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My makeshift office - a footstool piled with building materials and drawings and things. At the end of the night, the laptop gets folded up and balanced atop.

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Today was butterfly release day! See, top center?

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The wind was having its way with the curtain.

We have this tradition of stopping at this cute lakeside restaurant for lunch on our way home from Maine. It's usually a later, leisurely lunch, because it's an hour from our land, and it's rare that we're leaving much before noon. This was the first time baby boy has gone, and he was sitting on the table, providing much laughter.

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Nine months old today! I never see him look like his sister but here he sure does.

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I took a photo of these lilies at the dunk's drive thru because I like them and want them at my new house. I do this a lot, take random photos of things I like.

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Closed on the land! And big boy's half birthday, so we celebrated in high style - bbq. We went to the closest non-pizza restaurant to the land, which is about 2 towns away. It's pretty remote where we are.

The girl was concentrating on opening shelled peanuts. Very proud of herself.

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My boy feeding Lydia the elephant an ice cream cone filled with grain. We had an absolute blast at the zoo. I seriously have the best kids ever.

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She was absolutely giddy. She had found this old wig and was sticking it all over Grandma's garden.

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Sunset on the solstice.

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Sleeping off the beach. Do you not want to just nibble that belly button?

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My dinner was literally picture perfect. And delicious too!

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Not much to say here, other than the fact that I'm not sure how long this will last on the internetz. Somebody eventually might figure out what it is, and OMG a baby is eating.

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Not a great shot, but all of the caterpillars decided today was the day to build their homes.

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Cousins! They only see each other 3 times a year but when they do, they just pick right back up again.

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We got a new truck. So of course we all loaded up and went to get ice cream. Funny enough, we got there and realized we only had $4.83 to our names. We split two kiddie sizes (and got two cones and recreated eensy weensy tiny cones for the kids) but it all worked out. Maybe we're just teaching portion control. ;o)

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A new view of "our" marsh. I found this great walking loop. You can't see in this photo, but they've added those big black greenhead boxes. Good that they're being proactive, but scary that they needed to. I'm glad we get a nice breeze.

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The girl was putting on a puppet show. The big boy was completely captivated. It was awesome.

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After a long day, we need to unwind by watching videos of pranks on YouTube. We're nothing if not great parents.

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Getting ready for her dress rehearsal. Before I did makeup and costume, in just her messed up tights and teeny tiny bun (YOU try to get a four year old's bob into a bun!! YOU DO IT!).

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It was the girly's last day of preschool. It was wonderful. Some genius brought in cupcakes with bright red frosting. The kids all looked like they had on clown lipstick. But they loved it.

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Perfect weather for first grade field day. The red team was on fire. ;o)

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Recently I decided to let the kids use up all of my random art supplies (well, except for the 84 exacto blades I have from model making days). Today it was some tubes of watercolor paint. I stick the kids on the porch among the recycling and camping supplies.

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Wild beach roses my boys brought home for me. They smell amazing.

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This is the deck where Moon hangs out a lot. See back there on the rock? Mr. Chuck suns there just to torment her, I swear.

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My boys playing lacrosse catch, my girl in a tidepool. Such a strange foggy but hot day.

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While driving around recently, we saw this siding. And really dig it. So I took this photo, so that we could research when we got home. And found it (the vertical ribs were the tell-tale sign) - it's HardieShingle, which is made from concrete. I think we've found our siding.

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Fat baby in tub. He really likes it.

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I joined the first graders for a tidepooling trip. We caught crabs and things.

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Although we live at the beach, we really love this one, which is about 6 minutes away. So the other night we went there after dinner. The baby was asleep so everyone else walked out onto the jetty.