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Olivia’s dance lessons are starting up again! Just ballet and tap this year — as opposed to ballet, tap and jazz.
I had to question her decision to drop jazz; after all, last year she kept saying it was her favorite class! The first time we talked about it and she said she didn’t want to [...]
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Kids started school this week in our little corner of Ohio — and yes, my youngest was just about as excited as he looks in the picture. The weather has also cooled and it feels like Fall! Will this last, pray tell?
I was in denial until right up to the last minute how early we [...]
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I can’t remember exactly when Olivia started talking about wanting to take horseback riding lessons. Every time we’d take her older brother to a certain friend’s dad’s house (follow that?) in a nearby town, we’d pass a sign on a busy corner advertising some. The stable itself sat nearby, remnants of a farm still holding [...]
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If Olivia and Peter’s swimming lessons were outdoors, I’d wager about half of the sessions would have been rained out by now.
You ever have the feeling that the summer is almost over when it’s just begun? Seasoned parents know that we need to be on the ball with planning out programs and trips or they [...]
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I thought they might make the teachers happy, too. So these flowers became their gift from us this year.
I was immediately drawn in by their vibrancy. It was just lucky happenstance that the price was right, too: $16.35 for all four.
I didn’t get anything for the bus drivers this time. I felt a little bad [...]
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Whew. Hello! Miss me?
I can personally attest that the longer you stay off the saddle, the harder it is to get back on. Lots of things going on: new routines with John back home; kids getting ready to finish school; me writing checks and throwing money around like it’s going out of style — either [...]
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Head on over to Mommy Snacks and check out Part Deux of my article talking about the allowance system we created for our teenage son!
I actually wrote it a couple of months ago (as you may notice since when you read it and I refer to the Winter Season!) and it’s interesting for me to [...]
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I do think it’s important for kids to start learning to manage their own money while still under their parent’s roof. That being said, I’ve never been keen on the idea of paying my kids to do chores that I believe they should do simply because they are a part of the family and therefore [...]
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We actually dyed our Easter Eggs early this year…
“Early? Vhat is zhis, earrrly word you use? I do not know ze meaning of zhis!”
Yea, yea. So we’re not exactly the early type. And that’s a really bad accent. I know, I know…
I was motivated by our impending road trip for the kids’ Spring Break, which [...]
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I’ve been writing checks lately like they’re going out of style. T-ball registration here; dance recital dresses there; do I enroll my teenager in a summer school class? …. Recently it’s the kids’ yearbooks. Just two of them, so far — for the middle schooler and the first grader. Preschool hasn’t gone that over the [...]
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