Caleb brought home an essay from school this week with a drawing attached. The essay began, “If I could have any pet in the world, I would have a monocada.” The picture showed Caleb in a tree with a brown squirrel-looking creature and the title “Nuttie, the Monocada.”
Now, sometimes I fear that my seven-year-old is [...]
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I went with Ellie and her kindergarten class to the fair today. Lannie asked me when I returned if Ellie talks as much at school as she does at home. I replied that she seems to be about the same around her school friends as she is at home, but I couldn’t really remember if [...]
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One of the nice things about living in a small town is that our kids are able to experience picking their own produce. They’ve never really thought that fruits and vegetables are created by Wal-Mart, Inc., like they would if we still lived in Memphis.
Phillip experienced Apple Picking for the first time last week. Our [...]
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We went to Dallas this weekend so that Lannie and Caleb could introduce Phillip to the wonders of professional soccer. Phillip was about as impressed as an 11-month-old could be at a night game– he promptly fell asleep.
Following a tip from Ben and Heather’s blog, we decided to visit Ikea, which was just down [...]
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(Please note: This is not a picture of the first day of school, as promised. This is a picture of Mrs. Medlock with Ellie at the fair. Somebody accidently deleted the pictures from the first day of school. No one has taken credit for that yet.)Ellie started kindergarten this year, [...]
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