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twinkle toes

sherwin — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:26:16 +0000

this spring we tried a semester of dance lessons (that is, organized prancing around) which R really enjoyed. every week, she received a special sticker from her teacher which she would carefully bring home and save.

a bunny halloween

sherwin-old — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 04:24:45 +0000

this year R wanted to be a little bunny for hallowe’en. i made her a costume, complete with ears and a big white fluffy tail (my favorite part).

getting in character. at one point she had me give her a carrot to chew on (until she decided that this bunny doesn’t like carrots) and had a sofa-cushion-rabbit-hole where she hid with her two stuffed bunnies.

ee ee came to join in the fun this year

first we did some trick-or-treating with our friends and then walked through our own neighborhood, which was a great way to meet some neighbors.

taking inventory

back to school, baseball, and puppets

sherwin-old — Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:00:03 +0000

we’ve been busy with getting back to life in NC.

first day of school.

checking out our new neighborhood.

watching a durham bulls baseball game.

the paperhand puppet intervention show with a pre-show picnic. R made it very clear that they weren’t actually real.

vancouver visit 2014 (part three)

sherwin-old — Sat, 16 Aug 2014 04:25:45 +0000

ferry ride to granville island.

the food. this is making me crave it already!

easter sunday

sherwin-old — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 05:00:26 +0000

this year i helped the children at church prepare a song to sing for the congregation, “As High As the Heavens”. it was uber cute, but more importantly, God was glorified.

Sunday school craft

after church we had two easter meals: first an easter lunch at the perry’s, (then nap) and then an easter dinner with our friends ben and ashley. food was delicious but forgot to take pics. needless to say we were full. in the afternoon, R got to hunt for eggs.

dinner and a festival

sherwin-old — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 04:24:05 +0000

we were so happy to get the chance to meet up with my cousin who was in town for the NC Literary Festival in Raleigh. we joined Marjie and Junot for dinner and then were able to enjoy Junot’s session at the festival.

R was excited to get her book signed…which she can read in 15 years!

happy chinese new year

sherwin-old — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 15:30:03 +0000

we had fun with chinese new year decorations this year, which joe was able to bring back from vancouver. the holiday is pretty foreign for people here in nc, and so R and i were able to bring chinese new year things to her school and teach her class about it, including giving out hong bao and cooking dumplings for everyone. ironically, i now know more about chinese new year than i did growing up!

discovery place

sherwin-old — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:46:52 +0000

a few weeks ago we went to charlotte for a much needed ikea-run. we took the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at discovery place, a fun little science museum.

christmas time in charleston

sherwin-old — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:02:08 +0000

we took our family on a roadtrip to charleston for a few days before christmas. we returned to the inn at middleton place because we enjoyed it so much the last time.

idyllic views on the middleton plantation.

hanging around on magnolia plantation.

seeing the sights around charleston. we got to enjoy the beautiful christmas decorations on people’s front doors. i especially loved the lush magnolia leaf wreaths.

the aiken-rhett house (1820). this house tour was particularly interesting as the house was preserved but unrestored, so we could see the mansion and its slave quarters in its original state.

eating. fried chicken, shrimp sausage grits, crab cake eggs benedict.

christmas fun and lights. we braved an obscene amount of traffic to get to the festival of lights…painful to get there, but fun once we arrived. there was a lot of christmas carol singing in the car to pass the time!

trick or treat 2013

sherwin-old — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 03:50:09 +0000

this year is the first time R could appreciate the hallowe’en thing, and so we decided it was time to introduce her to trick-or-treating. first, the costume, which yours truly made. R and i mutually decided she should be a little clown, and oh, what a cute clown she was!

we met up with some of her favourite little friends from church. we had a care bear, cat in the hat, clown, and giraffe (later pics). all aboard the trick-or-treat wagon!!! they loved this wagon.

trick-or-treating. it didn’t take long for R to figure it out and run with it. generally too shy to speak in front of strangers, but somehow found the courage the blurt out those three magic words.

at the end of the night, with a full bag of candy. time to take inventory!

it was really fun and a great neighborhood for trick-or-treating! can’t wait for next year!