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Mathilda preschool graduation & business card

2009-07-12T16:10:42Z

Nick and Mathilda made these business cards a couple weeks ago. So adorable and surprisingly useful. She's left them with people holding garage sales when she's seen something she likes but wants a better deal (her father's daughter!). They also ...

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Dear Mr. President

2009-07-12T16:08:09Z

My father would be greatly disappointed to read this fan letter that Mathilda wrote to President Obama this morning. He is not a fan. Although I'm sure he'd be proud that Mathilda wrote a letter to the president. I imagine he'd prefer that she wr...

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She's a crawler, biter, eater, smiler (@ 7 months)

2009-07-09T04:46:59Z

Elsa seems to be doing everything early. She got her first tooth at 4 months. Now she has 2 big front teeth on the bottom and their sisters on either side are coming in plus more on top. Through all this teething, she remains the smiley-est baby i...

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"Sell-phone"

2009-06-07T19:25:22Z

Mathilda: "What kind of phone is this?" asking about her friend Sam's toy cell phone. Me: "Cell phone, I guess." Mathilda: "Oh. So you use it to sell things."

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Elsa: 4 months and 2 teeth

2009-03-28T03:31:20Z

It's been a big week in the Myerhoff household. It was revealed that Elsa's drooling was in fact due to teething. She has two teeth poking through her bottom gum. Amazing. Today was her 4 month birthday and 4 month checkup. It was no surprise to...

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Leopard-caun

2009-03-18T03:36:45Z

It's St. Patrick's Day and when I picked Mathilda up from preschool today she was talking about how the "Leopard-Caun" came today. He's green and "leopard-ish" and left some gold outside her school in the playground area. Two of her school-mates ...

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Worst baby blanket project EVERRRRR!!!

2009-03-08T20:30:20Z

So I just ripped off the satin baby blanket binding that I had started to sew on to this baby blanket I am making for a friend. I had made several beautiful blankets before for myself. I went to a shmancy fabric store to buy some cute flannels and...

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Elsa: 2.5 months later

2009-02-09T04:23:47Z

Yeah, so now she's 10 weeks old and I've finally gotten around to posting here again. I have plenty of excuses...damn good ones too...we moved 1 week after she was born. Well, other than being mom of a newborn and a 4 and 3/4-year -old, moving is ...

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Introducing Baby No-Name

2008-12-01T22:27:16Z

Baby No-Name was born at 12:05 on Thanksgiving morning (11/27/08) at home, on our bed. I think she actually does have a name...it's Elsa Johanna Myerhoff...her dad just hasn't accepted it yet. He keeps coming up with crazy non-name names that I'm...

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Vox Hunt: Day of Rest

2008-03-03T03:30:28Z

Show us the most productive thing you'll accomplish today. Made from scratch, crust included, with my "three and three quarters" years old daughter. Tummy's grumbling...mmm....

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