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It's been a long time since I posted about what Asher is up to, and since his second birthday is next Saturday, I feel a good long letter coming on. But in the meantime, I have to write about his first (in my view) true pretend play. Asher will sometimes mimic his brother, if Lucas is pretending to be a mouse or a cat or something, but that's ( Read more... )

Lucas has been sick all week and still is sick. Today we took him to the urgent-care doctor, who determined he has a lung infection and asthma because of it. We now have medicines to treat both. And now Asher has a fever, too.

On Thursday night, after the fourth solid day of fever, I got creative. More about that in a minute.

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... If You're Us
 

1. Grow a grass dish garden and make felted bunnies and gnomes. It's been way crafty around here. Lucas and I have both been needle felting, inspired by springtime, my storytelling class, and a volume of stories called The Tales of Tiptoes Lightly.
2. Pose for
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