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My Secret Santa

I received some Christmas Fairy Peppermint Powder last week (contains: Christmas spirit, fairy magic, North Pole snow, red #3…), all wrapped up in sparkly pink tinsel. Cute, and I think it will be delicious in hot cocoa! But I have no idea who to thank. See, Mrs. Limestone arranged a blogger Secret Santa group.


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Who do you think is my Secret Santa?

Pink Christmas

It doesn’t feel like Christmas around here until the pink tree is up.


I still wish our tree was a little taller. We have the 6′ tall version, but it’s a bit dwarfed by our 9′ tall living room. I noticed a new, lighter pink tree is available this year! Kind of makes me want to sell this one and get the other in a larger size, but I do love our little pink tree.

Ten Months Old (August’s Monthly Photo)


This little guy is going to be a handful! He’s been crawling for a couple of months now, so he’s bored with that and has moved on to standing and starting to cruise. He has also taken to playing the kazoo (and laughing while the kazoo is still in his mouth). It’s pretty darn adorable. I just wish he’d let us get some sleep; He’s getting a bunch of teeth at once and it’s making him miserable at night. Poor little fella.

I’ll be taking a photo of August sitting in the Eames rocker and wearing his pin each month until he’s two years old. I also took monthly photos of his older sister, Eleanor, until she turned two.

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Eleanor, the Photographer

The winner of my Shutterfly giveaway has been randomly selected, and I’ll edit this post to announce the winner as soon as I have confirmation. Thanks for entering, everyone!

Now, since I showed you Eleanor in full cranky toddler mode, I thought it was only fair to show you this little outtake from the same photo session. She was much more into being the photographer than the subject that day.

That look of concentration! I love it.

p.s. Here were the Official Rules for the giveaway.

Elle DeGore


DTKindler Photography

I never know how to pose for pictures, let alone pictures of me in my roller derby gear. Angry face? Tried it. I’m not tough! So a wink it is. *Wink!*

I’m such a dork.

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