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Her Party
Because she is a planner and because she knew this was our party year, Allie had asked several months in advance for a baking themed party with her friends. Seemed easy enough and we had plenty of time to gather ideas, supplies, and put everything together. Allie was a big help with all the prep work and I had even planned enough time to sew her and her guests a little half apron as part of their party favors. Yay, me. What I hadn’t planned on was going ice skating for the first time as a family the day before (Allie looooved it) and my being so intent on not…
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Her Turn
Blink and a couple days later, it was her turn to celebrate!
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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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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…
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My Baby A Turns Nine! Part 3
Growing up, my mom never made a big deal or any deal at all out of our birthdays. She’d always comment that she didn’t understand why the kid had to be celebrated when it was the mom who did all the work to bring that baby into the world. Guess she did have a point there. She’d be joking but I could tell she also kinda meant it because she’d say it EVERY year without fail. Also, she’d kind of resent any time she thought we were getting too much attention or thinking too much of ourselves. The refrain, “Who do you think you are that makes you so special?”…
