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Slightly Stereotypical
She tried on her new uniform and tried out her “No Running!!!” voice on her siblings. We all declared that our water loving swimmer makes a stereotypical (but very responsible) lifeguard. May she have a wonderful summer keeping people in line and averting catastrophe.
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Some Things I’ve Been Loving
For this entire school year I have been enjoying the enormous hug pile that awaits me at the end of each Thursday morning preschool music class. After we sing the “Good-bye Song” an enormous group of small people smother me with hugs all at once. My friend Rhonda sent me…
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Thunderous
A couple of weeks ago we had numerous rainstorms right after a major snowmelt, which meant that all the rivers were in their glory. On a warm and sunny Friday afternoon I asked The Banana and Mr. TOF if they wanted to take a quick drive up the North Shore…
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Crocus
Last fall I stuck one hundred crocus bulbs into the hill on the south side of the yard by the sidewalk using a spoon. My hand was tired by the end, but it was all worth it this spring when those brave little flowers poked up and brought a little…
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Siblings
The Middles . . . at it again. What a duo!
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First Orchestra Concert
He’s attended so many orchestra concerts in his lifetime: symphony concerts, chamber orchestra concerts, school orchestra concerts where his siblings played, youth symphony concerts to see his siblings play, college orchestra concerts. Finally it was time for his very own orchestra concert! The viola section sounded mighty fine. For two…
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Some Things I’ve been Learning and Some Things that Have been Working Well
I just can’t seem to stop taking pictures of the sun shining through my piano glasses in the late afternoon and evening! Here are a few things I’ve been learning the past few weeks: At the piano I’ve been working on a lovely Chopin Nocturne, and I’ve really been enjoying…
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Robotics
Robotics season is over for the most part, but we had a lot of fun cheering on our very favorite bot. Mr. TOF and I went to our local regional meet (YaYa even jumped in for a bit because she was home from college on a break–it was her first…
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Easter Egg Hunt
Matching shirts, matching dental floss in their Easter eggs! These middles have a strong bond. Our annual at home Easter egg hunt on Sunday evening was highly anticipated even though it was cold and snowing in the yard. The eggs were filled with coupons of all kinds and some wonderful…
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Some Things I’ve Been Loving
My neighbors have built an amazing wall out of snow that encircles their fire pit. They’ve named it “Snowhenge II.” Snowhenge I came into being last winter during lockdown as a way of connecting with their friends in the cold outdoors. Snowhenge II is really something! There are two entrances…