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RV Road Trip
Image courtesy Volume Twenty FiveAs I work on the charter application to start a public Montessori school in the fall of 2014, I want to observe at excellent schools all across the United States.
Initially, I figured I would have to wait until Henry was completely weaned before starting my journey. Even then, however, I wasn’t quite sure who would take care of Henry. The trip itself would be very expensive with flights and rental cars, plus we would have to pay for childcare.… Read MoreThen I had the idea that we could take a road trip as a family to look at schools, since Matt will be keeping his
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Seven Months: Happy Birthday, Henry!
My, oh, my, you’re getting so big!… Read MoreThis month as been more of the same. You move around the house really fast, although now you’ve started getting up on all fours a lot more. You usually take 4-8 steps that way and then lower yourself back into the army crawl position to get where you’re going faster. You also push up into “down dog” a lot.
You’ve moved from pulling up on low things independently to pulling up on virtually anything, like couches, bookshelves, etc. Currently, you’re favorite thing to pull up on is me (I’m honored!). You still have trouble getting down from a standing position, but you’ve started
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October: Reflection & Rejuvenation
From the Nikki McClure CalendarSeptember always seems to go so fast. Hello, October!Here’s my self-assessment of my intentions for September:
- Sell our house! We will host open houses every Sunday (with homemade cookies and mint hibiscus tea!). We’ll have to vacate the house every time someone wants to see it. I will not be my most productive! We haven’t received an offer yet, but I’m proud of us for keeping our house so clean and de-cluttered, having such professional signs and flyers, and hosting professional open houses. Even though we haven’t been successful yet, it feels good to say that we’ve done absolutely everything we set out to
