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Category Archives: Summer

Making a Thankfulness Tree

We love honoring the seasonal changes around us through art projects, family time, and reflective practices. As the seasons move from one to the next, we mimic the transition on the tree in Isla’s room. This summer it displayed all our summer fun leaves. In October we began replacing the green leaves with colorful fall...

Farewell, Summer Lobster Feast and Hello, Fall Apple Butter Pancakes!

Though school started weeks ago and the weather has been working hard to convince us that fall had arrived, it was still officially summer through this weekend. Being our final summer before the kids’ school schedules steals our freedom– I mean, change our routine– for the next few decades, we decided we wanted to do...

Pies Before Guys Girls’ Beach Weekend

If there aren’t lots of tasty treats, is it really a girls’ getaway? Well, we think not. We had the most wonderful annual girls’ beach getaway with Nana and our dear friends, Madelyn, Robin, and Ruth Anne (or “Grandma Roofie” as Isla dubbed her when she couldn’t yet pronounce her “th” blends). My mom, Robin,...