Archive for the ‘family’ Category
reflecting themselves, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. All the time I was watching yesterday’s events I kept thinking “we were just there!” I think it made the inauguration feel so much more close and personal to our kids. :)
Celebratin’ with Friends., originally uploaded by mind on fire. the Inaugural Brunch Bunch :)
CatGirl + Cupcakes., originally uploaded by mind on fire. This magic happens when you tell John that you sorta have a cupcake craving…. yum!
Three Legged Kitty., originally uploaded by mind on fire. On one of our days in NYC we went on a tour of indie bookshops with cats. I know it sounds odd, but it was a very Remy way to spend a day in a new city. In Alabaster Books (which is around the corner from [...]
Had a great “Christmas” this morning, which included the Gift Which Will Never be Rivaled(TM). As we travel for the next few weeks, I’ll update this blog irregularly, so feel free to follow our pilgrimage via flickr and twittr. :) Happy Holidays, everyone. Thank you, each of you, for the goodness of this past year [...]
Reblogged from 2 years ago… Setting: evening at our house. The front door is open because it’s stuffy inside the house from cooking dinner. GameBoy and CatGirl are sitting at their desk in the living room working on their homework. Christmas carols are playing on the stereo. Our brightly lit Christmas tree is visible from [...]
the tux thing, he’s dealing with it, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. I couldn’t be more proud! :) Although GameBoy says he has no clue how he’ll play his cello well while wearing such a heavy suit (typically he wears a t-shirt and shorts), I expect he’ll do just fine in his big concert debut!
goin’ swimmin, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. This weekend we celebrated CatGirl’s birthday with a wild slumber party (lots of tween girls, their giggles, their voracious appetites and their cameraphones documenting everything). All in all, it was a great experience, and even GameBoy says he doesn’t mind that the midnight truth or dare game included an [...]
In the midst of new cat/old cat tensions at chez pilgrim, Bobette has occupied the favorite comfy chair, offering her a bird’s eye view of the hallway. But Toby has crept, low, and without letting her collar bell sound…and managed to slide by B’s watchful eye and then stealthily crept under the table, around the [...]
I attributed my fatigue from the past few days to having returned to my ‘work’ and arising earlier to get the kids off to school and for my Pasadena commute (ay, and we were rear-ended on Thursday, not an auspicious beginning to this new schoolyear–and I am feeling so so grateful that the neck pain [...]
Yatta!, originally uploaded by mind on fire. We took the kids to the beach tonite. For one last sandy picnic before school begins. I was feeling a bit chilled and weary, so I let the kids do all of the exploring and getting wet while I enjoyed the serenity of the waves from my chair… [...]
I got married at age 21, had my first baby when I was nearly 23, and my second at age 25. It’s not a timetable that I’d necessarily recommend. Because we had our kids young and were also committed to having me stay at home to raise them, we were also strapped financially–living on one [...]
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