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  • Teacher’s Pets

    Teacher’s Pets

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    Welp, the inevitable has happened. I knew this day was coming, but didn’t expect it so soon… Yesterday Firstborn had two math problems that I couldn’t help her with. Even with the teacher’s answer key. We had to save it for Daddy. I suppose that’s to be expected when one breeds with a genius. Fortunately, my ego is…

  • Day Trippers

    Day Trippers

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    Happy Mother’s Day! It’s not quite 8am and I’m tranquilly sipping my hot coffee, in a sunbeam, in solitude, as Handsome Husband and kiddos craft me a special breakfast. Picture perfect, right? What I failed to mention is that I’ve been up since 6:30, already unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, washed and folded laundry, stripped sheets off beds, and cleaned up a potty-training disaster.…

  • My Hero

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    This video has been making the rounds on social media, but it begs repeating… This kid. Can you even handle it? Adorable and aMAZing! More amazing even than Bruce Lee, himself, imo. I love this little five year old from Japan’s obvious dedication to his hero. If you think Bruce Lee is famous here, you should see China. A national hero, his likeness…

  • May Flowers

    May Flowers

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    May might very well be my favorite time of year in Montana. And as I especially love holidays, we naturally marked the 5th, on our calendar, as an excuse to get festive… Cinco de Mayo was never particularly marked during my childhood, likely due to the fact that it’s also my baby brother’s birthday. Born when I was a teen,…

  • Dustbowl

    Dustbowl

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    I have a serious case of yard-envy. It seems we are the only family in our new, rural subdivision who did not finance their landscaping into their mortgage. Ours remains a lifeless dustbowl, but we are steadily earning sweat equity by doing the bulk of the design and labor ourselves. Besides, our plans for our property…

  • Blogagram

    Blogagram

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    “An observant child should be put in the way of things worth observing.” -Charlotte Mason …which reminded me of this precious video from four years ago. “It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder

  • Feeding Their Dreams

    Feeding Their Dreams

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    When I was a girl, I dreamed of swimming as a mermaid, with manatees (my favorite animals). I suppose Crosby, Stills, & Nash were right, in that we often unintentionally pass our own dreams on to our children… “feed them on your dreams, the ones they picked, the ones you’ll know by…” I won’t take credit for sparking the imagination of…

  • Weekend Warriors

    Weekend Warriors

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    Firstborn’s Lowry Ten was a raging success. She and Handsome Husband had a whirlwind adventure in Texas, this weekend, to celebrate both of their recent birthdays with old friends from Oregon. They returned home tuckered out and grinning ear to ear, Firstborn’s voice hoarse from screaming on the roller coasters. Meanwhile, back in Montana, Center Sister, Little Man,…

  • Lowry Ten

    Lowry Ten

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    Handsome Husband’s birthday last week officially ushered in our household’s busy birthday season. Firstborn was actually due on Husband’s birthday, back in 2005, but she’s evidently as punctual as her mother. She waited six more days before making her grand entrance. Today we celebrate her tenth birthday. Ten. 10. 1-0. Gulp. Hitting this milestone– a full decade, double digits– warranted SERIOUS…