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Hair Cut

boy getting a buzz cut from a bearded man — buzz cut

baby looking concerned while getting its hair cut by hands with scissors — scissor cut

Gave this little dude a haircut today. 3.75 years since the last time I tried that trick.

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Montshire Museum of Science

boy playing an electronic drum kit — Drumming

boy and older man looking at display of pinned moths — Exploring the insects with Granddad

boy looking at ping pong ball falling off plastic ramps — Bugchecking (he eventually landed a patch)

boy pulling rope while encased in a giant soap bubble — Inside a bubble

boy dropping pieces of leaves into plastic enclosure swarming with ants — Giving leaves to leafcutter ants

Montshire Museum of Science with Grandma and Granddad

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Children and the Arts Festival

woman holding thumbs up showing boy how to form clay ball — Making clay faces

boy working with clay — Adding some hair

woman and several children walking in road — Parade

man with long beard and hat carrying cardboard caterpillar — Still hungry

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Prepping the Garden

bearded man kneeling and tossing a clump of grass — Clearing out our winter rye/clover cover. Using the force.

boy looking at man working on small plant with knife with freshly-planted starts in foreground — Planting collards. Onions just planted. Garlic planted last fall in the bottom left.

boy watches bearded man kneeling over garden — Planting collards.

baby collard plants in garden — Collards!

boy washes out plastic bins with spray attachment on hose — Washing out the seed trays.

bearded man kneels over garden holding small plant — Planting broccoli.

Clearing out the garden bed and planting out our first crops!

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Stage Manager

boy pulls girl in a wheeled carboard box while a woman reads — Carrying away Thumbelina on the lily pads.

boy carries scenery showing cartoon beetles — Carrying in the beetles (which I helped paint!)

boy holds up scenery showing cartoon beetles — Holding the sassy beetles.

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Bedtime Stories

13 January 2016

Tonight at bedtime, my son asked me to read him part of a Ree Drummond cookbook and sing him two songs inspired by the reading. It was like going to a really weird church.

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Best Cousins

25 December 2015

two young boys happily sitting together on couch

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No Question he's Our Kid 💖💖💖💖

21 December 2015

boy sewing with Yoda on the TV next to a Christmas tree

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Next Load!

19 December 2015

My son is a wood-stacking taskmaster. He wouldn’t even let us take a snack break before doing “one more load.”

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Chameleon

7 December 2015

Huh what? This 40 year-old Australian cover of “Chameleon” just walked into my living room and melted my face off. I’ve listened to it four times in a row. It’s the audio equivalent of getting punched in the gut by Telly Savalas.

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