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First day back from Spring Break.  We didn’t quite have it together. #4 couldn’t find a good pair of pants.  And then couldn’t find the right socks.  Sister and Gran tried to help.  Not good enough. #2 didn’t want to eat ANYthing #1 put soap on #2′s toothbrush #5 fed the dog his cereal (after [...]

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Toward the end of last year and before school began this year, the three oldest kids begged me to buy them Thermoses.  Begged.  I don’t know who in their classes were bringing warm leftovers, but Jack and Maria insisted that they wanted to do it, too.  And Luke, wanting to be like them, insisted the [...]

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Wow.  It sure is quiet.  Just me and the baby, since these two crazies started school today. I can actually hear the hum of the air conditioner. Weird.

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God help their teachers.

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Okay… I promised pictures, so here they are: That’s Jack’s anaconda.  Did you know that if you look at both width and length they’re the biggest snake in the world?  And that the mommies have up to SEVENTY live babies?  Thank goodness I’m not an anaconda, although right now it sure feels like there’s more [...]

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This is the big Science Fair weekend at the kids’ school.  I never thought I’d be excited about a science fair, but I am! Jack has taken his project and run with it.  He chose to do his project on Anacondas (much to his father’s dismay) and the diorama he created is wonderful.  While I [...]

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This, which was posted on Jack’s locker until yesterday, made me cry: Earlier this week, Luke (my 4-almost-5-year-old) had the sharing bag for preschool.  He was asked to bring something related to Thanksgiving.  Do you know what he brought? This: One of his teachers told me later that Lukie pulled the picture out of his [...]

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It’s been a busy couple of weeks.  What, with a new niece being born, a new Godbaby being born, Jack and Maria starting a new school, Luke starting a new school and Sam starting school for the first time ever… oh, and Dan’s birthday.  What else?  Well, there was the neighbor’s complaint about the dog [...]

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Well, Jack and Maria have completed their first few days at their new school and things are looking good. Luke and Sam start preschool at the same school next week. I cannot tell you how thrilled I am that we are finally at this point. How I dreaded the decision to change schools! How I [...]

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We went to St. Louis over the weekend.  One of Dan’s brothers and his family were in town for a few days, so we took the opportunity to see them, as they live quite a distance from us.  It was fun to see everyone and we were happily surprised that a) we were able to [...]

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