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Category: Grace
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Once upon a time Grace had to go to school. When they got to the booth, the man said there was no school because of the snow. James was the only one at school because he had to do work. Nana was only ten miles away [?]. Daddy took Grace to Nana’s house. They played…
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Grace has been waking up pretty consistently around 5:30am for the past two weeks. This is NOT a good thing for any of us. The odd thing is that she doesn’t seem tired as she goes through the day, but she has also been consistently taking an approximately one-hour nap. This morning, after being awakened…
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“ On Sunday, Gracie had her first soccer practice – and she loved it. Even though she is about 6 inches shorter than the rest of the “munchkin” players, and is one of only two girls out of ten kids, she really seemed to have fun. Not only did it involve running around and playing…
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This New Year’s Eve, we started a family tradition of a Yule Log celebration. For us, this simply meant sitting by the fire together and talking about our wishes for the new year, then tossing a sprig of holly into the flame. Adam and I had pretty standard wishes about health, happiness, and peace. But…
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After a long break, my fingers are rested and I am ready to once again regale you with tales of my two sweet, and spunky, girls. But first, a little bit about Christmas… Christmas with two little kids is fun, but it’s even more fun with a house full of people you love and…
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Grace told me the other day that her baby doll, Hofia (pronounced Ho-fi-ah), didn’t know about Christmas. So I told Grace that she should explain it to her. And she said, "Christmas is when all of your family comes to your house to visit you." That’s what is important to this four-year old —…
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It is cold here. Really cold. And there is a lot of snow. I hate to say this, but I really don’t like winter. I don’t like that we can’t spend all afternoon outside playing. Or that we have to bring our jackets into the kitchen to warm up twenty minutes before we go anywhere…
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On Saturday we attended a winter event at our favorite local farm, along with Grace’s good buddy Violet and her family. The girls listened to a story and then made pinecone birdfeeders and strings of popcorn and cranberries. Afterwards, we all trekked into the woods, through the snow, to hang up our treats for the…
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It was a tradition in Adam’s family to adorn the top of the Christmas tree with a peace sign instead of a star. I don’t know the origin of this, but I like the idea. Adam and I put our first peace sign on the first Christmas tree we had in our house in Maine.…
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Grace has been practicing her writing. It’s amazing she can get any work done with Tess peering over her shoulder like that! Anyway, she’s getting pretty good, although she appears to have invented her own letter — the many-pronged letter E.
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