Lesson number one, don’t ever let your almost-two-year-old play in the car with the door closed for more than one minute:

Lesson number two: kids love baba ganoush!

Lesson three: foggy days make for a nice hike, but don’t expect any great views of the mountains:

Of course it was a fun day – Auntie Carina was here for most of it!
This morning, we got to sleep in a little bit since Killy didn’t have to go to school.  Carina got to see the kiddos cute antics upon waking in the morning – they both come into me and David’s room [...]

Miss Carina is here! Life is fun!
We’ve been having a great time… today we baked pita bread, baba gannoush, and thumbprint cookies. We had indian food for lunch, then went to my parent’s house for dinner, which was lovely hamburgers, hotdogs, beans, slaw, corn on the cob on the grill, and veggies with dip. [...]

I haven’t uploaded pictures in a few days, so the cuteness-meter is running pretty low on the blog.  Auntie Carina gets here tomorrow, though, and I’m sure I’ll take tons of pictures this week.  I told Killy that she’s getting here tomorrow and he spent the entire rest of the afternoon asking if we could [...]

9/14: 20 minutes Bollywood workout
9/15: 35 minutes walking/jogging
9/16: 30 minutes walking with Ellie in Ergo
9/17: 60 minutes walking with Ellie in Ergo
725/1500
I really need to catch up on my minutes!  And clean my house before I have a houseguest this week.  And find tights for Ellie to wear to the wedding this weekend.  And figure [...]

It is finished!!!

Why do I do this to myself?  I’ve stayed up till 1:15 working on a quilt – again!  I have the entire patchwork top finished and sewn together, its pinned to the batting and backing, and three pillowcases are completed (and already on the bed!)… all that’s left to do tomorrow is to do a [...]