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cinnamon buns from scratch!
jackson had a big idea today — let’s bake something! so he got out his “favorite cooker’s book,” also known as paula deen’s cookbook for kids (don’t ask!), and found a cinnamon bun recipe. of course, paula wanted us to use a can of crescent roll dough, and not only did I not have any,…
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visit with santa
our favorite toy store, dancing bear toys and gifts in downtown frederick, hosts santa each year for one day only. and we’ve missed him every year we’ve lived here! that is, until this year! we marked it on the family calendar and arrived at the bear promptly at 4 o’clock.it took a whole lot of…
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the ghost tiger and the lioness
halloween came early again this year in frederick, as hood college’s annual safe harvest trick or treating event was held wednesday night! jackson and phoebe were so excited, and even more so when we bumped into our friends zach (also known as the pirate) and kim (also known as the mom who had to carry…
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international children’s day
for the second year in a row, jackson celebrated international children’s day on the friday before halloween along with his classmates and teachers at monocacy valley montessori public charter school. this year, jackson was at the head of the parade line, but he forgot to put on his sunglasses! uh oh! here he is, representing…
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playing with portraits
dave’s big plan is to get molly interested in shooting photos again, with the master plan being she’ll become his second shooter/assistant at weddings. we say “again” because back at good, old penn state, molly took a photojournalism class, and loved it. of course, she was working with a film camera and much of the…