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Category: Grace
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Today, parents were invited into the 1-2 classroom for a writing and science celebration. The kids have been working on stories and had the opportunity to read them aloud to parents. They were fabulous. Grace's was about carving pumpkins at a friend's house. As an added bonus, we also got to see their final projects…
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Yesterday, after getting their hair cut at the real salon, the girls came home and created their own hair salon. It was called "Grace's Beauty, an award-winning place." Tess was the first customer, and after spending some time reading a "magazine" (toy catalog) with foil in her hair, she emerged with blue hair (it was…
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A story by Grace (unedited) 9/29/11 Rain rain go away come again another day!It had rained. It had poured.My grandma brot the rain with her, all the way from New Jersey! For two whol days! I was sitting at the table at scool. I looked out the window…Rain, make that three days! I woke up…
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Saturday was the annual Halloween show at the barn where Grace takes riding lessons. This year, Grace decided to be low-key and dress up as a devil. So I had the brilliant idea of dressing the horse as an angel — an old white sheet, some fairy wings from our dress-up bin, and a pipecleaner…
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These photos are from Grace's third-ever trapeze lesson. She had two lessons in the beginner class, then was moved up to the advanced class (say what?!). So it seems she can control a thousand-pound animal AND do graceful acrobatic moves while swinging in the air. Maybe we should just stick with the dance class —…
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Grace accomplished something pretty cool last Friday during her riding lesson — she trotted and cantered off the lead-line. Meaning she asked the horse to do what she wanted and steered him around the arena all on her own, without the help of her teacher. But that wasn't even the really cool part. That came…
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Yes, we definitely need one of these in our backyard. Forget solar power, we could have Gracie power!
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The school year is winding down — only two days left! — and today Grace brought home a bunch of school work. While we were making dinner, she prepared a "real-life slideshow" of her work. It was organized by categories such as "math" and "poems/comics/spelling." She excitedly went through each piece of work, proud to…
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Today was "Commute Another Way" day at the girls' school. Families were encouraged to carpool or bike to school (hardly anyone lives close enough to walk). For those who live too far away to actually bike the whole way, a group met at the mainland side of the causeway and biked across together. A few…
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