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Sisters
Soon after summer vacation started for the kids, Phil had mentioned that he’d be working quite a lot of hours in an upcoming five-day span and suggested that it might be a good time for me and the kids to go visit the grandparents. So rather than sit around at home counting the hours until Daddy came back, I figured we’d make the drive over. A pleasant discovery this year- the kids are a little bigger now and a little more helpful in terms of being able to pack their own clothes and gear and help load up the van. As well as being able to sit for longer stretches…
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Street Fair
Our little town throws a little street fair/carnival the weekend after school lets out. Not a bad way to kick off summer, right?
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Last Days of School!
Jonah’s last day of school was on a Wednesday, a day before the others.
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Aesop’s Fables
And suddenly, the end of the school year was upon us. Which included Lauren’s kindergarten show, “Aesop’s Fables”.
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A Big Day
The long-awaited, much anticipated day for this girl finally came… So proud of this little girl who turned out to be much tougher and braver about being in braces for a year and a half than any of us thought. She dealt with the discomfort of them, the many canker sores that came, the wires that kept slipping off her too-small teeth, the tightenings, the adjustments, the complicated flossing, the questions from her classmates since she was the first to get them, all of it. Neither Phil or I had braces so we didn’t really know what…