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On Thursday, it snowed for the first time. The girls were very excited, and Grace was inspired to compose a snow song: "It's snowing, it's snowing… How beautiful and softly. Brrrrr I am cold In my little log cabin." They both happily went off to school wearing their snowsuits, boots, hats and mittens. Of course, it…
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Puppy and Kitty were very cute. But because it was Halloween, they could also be very scary. (But because Puppy insisted on wearing her favorite purple dress and purple tights and Halloween socks with her costume, she was still more cute than scary.) Puppy and Kitty went trick-or-treating with their best buddy, Dalmation — after…
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Tess: "Mom, I want a baby sister. And a baby brother. Two babies!" Me: "You want me to grow another baby in my tummy?!" Grace: "Mom, you should adopt one instead. It's good for the earth." She has a good point. But I think I'll just stick with the two I've got.
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Today was a gorgeous, sunny and warm fall day in New England. Perfect, we decided, for visiting our two favorite apple orchards — one for cider and donuts (and wooden cutouts just screaming for adorable photo ops), and the other for kids' activities. So we drank cider, took photos, climbed on hay bales, visited farm…
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Grace got so excited today when she noticed that it was snowing at the football game Adam was watching. She immediately asked where the game was being played, and then wanted to know how far away we are from Foxboro Stadium. When Adam told her that it is about three hours away, Grace immediately ran…
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The other day, Grace and I passed by a big garage sale, and decided to check it out (for no apparent reason other than it was Saturday, the weather was gorgeous, and everyone there looked so happy). We left with two books and two Spiderman figures, one for each girl. Of course, this prompted them…
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I have no idea where I came up with this, but on Sunday I suggested that we get some pumpkins to paint. So at the apple orchard, I stood in the pouring rain while each girl chose her own pumpkin. (Little did I know that they would cost us $15! Seriously — when did pumpkins…
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Grace has the most wonderful kindergarten teacher who puts a lot of thought into coming up with fun activities. Grace's "homework" (they really don't have homework) last weekend was to create a "me" doll, using a template, with help from her family. Of course, Tess wanted to make one, too. We used pasta for hair…
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