here on the shores of Lake Erie. We’re enjoying time with Peter’s sister and her family.

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[and cheeks!]

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While the girls were out picking apples, feeding ducks and eating ice cream with Grandma and Grandpa, Peter and I took the opportunity for a rare, long walk down the Kokosing River Gap Trail. It was a lovely fall day with the sun shining and the leaves rustling beneath our feet. We talked in complete sentences and about topics that little ears need not hear.

It was nothing special, but it was very special.

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So, so happy to be able to meet our nephew Jedidiah and celebrate his first birthday on the very same day!

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Reading Mr Popper’s Penguins while lying on a penguin pillow. Perfect.

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I came across this little one playing with her reflection in the doorknob this afternoon.

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After eleven years of sewing in basement rooms, it gave me great pleasure today to set my machine up in front of this great window! It was so nice to look out over the back yard and our new neighborhood as I got a little sewing done.

(Is it just me, or does anyone else desperately want the neighbor’s pool cover to double as a giant trampoline?)

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The highlight of our park day today!

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Home made wrapping paper- lots of fun, earth friendly, and frugal.