Category Archives: Chloe

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Rainbow Cupcakes

I have been seeing rainbow cupcakes around the web (they are perfect for St. Patrick’s day…especially with those gold wrapped coins around them) and I decided they would be just right for Chloe’s Fairytale Birthday party. They aren’t that difficult and the results are lovely. I began my cupcakes with two white cake mixes. Some [...]

some chloe favorites from age 3

Chloe’s going to be 4- birthday ideas

I am trying to avoid tearfully typing out my usual “my-babies-are-growing-up-too-fast” emotional spiel. But there is truly something magical and also something very painful in watching your babies grow up. There is. Even though this is obviously the goal…well it just happens so fast. I think I get more excited about their birthday parties than [...]

story.

Her stories are long, elaborate, beautiful, and strange.

Fight Club and my kids

I should be wrapping gifts right now but instead I am watching Fight Club and thinking about Noah and Chloe. They are likely asleep right now at their grandmother’s house…and I wish I was performing our bedtime routine. A hug, a kiss, and a couple games of rock, paper, scissors. Sometimes rock, paper, scissors, bomb, [...]

christmas card photo.

Somewhere amidst all the fighting screaming tantrums are these two beautiful sweet kids. I can cross ordering the christmas cards off my list. Now I must convince myself to haul the tree out of the basement. I swear I just wrestled that thing down there last week. This is a fun aside…when Choe is having [...]

sweetface.

Chloe just had to model my newest blanket this morning when I was taking photos to list it in my etsy shop. She can be so sweet and wonderful. And then. Sometimes she’s not. She pretty much spent the rest of the day kicking/screaming/crying on the floor. I don’t know what gets into her but [...]

pumpkin day.

We decide to go pick out some pumpkins today and discovered a little festival…complete with bouncy house. After some rides and a haybale tunnel we set out for the perfect pumpkins. And pumpkin choosing is very serious business. Chloe found her favorite fairly quickly but Noah had a vision…a big and perfect vision. I didn’t [...]

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