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10 October 2011 Can You Say Nectanebo

Oct 10, 2011

Here is Sam in front of the sarcophagus of Nectanebo II, the last native Pharoah of Egypt. The sarcophagus has a funny history–it was never used as a sarcophagus. It is believed that Nectanebo fled to Ethiopia when the Persians invaded his kingdom and his body has never been discovered. But the sarcophagus eventually …

6 October 2011 Nothing Says Brighton

Oct 6, 2011

like the burned-out pier. I know I have a million pictures of the pier, the waves and Sam from over the years, but still I couldn’t resist taking just one more.

3 October 2011 On Our Way Out of Town

Oct 4, 2011

we needed to return one quarter of the the library’s collection to them.

2 October 2011 Six!

Oct 3, 2011

1 October 2011 The Doctors Circle

Oct 2, 2011

8 kids (I know, what was I thinking?) came to celebrate Sam’s 6th birthday and they all seemed to enjoy playing hospital and doctors. I tried my hardest to talk Sam out of the doctor theme for her party, but in the end, it was a fun and adaptable theme. In addition to playing “Pin the Band-aid on the Patient” we played …

30 September 2011 Red Cross Cupcakes

Oct 1, 2011

That was the general idea, anyway. Some of them look more like St. George’s crosses. Some of them… well, those were practice, according to Sam. Luckily the soon-to-be-six-year-old still cares way more about process than she does about product. (Although we did test-taste the product and it is pretty good 🙂

10 October 2011 Can You Say Nectanebo

6 October 2011 Nothing Says Brighton

3 October 2011 On Our Way Out of Town

2 October 2011 Six!

1 October 2011 The Doctors Circle

30 September 2011 Red Cross Cupcakes

29 September 2011 Sam and Molly Go for a Checkup

28 September 2011 The Bun

27 September 2011 Whispering Secrets

26 September 2011 The Entrepreneurial Spirit