Destination: the local recycling center. We’ve saved most of the packing paper and boxes for our next move but the last bit got packed into the back of the car.

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Sam has been reading the price tags at our local grocery store and saying things like, “Look, Mom, this costs only 99p!” It was time to introduce her to American currency. Today we did math with nickels and pennies and Sam created an impromptu shop. Note that the plushie otter is a steal at only 8 cents! But also note …

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plus unidentified rubbish in the road.

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This is one of Sam’s Valentine’s pictures for Cerys. I took a picture of it today before taking it to the post office. (Sorry for the spoiler, Cerys!)

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He makes me laugh. And he lets me take his picture. We came across this “dirt bike in the mud installation” on our walk along the Rivanna Trail, just east of Jordan Park.

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Believe it or not, this is progress! Probably one more day and the basement chaos will be reigned in.

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As seen from Rockett’s Landing near Grand-mère’s flat. It turns out that Richmond was named for the English town of Richmond near London because the view of the James reminded founder William Byrd of the view of the Thames from Richmond Hill. After Grand-mère fed us a tasty lunch we walked along the river and then up …

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I have a writing workbook in which Sam can practice letter formation. A week ago or so I was trying to motivate her to practice printing lowercase letters, and I saw two of her “Dorbies” lying nearby. I decided to enlist the dolls in my motivation efforts. Whenever Sam would execute a letter in good form, the Dorbies …

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