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		<title>school week 1, recap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[i hope to recap each or at least every other week of school this year so i have a better record of things we&#8217;ve done. pictures at the end of the post!
i can honestly say this was the easiest first week of schooling that i&#8217;ve ever done!  i know it&#8217;s only my third year, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1303</link>
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		<title>first day of school: highlight on Bible Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[the first day of school is always fun, sin&#8217;t it? the anticipation the night before of waking up to freshly sharpened pencils, new books, new notebooks, and new things to learn are always high on the student&#8217;s mind.
rowan had a hard time falling asleep last night. maybe it was the &#8220;last-day-of-summer ice cream cone&#8221; he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1285</link>
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		<title>squeezing the last bit out of summer&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahhhhh&#8230;.now THAT, my friends, was what I call SUMMER! Hot, humid, sunny, grilling, pools, the ocean, ice cream! SUMMER!
The boys and I were the guests of our friends at the Pitsburgh Zoo this weekend. It was perfect weather for zoo-walking&#8230;not to hot, not too cold. It got crowded towards the end, but we had the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1271</link>
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		<title>reconstructing a lovely salad</title>
		<description><![CDATA[when kenny and i worked together in town, we frequented the very close restaurants nearby for lunch. one of our favorite dishes at a local middle eastern eatery was this salad and we&#8217;ve tried to make it ourselves several times. i think last night&#8217;s version was the closest yet, so i&#8217;m writing it down and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1267</link>
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		<title>back-to-school traditions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[i have to admit, i&#8217;m a sucker for fun family gatherings, events, or parties. who isn&#8217;t?  ask your kids: if every day could be a party, would they disagree?
it&#8217;s back to school time in this country as the majority of schools start their school year this week. we start lessons on monday and i&#8217;m already [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1260</link>
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		<title>winding down from a week at the beach&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, we returned (semi-) relaxed from a fabulous beach vacation. It was the first beach vacation we had as a family and was the highlight of our summer!
This was our beach. We had the perfect location as our beach access was private and our house on a cul-de-sac. We loved being able to keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1251</link>
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		<title>the chicken who thought she was a sheep</title>
		<description><![CDATA[do you remember this picture?
well&#8230;we think that one or two of our chicks believe that violet is &#8220;mom.&#8221;
there are one or two chicks who refuse to go into the to coop at night and instead hang out with violet grazing. we believe that she roosts in the barn, near violet.
this picture was taken this morning, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1246</link>
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		<title>homesteading year 4, part 1: expectations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[for the first year living up here, we did nothing except try to plant a garden (didn&#8217;t happen) and had a baby (adam!).
that was a lot for us, so we took it easy the fall and winter of our first year. but plans started picking up the following spring and we dove head-first into homesteading [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1223</link>
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		<title>homeschool year 3, part 1: patience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[it&#8217;s august, and planning for the school year is in full force. as i sit and look at the mix of curriculum we chose for the coming school year, and as i plan the calendar for our local homeschool group&#8217;s field trips and co-op class schedule, i am having flashbacks of entering our first year [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.smithical.com/?p=1185</link>
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		<title>7 quick takes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. my &#8220;little&#8221; brother is in town. he spoke at a conference in TheBigCity and now he&#8217;s spending a few days up here in the boondocks. Rowan, Sawyer and Adam are monopolozing his time by climbing on his shoulders, coloring him pictures and cards, and planning out his entire schedule. Yesterday, they took him to [...]]]></description>
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