Travelingjenny
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Today I realized that I haven't really mentioned the holidays here, mainly because approximately 75% of my readers were here with us. We had house guests for eleven days, and it was wonderful. That's right, I never once thought about kicking anyone out into the snow. After all, it was incredibly fun, and joyful, and…
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May your 2010 be filled with an abundance of laughter, love and dancing — I'm pretty sure ours will be.
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We now have a house full of family, and two very excited little girls. We wish you and yours a lovely time of togetherness and joy — and maybe even a few reindeer games.
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We've been in a baking frenzy here all month. It started with the school craft fair and bake sale. Besides the art wraps I sewed, I made dark chocolate peppermint bark (YUM!) and honey-molasses-ginger cookies for the girls to decorate. They love holding the measuring spoons for me and helping me stir. What they love…
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The other day, Tess inexplicably started asking for a cape. So Adam dutifully tied a blanket loosely around her neck. Tess then ran around the house for a while, saying "Super Tess to the rescue! Na-na-na-naaaaa!" Not being one to miss out on an opportunity to run around, Grace joined her and promptly made up…
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Today we had our first snow day, although it wasn't even snowing when we woke up. But apparently those weather forecasters do actually know what they are talking about, because by 8 am it was coming down and it didn't stop until after dark, when the snow turned to rain. We busied ourselves playing, creating…
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This morning when the girls went to school, it was raining. Not just raining, but pouring. About mid-morning, though, the clouds parted, the sun came out, and the temperature rose to a whopping 68 degrees!! (By the way, this shattered the previous record high of 55 degrees.) So, when I picked the girls up from…
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Grace wore her tie-dyed shirt to school today, and on the way home, Tess called it her "mixed-up" shirt. Grace disagreed, and proclaimed it to be her "fireworks" shirt. As soon as we arrived home, Tess found her shirt, and the "fireworks sisters" were born. They did a cute little song-and-dance routine, with Tess shouting…
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After school, we took advantage of the nice weather and walked Maggie in the park. When we arrived home, Tess sat down at the art table and started drawing pictures for her "friends" at school. Each picture was made with a specific friend in mind, then she drew about 10 more for good measure. Mostly…
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Tonight, something special happened: Grace read Tess a bedtime story. They sat together on the little rocking chair, Tess with her arm around Grace. Grace read "The Peace Book," which she has memorized, although I think she is learning to actually read it as well. She did such a nice job that even the bunny…
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