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Being Bilingual
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Darr; Skip to Main Content. August 20, 2014. No Comments ↓. Raising a bilingual child has been a true blessing. Granted, Ella is still young, and her attitude towards Hebrew, her second language, may change over time. Once she starts kindergarten, reading and writing English will take a greater effort, and Hebrew may find itself on the back burner for a while. But for the time being, I am grateful for the effort that she makes to keep using it. 8249; The Great Dickens Christmas Fair. Notify me of new pos...
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Ella's First Haircut - Raising Ella
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Ella's First Haircut - Raising Ella. Darr; Skip to Main Content. Ella’s First Haircut. Ella’s First Haircut. November 20, 2014. No Comments ↓. Last Sunday Ella got her first haircut. Well, more of a trim than a haircut, but since it involved going to the hairdresser, it counts, right? I wonder when our next trip to the hair salon is going to be. Hopefully sooner than five years from now. Getting ready for a trim. Trimming hair is kinda fun. 8249; Ella’s To-Do List. New Year, New Beginnings.
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102 Things I Learned in Kindergarten - Raising Ella
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102 Things I Learned in Kindergarten - Raising Ella. Darr; Skip to Main Content. 102 Things I Learned in Kindergarten. 102 Things I Learned in Kindergarten. September 9, 2014. No Comments ↓. Ella started kindergarten three weeks ago. Since then, she comes home every day with new stories and tidbits to tell me. Here is a partial list of things I learned in kindergarten:. If you don’t follow the rules, there are consequences. You have to do as you are told. Mr Lane is cute as a teddy bear. So thank you CASA.
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The Dollhouse at 15 Cherry Tree Lane
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The Dollhouse at 15 Cherry Tree Lane. Darr; Skip to Main Content. The Dollhouse at 15 Cherry Tree Lane. The Dollhouse at 15 Cherry Tree Lane. September 27, 2013. No Comments ↓. Recently Ella discovered that houses have numbers and streets have names. “Why are there numbers on the houses? 8221; asked Ella. “Well, their house number is X,” I said. “Can you help me find it? We headed straight to the office, to start working on our dollhouse sign. “Which color paper would you like for the sign? One Month in ...
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yaronk, Author at Raising Ella
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Yaronk, Author at Raising Ella. Darr; Skip to Main Content. My Shameless Brush with Internet Celebrity. February 5, 2016. No Comments ↓. This post is not directly about my kids, but rather about my shameless brush with internet celebrity. First, the background story. We are one of those families who actually enjoy going to Disneyland for vacation. We visit Disneyland about three times a year. It is our secret way of actually enjoying the place. Read more ›. The Fine Print of Having a Second Child. As you...
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The Fine Print of Having a Second Child
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The Fine Print of Having a Second Child. Darr; Skip to Main Content. The Fine Print of Having a Second Child. The Fine Print of Having a Second Child. April 10, 2015. No Comments ↓. Ask anyone and you will learn that having a second child is more than twice the work of having one kid. Practically everyone with more than one kid has told me that, and yet no one bothered to elaborate. How much more work is it? What kind of work are we talking about? The importance of being a big sister. 8221; So far it has...
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Braiding Hair
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Darr; Skip to Main Content. September 19, 2013. No Comments ↓. True to my military training, I was trying to find new, crafty ways of winning the battle. I can’t even remember what the occasion was — a birthday party, going out to our local neighborhood restaurant — one of those exciting outings. I asked her, “Don’t you want to get a fancy hairdo? I would do anything for my daughter; I wanted to encourage her to explore new hairdos, and ‘be fancy’, as she says, but I had absolutely no skill. That actuall...
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One Month in Bangkok - Raising Ella
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One Month in Bangkok - Raising Ella. Darr; Skip to Main Content. One Month in Bangkok. One Month in Bangkok. February 18, 2015. No Comments ↓. Explains it better than I can. Electricity also travels in mysterious ways here. Electric wires are attached to everything stationary — bridges, lamp posts, pedestrian walkways — if you can tie a wire to it, so it will be done. Half those wires seem to be cut in multiple places, or just end abruptly in between poles. Eppur si muove. Food carts are also a thing her...
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New Year, New Beginnings - Raising Ella
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New Year, New Beginnings - Raising Ella. Darr; Skip to Main Content. New Year, New Beginnings. New Year, New Beginnings. January 17, 2015. No Comments ↓. The washing machine is also a must. If you had a baby before, you will know this, and if you have not, here is a secret no one ever talks about. Babies produce their weight in dirty laundry daily, and baby Ethan is a big boy! Washing dirty clothes, cloths, towels and other miscellaneous items babies get a hold on is a perpetual activity. Notify me of ne...
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The Great Dickens Christmas Fair
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The Great Dickens Christmas Fair. Darr; Skip to Main Content. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair. December 6, 2013. No Comments ↓. Every year around Christmastime, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair. Ella’s first reaction: “Whoa! 8221; Immediately, Ella raised her hand and said: “Yes, I saw him on TV! We ran around London for hours, until finally, at six o’clock we were ready to time-travel back to our car so we could go home and have dinner. Ella was still full of...The Fin...