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Cookie Snack
Mmmmmm. Cookies.
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Thanksgiving
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Our day was slow and quiet and just what we needed. Dr. Peds had to work at the hospital, but he made it home in time for our late afternoon meal. The rest of us stayed in our pajamas and slowly cooked…
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Mr. Sneaky Pants Celebrates Eleven
Birthdays that fall on school days. Sigh. Every birthday should be on a weekend, I think. Nevertheless, celebrate we do! We were up long, long before the sun. I ran to the grocery store as soon as it opened up for the day and acquired the requested donuts. As…
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From the Art Room
Here is YaYa’s latest painting. She was frustrated with several aspects of it, but I absolutely love, love, LOVE it.
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Concerning Deep and Important Conversations
I had something important to talk to Mr. Sneaky Pants about. Me: Come on in here for a minute. I have something I want to talk to you about. Mr. SP: Oh no! No way! You have got to be kidding. Me: What? Mr. SP: The three worst things you…
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Tromping through Hartley: A Saturday Afternoon Walk in the Woods
At the end of last week it turned cold, but the Saturday before that was warm and beautiful. We headed to the forest to burn off some energy. This “stickophone” was developed especially for interforest communications.
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Leap!
I love Mr. TOF’s face on these last three images. Everyone else was jumping. He did NOT want to be left out. He was so scared he wouldn’t make it over the puddle and that he’d get his shoes wet. He didn’t want to be “the baby” and miss out.…
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A Branch on a Bush in my Neighbor’s Yard
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Around Here
Our Grateful Tree is up in the dining room. I found a branch in my neighbor’s forest a few weeks ago and she let me drag it home to plunk in a pot, becoming our November tree in the dining room. Actually, my friend was about to use the branch…
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Safely Home Again
For a bit more than a week Dr. Peds was in Haiti, on the outskirts of Port Au Prince working in a medical clinic. He came back home late in the evening on Saturday. The kidlets were excited to see him, of course, and really loved seeing the pictures and…