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easter egg hunt 2012

April 7, 2012 – 10:43 pm

today we participated in an easter egg hunt, hosted by the chapel hill preservation society at the historic horace williams house. we were there with many other children from the community, all ready with their baskets. after a countdown, it was survival of the fittest. poor rebecca, left in the dust! she didn’t seem to read more »

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unc basketball museum

March 31, 2012 – 10:22 pm

last week we visited the basketball museum on campus, featuring the tar heels and the carolina basketball program. admittedly i’m pretty ignorant about basketball at unc, but even i recognized a past unc player… michael jordan! actually, unc has produced dozens of nba players: it started with a video: in the museum: in front of read more »

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ca ca ca!

March 26, 2012 – 9:18 am

rebecca discovered the exciting new world of ducks… “ca ca”! basically any similar type of bird (eg. chicken, swan, goose) will elicit excited “ca ca ca’s”. she even “ca ca”-ed at a piece of tissue that she thought was reminiscent of a duck. it actually kind of did. our recent trip to vancouver was pretty read more »

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flying solo

March 23, 2012 – 3:19 pm

we just completed rebecca’s 5th transcontinental flight in seven months, this time with just the two of us since joe had to head back early. i was a bit nervous, but we survived. after sitting on the plane for 5 hours (including one hour delay on the tarmac), there was no way i could keep read more »

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the lee’s

March 18, 2012 – 2:15 am

ichiro lee and rebecca meet again dinner with ichiro’s parents for lou’s birthday at Edible Canada in Granville Island

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disney with daddy

March 3, 2012 – 8:39 am

we’ve been relatively good about limiting youtube time (we don’t have a TV), but it’s definitely handy especially right before dinner when rebecca can get a bit fixated on food and fixated on hanging on to my leg while i cook. joe discovered that ‘part of your world’ is in C major. instrument: fisher price read more »

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kidzu

February 29, 2012 – 9:40 pm

we finally checked out kidzu, a children’s museum in chapel hill. yay for free sunday afternoons!

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the traveling teacher’s show

February 27, 2012 – 9:38 pm

there is a terrific free weekly children’s program at our local mall, done by two teachers who have a passion for teaching about recycling and the environment. after the story/song/teaching time, you get to make a craft to bring home. here rebecca is working on her lion (with some glue support from mommy of course). read more »

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food follies

February 24, 2012 – 11:56 pm

here we go, an eating post. first, lunch at whole foods (conveniently right across from church). she thoroughly enjoyed her noodles, as well as some meatloaf and crabcake. figured out how to use a straw. after finishing and having eaten a large amount of food, she pointed to the salt and pepper shakers on the read more »

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southern lunch

February 18, 2012 – 8:40 am

went back to weathervane restaurant (local favourite for southern food) for lunch. i had a BLT featuring fried green tomatoes. enjoying her sweet potato fries.

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