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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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How Was School Today?
After I pick the kids up from aftercare, we head home and I try to coerce them into conversations about their days while I cook dinner. I love spending this time with them.…
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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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Another School Year
Oh, friends! So much has happened while I have been away! First of all, THIS happened this morning. (Ignore the years being wrong. I saved the file on my computer last year and…
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Report Card Predictions
Bean got his report card last week. All A’s, of course. Even in math. He gets it from his daddy. His favorite subject is math. And his favorite part about math is counting…
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Bad Religion
The other day, I was getting on to Bean for something. I can’t remember what exactly right now, but it was probably for annoying Gracie. So, I say to him, “You’ve got one…
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Raising a Kindergartener
People ask often which age of raising kids has been my favorite so far. That’s such a tough question because each age has it’s ups and downs. Some years, yes, there are more…
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The Hardest Part of Kindergarten
I was somewhat prepared for Bean starting kindergarten this year. I read a few articles about it online, talked to some friends who had been through this before, and reminded myself that Bean was…
