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Claire’s First Day of School

Today is our Claire Emmanuelle's first day of preschool. A couple of weeks ago, the school invited new parents for an orientation night. While the director was giving us tips on how to help our children adjust to attending school for the first time, she noted, "I see that many of the parents here are already tearing up, thinking about their children's first day of school." I looked around in surprise, because crying was the last thing on my mind. I didn't need, or want to cry. I didn't have any thoughts of sadness or nostalgia for days gone by — I was too excited for my daughter! LOVE that her class bulletin board is done with dinosaurs,because Claire is currently going through...

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The Seasons When Your Favorite TV Shows Peaked

Popular television shows + IMDB user reviews + graphs. Need I say more?

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My favorite season of Breaking Bad is actually the first one. For me, the graph would more closely
resemble a shallow U.

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I haven’t watched The Simpsons in a while, but it’s still interesting to see the progression of the
world’s longest-running sitcom.

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I’m surprised to see Season 3 surpass Season 4; I always thought Season 4 was most fans’ favorite.

Wordless Wednesday Post

Not really. Wanted to pop in to say that Aerin and I must have caught something at the ENT specialist's office (there were a lot of sniffly kids in the waiting room). We're starting to feel better now, but BOY am I looking forward to having a healthy family again! The picture above was taken a couple of weeks ago before all this drama. J's friend from Hong Kong sent us a package which included these skirt-sets for the girls. I really should buy them more matching outfits — just how cute do they look?...

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