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Category: Grace
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Yesterday when I picked Grace up from school, she very proudly showed me a twig she had collected from a white pine. She explained to me that we were going to make tea with the "sprigs," and when we got home, she showed me how. She poured the water and separated the needles and got…
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On Thursday, it snowed for the first time. The girls were very excited, and Grace was inspired to compose a snow song: "It's snowing, it's snowing… How beautiful and softly. Brrrrr I am cold In my little log cabin." They both happily went off to school wearing their snowsuits, boots, hats and mittens. Of course, it…
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If we had a barn in our backyard, we would have loaded Lilly-T up in the minivan weeks ago and brought her home with us. Grace and I are both smitten.
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Last year on election day, Grace's school voted on a mascot. The red fox won, and now Grace's classroom has its own resident (stuffed) fox, named Foxy. Each weekend, a kindergartner gets to take Foxy home for special one-on-one time. Foxy comes with a journal, and each child (with help) takes a page to chronicle…
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When Grace arrived home home from school today, I gave her a tiara. She accidentally broke her original tiara a couple of weeks ago, so when I saw them for half price at the store today, I bought her one. That may have been the best three dollars I have ever spent.
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Okay, maybe not-so-scary kitty. But the kindergartners made a "spooky path" outside their classroom in honor of Halloween, and the rest of the school went through it today. There were ghosts hanging in trees, a pumpkin graveyard, and a huge spiderweb. Grace hid behind a tree and jumped out and scared kids as they walked…
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After much wiggling and even more anticipation this week, our sweet little Gracie lost her first tooth today. It happened on the playground at school. Suddenly she realized her tooth was missing, and her classmates and teachers searched around in the grass until the precious tooth was recovered. Because, you know, the tooth fairy will…
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Grace spent a good deal of time yesterday morning preparing for and attending her "teenager meeting." I really don't know what this was all about, but apparently teenagers wear ties and carry their favorite stuffed animals in their suitcases.
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Tonight at bedtime, Gracie proclaimed: "I'm starting to really like boys a lot." She meant it in the I-no-longer-think-they-have-cooties-and-I-want-to-be-friends-with-them sense. But still, I'm getting a little worried about the teenage years.
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