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Category: Tess
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Tess loves school. Every morning we arrive well before the other children, and she skips with delight down the hall. She removes her snack bag and lunch bag from her backpack and arranges them just so in her cubby. Then she visits her teacher to see if she can help with anything, like sharpening pencils.…
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Tess decided that she wanted to make cookies for her friends at school. And not just any cookies — in usual Tess style, she specifically requested gingerbread trees (but since we didn't have enough molasses, sugar cookie trees were deemed to suffice). She decorated them all carefully, then placed each in a festive bag carefully…
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I'm grateful for a toothless cutie filled with boundless love and enthusiasm. A cutie who is learning new ways to tell her many stories… {Every Thanksgiving my family has Papa Guy and Nana. Nana makes cranberry relish in the turkey bowl.}
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Tess made the guinea pig disappear, and then reappear. Afterwards, Grace made her bunny materialize out of thin air. (We live in Crazytown.)
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Tess's class has been studying voting, and they held their very own election today. Last week, the teacher invited all interested students to bring in $1 to be donated to a charity, and then the first and second graders used the Quaker decision-making process to choose three worthy organizations – an orphanage in Kenya, a…
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Tess's second front tooth has been wiggly for a while now. And for the past few days, we've closed the drain on the sink during tooth-brushing time, just in case. But today, at school, Tess's class was outside playing a game, and Tess accidentally ran into a friend's shoulder. Out popped the tooth onto the…
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This kid is really into writing and reading now, thanks to first grade. She has learned how to sound out words, and has been practicing writing words based on how they sound. In the photo above, the last sentence reads, "I went sledding with my friend." The rest is obvious — she loves us!
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Our littlest monkey has mastered the monkey bars! After years of watching her big sister fly across them, this determined little kid spent an afternoon working at it and has the bars all figured out. I love seeing the determination — and joy — on that sweet little face.
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I love seeing how Tess sees herself. Beautiful blue eyes! Big happy smile! Yep, that's exactly right.
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