Category Archives: wynter

my girl wynt …

By tracie | Published: November 17, 2011

I love Wynter’s zest for pretty much anything that comes her way. She’s bold. Confident. And always willing to “give it a try.” Anyway.  Her class is getting ready for the school’s Christmas program and part of their “set” will be songs about the original 13 colonies.  Wynter tried out for a special part in [...]

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a birthday + a treat

By tracie | Published: November 4, 2011

My Wynter turned 8 yesterday.  Eight. Compared to last year’s party … this year was WAY low-key!  And perfect.  Just a couple of girls … a movie and dinner at a hibachi place where they know us by name we love.  Perfect. Anyway.  I wanted to share the bday treat we brought into school yesterday.  [...]

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swim team!

By tracie | Published: June 24, 2011

The girls had their first meet this past week! One of the oddities in NC {well for us anyway, coming from “up nort”} is that swim team starts in the middle of May!  And they take this hard core serious down here!  The meet lasted nearly four hours!  And we even left before it was [...]

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learning chess

By tracie | Published: March 15, 2011

So … I mentioned Wynter is joining chess club at school?  She was super excited to get a head start and wanted me to teach her what I could.  It’s been years since I’ve played, so it took us a bit to get into the swing of it.  Basically, we were going pretty … well [...]

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geologist, not a singer!

By tracie | Published: March 9, 2011

Wynter tends to walk on the drama side of life!  And quite honestly, she’s got a beautiful singing voice … alright, alright … I’m her mom, but still! Anyway … I try to encourage her to use those talents when she can and sometimes tell her maybe she’ll be a singer some day.  To which [...]

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