A Trip To PA

With child, the two pups and a Passat Wagon filled to the gills we made our way to PA this past weekend. Why the sudden road trip? We traded in the waggie for a brand new Kia Sorento 2012. It rocks. I've secretly named it Kate Middleton. Let's see how long it takes for Stevens to read this post and say something. Hehe.

Besides the car haggling (just joking, not really) and signing a ton of paper work (seriously it was like signing our lives away), we got to spend lots of time with some of our favorites...






...and we're headed out of town again this coming weekend for a whole week in Hilton Head!

Making Faces

More Ice Cream

We turned right around and had more ice cream tonight! What was so special this time around?

• While at Sweet Treats, Charlotte met another little girl named Charlotte. The new Charlotte was also three. They ran around and played on the train calling each other "friend" because they couldn't remember each other's name.

• Our Charlotte had her first ice cream CONE :) It was a melty success.

Dinner With Mimi + GrandDad, Ice Cream & Playing On The Train

While Mimi and GrandDad were in town, we enjoyed a tasty dinner with friends at Shillings on the Square (our first time eating there even though it's a stones throw) followed by ice cream at Sweet Treats (a favorite) and little fun on the train.

Nine Years

We had a low-key (cards only) nine-year anniversary celebration this year. It was simply lovely. Our trip to Sapporo Japanese Steak & Sushi was a hit, as always. Charlotte LOVES the miso soup and is always continuously amazed when they light up the grille (see last photo).









Happy anniversary darlin. Here here to another 9 and many, many more. How about next year we hire the sitter?

Shared Workspace

Charlotte woke with a fever today and lucky for me Thursdays are my work-from-home day so I kept her with me. We set up at the kitchen table - Charlotte on one side with the iPad, me on the other with my laptop. Looking over my laptop, these are the faces I saw...

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...as she was watching The Wonder Pets on NetFlix.

Happy Fourth!

Sure was a good thing we opted to make our paper sparklers - we were rained out this year! we use this tutorial from Liz Stanley and substituted construction paper for the vellum :) And, just in case you were wondering, our straws are from Garnish.

A New Desk

Charlotte has a new-ish desk! I say "new-ish" because it's really quite old - it was my father's as a boy and then mine as a girl and has sat in our laundry rec area since we bought our house (four years ago). It just randomly occurred to me the other day to clean it up and hand over the ownership! It does still need a little tlc - Daddy is working on repairing the bottom drawer and we're keeping an eye out for a replacement chair (it's missing a part and a tad to wobbly). Charlotte absolutely loves it as-is though; she says it's for her "business works" and retires there nightly!



Do I spy a SweetBeaker pencil cup? Yeah, yeah. I know. But, hey! A little self advertisement never hurts!