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| Friendship in the time of covid: Lane made
vegan florentine cookies to take to their friend. (10/4/20) |
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| Hazel likes chewing on hands. However,
she'll accept a hand towel... if it's wrapped around a hand.
(10/4/20) |
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| Grilled cheese and alphabet soup for Book
Weekend. We watched The
Neverending Story and Inkheart.
(10/4/20) |
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| Mario Kart is a good
family activity. (10/5/20) |
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| Annie Jr.
rehearsal, complete with their rag for "Hard Knock Life." Lee
plays the part of Molly, the littlest orphan. (10/5/20) |
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| Getting in a quick
sword fight before dark. (10/6/20) |
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| Mid afternoon
hike. Lee kept searching for hidden paths and doors set into
trees. (10/7/20) |
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| Lemon twist
bread. (10/8/20) |
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| Schooling in the time of covid: all the
elementary school teachers arranged a slow drive-by parade.
(10/8/20) |
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| Playing in the
meadow for the first time in a long time. (10/8/20) |
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| The school provided
supplies, and Lee got their own shelf at Grand Janet's for storing
them. (10/9/20) |
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| Little do Amy and
Hazel know that they'll be meeting a new fluffy friend soon. But
Lane knows. (10/9/20) |
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| Reading The Spiderwick Chronicles before
bed. Their dad reads a chapter out loud, and then Lee reads one
on their own. (10/9/20) |
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| Hedge trimming, as
part of sprucing up the yard for our new dog who will be joining us
tomorrow. (10/10/20) |
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| Cole was very
apprehensive about starting his new life as a pet, so we gave him a
space to himself in the kitchen for the first evening. (10/11/20) |
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| It was very
difficult giving Cole his space; we'd been looking at his pictures
online and hoping we'd get him for two months. (10/11/20) |
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| Each kid got a turn
to go see Cole in his space before going to bed. (10/11/20) |
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| Cole was nervous,
but also very interested in these new creatures. (10/11/20) |
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| With a little
patience... (10/11/20) |
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| ...Cole came to
us. (10/11/20) |
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| Cole still felt
safest in his box. (10/12/20) |
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| So Lee hung out
nearby, letting Cole get used to him. (10/12/20) |
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| Cole provides
emotional support while Lane records vocals for Upstart Crow.
He's a good listener. (10/13/20) |
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| Communing with
Cole. (10/13/20) |
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| Art class and
P.E. (10/14&13/20) |
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| A beautiful day for
walking a dog. (10/14/20) |
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| It's hard to believe
that Cole's been a part of our life for such a short time.
(10/14/20) |
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| The pumpkin patch
and corn maze at Detering Orchards. (10/15/20) |
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| Nothing will stop
these intrepid explorers from find their way to the end of this
maze. (10/15/20) |
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| Wending their way
deeper and deeper into the corn. (10/15/20) |
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| Stopping to ask a
friendly scarecrow for directions. (10/15/20) |
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| Survivors of the
maze. (10/15/20) |
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| Carefully selecting
the finest two pumpkins from the patch. (10/15/20) |
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| After promising them
a fulfilling life as jack-o-lanterns, the pumpkins agreed to accompany
us home. (10/15/20) |
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| Forest child,
finding the wild berries.(10/15/20) |
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| Forest child, taming
the wild creatures. (10/15/20) |
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| Once upon a time in
The Land of Two / There stood a castle, very new. Two foxes stood way up in the air / for the King of Two had put them there. (10/16/20) |
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| Two happy
critters. (10/16/20) |
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| Photographing
Coraline and enjoying Hazel. (10/16/20) |
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| Shoulder cat!
(10/16/20) |
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| Two dogs, one
kid. (10/17/20) |
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| Two kids, two
dogs. (10/17/20) |
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