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28 February 2014 Little Zombies

Mar 2, 2014

I didn’t quite understand why Sam went immediately from reading Dead City, a novel about a girl zombie hunter, to reading Little Women, but I found the juxtaposition highly amusing. Apparently Little Women came up enough times in the first book to pique Sam’s curiosity. Little Women has always been one of my favorite …

27 February 2014 Breakfast with Emma Bear

Feb 28, 2014

Emma Bear got the works today: fried egg, bacon, a vitamin, AND she got to wear some fancy new duds. Note the little rag doll tucked inside her shirt? Sam’s bears have their own lovies.

25 February 2014 The Plunge

Feb 26, 2014

Sam takes “The Plunge” at the snow tubing park at Wintergreen.

24 February 2014 VoilÃ une gomme

Feb 25, 2014

Skit in French Club today. Sam was playing the part of a dragon who helps a student pick up pencils, erasers (“gomme”) and books that have fallen out of his backpack. She looks dragon-like, doesn’t she?

23 February 2014 Sam’s Stack

Feb 24, 2014

I like that Sam’s growing independence includes making pancakes.

22 February 2014 Cabbage Patch Birthday Party

Feb 23, 2014

Isabella and her friends, both animate and inanimate, celebrated her first birthday on this unbelievably beautiful spring-like day. How did Sam know that it was her doll’s birthday today? Because Cabbage Patch Dolls come with birth certificates apparently!

20 February 2014 Puppet Station

Feb 21, 2014

At history club today.

18 February 2014 Orange v. Blue

Feb 19, 2014

13 February 2014 Bobsledding Team S

Feb 14, 2014

Bobsledding team Sam and Susie prepare to take the big hill at the park. We probably have close to a foot of snow now!

10 February 2014 Balloon Head

Feb 11, 2014

Someday Sam could tell her children that she had to walk almost a mile uphill in the freezing cold to go to the dentist. Hopefully she’ll also remember the balloons.