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chop chop

Posted on April 21, 2014 by thirdstoryies

As fond as I am of attempting to braid her hair exactly the same way that Elsa does in the movie (every morning), it was time for a shape up around here. I loved the length (when it was pulled back into neat braids), but those braids stayed neat for approximately twenty minutes, and then…

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a circle of sun

Posted on November 18, 2013 by thirdstoryies

I read the poem again this weekend that makes me think of F, A Circle of Sun, by Rebecca Kai Dotlich – so much so that we based her whole third birthday party around it and I embroidered it on her birthday dress. There were several reasons I pulled out that particular anthology and read the poem…

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overheard: big words

Posted on June 12, 2013 by thirdstoryies

The Playmobil pirate and an Ernie figurine are playing together in the tub.  The pirate’s legs are bent at ninety degrees, and he’s gently flipping underwater somersaults with the touch of her fingers on his toes.  Ernie is perched in a bright yellow plastic boat, watching the pirate’s antics in the water.  She is carrying…

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