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Growing Pains.
Is it just me or does it seem like Moms suffer from growing pains as much as (or maybe more than) our babies do? This past weekend we decided to journey up to Chicago – the girls got to spend one night...
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Star of the Week
For the last few months of school, Audrey’s class began a “Star of the Week” program where each student gets a whole week dedicated to themselves. Each day is a different “presentation” where the kids...
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The Mother’s Day Teas
What a lucky mama I was this year, getting to enjoy not one, but TWO Mother’s Day Teas at the girls’ preschool. Both of their classes held their celebrations today – one at breakfast, one at lunch – so...
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Out with the old, in with the new.
Several months ago, a friend who has had a daughter in preschool with Audrey the past three, or maybe even four, years asked me if I was feeling the emotions of sending Audrey to kindergarten in the...
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Picnic in the Park
To celebrate our last day of summer break together, we let Audrey choose what we would do. She decided she wanted to have a picnic at Broad Ripple Park, which was a great idea given our unseasonably...
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Happy First Day of Kindergarten, Audrey Kate!
Dear Audrey, Today was your very first day of Kindergarten. All summer long, we have talked about this day. You have been so excited and so ready for a new adventure. For the last several weeks, I have...
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Humming Along.
I was recounting something Lucy said to me in the car on the way home from school, when Nick interrupted with… Nick: “So. What’s up with the blog? Like….why aren’t you doing it anymore?” Me: “I don’t...
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Halloween 2014
Anyone who knows me knows I don’t really love Halloween. Ok, fine. I don’t like it. My least favorite holiday. I don’t like to be scared. I don’t like dressing up. I don’t like candy. I mean. What! I...
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Gift of Time
Audrey’s school offers parents a chance to volunteer in the classroom every holiday season through what they call Gift of Time. You sign up for a two-hour slot with another parent, and you are in...
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Kindergarten Nativity Play
Every year the kindergarten classes at Audrey’s school put on a Nativity play. It is a tradition that began in the mid-1960s, and the current version of the play has been used since 1973. This morning...
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Happy 2015.
Never too late for the first post of the year, right? I began this post five days ago, if that redeems my tardiness in any way…or not at all. Our 2015 started much the same way our 2014 started. Snow...
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MLK Day
Audrey’s class spent last week studying Martin Luther King, Jr. Every day we picked her up, she had a new tidbit to share. She taught me and Lu quite a bit about the man. One day, she told us about how...
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Amazon
Last week, Audrey’s class began their trip around the world. The “theme” for her kindergarten class this year is Around the Globe, so they will spend the entire second semester traveling all seven...
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Star of the Week
You may remember our last go-around with Star of the Week. Ever since we found out Lucy would have the same teachers as Audrey did last year, she has been looking forward to her turn to be Star of the...
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Before we know it…
This sweet girl will be in Kindergarten! WHAT! I told you a special box was heading her way this weekend, and sure enough, the big red Kindergarten box from our school arrived on our doorstep on...
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the end of an era.
Well, folks, this is it. Our very last week of preschool. Ever. The end of the Preschool Era is upon us. This chapter in our family life is officially coming to a close. For six years we have roamed...
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…and that’s a wrap!
Long after she had been tucked into bed last night, Audrey tip-toed back into our room, huge alligator tears spilling down her cheeks. “What’s the matter, baby?” I asked. “It’s just…I don’t…I don’t…I’m...
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Well. That was fast.
Last Thursday night, we hired a babysitter and headed out on a date night…to SCHOOL. When did this happen. We had to divide and conquer this year – two teachers, you know – and then recap what we...
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Back to School: A Tale of Two Sisters
The Kindergartner Day 1: “When will I have homework, Mom?? I can’t wait to have homework!” Day 2 (also, her birthday): “Mom. Even though I just turned five, like today, and I guess that makes me the...
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Three Syllables.
One day after school, I opened up Lucy’s backpack to find this: Hmmm. Obviously my eyes immediately went to the middle clipping of a bikini-clad woman showing off her 51 lb weight loss. Um. What....
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