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Generally, the baby has hated the water at the beach. But the tidepools were a bit warmer and he didn't object for a good long while.

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The girls sharing a sprite at the clam shack.

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The site is just as beautiful and peaceful at night.

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This was one of my favorite photos of the big boy.


Yesterday I took this one and it reminds me so much of that photo, for the same reason. It's that smile, that "there you are momma!" smile.

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This picture makes *me* smile because of how genuine her smile is.

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This is pretty typical of our Moon doggie. Purple to let you know she's a girl, filthy because that's who she is. We'll miss you Moonie.

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We planned to go out to the Isles of Shoals for lunch but it was a full boat. So we went for dinner instead. We would have been in the sun on the trip but it was cloudy on our journey, and a sunset back. It is a magical place. I'd highly recommend it.

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Slightly overcast day makes for good beaching.

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Much bed lounging this morning. One of these boys is actually asleep.

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The future basement/current hole in the ground!

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I'm not sure about sharing yesterday's photo. It is an adorable picture that includes adorable nude bottoms. I wish I didn't even have to think about creepers out there on the internet.

Well, today we went to this old 1830s village, where a farmer was walking these baby cows and training them at a yoke. So he asked the boy if he was 7, because 7 year olds are ox drivers, and it turned into the boy wearing the hat and holding the oxen (when they're babies, they're probably not oxen but I don't really know).

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This is our equivalent of the flag on the moon. Staking our turf. We now have a presence in the neighborhood.

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Baby on my lap - his head in the foreground. It was a hot, tiring day with me and all 3 kids, so when daddy was on his way home, I was outside with a beer. G wanted me to take a photo of the crazy sky and moon.

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Yes, he sleeps on my bed. On puffy comforter. With NO RAILS. He's amazing though isn't he?

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The last day of magical princess dance camp. Running beneath the fairy catcher.

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I left the sheet at right on the line later, because it was shading the boy. He had been sitting up but he's decided to give me a heart attack and be all mobile like.

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Once I saw this painting, where the middle was all white and windy, but on each side was different - it was like on one side was a snowstorm and one was a sandstorm. So these Mongols were meeting up with some Arabians and were confused by it. The ocean horizon today was reminding me of it - the fog completely blurred the transition.

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There's an old bridge here that they've converted to a walking/bike trail bit. It's a much bigger hill than we thought, but the boy did 3 journeys up it on his two wheeler.

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I've been telling the husband about this stone veneer at chimney for a while, and we keep forgetting to look at it during the day, together, so I did this out the window. Yes, while driving.

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We had quite the color variety in the sink today. Fruit and veggies are always kept in a strainer in the sink, for public consumption. It gets refilled a.lot.

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At the diner for lunch. Also showing off the girl's haircut. I love this cut on her but she had wanted to grow it long. Fortunately the hot weather helped me with my case - she won't let me put it up in a ponytail. It's funny because right away when she got this cut, she looked much more like "herself" to me. I guess this is her look in my mind.

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After dinner we went for a walk/run/bike ride. I pushed the littles and the big kid and the daddy took off at a faster pace. That's them out there in the sunlight.

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We got haircuts, then went to the pool with Mimi. The car ended up across the condo complex, so the kids and Mimi walked home. It was so fun to see them approach without me (but with swimmies!), talking about who-knows-what.

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So we crashed my sister in law's pool today. She's out of town but we're welcome to use it. But we got there and realized suits were on the line at home. So the big ones skinny dipped. Fortunately, baby and I had suits. But she's only wearing swimmies.

And then we found a robin's egg. It was empty, but still wet. Very exciting!! We moved it to where my niece could find it, and it wouldn't be mown over in the interim.

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It's super hot this week. Eating fudgsicles naked kind of hot.

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I'm not sure why, because it's not a "great" photo, but it's completely captivating all the same. The kids climbed into the back, and the husband sat in a booster seat. So the photo was supposed to be goofy to start. But the boy looking bored, with daddy's straw hat on, and the flag, and the smirk on the girl, it's all too much.

We met dad for a picnic lunch at the site today. We had to eat in the car, however, because the deer flies are out of control. Hopefully the mowing of the 3' tall grass will help that abate.

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A crane in the neighbor's (new house neighbor that is) pond. I remember when we used to remark at every bird, and we still do for the kids, but there are more of them now then there were 25 years ago. I can't wait to become an expert on bird varieties in the new place.

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A cigar box full of army men. I never thought I'd have either in my house.

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"If you get your jammies on you can come out and watch some fireworks". I had no idea if they would be happening tonight. But look! I didn't lie!

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I don't think I could have tried to catch a wave breaking behind them and gotten a better shot.