Halloween parade in our town

by admin on October 31, 2009

A chaotic affair, with a Mummer’s string band and everything!

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Halloween (and, an update, at last!)

by admin on October 31, 2009

I can’t imagine what we’ve been doing since February, which was the date of my last post on this site. After job hunting, packing, moving and getting settled in PA, I can finally post a little something on this site.

Here is a little video of the kiddos at their Halloween school show and parade. You can’t really see them too well in the show, but you can see them much better at the end of the video in the parade.

More Halloweening to come!!

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Award girls

February 7, 2009

Award girls, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses.
The girls’ school had their “Spotlight Awards” today. Everyone gets one sooner or later during the year, but this didn’t stop me from being super proud anyway.
Djuna is on the left; Dinah is on the right. Djuna’s certificate says that she is being honored for “her kindness toward [...]

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Holidays

January 2, 2009

This year’s Sierra Madre float, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses.
This is a photo of this year’s award-winning Sierra Madre Rose Parade float on its way to the parade on New Year’s Eve. The tall parts of the float were folded down because the float has to go under bridges on its way to the parade route. [...]

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School Holiday Concert 08

December 18, 2008

School Holiday Concert 08, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses.
The quality of the previous video I posted was so horrible that I have been trying to figure out how to improve it. These clips are a little better, I think.
Here’s the second clip:

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Holiday Concert

December 12, 2008

Dwayne and I thoroughly enjoyed the holiday show at Dinah’s and Djuna’s school. Here are a few video clips, just to give you an impression. The principal played the piano, the whole event was sweet and simple, and the kids seemed to be enjoying themselves. The funniest part was when the Kindergarteners [...]

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5th Birthday Party pictures

December 12, 2008

Balloon flower, originally uploaded by applesandcheeses.
As promised, I am trying to update my online photos. So, at long last, here are photos from the girls’ 5th birthday party (which was in July, though their birthday is in August). We had a great time at a lovely indoor playground called Amy’s Playground. The [...]

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Holidays

December 8, 2008

I haven’t updated in awhile — I feel so bad about it! I’ll have to catch up with picture posting over Winter Break.
We have been thoroughly enjoying the holidays so far. We had a very nice Thanksgiving with my cousin Alison and her boyfriend Gavin, and now we are rocketing toward Christmas with lots [...]

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Now what?

November 11, 2008

Today I had the last of about 6 weeks’ worth of radiation treatments. After 8 rounds of chemo and then surgery, radiation was comparatively easy, but I’m still glad it’s over. Sort of.
I have to admit that it’s hard to give up being so carefully watched, particularly by the staff at the radiation [...]

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Since I’ve been remiss …

November 10, 2008

… and have neglected posting Halloween photos in a timely fashion, here is a link where you can see a few. There is a cool photographer in our town, and he lets folks come in his studio on Halloween to pose in their costumes. Then, he posts them online where people can purchase [...]

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