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The Fourth Child
Maybe you can relate to this.. Our fourth child seems to be the comic relief in our family, likely due in part to his birth order. He tends to be a little more laid back, also. When you have 3 other...
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How will you be remembered in this life?
In the midst of the circus that runs around me, I paused to attend a funeral for a loved one today. During the service, you heard this lovely Christian woman described as gracious, generous, and a...
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Would your student benefit from the “gap year”?
Interesting topic…Lots of good articles to read on the subject. http://www.interimprograms.com/AboutInterim/Counselors.asp http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2015783,00.html...
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It’s 9:00 and dinnertime-slap it together
Finished workout, boys returning from practice. Late night, throwing food on paper plates. Thankfully had leftover (dry) tenderloin.. Ground hog day, tomorrow.
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Educating myself and falling in love with anything French
I’m on this kick right now of really exposing myself and family to the French language and culture. I was brainstorming today on how to make that happen and found myself speaking with someone at the...
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Birthday party at local ice cream shoppe
The boys were mad at me because I asked them to wear their “church clothes” to go out to dinner.
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Mags and sand
Spent some time today looking through various kids’ magazines before deciding to place subscriptions. Check out “Cricket”. They publish a variety of great mags for children of various ages. Also, look...
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Atoms and anniversaries
In the midst of our Griswolds-type daily beach trips, we held a surprise 50th wedding anniversary party this evening for my in-laws. What an accomplish for them. Received more books from Calvert so...
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Black Friday/Gray Thursday
Exercised this morning with my talented niece and sister. Afterwards, we took the kids to see “Wreck-It Ralph” at the theater. It’s a cute movie, although admittedly I slept through several parts of...
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Dinner at 9:30
This afternoon’s schedule was bordering on crazy. It looked like this: 4:00-drop daughter at gymnastics 4:30-drop second son at soccer 5:00-5:45-work with other 2 sons on schoolwork 6:00-pick up second...
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Adventures
Yesterday, we spent the fourth at home. Nothing exciting. Hubby was working, and I spent quite a bit of the day working again with my daughter on math and spelling/phonics. We ended the day watching...
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This is not a vacation
I have laughed a couple of times while we’ve been traveling when people ask me how I’m enjoying our vacation, because I would not define this trip as a vacation. This experience would fall into the...
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