February 2012
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Never a dull moment
This morning I indulged Sophie by making pancakes. At the end of breakfast (Sophie and Chris has already left the table) I came out of the kitchen to the table with four more hot pancakes on my spatula. What did I find? Rowan had crawled out of her highchair and onto the table. She was on all fours diving into the platter of pancakes! When I shook my head and came forward she shook her head...
January 2012
10 posts
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Finding their rhythm.
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Sophie, with a gentle hand, reminding us to blog...
Sophie: Daddy, I need my computer. Can you get it for me?
Daddy: What? Why do you think you need a computer?
Sophie: Because I think its time that I make a picture of darling on the computer.
December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
3 posts
Sophie’s first house - Trick or Treat!
Quick Sis, They are not looking!
Quick Sis, they are not looking. (BTW, Charlotte is the daisy and Rowan is the sunflower)
October 2011
11 posts
Twins are 7 months! Sophie is 3!
There have been many firsts at CranleyCasa in the past month. Here are important updates:
Sophie Adei
She is becoming a “little lady”, which means, playing dress up, pretending to be a fairy princess, and dancing.
More on dancing - She is in an “interpretive phase”.. We play a game where the parents call out an animal or an object and she interprets what the dance...
September 2011
1 post
3 tags
Rowan and Charlottes’ 6 Month Birthday celebrated with a story by their sister.
July 2011
2 posts
The space between what is said
Chris: Uhm, are they both still awake?
Danae: Uhm, well, we have three. So which two were you talking about?
Just out smarted by a two year old!
Yesterday I baked zucchini muffins— with optional cream cheese frosting. Today, Sophie had one for a snack and asked for another. I said, “maybe…if you eat a good dinner.”
A few hours have gone by and we just finished a truly farmers market dinner made by Chris— a salad of asparagus, corn and zucchini, steamed broccoli and asparagus, and grilled nectarines. Sophie...
June 2011
3 posts
It's Started
Yesterday marked the beginning of a new phase for Sophie…the “why?” phase. I think I got a total of fifteen whys through the course of a 5 minute dialogue while getting ready in the morning.
“Please keep your shirt buttoned.”
“Why?”
“So your clothes stay on.”
“Why?”
“So you’re not naked.”
“Why...
May 2011
5 posts
5 tags
More pictures of our girls!
I haven’t received our actual CD of pictures yet, but I can’t wait to share these photos of our girls taken by the fabulous Monica Wharton since I saw the preview of them on Monica’s blog. Check them out!
http://monicawhartonphotography.com/blog/?p=998
April 2011
7 posts
March 2011
15 posts
1 tag
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But no one ever showed us how to double-burp..
– 2am Wisdom
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Can you believe that she was in my belly!? Along with somebody else! Imagine...
– 2am Wisdom