Revelry Reverie

I made Eleanor a little sign.

My sweet, thoughtful, smart, loving twinsies turn 10 today! Double digits! When they were just wee little twinfants, I thought this day would never come. Other moms in my multiple moms group had older kids, and it was just so unfathomable. And yet, time marches on, because here we are. Lots of changes this year:…

Yesterday we hosted a small party for the twins as they prepare to turn 10 on Monday. By prepare, I mean that they are eating lots of candy and bemoaning Roblox being down. For their party, we invited their neighbor friends, their cousins, and they each invited one friend from school — altogether, that came…

Fun but not good. I didn’t know how to do the peel so it showed, but using a very thick cotton paper helped make actual indents. The light was hard to capture. It’s also too yellow. It was fun to work through the problem even if the overall effect is a bit flat.

At the school bookfair the other night, both of the twins entered a raffle to win a painted pumpkin. Henry won one of three pumpkins! He picked Harry Pumpkin. Finally, a triplet for the twins.

“What is that,” my husband said.

A few months ago a bee broke into the house and visited me while I was working. I was absolutely thrilled and took a bunch of photos. This week I made this drawing from one of the photos, and I feel pretty good about it.

So Bob isn’t quite 41 yet, but he is very close. In honor of his upcoming birthday, I took him on an overnight trip last weekend to Hammondsport, NY, to celebrate him. I was able to steal him away thanks to some amazing coordination from my neighbor Sara and my sister-in-law Jen. Jen even made…

Ok now we’re getting somewhere.

Do I have the coolest nearly-10 year old son on this or any area planets? Yes I do! Bonus picture with my favorite gilly