By megret | August 9, 2011 at 7:34 am | 2 comments
Any little girl growing up in the 80s knows who the Cabbage Patch Kids are.
I sure did.
And the summer I was eight, my grandparents took me to their hometown, their origin: Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland,...
Posted in: Everyday fun, Rainey
By megret | June 23, 2011 at 11:45 am | No comments
So our daughter has never ridden a horse.
It's not that she's not had the opportunity; she has. Several times. But she's a bit wary of it, though still in awe.
Yet she loves horses. Lives for horses. Breathes horses.
At times, she even becomes a horse. (Or so it...
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By megret | June 14, 2011 at 9:10 pm | One comment
You might remember that, a few weeks ago, Rainey wrote and mailed a letter to Mo Willems, her favorite author/illustrator.
I'd heard he wrote his fans back, but I had no idea it'd be so fast....
Monday afternoon we found a brown kraft paper envelope in our mailbox, from...
Posted in: Books & reading, Everyday fun, Learning and doing, Rainey
By megret | March 22, 2011 at 6:48 am | No comments
On July 29th, 2006, our son walked into the sunny hospital room and presented his brand new baby sister with his very first present to her: A pink blanket buddy by Bunnies By the Bay.
She matched the blanket frog, Tadbit, that he'd had for over a year already and toted with...
Posted in: Motherhood, Muses, Rainey
By megret | September 10, 2010 at 2:11 pm | One comment
Rainey began taking ballet lessons this week.
It was so exciting and yet so sad for me at the same time. Ballet! Just like her mommy used to take! But wait -- she's old enough to take ballet lessons? When did that happen?
As I sat and watched her sit in a circle, get up...
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