JulieLeung.com: a life told in tidepools

Raspberries fresh from the garden are a wonderful treat to eat for dessert. Unless you are Baby Elisabeth. Instead of eating her food, sometimes she likes to explore it’s texture and touch. Last night I watched her smash the ripe berries in her hand. She watched herself too, looking at her fingers becoming stained with [...]

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Erika, a friend of Ted’s from college, sent us this link to a recent TV story describing her participation in a breastmilk study. All 20 of the mothers in the study were found to have traces of toxic flame retardants in their milk. These chemicals are known to be harmful [...]

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I don’t usually go shopping multiple times a week, but this week I was a bit unorganized. On Wednesday, I ended up walking past the Hallmark store, while trying to hunt down a good toothbrush for Michaela. Sitting outside the store, in a discount bin, I spied a few different commemorative quarter bears. The bears [...]

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Sight of the day:
Abigail looking at the world through her new lavender-colored goggles…and better yet her happy grin from the pool as she splashed about with her protective eyewear.
Smell of the day:
A big thank you to whichever neighbor ordered a big pile of compost! Or maybe it is horse manure. Yummy breeze outside! Oh, [...]

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Today, at the brunch at our neighbor’s home, Michaela fell off the deck. The deck is at least 2 to 3 feet off the ground. I think she didn’t see that the folding chair was right on the edge, so when she leaned on it, she flipped and fell to the ground, landing in a [...]

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