Monthly Archives: January 2010

unexpected visitors!

By tracie | Published: January 26, 2010

See this cute little conch salad bar?  Know where the scraps of conch parts end up? In the water.  And do you know what type of creature likes to eat fresh conch?  Besides CJ? These guys!  My girls were in absolute heaven!  They really were the friendliest little creatures … Take that! science class. ;) [...]

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science class :: nature’s course

By tracie | Published: January 25, 2010

I mean no disrespect to Mr. E {Piper’s second grade teacher} … in fact, I’ll let you be the judge. Which science materials would you have used? His … Or ours … CJ loves to take the girls out snorkeling … and quite honestly, I can’t believe they love it so much too.  They have [...]

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in tears …

By tracie | Published: January 24, 2010

And want to share. I tweeted this past week about Wynter’s beloved Dumbo {hamster-escape-artist-extraordinaire} entering the pearly gates of hamster Heaven.  Our house sitter found him dead in his cage.  She offered to “bag him up” and put him in the freezer for us so we could give him a proper burial. Big sigh. My [...]

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i’m a homeschooler!

By tracie | Published: January 24, 2010

One of my most important goals in going away for this month, was to make sure we kept a regular schedule of schoolwork.  And because we’re in a warm place and somewhere we usually go on vacation … I didn’t want to get too lax in treating this as a full vacation. We often have [...]

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greetings from paradise!

By tracie | Published: January 23, 2010

Hello my friends!!  It’s been too long … and quite honestly, I’ve missed you!  And thank you for the sweet emails & tweets you’ve sent saying you missed meeting me here too! ;) I’m happy to be back and even happier to be back with a brand new look!  For those of you reading in [...]

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