Our New Year’s Eve Baby turned SEVEN. We can’t believe it either. Seven years of having our intelligent, book loving, ballerina around. She loved her nano from all three of her grandparents. And the Coraline doll, lunchbox and shirt from the rest of us. After the lunch of her choice, Port Of Subs, we stopped […]

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Christmas Morning. Kata was the first one up and she’s usually our last to rise. She was quickly followed by Alex. Note the blue light coming through the windows. That’s called “dawn”. I’m usually not familiar with its lovely colorful tones because I don’t greet it. The kids were told they couldn’t “touch anything”. I’m […]

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Oh, it’s Christmas Pageant Time. Our fifth one and hey, my second one as eh gads, (informal) Director. There’s truly not too much to direct when you have talent like this at your fingertips. Note the expressions, yeah, method acting for sure. Kata and Bella are on the far left (above picture). But, look at […]

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“Having a sister is like having a best friend you can’t get rid of. You know whatever you do, they’ll still be there. ” ~Amy Li As an Only Child Mom who watches her children interact with each other every day, I find myself assisting in the negotiations of hourly battles and I have to […]

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Nevada Dance Academy puts on only one recital a year and that’s in the summer. But, Ms. Diane likes parents to see the progress their children have made by mid-year so a Holiday Show is held in one of the dance studios during their regularly scheduled class time. And yes, Bella’s class dressed like little […]

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It was time for Holiday Open House at Sunflower Preschool. And I have to admit that this and their wonderful Mother’s Day Teas are my very favorite moments at Sunflower. Bella’s class wrote their letters to Santa. And the teachers transcribe exactly what the children say…yes, none of us missed the “today” at the end […]

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As most of you know, our middle child was born on New Year’s Eve. While we love the celebratory nature of our Party Girl, it’s always a little tricky to schedule her actual party with all the other holiday events not to mention school break. This year she wanted nothing more than a party at […]

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