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    Hi! I'm Traci. I'm a Registered Nurse who loves quilting, knitting, cross stitch, and the great outdoors. In my pre-scrubs life, I owned Real Photography, and you can still see my old wedding and portrait photography site here .

    I've created a map that shows links to our camping/hiking/general family fun review posts that you can find here. It's pretty much the coolest thing on this site. Thanks, Google!

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Will is off on his first big boy playdate.

He’s off to the zoo with a friend.  It took so much courage to allow this!  I’m imagining every major calamity, from Will’s abduction to his not saying ‘thank you.’  This ‘letting go’ that is required in greater and greater degrees just might kill me.

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a little privacy please

When Ellie has to pee, she’s happy to do it while you wait.  But you know she needs a little more time in there when she sits down on the potty, looks at you, and says in a happy sing-song voice “bye.  bye.”  which is your signal to leave and wait outside the door until […]

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You dirty hobe.

Will watched The Cat in the Hat this week, in which there is a reference to a ‘dirty hoe’ (there being an actual dirty hoe in the scene).  But Will took to the saying as his new catchphrase and we are working VERY hard to make sure ‘dirty hobe’ isn’t the latest thing in Mrs […]

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So, Els—what do you want to do today? Overheard from the back seat on our drive home from our hike+lunch.

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Tonight Ellie fell asleep sitting upright on the sofa between Nic and Will while they played Mario Cart after dinner.  It was one of the cutest things ever. 

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