friends, Mallory

So long, farewell…

September 4, 2011

Last day of preschool for the pumpkinhead was on Friday. I was way more emotional than I should have been, given the fact that Carson still goes to that school, and Mallory should be back there next summer for daycare.
I did lose it big time with one of her former teachers (who is now one of Carson’s teachers). Miss Mary was one of Mallory’s caregivers in the infant room, and Alli and Mallory used to fight over Miss Mary’s lap – I’m sure there are some good blog posts about that from 2007-ish :-)
So, the end of an era, sort …

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Mallory

It’s football season

September 2, 2011

We use football season (and game weeks) as our family’s calendar sometimes. Like when Mallory, at 3-ish years old, told her teacher that FOOTBALL SEASON is the season that comes after summer. And the other night, when signing up for teacher conferences with Mallory’s kindergarten teacher – the other parents were asking “is that the week of Thanksgiving?” while my husband asked “is that Ohio State week?”
This year’s football season was a huge milestone for us to hit, because for months we’ve told Mallory that once football season starts, she would start kindergarten.
Michigan’s first game is tomorrow. That means …

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