Despite my better judgment we went trail biking on Saturday after riding the Rivanna Trail to Darden Towe park. In truth, I was outvoted. After watching her father barrel down a muddy slope into the woods, Sam turned me to and said, “I want to go explore with Daddy.” I followed along, curious to see how much trail Sam …

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at 6 1/4 years old.

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I wanted to post a picture of the back of Sam’s skirt after her long play with friends at the park today, but she didn’t want anyone else to see it. Suffice to say that after the recent ice, snow and rain, today’s weather featured mud.

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Sam and Lydia learned to play Loto today, aka French bingo.

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We are fully immersed in Ancient Greece these days and today Sam staged Bearlandic Olympic games for her bears. Molly Bear, ever the favorite, won the olive wreath after competing in Sam’s version of the pentathlon: foot race, high jump, discus throw, ski slide down the ladder back chair, and trampoline. I suspect that …

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