Despite a meager snow fall, Sam was undeterred.

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Aunt Maureen gets acquainted with Bicycle Dorbie (left) and Queen Dorbie (right).

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First time on a scooter. After completing the 1/2 mile loop around the park, Sam declared that uphill was “a lot of work” and downhill was “scary.” Flat was “just right.” She is the Goldilocks of Scooterers.

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Today was the last class of a semester-long gymnastics session at The Little Gym. Even though Sam has been with the class for only 4 weeks, she was included in the closing ceremonies. I don’t think she’s ever going to take that medal off.

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Miss Faith reads a book at the Middletown Free Library preschooler storytime.

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Sam shows me a picture she drew. Me: “Are those houses?” Sam: “Yes, but they’re falling down.” Me: “And that’s a tree?” Sam: “It has blackberries on it. And it’s falling down too!” Me: “And is that little girl thinking about something? A house?” Sam: “She’s wishing she were a house. This is a picture of Haiti, Mom.” I …

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Rain. Cooped up inside again today. I made up a phonics jumping game. One person makes the sound of a letter and the other one jumps upon it. I guess it was a success with Sam because I got tired of the game long before she did. I took a much needed break from jumping to take her picture.

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Sam, Mom-Mom and I went to work with Granddaddy at Laurel Brooke. Didn’t sell any houses today.

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Sam performs a nightly show while the grownups clean up after dinner. This one allowed me to play some more with iMovie.

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Sam knows a couple of sight words, including “Yes” and “No.” She delights in pointing these out on the page when I read to her. Not since her toddlerhood has the word “No” been so interesting to her. Yesterday and today Sam spent a couple of hours doing “work” at her grandfather’s office. She loved it. Especially since …

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