Travelingjenny
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What do you do in March in Maine when it's 30 degrees and wet outside (besides run around like half-naked banshees)? You teach your sister how to play checkers. And then when you've gotten tired of that game, you make up your own. Like "froggy hop" (Tess's creation) and "dogsled game" (Grace's, obviously!). And when…
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Today Tess said, "Mommy, why don't we have grass at our house?" Here's hoping that the grass is visible again SOON.
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There are very few things better than a new book and a cozy fire on a Sunday evening. Except maybe a book with your very own name in the title: Tess the Sea Turtle Fairy. Life is good, indeed.
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Every February break, we travel to Boston for a day with friends to visit friends who live there. Mostly we just enjoy being together, but walking around the city and going out to lunch — and decorating cupcakes! — is pretty cool, too.
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Oh, dear me. These two are hilarious with their dressing up (legwarmers?!) and performing. This particular show involved one sister lying on the floor while the other sister ran around her in circles. Many, many circles. And then there was much laughter and many bows. And then more running in circles. You get the picture…
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After dinner last night, my girls came running down the stairs with armfuls of valentine's for me. They were dressed in heart shirts and heart tights, and they were bouncing off the walls, filled with the excitement of the day. Then they presented me with lovingly decorated heart-shaped cookies that they had made with their…
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That pink blur in the background? That's Grace. Check out the video for more of her crazy skating skills.
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This was the scene after dinner last night, when both girls refused to take a bath because they needed to do their "homework." Tess was working on a new workbook about shapes, and Grace was acting as her teacher. Grace was also working on the optional "math mayhem" homework she receives each Monday. It's the…
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