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Recycled Clothing (AKA Hand-Me-Downs)

Everything Sam is wearing in this picture is a hand-me-down…including, I’m sure, the socks. Everything Sam is wearing today is a hand-me-down. Actually everything each of my children…

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ByChristinaMay 28, 2010
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What Little Boys Are Made Of

I’m so excited to have another little boy. Little boys are so much fun, so easy in all the ways girls are not. A friend of mine told…

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ByChristinaMay 28, 2010
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Introducing the Safety Break

So, Sam knows how to swim.It happened this week. And although I’d like to say that it happened instantly, it could also be that when the kids’ summer…

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ByChristinaMay 28, 2010
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Girly-Girl

Well, folks, the Hergenraders may have a girly-girl.As Ellie approaches three, the signs are becoming obvious: a twenty minute process to choose her outfit …the careful way she…

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ByChristinaMay 28, 2010
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The (Very) End of an Era

In the end, the ending was so fast. After four years at the same school, Catie graduated from Kindergarten this week. And even though there were many days…

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ByChristinaMay 23, 2010
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6-foot gymnast

For almost four years, Catie has told everyone that she wants to be a vet when she grows up. It started when she sat in the audience at…

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ByChristinaMay 23, 2010
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Stuck Together

Sam and Ellie aren’t literally glueing themselves together in this picture. But that’s only because they don’t have to. They’re never really that far apart. The constant (constant!)…

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ByChristinaMay 22, 2010
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1st Grader…1st Retail Obsession

Catie graduated from Kindergarten today. I can’t believe she’s old enough to be a first grader. Some moments she doesn’t seem like she could be almost six. Other…

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ByChristinaMay 20, 2010
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Best Dancer

The kids’ school had Awards Day last week, and it’s official. Ellie is the best dancer in the two-day-a-week, two-year-old class. Which doesn’t surprise me. To be a…

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ByChristinaMay 11, 2010