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Be Merry Christmas Recap

December 28, 2013 by dailygnome 1 Comment

Handmade sweaters | Packages arriving from near and far | Elf on the Shelf close calls | Candlelight church service | Christmas Eve seafood dinner | It’s A Wonderful Life | Stocking Stuffers | Missing front tooth | Tooth fairy meets Santa Claus on Christmas eve | Sibling secrets | Secret Santa | Gingerbread baking | Wrap sessions {with binge-watching on Netflix} | Procrastinating | Sleeping In | Way too many late nights | Harry Potter book introductions | Hours lost to  X-Box  {thanks, Santa!}  | Catching up with old friends | Neighborhood parties | Surprise visits | Candy canes + cookies | And over to the river to Papa + Gaga’s |

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Sister’s Day

February 26, 2013 by dailygnome 1 Comment

The morning kicked off with an inaugural trip to our newly opened neighborhood donut shop, Pip’s Original:

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Followed by:

Small presents from each family member
Jigsaw puzzles with daddy
Family sushi lunch
Trip to the toy store {she emptied her piggy bank to purchase her toy of choice}
Afternoon dip at the local pool
Ice cream treats
A hot bubble bath {with the Mermaid Barbi she bought with her own money}

Acting as sous chef. On the dinner menu: Baked Mac’n Cheese from scratch:

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Last on the agenda for Hadley’s Day of Choice:
An screening of the original Cinderella {tracked down at the local library}. Happy Sister’s Day!

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There’s No Place Like Home

December 25, 2012 by dailygnome 1 Comment

We made it. A huge thank you to our amazing contractor and crew for burning the midnight oil to give us the best Christmas present ever. Home sweet home for the holidays.

I’m signing off for the year, getting settled and spending time with family and friends. Back in the New Year with all the details of our renovation and before and after photos. xoxo

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Breakfast With Santa

December 20, 2012 by dailygnome 2 Comments

Jason has some longtime family friends whose dad recently retired and became a professional Santa. A very authentic and jolly one at that. We were invited to Breakfast with Santa last weekend in their adorable Sellwood home.

Santa arriving with his bag of goodies, bells in tow:

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Carson came prepared with a homemade cookie wrapped up and promptly presented it to St. Nick upon his arrival:

Breakfast With Santa (1)Miss Hadley was a bit awestruck at first:

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His visit included a special storytime:

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On Hadley’s list this year? Another Bunny, please.

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And after hearing each child’s wish he gathered his bag, walked out the door and down the street *where his sleigh and reindeer were waiting.*

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