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Tuesday is a long day

Today we have work, pick kids up to take to swimming, homework for 20 minutes before going to music and then home again. But yesterday was a long day as well. I could have sworn this week was going to … Continue reading

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Insane band director?

Our band director is getting with another school and putting approximately 120 kids together to perform. D’oh. They will only be together for the performance. D’oh. Seriously. I think the man is out of his mind… but my understanding is … Continue reading

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What a handsome young man

My oldest son is growing up. He is at my chin… and possibly higher… at the age of nine. 9. NINE. Ugh. Still, he is a boy and can’t stand still for a picture. Best one I could get was … Continue reading

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On a roll…

Hubby is out of town and I actually have time to sit and type up some posts. Talking about ‘on a roll…’, my oldest just got started on his drum set. Yep, no more snare and bells (xylophone to the … Continue reading

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Singing Is so….

My youngest sang with around 300 other 2nd graders last week. The teacher did a great job. She broke them into groups to sing. Then all of them together. As my son was waiting his turn, I got this picture: … Continue reading

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Controlled Chaos

Wow. That was totally the most awesome musical production I have seen. Almost 300 seven and eight year old boys and girls together on stage singing. WOW. I have pictures and will post more tomorrow but just had to say … Continue reading

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Wish me luck…

Tomorrow night I will be in a High School auditorium listening to 270 2nd grade students sing. Yep, you heard that right… just about triple that number for the number of parents and kids coming to watch them. My youngest … Continue reading

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Chapter 4 is here

Gotta love the words they have to use… I still am amazed he gets a paragraph that almost flows out of the eight words in eight sentences. The Dog ch. 4 It was evident that when we got home that … Continue reading

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The Dog Ch. 3… Not sure what happened to Ch. 2…

Here is another installment of vocabulary word story but with continuation of Helen and Sam (the Dog). The dog Ch. 3 The rain stopped but water still came out of the gutter. She decided to take me for a walk … Continue reading

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The first chapter from my Youngest

The words in bold are his vocabulary words… The Dog One day a dog named Sam had huge potential that he would be bought. But at an annual sale, Melinda bought Carl, the cat. The next year I thought Christy … Continue reading

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