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My blog has had some problems this summer, which are now resolved--making it much easier to post. So a little back-blogging is in order. Namely, our big family vacation that we take every year to Maine. Usually we go in August. This is our fourth ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/19/2010 - 11:34 - 1 comment

Blueberries go "kerplink, kerplank, kerplunk" into buckets. Marlowe, where do the blueberries go? Enjoying apple cider ice in the shop. And so another step towards instilling into my poor city kids that food ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/13/2010 - 20:14 - 0 comments

When we moved to this city block last October I debated whether or not to get a deaf kid sign. I kind of decided against it. For one, I didn't think it would make any difference. People would speed regardless. For another, we've taught Ellis ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/12/2010 - 22:05 - 0 comments

But the highlight of our VBS experience this year was Ellis had his first personal ASL interpreter that the church hired for him. It was like night and day for him. He was excited, engaged. This picture makes me nearly choke up. He's ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/13/2010 - 15:44 - 2 comments

FIVE!! Five, five, five. I have a five-year-old. A handful. A veritable kid!! with a long, lean body, the baby fat has gone from his fingers and toes, his shoulders feel firm, strong, muscular. And what a birthday! Of course, one's fifth ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/20/2010 - 22:22 - 1 comment

Today is our Ninth Anniversary. Nine Years ago on a beautiful early summer evening two kids got married. I look back now, and wonder how we did it. We were so young. But there's only way to grow older, and that's to start doing it. We were 23 and ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/08/2010 - 20:06 - 5 comments

More bloggy catchup. A month ago I took my Do it With Kids policy to a whole new level by taking my boys down to Lookout Mountain for my sister's college graduation. It's about 700 mi. At the last minute, my mom did the drive down with me, which was ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/03/2010 - 09:06 - 5 comments

Sure, the calendar gives us a few more weeks until summer solstice. But in these parts, Memorial Day ushers in the season and Labor Day closes. Now you have to have beach tags to go to the shore or plan ahead for camping in the Poconos. It's the ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/01/2010 - 09:16 - 2 comments

Couldn't help posting a few more pics: Just a day or so old. Less than a week old. Three months old. One year old. Almost two years old. Two years old. Email this ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/25/2010 - 22:38 - 0 comments

Today my little Marlowe-y turns two. We had a little party with a couple of his toddler friends this afternoon. I got Elmo plates and napkins...and juice (thanks, Earth's Best--also thanks for those Cookie Monster waffles for breakfast). ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/25/2010 - 22:19 - 4 comments

Before I go on to blog about other things, I must post the Easter pics. My friend Chandra brought her camera to church to catch these cuties. She is a fabulous photographer, and I love letting her practice on my kids. I'm so magnanimous that way. Ha! ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/19/2010 - 20:35 - 0 comments

I'm blogging things I love in February. Join me if you like. Today my baby sister turns 22, which means that in two months and one day, I will turn 32. (Just giving you a heads up for National 'Nette Day.) She's beautiful, smart, interesting, ...

Blog entry - diber - 02/02/2010 - 20:30 - 1 comment

Or, Sometime You Don't Get What You Want. Act 1 Scene: getting ready for school. Mom: Ellis, go upstairs and brush your teeth. Ellis: yells NOOO! Mom: Ellis, remember what Daddy said about yelling. That is not nice talking. E: ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/31/2010 - 22:59 - 5 comments

We all have them. The ornaments we made in school when we were little kids. I think mine was made of pipe cleaners and beads; it was supposed to be a wreath. Ellis came home with probably the best school ornament ever. The ILY glove--a little ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/23/2009 - 23:04 - 7 comments

I got a little help from my mom today and holed up to work on Handmade Holidays. So lots of creating in my neck of the woods, but nothing I can share yet. I'm sharing Marlowe's creativity from yesterday. I had Ellis and Paints and Handmade ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/17/2009 - 22:31 - 0 comments

Ellis had his winter program at school yesterday. Each class did a presentation based on the universal theme "things that move." One class had a "wheels on the bus" thing, another "how animals move", and Ellis's class, well, they "got down, ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/17/2009 - 22:21 - 0 comments

This was going to be my December Photo Project picture of the day. All nice and serene, eh? It doesn't happen much or for very long. When it does happen, it's a result of great effort upon my part, for the duration. It's so cute, I just ...

Blog entry - diber - 12/08/2009 - 20:29 - 3 comments

We're enjoying getting settled into our new house. It's amazing how quickly we can fill an entire house. And, no, I'm not gifted with the gift of organization, so making places for things to go is not fun for me. And it takes a long time for me ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/03/2009 - 22:08 - 1 comment

Well, I can't believe it! I did it all this week. I made a pumpkin pie from scratch. I really do make the best pumpkin pie in the world. Sorry, mom, I like mine a tad better. And I guess I can say that in public, since you just dissed your mom's pie ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/31/2009 - 23:28 - 8 comments

Tonight we went to an open house at Ellis's school. We got to hang out in his classroom with the other families and see what he's been up to. On the way out, we got some of his artwork, including a picture that was clearly four people. I said, "oh, I ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/19/2009 - 20:30 - 7 comments