Jane

unplugging to sleep.

September 15, 2014

Raise your hand if you have a small panic attack if you accidentally leave your cell phone at home or misplaced for a few minutes? Are you raising your hand? I am. We have moments at our house when someone says, “I can’t find my phone!” and everyone drops what they are doing to 1) use the Find iPhone app and 2) help the person who lost their phone find their missing appendage. Myla, our fourteen year old, mis-placed her phone this past Saturday some time between golfing with girlfriends that evening and coming home and has been in an all-out funk since doing so. Which, we all understand, right? Do you spend a LOT of waking hours in front of a computer,

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horses with hobbies – costumes

October 21, 2013

horses with hobbies costumes via seejaneblog

horses with hobbies no masks via seejaneblog

do you remember when i said our halloween costumes were really easy and teenager-friendly this year?!? well… do you agree? i have had a quirky obsession with these horse head masks for a long time now – but couldn’t justify buying them just for fun… so, halloween was the perfect reason to splurge! {on something so ridiculous!}

my kids each had their own ideas for what they wanted to dress up as this year, and as i started thinking about the little barbie that wanted to trick or treat in her barbie car, and two skate-boarders that want to go trick or treating on their long boards,

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October 20, 2013

kiana fear the beard via seejaneblog

myla fear the beard via seejaneblog

kj fear the beard via seejaneblog

sela fear the beard via seejaneblog

a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.
fear the beard style.

kiana: went to her first sadie hawkins dance this weekend!
myla: her soccer team is currently undefeated!
kj: is currently obsessed with baking pre-made chocolate chip cookie dough. specifically: nestle toll house. his favorite treat, and it makes our house smell so good!
sela: playing with friends is her very very favorite thing – so much so she doesn’t want to sign-up for any dance classes, sports, gymnastics classes,

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September 8, 2013

kiana edited

myla edited

kj edited

sela edited

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

kiana: is going to her first high school dance this saturday!
myla: multi-tasking. talking to her bff in boston while doing chores.
kj: recently became obsessed with ryan nyquist. (this video is one of kj’s favorites)
sela: her new fashion-designing medium: balloons. barbie’s outfit + headband were cut from one balloon, then she draws on them with markers to add a pattern.

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August 25, 2013

kiana first day of school

myla back to school pic

kj back to school

sela back to school pic

a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.
how was your first day of school?

kiana: “sooo boring! i have no classes with any of my good friends, so i was alone!”
myla: “it was so fun! except keyboarding. that was boring. but i think it will only be boring today, my teacher talks a lot…”
kj: “it was good. all my friends i knew before are in my class. it was just such a long day…”
sela: “it was soooo OSM!!!

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August 18, 2013

kiana I

myla I

kj I

sela I

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

kiana: started rehearsals for her high school dance company this week – she could not be happier!
myla: there is a paved path that goes around our house and yard that is a perfect one-fifth of a mile. myla rode her bike around it fifty times to bike ten miles! (with her brother) she loves cruising on her electric scooter around it too – the kids time each other to see who can go around it the fastest!
If you want to get one of these electric scooters for your children…

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