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Hampstead Heath: Bert’s Roses
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
The boys are on term break from school, which means I’ve been doing a lot of activity organizing for us. We’re having our easy days and our hard ones, but overall are not ready to kill each other yet. We are excitedly awaiting the arrival of [...]

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The Slug
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
After a lovely and long night’s sleep I fumbled my way to making some more coffee this morning. I lifted my dish rag (which was clean, by the way, but apparently made the perfect dark and cozy cave) to discover….insert shudder here…..a slug on my counter top. Now I [...]

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It’s the end of an era. Here they are, my running shoes. Purchased once a year almost like a ritual, the same kind, for an obscene amount of money. Never abused for casual wear, but held sacred for running only. Except for a few rather unfit years during college, I [...]

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This evening, after dinner. Enter Quinton, in dragon costume, to the living room. Plops down next to Elliot, who is of course, reading a book on the sofa. He has been giving his brother the serious please-for-the-love-of-god-quinton-leave-me-alone treatment for a couple hours.
Q: Elliot (pronounced “I-yet”), you know you are my best [...]

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Trafalgar Square, St. Patrick’s Day Festival
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

I believe we have recovered (mostly) from Thursday’s jet lag and bus smooshing traumas. The boys are energetic enough to be fighting and eating us out of house and home, and Dan continues to use the Franken-Claw more and more. It’s sort of become the [...]

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The Franken-Claw 1
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
Just had to follow up the last entry with a photo. We’re planning a public service announcement against aggressive biking….”This is your hand now. This is your hand after it has been run over by a bus.”

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London Jet Lag
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves
Silly little Darcie girl for thinking that the drama of our last month was over after our fairly uneventful trip back to London yesterday. The boys slept for twelve hours last night, I awoke thinking….finally, some peace and normalcy.
Well the fat lady is singing her heart out today! [...]

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Big Ben
Originally uploaded by dsmithsteeves

I write from 43 Church Lane, Flat A. Oh how I love this horrible white couch with the fashioned slipcover. It’s good to be back, to say the least. The boys even slept a bit while we crossed the Atlantic this time, and we entered the UK with [...]

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I’m just back from Target and have taken a hit of NyQuil to do battle with an impending cold, so apologies for any nonsensical chatter. Dan & I sit here on our sofa in Minneapolis, each with our laptop. Jammies are donned, and the boys lay a-snooze. Heat is blaring away to [...]

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