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(Tap, tap– hey, is this thing still on?  Whoa, and all these posts by Eleanor– wow, I guess this thing has been up and running [oops]) We had a great weekend, starting on Saturday with a hike up the “Lake 22,” apparently named that for the creek that drains it being the 22nd that a [...]

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Here are some highlights from our fabulous week on Cape Cod (plus a little RI). Sailing on Ode to Joy, my parents boat that they sailed to RI from Michigan earlier this summer.  The boat was at Barrington Yacht Club, the club we belonged to growing up, so ran into lots of old friends as [...]

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In mid-July we made our annual pilgramage back east.  We kicked off the vacation with my cousin, Charlie’s wedding near Hartford, CT and then spent a week at my parent’s place on Cape Cod.  It was a great week+ where we got to see friends and family, hit some of my favorite New England haunts, and soak [...]

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The girls got some awesome tricycles for their birthday from Grandma Judy and Big Daddy.  One of the great features of these trikes is the pole that comes out of the back that parents can use to push and steer, which is very handy to help little riders learn the mechanics of steering, in addition to reining in occassionally obstinate 2 year-olds.  It’s [...]

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Lydia and Hadley successfully received their first hair cut today!  I learned from my first naive attempt a few weeks ago and this time brought Allan and booked haircuts at a place specializing in first kids cuts, Beachcomber Kids.  It was an awesome place, with tons of kiddie toys, sea-creature stools (although the girls opted [...]

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If it was October, this would have been a lovely weekend — high 60s, a little overcast, sunbreaks.  However, being the last weekend in July, it fell woefully short of expectations.  This has been the coldest summer since we’ve been here and for people like  me who suffer through the rest of the year because [...]

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  Lydia and Hadley turned two last week (July 22), while we were on vacation with my family in Cape Cod (post and pics to come soon).  I always get a little sentimental on their birthday thinking back to everything we went through in the months on either side of their birth, but will avoid [...]

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A few pics from our rainy, gray, and cold (don’t even get me started) 4th of July.  Per tradition, we found ourselves at Raaj’s annual Fourth of July party:  We also had a fabulous 3rd of July cookout at our good friends the Durhams (where we met a family with two sets of twins — yikes!), although sadly I [...]

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We had a busy, but super fun weekend.  Allan and I kicked it off by waking up at 4:30am to do the Seattle Rock n’ Roll 1/2 marathon. Great (although somewhat poorly organized) race that started in Tukwila (city south of Seattle) and ended at Qwest Stadium in downtown.  There were bands every mile along the [...]

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We spent a lovely, albeit rainy, Father’s Day at the Mariner’s Game.  Since we knew we weren’t going to make it nine innings due to nap schedules (we did hit the third inning, which was our goal), we went early and were treated to a special father’s day ”parade” around the field.  It was pretty cool to [...]

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