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In a nutshell, I had everyone over for Thanksgiving, entertained friends from London, Co-Chaired Staffing for the Arts and Antiques Show, hosted the MOPS Christmas Party and am shopping and packing for a week long vacation (!!!) in Asheville, NC over Christmas. 

Will write more when this all of this wonderful chaos is over.  We are having fun though!

Hope y'all are too!  :-)  


Some recent pics...

Thanksgiving table setting, courtesy of Mom and Annie.

Cora helped by handwriting place cards.  She did a pretty good job... scrambling the letters.  The one above is mine.

Look closely- Cora is eating SMOKED OYSTERS as her afternoon snack after school.  With milk, of course.

At her dance recital, holding the chocolate rose Daddy gave her.

Cora's School Nativity Program.  Little Corapunzel was thrilled to be a "Heavenly Star".  Allen loved wearing his Shark raincoat with the hood up as always.

Loving the camera these days.  Glad she agrees with me that the bigger the bow, the better.  Also note the Jack Rusell on her sweater.  LOVE Hartstrings, almost as much as Mom's sewing and smocking :-).

Devilish laughs!!  Colin and I are so in trouble when these two get older.  And wow do we have our hands full now. (and our hearts too!)

Annual Pre-Nutcracker lunch with Poppy at the Blue Fish.  Best Daddy I could ever have.  And friend, grandfather, ect...SO blessed.  Love you so much Dad!!

Cora ordered Coconut shrimp, strawberries and cream (which is NOT actually on the menu), and some other thing I can't even remember.

Cora and sweet, beautiful Cate at the Nutcracker.  Too bad Cora was totally in a bad mood and annoyed that the Nutcracker that I gave Cate had glitter on it and hers did not.   But it was still fun and really cool as Cate's mom Allison and I were in ballet together when we were little girls!!

The Fort that Cora and friends built in Boone Park today.

Cora and a friend from school.  Who bonded over a mutual love of big bows and building forts.