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Weekends, Vertigo, and Marriage
I had so many plans for this week. We kick of baseball practice, Gracie has gymnastics, our Cub Scout den is meeting on Tuesday, my classroom is active this week – none of…
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Scouts for All!
This Saturday, we had Bean’s Pinewood Derby Race with Cub Scouts. It’s an annual event that all the boys love. They get a wooden block and some wheels in a little box and…
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Big Molly and the Dog Door
For Christmas, Chris and I gave the dogs a dog door. We thought they would love it. As much as they are constantly whining to go outside and inside and outside and inside,…
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Gracie’s First Sleepover!
Before today’s post, I just want to thank you for the incredible outpouring of encouragement and support for the student I wrote about last week. While I appreciate every offer of assistance I…
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{Forced to} Play Ball!
Bean played four seasons of little league baseball back to back. So, when he told us last spring that he wanted to take a season off, we were happy to let him. He…
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Small Goodnesses
Last week, I was hurrying through my 6th period class, counting the minutes until the bell would ring after 7th period. It had been a long day of teaching argumentative writing to 14…
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Win Some, Lose Some
Oh, Lord, y’all. I’m about to tell you a really long, detailed story about how I messed up royally and it will make you feel better about your own life decisions. So, last…
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Questions With My Family
These have been going around Facebook, but I thought I’d share mine here, too. Only, I asked the kids AND Chris. I also added a few questions that I want to remember about…
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Little Seeds of Thought
Lately, Gracie has become very interested in babies. Specifically, where babies come from, how they get there, and how they get out. I think this mostly comes from the fact that she plays…
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Cub Scout Challenge: A Lesson in Serving
This past Saturday, my Cub Scout den went to a local park to pick up trash as a community service project. Bean wasn’t actually able to be there because he had a baseball…
