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Since we switched ballet programs seven months ago, Kata’s ability to follow instructions has really taken flight. The Nevada Dance Academy utilizes the Cecchetti method of ballet instruction. What I’m getting at is that it’s all very formalized and structured and…Kata loves every minute of it (hmmm…a Type A personality like her mama???). And as […]
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Alex and I went to see “Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian” this afternoon…and it was spectacular…a darker movie in both plot and atmosphere…but so true to the book…there were some spine tingling moments…and there were a couple of times when I gasped very loudly and was immediately nominated The Embarrassing Mom for a moment…but […]
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You can just feel that Summer is upon us…and school is about to end, summer camps are about to begin and Summer Movie Blockbusters are opening every weekend…with the latter in mind, Alex and I have been busy watching all three Indy movies in preparation for the “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” as well as […]
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Another year at Sunflower Preschool brings us the Mothers’ Day Tea tradition…I personally love this celebration most of all…it’s just the mommies, grandmothers and aunts…and only the students of Sunflower…they ask kindly that you do not bring any siblings…it’s such fun to do things together,by ourselves…just Kata and I…so important to spend some time alone […]
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We’re tired today…why, you ask? The usual Monday Blues?? On a typical Monday, I – Drop Alex off at school Guide the girls through a series of errands Come back home, eat our Girl Picnic (Kata’s name for what mere commoners would refer to as Lunch) Set Bella down for her nap Do what seems […]
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One of my favorite quotes is from Walt Disney – “If you can dream it, do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.” As a mother, I know that my children will go on to do Great Things. And they will create the definition for exactly what those Great Things will […]
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A conversation between Alex and me – Alex: Mama?Me: Yes, Alex.Alex: Did you go to Wal-Mart today?Me: Nope.Alex: ‘Cause I saw something on the news today about them.Me: Oh?Alex: Yup…they’re shutting Wal-Mart down.Me: (in a panic…because that’s where I spend my waking hours it seems) Our Wal-Mart?? They’re shutting it down??? Why??? It’s doing so […]