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hello hello! i'm cat, and this is my (our) blog. i write a lot about motherhood and try to find the creative in our day to day lives. i also may share photo sessions as they come my way or a photos series i may be doing as a personal project. maybe a new recipe we're all loving at the moment. instagrams and dr. seuss quotes. this is also a space for me to just write. i've always been a lover of words. grab a cuppa brew and have a browse. cheers.

it was dr. seuss’s birthday a couple of weeks ago, and writing and reading and thinking about all his great stuff inspired me to do something with my obsession of him and his words, besides going on amazon and buying this:

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i love it! and it’s definitely on my shelf, not the kids’. anyhow, in light of my love for the great rhyming man, i’ve decided “dr. seuss monday” is happening. although mondays have no meaning for me (it’s not like ev and theo give me the weekends off) i know for many others, mondays are the pits (especially this particular monday for a lot of you in good ol’ maryland; although, i don’t know why you are complaining, the snow is so pretty!) so what better way to start your week than with a little pep and rhyme? i thought it was a good idea. plus it gives me a chance to play around in photoshop. i know how to do about 4 things in there but i still like to have fun with it. so if you are having a crappy day, or even if you’re not, i hope this gives you a little bit of joy! love the enthusiasm and imagination of mcgelligot’s pool…

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happy happy monday! (if you want to kill me by now, i think i’ve done my job).

 

i usually am late to the party when it comes to trends, of any kind really. matt is always telling me to do a certain look or wear a certain something, and i usually fight it just because i think i know better. eventually and always, however, i cave in. bangs? i’ve had bangs on and off for years but he was telling me for years before that to do them. twitter? i mainly stayed away because i didn’t understand it or see the point, but now i much prefer it to facebook. converse shoes? thought they were for nerds until i realized that being nerdy is kind of cool these days. the latest thing these days is vine. it doesn’t seem to have caught on hugely yet, so maybe i’m not as late as i thought, but i’ve been hearing about it for awhile now. i just felt that between twitter and instagram and blogging and feedly (another new and fun online luxury), i was good. but then i saw someones 6 second snippet of their drive across the golden gate bridge and thought: that looks fun.

and it is! it’s definitely more “work” than instagram, but still insanely easy and user friendly. i’ve only made a few videos, but it’s a nice departure from still frames and words. this is the first video i did, where i bribed evelyn with chocolate to sing zooey deschanel’s song, “hey girl”:

here is one of our many park days…

and lastly, making cookies with friends…

go give it a try! i think you’ll like it. happy sunday!