Category: 2013
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Elm Court open to public
In a rare opening, we all went to the open house to visit Elm Court. Wined and with appetizers we explored the secret mansion gem. A beautiful night and one of mystery, old tales and beauty of days gone by.
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Baby Animals at Hancock Shaker Village
As an annual tradition we visited HSV to view the baby animals. My favorite: baby pigs born the day before. Cute sausages!
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Stockbridge Playground with Friends
Taking Greta (to play with Seamus) and Cormac to play with Jack, we did the old switcheroo…Bella played over at Fiona’s. Last minute decision I took all 4 to the Stockbridge playgound. We hiked a mini-mountain, threw sticks in Housatonic River and played at the playground. For my support and ideas, what do I get? […]
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April illnesses
For over a month we Cooneys (except Mike) were ill with back coughs, cold, fever. I was on the couch for over a week with the Croup that Seamus brought home. Easter was a disaster and all the weeks after. Thankfully it was cold and rainy so sitting on couch and watching lots of tv […]
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Swimming at Cranwell
In desperation of getting Jack up to speed in swimming, I’ve joined Cranwell and we’ve been visiting pool almost every other day. The kids love it and they’ve already improved. Jack went under 2 times, but refuses again. He’s a little lawyer with all his excuses. Seamus loves floating around in his floaties. Isabelle in […]
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Girlscout World Day
Isabelle’s troop was Switzerland. Doesn’t she look beautiful?
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Tea Party
One of Seamus’ favorite things to do is have a tea party. Today it’s with Memere!
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Morris School Science Fair
Isabelle and Jack participated in the their first Science Fair. Jack did his experiments on the speed of car and Isabelle on Yeas and sugar. The pictures tell all.
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Another snow photoshoot
I had to capture the railroad tracks under fresh snow. Again the photos are a disappointment, but it was fun running through the snow trying to capture all the various scenes of snow, tracks, water, and fog through the first, early morning light.
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Easter 2013
Easter was a bit of a disaster this year. I was sick as dog, and only got worse. My mom was sick, but hosted Easter. Seamus had the tail end of croup. The kids refused to do the town egg hunt. I sat on couch all day. The entire week I was sick with cough/cold, then […]