FAVORITE BOOK: The Book with No Pictures & Is There a Dog in This Book? FAVORITE TV SHOW: "Kiwi's" (PeeWee's) Playhouse FAVORITE FOOD: Quesadillas FAVORITE COLOR: Pink FAVORITE MOVIE: Frozen Fever FAVORITE SONG: Let it Go BEST FRIEND: Adalae! WHEN I GROW UP: I will have a lot of jobs. A doctor job, for people and animals. A cowgirl job. And a mommy...

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Lately Anouk has been really interested in family relationships, how we are connected to all of the people in our family. "What is a cousin?" she'll say, or else, "Tell me again how I'm related to Aunt Bonne/Aunt Judy/Uncle Mike?" And so we set off untangling the thread of our family in a way that an almost-four-year-old can understand. We got My Family...

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The weather has been getting warmer, which means we can get back into hiking, one of our favorite family pastimes. Our old go-to hiking spot ahas long been First Landing State Park, but recently our new favorite place is Newport News Park, which features 30 miles of hiking and biking trails (among many other amenities). Our favorite kid-friendly trail at the park is...

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  Once upon a time, many moons ago, before snow blanketed our world and various winter sicknesses kept us laid low, James and I decided to take Anouk to Williamsburg for a day. When we left the house it was nice and almost warm but by the time we got there, the temperature had dropped significantly, so we opted to visit the CW...

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