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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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Hands-Off Imagination
This weekend while we were in Chris’s office, Bean and Gracie entertained themselves for hours. I mean, HOURS. We didn’t hear a peep out of them until we went hunting for them to…
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Friendship Knows No Country
A little over a year ago, Gracie’s bestest little buddy in her daycare class moved back to Italy. Her dad was here working for two years, but when his contract was up, they…
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Extra-Curricu-Grrrrr’s
It’s that dreaded time of year when we all sign our kids up for extracurricular activities. I’m a big fan of activities, as a whole. I think they help build character in kids.…
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Hashtag Squad Goals
My summer is quickly drawing to a close and I can feel it slipping away! NOOOOOOO!!!!! I have been back to work this week to work on getting the new year planned and…
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A Toad Abode
This past weekend, we made a super quick trip to our hometown of Pensacola, Florida, to celebrate the 80th birthday of Chris’s grandmother, Grandma Brown. Grandma Brown has been in my life since…
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A Perfect Father’s Day Fore Us All!
On Father’s Day, the kids and I took Chris golfing. It was the first time we have played as a family of four on an actual course, and not just at the driving…
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Summer Fail.
Yesterday was the first, real, official, full day of summer in our house. I had big plans. BIG PLANS. I made a summer schedule, a summer bucket list, and a list of home…
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A New Adventure: Rock Climbing
We got the sad news a few weeks ago that Bean’s best friend is moving out of the country right after school ends this year. Bean’s pretty devastated. He and his buddy have…
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Relax. It’s Little League.
Bean’s team had playoffs this weekend. They played on Saturday and Sunday and won both games, which means they are headed to the championship game this week. I’m so proud of him because…
