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Performances
I’d thought that we got our one and only musical performance from Will’s class in the fall, when we were invited to a daytime casual performance in the library. I was wrong. We got multiple...
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Progress, Reported
Will and Char brought home end-of-year report cards on the last day of school. Char’s was a revelation. Between our March conference and June, she suddenly figured out everything about reading. She...
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Circle of Blood
Here’s a picture of Will, on vacation in Michigan at the end of August: Note the wrapping on his arm and hand. Underneath that is a lovely gouge in his forefinger, near the knuckle. After much...
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Will was pouting around the house the other night, complaining that he had finished his book (Brisingr, one of a series that has a fourth book that has been forthcoming since about the time Will...
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What We Did On Our Summer Vacation…
In the “Catching up with what I skipped” category: After both attempts at briefer summer getaways were complicated by the grantwriting cycle this summer, we finally got away for a full week-plus at the...
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It’s Charlotte’s godmother’s birthday today, and earlier this week her husband asked if we could babysit tonight so that they could go out for a nice grownup dinner. I was glad to oblige. Marjie is...
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First Day of Spring
Okay, I’m not sure how it happened that it is suddenly March — and not just the beginning of March, either. But here we are. Having not finished blogging our Niagara trip last summer, I now have not...
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We finally had a Family Movie Night and all watched The Princess Bride together. It took a bit of convincing Will to try it. “Princesses? Really? Why?” It was, actually, a lot like the grandfather in...
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Up to Eleven
Will turned eleven today. As we could not come to agreement on party plans, we’re putting off Friends Day until next weekend. But we always have a special family day of some kind. Today started with...
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On Friday I got a call from the school nurse. These calls are not unusual; earlier last week I got a call from the substitute school nurse, telling me she was legally obligated to inform me that my...
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