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Back to School this year is an easy transition for the girls. Eleri is a 2nd grader beginning her second year at Concordia – no longer the new student. She has Ms Johnson as a teacher. Ms Johnson is a co-teacher with Ms Shepard in the 1-2 community. Eleri did theme studies […]
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When I picked up the girls at the airport, Eleri couldn’t wait to show me her new smile. A smile with a big hole! She was so proud. My first thought was that she lost her other big tooth without me…did the Tooth Fairy make a visit?? And yes, Emersyn took care of it. […]
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Fireworks are illegal in California due to the dry grass in the summer time. However, fireworks are available and fun in Nebraska. Fireworks can be purchased all year in Wyoming, which is not the law in Nebraska. On the way home from Estes Park, we stopped at a big outlet in Cheyenne for fireworks. […]
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Duct tape is cloth-or scrim-backed pressure sensitive tape often sealed with polyethylene. It is very similar to gaffer tape but differs in that gaffer tape was designed to be cleanly removed, while duct tape was not. Permacel, formerly a division of Johnson & Johnson, originally developed duct tape in 1942 during World War II […]
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Every summer we meet my cousins and their children at the Scottsbluff pool. They have “the slide of envy” – the name I have given the slide. Emersyn was not tall enough until she was 8. My cousins’ children are tall, therefore, have an advantage to reach the “slide of envy” early. […]
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Aunt Nancy took the girls to Hicklebee’s children book store in Willow Glen for a birthday outing. First they enjoyed dinner at Aqui, a favorite Mexican restaurant, before their book store fun. With Border’s closing in Los Gatos, it is important for the children to have a book store still available to touch, read […]
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Eleri had been wanting to do a garden in our backyard. Aunt Nancy purchased some pumpkin plants for the girls to plant. Pumpkins being a hardy plant since there is no one to take care of them. We decided the best place would be next to the house by the rain drain – at […]
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As part of my birthday weekend celebration, we spent an afternoon in Napa Valley. It is always beautiful in Napa at this time of the year and we need some California wines to enjoy all summer. Since we pay big bucks for average wines in Shanghai, it is a pleasure to get good wines […]
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Concordia has many free dress days. When you wear a uniform, the free dress days are so much fun. Elle will enjoy free dress along with the crazy dress throughout the school year. It is also a fun recap of the year. August 25: School Photos The first free dress day of […]
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I decided the 7-11 birthday present for the girls this year would be a VERY big one if I could “get all the ducks in a row”! After seeing how much the girls enjoyed Knuffle Bunny, I thought maybe it was the right time for a dog. Last summer, I picked out our next […] |