Category Archives: food

Saturday with My Kids

Posted on 2014/01/18 by circuskitchen

Because I’m usually booked on weekends, when I’m NOT it is an extra glorious treat.  This Saturday Daddy went to work instead, so I had the kids -AND a weekend day- with them to myself.  After a glorious morning at … Continue reading →

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Spontaneous Date Grease Night

Posted on 2014/01/16 by circuskitchen

January, 16th 2014 On Thursday I had inadvertently spent an entire workday at our son’s school.  When *my* work is light, I seem to let myself get ultra-involved in supportive efforts at the school.  On my way home with Gavin, … Continue reading →

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Actually a Big Bowl

Posted on 2014/01/16 by circuskitchen

This amuses me. I heated up some soup for my Manmeat because he was sick and -just to scale it up to size for him- put it in a big serving bowl with a big serving spoon.  When I handed … Continue reading →

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Bubble Wow Chronicles: Scientific Book Edition

Posted on 2014/01/09 by circuskitchen

Tuesday, January 8th 2014    [Gavin = 5&1/2  y/o] On Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 10:21 AM, MaryMargaret wrote: Gavin asked me yesterday, “What is the most scientific book you have?”  Hmmm… I showed him “Neural Mechanisms of Color Vision,” a … Continue reading →

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Happy Fun Pizza Movie Time

Posted on 2014/01/08 by circuskitchen

Low on time yesterday, we conspired to meet at the local pizza joint instead of slog it out at home.    Little did we know they’d bust out a wonderful movie that would hold our kids silently spellbound for the … Continue reading →

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Holy New Year

Posted on 2014/01/01 by circuskitchen

January 1st 2014 Come here Blog, I need you.  Help me reconcile myself to the end of this holiday “break.”  It has been absolutely glorious.  Especially with the amount of children we have had sloshing all over in and around … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2013 – Cambridge

Posted on 2013/12/25 by circuskitchen

PART I:  After reconciling with my husband over his unexpected absence putting in way more work hours than I understood would happen, then taking all night until 6:15am making Christmas Magic… my efforts were rewarded at 7:45am when I opened my … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve @HEJAM’s

Posted on 2013/12/24 by circuskitchen

Thank you Heather, Joe and the Big Chick Cousins and Elizabeth, Brent and the Chicken Lovin’ Cousins for another wonderful Christmas Eve together! What a priceless privilege this tradition has become! 2013 HEJAM Christmas Eve [2mins, 55secs]: Ages of Cousins: … Continue reading →

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Rendez-Vous

Posted on 2013/12/19 by circuskitchen

Thursday, December 19th 2013   Because Grandpa Pops had flown into town, we were all going out to dinner.  Us four, my husband’s sister’s family of four, and Grandpa.  Four kids, five adults.  For those of you who know Cambridge, … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2013

Posted on 2013/11/28 by circuskitchen

Our first in our OWN home! [2 mins, 55 seconds] My favorite moment of that day happened while I was finishing getting dressed.  The children had built the Hot Wheel tracks down the hallway outside my bedroom door.  I heard … Continue reading →

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