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Continue reading →: Happy Ohbotherdays 2017I’ve pretty much given up on ever printing and mailing Christmas Cards ever again, so here’s what we’ve got. It’s my pleasure to present the (digital) 2017 ohbotherblog Christmas Card: Here are past years’ cards so you can see how we’ve grown: Merry Merry!
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Continue reading →: Rainbow Cake ReduxYou may recall, four years ago I attempted to make (Spearmint Baby’s) Rainbow Cupcakes for Holdy’s First Birthday. It did not go well. This year, because she is Holdy who loves rainbows and being difficult, Holdy requested a Rainbow Cake for her Fifth Birthday. So here we go again. This…
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Continue reading →: a letter to my daughter on her fifth birthdayHoldy, oh Holdy. You are five years old today. The most stylish, silliest, songful five year old I know. “Precocious” doesn’t even come close to describing you. You are graduating from Pre-K this week. This year has been such a fundamental year for your growth and development and you’re really…
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Continue reading →: the c-word and the invisible stringSomeone we love very much was recently diagnosed with cancer. And as tough as it has been to grapple with the news and emotions myself, realizing that I had to tell the kids was some next-level worry. The five days between receiving the diagnosis and telling them was terrible; I…
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Continue reading →: a letter to my son on his third birthdayGB, Geebs, Geebo– Well, kid, you’re three. A threenager, as they say nowadays, and boy does it show. I was rereading last year’s letter and it seems at two you were just practicing for the horror that was to come. I’ll be honest: the past month or so has been pretty…
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Continue reading →: potty-training GBIt was time. Time to pottytrain GB. The kid will be three next week. We had waited long enough. One of the most frequent questions you hear when it comes to potty training (besides, “why the hell isn’t there a magical way to just make this happen?”) is, “how do…
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Continue reading →: making emergency kits for refugeesOn January 27, I started a monthly gift to Planned Parenthood because I believe we all should have access to comprehensive and affordable healthcare. On January 29, I started a monthly gift to the ACLU because I believe that the rights and liberties of all people matter. This week, I purchased some…
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Continue reading →: chatbooksI love photo books but have absolutely no time to make them. I still haven’t finished GB’s baby book on Shutterfly and he’ll be three in March. So I decided to give Chatbooks a try. Chatbooks links with your Instagram, Facebook or iPhone favorites to automatically populate a photo book. When…
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Continue reading →: Happy Ohbotherdays 2016Okay, so the printing and sending of Christmas cards is not happening this year, but we did manage a tripod-timer photo shoot, so give me some points for that. So it’s my pleasure to present the (digital) 2016 ohbotherblog Christmas Card: Here are past years’ cards so you can see…
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Continue reading →: Hello Belsnickel, Goodbye Elf on the ShelfLast year, my partner introduced the kids and me to the character of Belsnickel, Santa’s grouchy “cousin.” Legend has it: Shortly before Christmas, a dirty, disheveled, cranky man wearing furs would arrive at your house. He held a hickory switch in one hand and a sack full of candy and nuts in the other. He…
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