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She’s getting a hair cut!

My daughter who is almost 10 is going to get her hair cut. Now this probably doesn’t seem like a huge deal to you all. But it is and I’m going to explain why.
She has never had a hair cut in almost 10 years. She has had her bangs trimmed and the […]

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Camping in the yard

Because the last few weekends have been pretty crappy and we  haven’t been able to go camping much this season my husband has decided to put up the trailer in our yard and let the kids camp out in it tonight.  He will be with them since he doesn’t have to work tomorrow.  He asked […]

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I’m not a violent person. But…

I’ve got to tell you all that I’m getting pretty fed up with my neighbor! This was what happened over the weekend and I honestly think that it was totally unacceptable. Please let me know what you all think.
On Friday night my two young kids (ages 7 and 9) were outside playing with […]

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Grading presents

So it’s official. The two little stinkers passed!! Daniel will be headed into grade 3 next year and Kara will be headed to her final year of elementary school, grade 5. Man I’m starting to feel old. The kids did super awesome this year so I’ve been looking for some really […]

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Final strings performance

Tonight my daughter will perform in her last strings performance of the school year.  In November she started learning how to play the violin and I am amazed at her progress.  Although she missed a bit of school work and violin lessons due to some illnesses, she still managed to catch up to the class […]

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The kids are on their final week of school and then they will be home from school for eight weeks.  So my life will be going in a different direction for the next eight weeks.  I won’t be spending as much time on the Internet as I have been which means I won’t be spending […]

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Only thee weeks left

I can’t believe how fast the school year went by.  Only three weeks left and the kids will be home for their summer vacation.  They both had a great and productive year and except for a few illness’s they both did awesome.
Kara got involved with a lot of activities this year but her favorite 0ne […]

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Not a good day for a field trip

Isn’t this always the way life turns out.  For the past couple of days, you couldn’t ask for better weather.  The sun was shining and the temperatures reached well into their late teens.  But today when my son’s class is scheduled to go on an outdoor field trip, it’s raining and they are predicting rain […]

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Last week both kids came home from school with permission slips to go on a field trip.  Not only did I need to sign the papers to say that they could go, but I also checked off that I would drive both kids to the field trip as well.  I figured since both classes were […]

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Musical Festival– Huge Success!

Finally the day arrived that my daughter has been waiting for since she first started playing the violin.  Today was their musical festival day and competition.  There were a lot of schools represented at this event and over 115 children were performing.  The kids worked really hard this past year on learning the violin and […]

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