Travelingjenny
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Category: sisters
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With all of the summer fun and craziness that's been going on, I seem to have neglected the garden a bit. I was aware that there were many, many weeds, but I was not aware that there were actual vegetables that were ready to be harvested. Imagine my surprise today when I found not one,…
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Last week we went strawberry picking. Fortunately, my sweet girls generally greet any activity with enthusiasm, and this was no different. But when they realized they could eat strawberries as they picked them, they really got into it!
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Me (upon witnessing spitting in the bathtub): "No! Spitting is not okay." Grace: "But she spit at me and I spit at her and we're sisters, so it's okay." Tess: "Yeah, we're sisters, so it's okay."
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It is no secret that I have hesitated to let my girls “help” me in the kitchen. It has always seemed like more trouble than it’s worth, with poorly measured ingredients, big spills, and squabbles about who gets to do what. The other day, however, something magical happened: I changed my mind. I realized that…
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They put their heads together, threw a penny in, and wished for their daddy to have a happy Father's Day. I'm pretty sure he did [more on that tomorrow…].
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This is one of the advantages of living in the country. Also, you don't have to mow your lawn very often, and you can let unruly weeds overtake things (like the swingset) and no one will look at you funny. We like it here.
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Today was the last day of school. It was a good day; a special day. But it also made me sad. I just can't figure out how it is possible that my little girl is now a first grader!? (Thank goodness Tess has another year of preschool, because that certainly would have put me over…
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What have we been up to, you wonder? About a million things — I'll try to update you soon. However, I can tell you that we recently acquired an addition to our backyard extravaganza. And the girls been out there every day after school, jumping and jumping and laughing… and getting very tired.
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