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Author Archives: circuskitchen
Guess Who’s NOT at School?
Tuesday, September 8th 2015 2015-09-08 CJ PIX [29 seconds]: Mommy’s “lipgloss” she also “borrowed.” *Four* years old, full of beans & entering Junior Kindergarden as a “Second Year Student.”
Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, faith, family, food, forgiveness, love, mental health, parenthood, patience, work
Tagged back to school, Camera Phone, children, CJ, Daddy's phone, digital devices, home from school, kind of, kinda sorta, sort of
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Back to School 2015
September 2015 ClaraJane and Gavin weren’t actually unhappy over going Back to School per se, just about me making them pause for the photo first. C’est la vie. This year, in addition to our new Principal, Jaime Frost, … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, education, family, parenthood
Tagged #getoverit, back to school, Bom Cafe, breakfast with mommy and daddy, c'est la vie, first day of school, Mayor David Maher, Mayor Maher, Ms. KariAnne, Ms. Mayya, Ms. Pat, out for breakfast, Principal Jaime Frost, school photos, Second Grader, Second Year Student, Tobin Montessori
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Camping! – Otter River State Forest Movie
Labor Day Weekend 2015 (Fri. 9/4 – Mon. 9/7) Summer culminated in our much anticipated camping trip for the whole long weekend. (#nogigs!) We didn’t care much where we ended up; there are so many wonderful state forest … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, education, faith, family, food, forgiveness, Friendship, health, love, marriage, mental health, nature, parenthood, patience, work
Tagged back to school, campfire, camping, end of summer, fairy house, fishing, frogging, Labor Day Weekend, Otter River State Forest, two tents
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7 Year-Old Transformation
Labor Day Weekend Camping 2015 By Friday of Labor Day, we are camping. During an art project I brought, Gavin dips his hair in blue. Next night, starting in on an ear of corn, the boy’s tooth … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, faith, family, food, health, love, nature, parenthood
Tagged 7 year old, blue hair, BOY, camp, camping, corn, hair cut, long hair, loose tooth, lost tooth, Otter River State Forest, s'mores, two teeth
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Why Are Dry Frogs Called ‘Toads?’
September 4th-6th, 2015 “Mom; Why are dry frogs called ‘toads’?” ClaraJane pursues her research of this question throughout our End of Summer Camping Experience. Look! And: She fell in love with a toad and wanted to keep it. She … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, education, nature
Tagged dry frogs, frogs vs. toads, nature, Otter River, Otter River State Forest, Vitamin N
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FIT GIRL
Thursday, August 27th 2015 Sometimes my husband and daughter work out: EXTREME FIT GIRL [14seconds]: While checking out of Trader Joe’s and feeling tense on account of the above depicted *FIT* -which Paul had mercifully taken out into the … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, education, faith, family, forgiveness, health, love, marriage, mental health, parenthood, patience, work
Tagged 14 y/o, 14 years old, adorable, apocalyptic fit, DLove, Fit Girl, Huzzah, Jesus, parenting, Parenting Life, parenting trenches, post apocalyptic fit, screaming tantrum, SO ADORABLE, Trader Joe's, what would Jesus do, working out
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Trumpet Boy Attack
Thursday, August 27th 2015 This one is for my Dad, Grandpa Bruce, who wonders if Gavin is practicing his trumpet. The answer is, sort of! 2015-08-27 Trumpet Boy Attack [32 seconds]:
Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, family, health, love
Tagged blow your horn, Gavin, trumpet
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Pritchard Plymouth Invasion 2015
August 15th-22nd 2015 Pritchard Plymouth Invasion 2015 [3mins,5secs]:
Posted in childhood, domestic life, education, faith, family, food, forgiveness, Friendship, health, love, mental health, nature, parenthood, patience, work
Tagged 49 Provincetwonview Rd., Auntie Lolo, beach, beach fire, Boharts, Chico, family vacation, fire, fire pit, fishing, Grandpa Pops, Greg, Gregory, Lauren Ruth Ward, Laurie, Liz, lobster, Lucy, Oberhausers, Olivia, Plymouth, Pops, Pritchard, Provincetown, That's Life, Uncle Chris, Zachary
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Uncle Sumo – Outtakes
August 21, 2015 Because just one Uncle Sumo film was not enough: Uncle Sumo OUTTAKES [1min,50secs]:
Posted in childhood, domestic life, faith, family, health, love, patience
Tagged Bohart, failure is not an option, Olivia, Outtakes, skill is everything, Uncle Chris, Uncle Sumo, Wet Ninja, Zachary
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