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Gillette, WY
Life, Motherhood, Parenting
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August 5, 2013

Exhaustion and Mommy Guilt

In my 28 years, I have moved nearly 20 times.  I lived in nine different houses in three different states before graduating from high school.  Once I went to college, I did the traditional move every year, and in the six years Chris a[...]

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Gillette, WY
Birth, Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Parenting
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June 19, 2013

Building a Parenting Library — Recommended Reading

I mentioned awhile ago that I received a $500 grant to start our La Leche League library.  I had a lot of fun thinking about the books I would recommend to local moms and what was helpful to me the first or second time around.  Of cou[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Parenting
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August 13, 2012

Almost Three

In some parts of the country, school has already started.  In less than four weeks, Nora will be headed off to preschool two mornings per week and I'll be truly committed to homeschool preschool three more mornings.  In three weeks and[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Parenting
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May 22, 2012

Shyness Update

Not long ago, I asked for some advice about Nora's shyness and if it was normal for a child her age or excessive.  I got a ton of comments, Facebook messages and emails, and I really appreciated all of them so much.  I think one of th[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Parenting
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May 3, 2012

Looking for Words of Wisdom

I've mentioned here and there that Nora is a shy and relatively slow to approach person, but I haven't spent a huge amount of time talking about it aside from the post about feeling bad for not standing up for her.  Chris and I were hoping[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Film Friday, Parenting
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January 20, 2012

Film Friday: “That”

When I was editing the videos for last week's film, I was struck by how much Nora's speech and communication has changed from last year.  Now she talks in full sentences, knows more words than I can count, and is understood by pretty much[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Parenting
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January 9, 2012

Standing Up For Nora

This week has been full of ups and downs.  I was sick, then I was better; Nora was sick, then better, and now, after an hour and a half of sobbing and her not even able to nurse, we're concerned that she may have an ear infection. Today[...]

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Nantucket, MA
Parenting
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December 31, 2011

Toddler-in-Tow…Or Not?

This evening on Motherlode, KJ Dell'Antonia asked her readers if children ever belong at an adult party.  The question was in reference to a situation where one family's babysitter canceled, so they called the host to ask if they could bri[...]

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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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