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April 28, 2013

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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

kiana: has a closet full of incredible clothes, but still prefers to wear mine.
myla: extremely diligent with doing her homework.
kj: finished spring-cleaning his room this week. i had to stay in his room with him almost the entire time and remind him about every two minutes to stay focused. my easily distracted boy – there may have been some bribing involved too.
sela: stole brothers hat and the stripe obsession continues

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birthday mornings.

April 27, 2013

so…. regardless if my kids have a friend-birthday-party or a family birthday party, we always have a family birthday morning.

and, birthday mornings are a big deal at our house. from the minute our kiddos wake up, we celebrate…

masculine birthday morning via seejaneblog

celebrate on the floor via seejaneblog

party on the floor style via seejaneblog

peek behind the cake: see that blue blob? kj requested blue crepes and bacon for breakfast!

we called them smurf crepes.

kj's birthday morn

the birthday begins via seejaneblog

sela woke up early and tip-toed in to our room. she whispered to me

mom, don’t feel bad. i’m not going to snuggle with you this morning because i’m going to wake up kj with birthday snuggles…

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16/52

April 21, 2013

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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

kiana: enjoys cooking. she made two {low-carb} family dinners this week – chicken peanut-curry, and spicy chicken basil stir-fry! {they were both phenomenal!}
myla: takes Chinese at school and gives herself character-pen-tats
KJ: just a small patch of freckles on that nose.
sela: overheard me call kiana “bug” this week, and replied, “mom! you can’t call her bug, i’m your only bug… you can call her {paused… thinking… thinking.. thinking…} worm.”

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the art of… family

April 16, 2013

this past weekend, i took a whole lotta sidewalk chalk + all of my kids outside to our driveway. we spent all afternoon out there, and not only created some chalk masterpieces, but created some fun memories.

the art of family via seejaneblog for twig creative

to see more pictures from our activity {more sidewalk chalk art!}, and to read my thoughts on “the art of… family” head over to the twig creative blog. and then, buy one of their wooden treasures, because they are the absolute cutest toys ever! true statement.

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dear friends, thank you dearly for all your texts, emails, fb/twitter/instagram messages yesterday and this morning in wake of the boston explosions.

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15/52

April 14, 2013

kiana

myla

KJ

sela

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

kiana: recently had “technology” taken away indefinitely. she’s having serious “snap chat” withdrawals – i catch her looking in mirrors making faces like this!
myla: has discovered a new interest in jazz music. miles davis baby.
kj: he’s playing for the astros in nationals little league this season. so now, big papi made sure we all own astros hats!
sela: likes to make me notes that say “sela ♥ mom”. i have a collection.

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14/52

April 7, 2013

kiana at softball

myla outside

KJ in sunglasses

sela lounging

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.”

*kiana: wants to grow up and be a professional hair stylist/make-up artist. for hollywood.
myla: wants to grow up and be an archeologist. and play tennis.
kj: wants to grow up and become “the next Steve Jobs.”
sela: wants to grow up and be a fashion designer.

*she made her high school freshman softball team!!! and, she has been asked to occasionally play on the JV team. her first game was a JV game this past friday.

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