magic little house

Author: sarah14carlson

  • they need me downstairs

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    I love this time Our time when it’s just you and me as I lay you down for your nap. Turn on the sound maker. Zip up the sleep sack. See the light filter in through your fox and flower curtains. Holding you as I walk back and forth across your room. Sometimes we rock.…

  • needed

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    You’re two and a half. You still need me as you fall asleep sometimes it’s the rocking chair sometimes it’s sitting by your bed as you drift. Tonight it was both It can be hard to be needed so late into your day Tonight it wasn’t at all. As I sit by your bed, you…

  • just like that

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    It’s time.I put the clothes on the porch. Someone is coming to pick them up. It’s their first baby and they could really use them. And they’ve been sitting in a pile ready to go for a while. All her little outfits she’s outgrown. They’re just clothes, I don’t know why it hurts. We’ve been…

  • blessed mama

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    I hear them downstairs little voices and big hearts dishes clanking giggles and assertive toddlers. footsteps coming up the stairs.”Surprise mommy!” blueberry pancakes on our biggest cutting board with all the fixin’s “I poured the orange juice!””I helped daddy mix the batter!” and so many cards and coupons. only a little syrup on the bed.…

  • popcorn

    popcorn

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    Our popcorn snack one sunny afternoon.

  • tiny dancer

    tiny dancer

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    One day Annie wanted to dance around our playroom (which is a pretty usual request). So she got all her ballet stuff on and we turned on some ballerina music. I noticed the moment and how sweet it was and grabbed my camera to capture some of her dancing. Amazingly the playroom was actually clean…

  • out exploring

    out exploring

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    I love taking my kids around to new places to explore and bringing my camera and just snapping away at them being silly and having fun. Nothing beats some fresh air and warm lighting.

  • a walk with Annie

    a walk with Annie

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    One day while the rest of the kiddos were at school and Lois was taking a nap, Annie and I went on a misty walk just the two of us. I got to capture some fun moments of her just being silly and exploring. It is funny to me that she is being such a…

  • Color Walk

    Color Walk

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    This is such a fun way to get outside, especially in the spring, and have the kids notice and search for all of the colors all around. So simple and so fun.

  • Virginia is for lovers

    Virginia is for lovers

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    Virginia is one special place. I love it for so many reasons- too many to count. One fun thing is that Virginia has love signs dotted all over the map. They are signs made out of any material and it is so fun to go on adventures to find them. One year for Valentine’s Day,…