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Category: Grace
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I am so glad the girls are discovering the joy of books. Grace loves to ‘read’ to Tess, and she loves to ‘read’ certain books to herself. Recently she brought one of her favorites, Frog and Toad are Friends, on our breakfast outing. Adam and I were in the car, happily chatting away when we…
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Today we had our first snowstorm of the season, and just about everything closed down. Of course, this did not stop us from having fun. Grace was nearly beside herself with excitement, and her nice daddy went into work late this morning so that he could play outside with her for a while. Then we…
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Start with one excited girl who got up one hour early on her birthday… Add a coffee date with Daddy and a visit to the toy store to pick her own gift (a Stomp Rocket)… Mix in dance class and play time with a friend and a baby sister… Add a dash of gift opening…
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To my beautiful birthday girl, Thanks for making me smile every day, just by being you. You are thoughtful and smart and funny and kind, and a million other wonderful things. Now please stop growing up so fast. I love you all the way to the moon and back,Mommy
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My poor Disney-deprived daughter. She received an adorable birthday card with four princesses on it, and she had no idea who they were. She was very excited, though, as she instinctively loves princesses despite her lack of exposure to them. "I know that one," she exclaimed, pointing at Cinderella. "That’s Barbie!" Later, after I had…
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Grace and I have spent the past three afternoons decorating our first gingerbread people (and trees) of the year. Tess was content to stand on a chair and watch us – until she saw Grace eat an M&M. Of course, she wanted to eat one too, although she had no idea what it was, and…
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"Grace, what are you thankful for?" "My baby sister." "I think she’s thankful for you, too."
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The following were Grace’s exuberant statements, questions and general exclamations (in the order in which they were uttered) in reaction to today’s snowfall – our first snow of the season: When we get home I’m going to make snow angels! Mommy, look, that bird is flying south! Mommy, the pond has ice all over it.…
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Friday morning, Grace declared: "I’m all growed up!" The excitement of being "three-and-three-quarters" has given way to the euphoria of having a birthday around the corner. Later, when Grace was not behaving appropriately, I remarked that she was really not behaving "all growed up," as she had so recently claimed to be. She replied: "I…
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Because of my not-the-most-fun-ever week at home with the girls, I was given a break today. Yes, a blissful two hours all to myself. And for some odd reason, I chose to spend those two hours in Freeport. The biggest tourist destination in Maine. On a holiday weekend. At the start of Christmas shopping season.…
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