Category: The Banshee
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Anna and Sarah entered the QFC Holiday Bag Design Contest this year. This week they found out they both were WINNERS! Sarah's prize was one of those Lifesaver Storybooks*. (You know the ones; they have the packaging that looks like a Christmas book which holds a dozen rolls of Lifesavers inside. We used to get…
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Anna won the Olympian of the Month Award for Compassion today at her elementary school assembly. It is an award given by the teacher of each class to two exceptional students in each class. Anna's certificate said hers was for "showing compassion to others and having love to shower on us!" We got to attend…
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Sarah lost her first tooth yesterday. Anna was about 5 when she lost her first one as well. Sarah actually let our friend, Josh, pull the loose tooth. Pretty brave! She has about three more wobbly ones in the front. I remember when Anna lost her first tooth; Sarah cried and told us she never…
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We finally convinced Sarah to get her hair cut. Actually I think peer pressure convinced her that a shorter haircut could still be beautiful (translated: princess-like.) Her friends at school have "short" hair and like it. So Sarah was willing to give it a try. This past weekend we also carved up some pumpkins. The…
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The girls got their school pictures back today. Aren't they cute? (Anna said I should put YES or NO after that question. Anna also wanted me to say that her hair is getting longer. Quote: "It really is getting longer.") Sarah got her hair cut short yesterday. I'll post a picture of that tomorrow.
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Kindergartners waiting in line. This is Sarah's friend, Hillary. They met during the two weeks of Kindergarten prep.
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In just two days the whole world will change. Did you know that? Yes; in a mere 48 hours two little girls very dear to my heart will walk across the street on the painted cross-walk to begin their adventure in American Education at College Place Elementary. Both of them. Trumpets, please: I am now…
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Wishing my little princess, Sarah, a happy, fun-filled 5th! I can hardly believe she is already five years old…
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Here's Sarah and Anna when we came to Asia in 2005 And here they are now (spring 2008)… And here is how our family has aged in 3 years… Before After We've had a nice relaxing day in Beijing today. Tomorrow we'll be boarding a 9 a.m. flight to Seattle via Tokyo (14 hours in…
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Since I am teaching Sarah pre-K now I get a few hours one-on-one with her every day. Sometimes the dialog proves quite humorous: Me: Sarah, what do you want to be when you grow up?Sarah: A ballerina.Me: Yeah, I want to be a ballerina when I grow up, too.Sarah: No, Daddy. You’re going to be…
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