Category Archives: Kelsey Milestones

Readers are we

We got our library cards today! Also today, we… Checked out Kelsey’s 2nd grade classroom, and I got to meet her teacher. Toured Laurel’s Kindergarten classroom. Turned in our summer reading worksheets at the library, where both kids were supposed … Continue reading

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Of leaps and bounds

Sometimes, I’m completely blindsided by something new one of my children does. Like when the 5 year old, who is going through a picky phase, voluntarily tries tuna fish and declares that she loves it. Or when the seven year … Continue reading

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The Tao of Kelsey 7.0

My seven-year-old is a child ruled by continuously opposing energies. If she’s not spazzing out before bedtime, unable to stop moving, she is unconscious between her sheets. If she’s reading quietly on the couch, the next moment she is dancing … Continue reading

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A letter to my 7 year old

Yesterday, we watched The Neverending Story, and talked about the nature of story, the human imagination, and animatronics. And then you walked around our apartment holding a mirror up as though it were a camera, interviewing stuffed animals and filming … Continue reading

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Underwater!

In the short list of things I do well that doesn’t include making coffee so strong that it can change your gender, I would list the following: Diagram sentences Independent eyebrow movement Procrastinate Write Swim Now, you probably knew the … Continue reading

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