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    Sponsor Introduction & Celebration

    Photo courtesy of Ben Becker

    It’s the first Friday of the month, which means I get to give major shout outs to some really awesome businesses. I personally recommend every single sponsor. For real.

    First, there’s Sebrina of Mismikado Creations. She designed the header for this blog, so I know from first-hand experience that she is super-fun and easy to work with, very accommodating, positive, responsive, and creative–just what you want in a graphic designer. Need a blog header? A logo? An invitation? Sebrina is your woman!

    Then there’s Carrie and Shane of Beginning Montessori. They are a husband and wife team that hand makes Montessori materials to

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    RV Road Trip

    Image courtesy Volume Twenty Five

    As 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.

    Then 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!

    This 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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