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Anna is officially a toddler now! We were at the calling hours for my great grandmother, and she kept pulling up, walking five or six steps, plopping back down, crawling to the nearest thing or person she could pull up on, and repeating the sequence. She charmed the pants off of everyone there, and added [...]
Today was the last day of soccer camp. Carrie loved it! She was even goalie for a bit of their game and managed to block a goal. Four and five year olds playing soccer is pretty funny to watch. A lot of the time they’re standing around looking at the scenery. Sometimes they completely forget [...]
Last night we went to the primary school orientation. Because Carrie’s in the K/1 multi-age class, she won’t be in the kindergarten building, but instead in the building that houses grades 1-3. So we went, and we learned a bit about how they manage to traffic flow, with all the kids in K-6 riding the [...]
My parents called me this morning to let me know that my great grandmother passed away last night. She turned 100 last fall. I remember going to her house and she always had homemade cookies in the freezer. And she made us pizza fritta – only we called them belly bombers because it was so [...]
Well, I’ve had the car for five years now, but I couldn’t officially call myself a soccer mom until yesterday. But with Carrie playing soccer, I guess that’s what I’ve become! Granted, it’s just a week long intro to soccer skills kind of thing, we’re not traveling for games or anything – although with the [...]
Dear Carolyn, This is the last letter I’m going to write to you before you become a great big Kindergartner. I can’t even imagine how that happened…I swear just a moment ago you were my teeny tiny little munchkin, just learning how to smile. We’ve had a busy, and I think wonderful, summer. You’ve taken [...]
A funny story: we were meeting my brother for lunch at a particular restaurant where Carrie really likes the chicken soup. But it was 90+ degrees and I steered her away from the hot soup and suggested something else instead. So she asked if she could order the soup another time when we went out [...]
Our anniversary sale is going on this week, so we packed up the kids and all went to the shop so I could be there all day – Anna’s still nursing a few times a day, so I can’t really leave her for an entire Saturday. While Denis and the girls were hanging out on [...]
Dear Anna, Today you are a month older than one year old. My how the time is flying! You are still not even remotely interested in taking even one single step for me. Not one! You would rather get down and crawl six inches and then stand back up then take one teeny-tiny little step [...]
We were going to try to wait until a little closer to school started to go get the things on Carrie’s shopping list, but we were all too excited for new notebooks! And pencils! And pointy-tipped brand spankin’ new crayons! Although it was like a scavenger hunt, trying to find specific colors of pocket folders [...]