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Category: Grace
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Those of you who have come within a two-mile radius of us within the past two months or so are already aware of Grace's obsession with the Rainbow Magic series of fairy books. It all started when a classmate brought a couple of these fairy books to school, and Grace took an immediate interest in…
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At school recently, Grace learned how to finger-knit using four fingers. This is an improvement over the simple style she learned last year (see below). One afternoon last month, she made herself a scarf and wore it proudly (after she insisted we stop on the way home for more yarn). Now she comes home from…
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Today we finally visited the Christmas tree farm down the road from us to choose and cut our tree. We can't help but think about and look forward to this day all year long, since we drive by the farm at least twice daily. We brought our sled so that we could pull Tess…
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The chicken coop and bee hive are winterized; the leaves are all raked; the fire pit and grill have been put in the garage; the snow pants and winter boots are at the ready. Winter, bring it on. {p.s. Today I took Grace to a cool performance today of "Stellaluna," a kids' book about a…
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Grace lost her second tooth this week, and once again, she lost it at school. This time, her teacher found it on the floor and handed it to her. Grace misplaced it within five minutes, but didn't seem to care. We had already decided not to do the tooth fairy thing, so who needs a…
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My sweet girl "Six" (as she requested to be called yesterday), started her big day off with some gift opening. Next came a visit to the art studio (where messes are mandatory — luckily) with her good buddy, Elyse. Next came brownie sundaes with our next-door neighbors (whom Grace invited all on her own)! All…
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To my big-hearted six-year old, How did you get to be so old, and so grown-up? I remember very well how tiny you once were, how you would only sleep if we held you. Your eyes were so bright, as if you were taking everything in and loving every second of it. They're still like…
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Grace is in full birthday mode, telling everyone who will listen that her birthday is the day after Thanksgiving. And then she says, "I was born on Thanksgiving, even though I'm a vegetarian." And then I remind her that she eats bacon (and let's not even mention the hot dogs). Anyway, the other day she…
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Grace's 6th birthday party was on Saturday, in the little barn used for education programs at Wolfe's Neck Farm. We invited her entire kindergarten class (all but two classmates came) plus two other friends. I was a bit worried about keeping this many kids entertained (without things devolving into chaos), so I planned several activities…
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