By Sara | January 9, 2012
I know, I know. “That was so last year.” But here are some Christmas pics from our trip to North Carolina. All of my sisters and their families were there, and the stockings were hung from the faux chimney with care. See some pics here. And here’s a decent one of us (sans Sasha, who [...]
By Sara | January 9, 2012
Happy new year! There have been many celebrations in our family in the past few weeks, the most exciting of which was probably Owen’s first birthday! Here’s a photo of the birthday boy enjoying his first bites of pumpkin-apple cake. And if you want to see the month-by-month changes in our little boy (with an [...]
By Sara | December 19, 2011
We have been woefully remiss about posting here lately… but here’s a holiday card featuring the Clarke quintet. Enjoy!
Here’s one of my favorite photos from Easter: Owen’s socks. Thank you, Carter’s, for making insanely adorable footwear for the occasion.
We’ve been a bit remiss lately with posting. Sorry! Cute babies who are still trying to distinguish day from night tend to keep tired parents from doing anything other than trying to catch sleep where we can. Here are a few photos of our boy (and Ella), who is growing like a weed and may [...]
Ella received a Yoga Kids DVD for her birthday and we started watching it recently. The first time we watched it, she was content to sit on the couch and watch while I attempted all the poses (one for each letter of the alphabet). The next day, though, she asked to watch it and she [...]
Wow. Two months already! We are starting to get a little more sleep and are enjoying his laid-back personality. He’s in good health, the doctor says, and here are his deets as of earlier this week: 12 lbs 10 oz 23″ long 15.5″ head circumference
Wow, it’s March! Where is the year going? We’ve realized that we’ve been awfully remiss in posting anything; in fact, we neglected the entire month of February! (At least it’s the shortest month of the year…) In any case, we want to post a few updates now, so apologies for lots of posts all at [...]
By Sara | January 27, 2011
Because of everything going on in our house around the holidays, we opted to plan a small party at a nearby play area in honor of Ella’s third birthday. We invited a small group of friends to play, sing, dance, paint, blow bubbles, and do other fun things. The great thing was that it was a [...]
By Sara | January 27, 2011
Wow. Where does the time go? Owen is now a month old! The time has flown by, but here are the main points: He’s a bit of an erratic eater, preferring to graze rather than really eat. (You can imagine how Sara feels about that.) He is slowly starting to have some sort of a [...]
By Sara | January 6, 2011
Since we started this blog in early 2008, it had this tag line: “stories and musings from two Clarkes, their baby and their dog”. Now, to reflect our new addition, it says: “stories and musings from two Clarkes, their kids and their dog”–whee! The blog banner and images need to be updated to reflect Owen’s [...]
By Sara | December 23, 2010
For the past several years, we’ve hosted a holiday cookie exchange. As in past years, people brought delicious homemade treats and we sat around taste testing (read: chowing down) before taking nicely wrapped packages of cookies home. The roster this year included homemade chocolates, mint chocolate cookie pops, oatmeal butterscotch bars, grasshopper squares, cheesecake brownies, [...]
By Sara | December 23, 2010
We went to National Harbor’s Christmas tree lighting… the day after Thanksgiving. And then we got so busy with Christmas preparations that we forgot to actually publish the entry. Whoops. Well, maybe it’s better late than never–it was cold there but fun with Diana and Ken. Some photos: We went back again during the day [...]
By Sara | November 27, 2010
We celebrated Turkey Day by hosting my sister Diana, her husband Ken, my Aunt Anne, Uncle Curt, and cousin Dave for dinner. Andrew’s brother Jeff, his girlfriend, and her daughter rounded out the guest list for dessert. I did a lot of delegating and pointing in the right direction, while Andrew did the bulk of [...]
By Sara | September 26, 2010
I celebrated my birthday a day early with family and friends. My sister Theresa came up to visit, and Andrew’s family came over in the afternoon. I opened gifts, ate cupcakes, and we headed to Homestead Farms in Poolesville, Md., to go apple picking. It was a bit too warm to feel like fall, but [...]
