Travelingjenny
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Category: Grace
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Grace: "Ella was a hippie for Halloween." Tess: "What's a hippie?" Grace: "They were people in the olden times who liked to say: 'Peace!' They were Quakers."
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Grace had been excited about Halloween for weeks. I'm not sure if it's because we don't usually let her have candy, or because she was excited to trick-or-treat as a parrot with her best friend, who went as a pirate. Or maybe she likes the attention she gets as she parades around town in costume.…
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Our sweet Gracie has shied away from group sports for quite some time — actually, forever. And while I love that she's into horseback riding, I was thrilled when she finally agreed to give soccer a try. There is a very informal after-school program, where all ages (K – 8) practice together for a while,…
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Oh— that's just our first-grader, who has suddenly decided that she likes to sit quietly and read. BY HERSELF. I love her more and more each day.
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Yesterday we went apple picking with friends after school. Pulling the apples off the trees is fun and all, but not nearly as fun as immediately eating the apples (which Grace managed to do despite a major tooth handicap).
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After school today… Grace: "I love first grade." Me: "I'm glad. You're really going to learn a lot." Grace: "Yeah, I learned, like, 100 things already." And all I can think about is, how did my sweet little Gracie grow up so fast?
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We started off our week on the creek in Pennsylvania with some serious crawdad catching. Once again, Grace got really into it, and we discovered that we make an excellent critter-catching team. At one point we had fifteen of those critters in her bucket! I was so proud.
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