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    Nice!



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    Awesome.


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    Congrats for your DD and for you too HK!!

    You obviously struggled with how to handle the snafu and it ended up being not something horrible that had to be fought - so maybe not just a wonderful thing for your DD for the summer but maybe a sign of things to come that it won't always be shoveling uphill (or some other tired cliche I can't think of at the moment)

    Kudos!!

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    That's wonderful news, both because your DD obviously earned it, and also as corroboration that the organization was capable of ethical practice.

    Huzzah!!! smile


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    Very good result!


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    A bittersweet example:

    We were in line at the book store and the lady behind me was deliberating over buying a Robert Munsch treasury with her companion. I chimed in and nonchalantly endorsed the book, telling her it's a hit in our house.

    The woman eyed my son skeptically and said dismissively, "Isn't he a bit young?"

    I just said, "He loves the stories. Barely a day goes by that he doesn't ask to read them."

    She sneered and said, "Just imagine how much he'll enjoy them when he understands them."

    At which point my son, who I had in a front carrier, piped up enthusiastically when he saw the cover, "Robert Munsch! Mummy, please read Robert Munsch book!"

    She bugged and said, "Did he just say "Robert Munsch?!""

    I just nodded.

    Isn't it nice to be vindicated in real time when people are rude? All the same, maybe I should keep my book endorsements to myself from now on. I don't want my son to pick up on the comments.


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    HA! I love it.

    Showed her where to stick those assumptions of hers...


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    Brilliant!!

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    DD3.5 finished assembling her world map this week. She has been working on it at school for 4 months now diligently and meticulously punching out each continent. Poor thing, punched out Asia twice bcos the first one tore a little. She collected each continent and when she was all done, used a real world map as a guide to put hers together. I am so proud of her for her hard work and determination!

    A funny post. My friend gave me some home made lemon poppy bread. When I gave it to dd she said," wow! What a beautiful name for a bread. It is like you bake a lemon and it pops into a bread! I love it!"

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    I took DD9 to work yesterday for Take Your Child to Work Day. They had a fair number of activities that were not really what I do at work, but her favorite part of the day was getting to write and defend a patent claim. smile

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