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    Family Mission Statement

    Image courtesy Volume Twenty Five

    Matt and I finished writing our Family Mission Statement together. We need to figure out where to put it, so we revisit it quite frequently. If we don’t return to it often, it’s likely to become a “dead document.”

    Hmm…maybe I could use this DIY Ketubah kit from the lovely Tsilli to make a really pretty document that we frame?

    Or perhaps I could hire someone on Etsy to design a cool poster for us?

    Or maybe I could buy a print that Matt and I already agree is cool and somehow incorporate the text into it (like the print featured above)?

    I know! I

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    Third Trimester Pregnancy Advice

    Now that I’m officially one day overdue, I figure I’m qualified to share my advice for the third trimester of pregnancy…
    1. Don’s Assume Others’ Experiences Will Be Your Own: Honestly, I was dreading the third trimester because of everything I had ever read or heard about it. I thought my back would ache, I couldn’t sleep, I would be tired of being pregnant–yada, yada, yada. For me, none of that is true (probably because of everything I did in the first trimester and second trimester). I am still happy to carry my little boy around with me wherever I go. I cherish each passing day that I get to spend
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    Sign Up: Montessori in the Home Online Group

    A few of you have expressed interest in learning more about implementing Montessori in the home, so I decided to start a sort of list-serv for us to share ideas and ask each other questions. The free group is hosted by Big Tent, which is a great tool. You can decide how you want to receive messages from the group. My favorite setting is the daily digest that condenses all the discussions/comments into one e-mail a day.

    If you want me to sign you up, please fill out the form below. I promise not to use your e-mail address for any other purpose but to sign you up (and you
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