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Category: Grace
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After years of watching Grace play and marveling at how we had not yet needed to take our bundle of energy to the emergency room, it finally happened. She fell off the swing in our yard the other day and had to get TWO STITCHES in her face. And she had THREE SHOTS of lidocaine.…
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Now we just need to get her a lawnmower that actually works…
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Gracie was very excited to return to school, and to move up to the "pre-k slash kindergarten classroom." Although she has not yet given me any details about what actually goes on in this classroom (besides what they eat for snack), I know she is having fun. She clearly feels like a big girl, and…
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Growing up, I spent hours on French Creek catching crayfish and minnows and hauling them around in buckets to show my parents before I dumped them back into the water. Naturally, it is important for me to teach Gracie about this fun pastime. She's a bit young to catch crayfish herself (they're fast, and…
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Today was a day of rest (ha!) after returning from our huge roadtrip last night. Gracie was very happy to be reunited with her toys – particularly the ever-useful scotch tape. The windows in the barn needed to be covered so that the animals couldn't hear us – because, of course, if they heard us,…
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Yesterday, Grace was riding her bike down the driveway when I spotted a garter snake slithering across. I pointed out the snake to Grace, and of course, she jumped off her bike and proceeded to follow the snake into the woods. And of course, she caught the snake, and held it nicely with two hands,…
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Last weekend, Grace had a friend come over to play, and this smart friend taught her something very cool: if you put the hose at the top of the slide, you can make your very own water slide. Awesome. Of course, Grace needed to add her crazy swinging stunts to the mix, and I feel very…
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Ah yes, there’s nothing like the Fourth of July in Maine –– a little swimming, and a lot of shivering. Of course, a few goosebumps never stopped Gracie (or her water-loving daddy) from doing anything…
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Last week, Grace attended summer camp at Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport. She got to feed the farm animals, pick radishes in the organic garden, visit the beach, walk through the woods, and hang out with the baby ducks and goats. Even better, she got to do all of this with her best friend, Elyse.…
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It is a well-established fact that Gracie wants to be an animal rescuer when she grows up (which will be next week, if she has anything to do with it). I knew she would love going to the zoo (York’s Wild Kingdom), and it really was fun to watch her squeal with excitement as she…
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