Summer of the floss

[Video: Summer of The Floss by Aron Bruhn]

Something silly to start your Monday: Aron gathered up all the clips we have of Hudson flossing through Italy. He was unstoppable!

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Home tours (& Friday Links)

Look at teeny, tiny Skyler! This was me trying to take some photos of the house when our home tour ran on A Cup of Jo a few years back. (You can also see it here, with the befores/afters). I was remembering that process as a local magazine is going to come take some photos of our house on Tuesday. This time, I get to just watch the photographer, but I’m going to clean our rugs and look at all of my things with a critical eye that will drive Aron crazy over the weekend. You know, a fun, relaxing Saturday.

And then on Sunday, we have a babysitter coming while we go on our annual tubing trip down the American River! I’m actually hoping for some more hot weather. It’s really cooling down at night!

For us, it’s the last weekend of summer before school starts on Wednesday. The summer has flown by (yada yada yada), but I think we’re also ready for the routine to resume. Skyler asks just about every morning: do I go to school today? Mom just doesn’t use enough glitter.

Anything exciting happening? Some links of note for the downtime… 

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Travelogue: Summer in Lake Tahoe

There’s something particularly special about getting to devote an entire week to Lake Tahoe in the summer. The crowds thin out between weekends—leaving the trails and the beaches a bit more quiet. You can fit a lot of fun into a weekend, but it’s a destination worthy of really settling into.

This was our first time spending a full week, which was wonderful (save the bit where we ended up in the emergency room—but I’ll save that story for the end)—and even then we left so many things we’d planned to see and do unchecked on our list. Puzzles we’d packed were unopened and books un-cracked.

Our cabin is on the West Shore, so we focused our stay there—with some detours along the North-east shore—but this won’t even touch any of the wonderful things one can find to do in South Lake Tahoe. Here’s what did fill up our days…

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