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 "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Nona- A pause outside the flower shop.

Dash- Every night, without fail, someone is thirsty and wants out of bed:)

I have been quite busy this week with tying up lose ends before our move. Today was our last visit to the farmers market here. If you didn't know already, Saturday is our family day and we go to the market and come home and cook a yummy meal together. Today it was heavily raining. I dressed the kids to get wet and headed out. The kids played in the puddles while I stood under a big umbrella, sipping a soda, eating a chili dog while listening to The Smiths  being covered by a local guitarist. I think we all had a good time:)

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 "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Nona- Doing her favorite thing in the world(besides eating berries), coloring! We sat coloring butterflies out at the nature preserve this morning. The weather was perfect!

Dash- Having his first game of "hopscotch". He was actually very good at it!

Following along with Che' and Fidel!

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Dashiel- On top of his uncle's shoulders at the Dragon Con Parade.

Nona- Trying hard not to show her sleepliness...she lays her head on the bed, but only for a second! Then she's off again!

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Favorite this week- Bijou and her floral crown.

The children and I were lucky enough to get to go to Dragon con this weekend. Nona meet tinkerbell and Dash sword faught just about anyone who would play along. I wish I could say (or show) better portraits this week, but truth be told, I hate crowds! 

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Dashiel- "Im a cool guy."

Nona-Pre nap time book-Little Miss Bronte-Jane Eyre. I love those toes!

Following along with Che & Fidel with 52.
Favorite this week- Quinn and his birthday hat.

I love Dash's photo this week. He looks so grown! And Im so glad I have at least one child who's easy to photograph. Nona from birth has given me trouble; she never stays still and if I ask her to smile, she'll scream! Today, I gave her a book and she gave me a brief min of her time:) So sweet!

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 "A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Dashiel- A red balloon kinda day.

Nona- Taking her little cart for a spin, baby carrots in tow.

Following along with Che & Fidel with 52.
Favorite this week- Blue skys and beach fun with lily.

It has been a very long time since my husband has been home for a week straight. Usually, he's three hrs away, working hard on various music projects. We were glad to to have some nice family time. 

This weeks weather has been so mild; perfect for park visits and farmers market fun. At the market I bought the most incredibly moist banana bread. And my husband picked up fresh bread, bacon, tomatoes and lettuce for BLT's.  Yumm! Off to eat!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Dashiel- Flashing a sweet smile on our rainy day walk under his umbrella. 

Nona- Admiring her treasure's; two rocks and an acorn from our walk. Nona refuses to use an umbrella... :)

Following along with Che & Fidel with 52.
Favorite this week- Casper !

Another rainy week! We decided to make the most of it and get outside and play.  Here's hoping for some sunshine(and less humidity)!

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"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Nona- Peeking up from her game to check on the parakeets. I love her little smile. She looks like Amelie Poulain here, oui?

Dashiel- Computer lab time. It was humorous to watch him race. Every so often, he would lean over to see if the boy next to him was winning, leaving his car to smash into anything and everything. I think in this picture, his car ran into a lake!

Following along with Che & Fidel with 52.

Favorites this week- Alice and Vicente, Ronan, and Jacob!

This week we visited our local library. Wow, I had no idea how far libraries have come! We make our way into the children's section and we walk into a whimsy light forest. The kids let go of my hand and dart inside! I try to focus their attention and we start to make rounds. First the aquarium, then- chalk table, giant abacus, parakeets, frogs, tarantulas, puzzle table, computer lab...etc. It was hard to get them to pick out books but we finally settled on a few. I even found some great French language dvds(Muzzy) for children. In the end, I had to drag my children out of the library, promising to come back tomorrow. What a wonderful problem to have!