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Gillette, WY
Breastfeeding, Motherhood
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April 9, 2013

Nursing in Public

Yes, that's an arbitrary nursing picture with ***gasp*** a boob in it.  Given the topic of this post, it only seems appropriate to share a picture of my little Zara Bea doing her favorite thing.  If that offends you, then you might no[...]

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Gillette, WY
Breastfeeding, Motherhood
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March 26, 2013

Pumping and Time Apart

Tonight, I pumped for the first time since Zara's birth.  I sat on my bedroom floor, answering question after question from my curious preschooler as I followed a ritual at once both familiar and foreign.  Unzip the black bag that was[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Motherhood
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December 6, 2012

Behavior Modification, Santa and the Elf on the Shelf

It's the time of year where I'm due for at least one blog post about how we're fumbling our way through winter holiday traditions and figuring out what works for our family.  I wasn't originally planning to write about about Santa today, a[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Business Ownership, Motherhood
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October 23, 2012

Labeling a Life of Work and Family

It seems I've forgotten how to blog...and maybe dial the phone, too.  Thank goodness for Facebook where I can at least post an occasional status update or photo as a means of reassuring my mother (all the way down in Texas) that, yes, we'r[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Breastfeeding, Motherhood
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August 7, 2012

Weaning Nora

World Breastfeeding Week is coming to a close, and after a busy three days of classes, speakers, and events on Nantucket, I was exhausted (and, frankly, remembered exactly what it was that I didn't like about working full-time while parenting).[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Motherhood
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July 30, 2012

Rallying

It was five o'clock.  I was standing at the kitchen sink, only just starting on breakfast dishes.  I was exhausted and hungry after a full day of playgrounds, walks, bike rides, and  errands and appointments that did not go as exp[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Life, Motherhood
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July 8, 2012

Growing

Things keep changing, no matter how much I will them to keep still.  It's almost unbelievable that this little girl, who builds sandcastles and begs to be buried was once horrified by the prospect of sand. That the gi[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Life, Motherhood
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May 21, 2012

Good Things Come

We're exhausted.  Well, at least the grownups in this family are...I don't think Nora has any concept of exhaustion that goes from day-to-day. No, she is a well of youthful energy, which sounds ridiculous for me to say given that I'm not th[...]

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It's that time again... Girl Scout cookies! And this year we have two selling. Help them meet their cookies sales goals by ordering online. 

If you live nearby, choose girl delivery and help get cookie boxes out of our garage... Otherwise we're going to be giving them Girl Scout  Cookies for birthday and Christmas presents all year.

Addie's link: https://tinyurl.com/2os3rmdy

Zara's link: https://tinyurl.com/2nev4fs3

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Nov 30

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Bus stop selfie with Nora. This week she moved from her tiny charter school with only 18 eighth graders to the public middle school with over 200. And now she rides the bus.

The charter school wasn't challenging her enough, has a huge percentage of students who are disruptive in the classroom, and has been having trouble keeping teachers. Last year she loved it. But this year it was one thing after another, so right before Thanksgiving she and I went to go tour our neighborhood  middle school, and she immediately wanted to make the switch.

We've never had a kid in public school and I was nervous about how the transition would go from such a small school to a big one, but so far she's loving it and is glad she decided to move schools. It helps that she knows kids there already from her dance team. Hopefully she'll still be happy when she starts getting homework. Coming from a no homework school that may be a shock to us all.

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My three year old girl. 💕

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Halloween 2022. Two witches, a murderous cat, and a creepy Victorian doll. 

Zara's costume was my favorite this year - Nora did her makeup and she wore my flower girl dress from my mom and step-dad's wedding. She might have worn it better. 😂

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Visiting my sweet tiny niece. I had the honor of being the doula at her birth and helping her come into the world. Her parents did amazingly (especially her mama) and everyone is excited to have another little girl in the family.
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