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		<title>Leaving the Nest</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/08/29/leaving-the-nest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it started with Kindergarten orientation &#8211; no, wait &#8211; make that soccer &#8211; no, no, no back that train up. Make that day camp. Day Camp is when we started seeing the writing on the wall. The writing that said &#8220;Oh Here Go Hell Come&#8221;. The last couple weeks with Little P have broken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stella starts the 2nd grade.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/09/03/stella-starts-the-2nd-grade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are now the proud owner of a 2nd grader. Our model happens to come complete with the Virtual Teenager Upgrade, as witnessed by the conversation held after her first day: Me: &#8220;Soooooo, how was your first day?&#8221; Her: &#8220;OMYGOD, Ruby had this TOTALLY cute shirt on.&#8221; Me: &#8220;Wow. So how did you like your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got it. Read it. Elapsed time: 3 hrs 26 mins.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/07/21/got-it-read-it-elapsed-time-3-hrs-26-mins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also: has since read it 2 more times.]]></description>
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		<title>September Roundup</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/09/26/september-roundup/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/09/26/september-roundup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1076</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#187;Soccer! Stella&#8217;s 2009 soccer season began, and let&#8217;s just say that this season isn&#8217;t quite the same vibe as last year, but we are making the best of it. As is pretty typical for this age bracket, aimlessly wandering the field, kicking dirt at one another and picking up the ball and running off the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Summer Vacation: 2009 Edition</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/08/07/my-summer-vacation-2009-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so we recently completed our annual pilgrimage to our homeland. I know you know this, and I know you have been waiting. But life returned from vacation, does not equate to life without interruption, and I have spent the better part of the week trying to exhale. Basically, it was pretty much our typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Walstons Take a Walk</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/17/the-walstons-take-a-walk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since Stella discovered the joy of riding on two wheels she has insisted on going on the evening walk with bike in tow. Then Porter insists on taking his bike. At this point you might as well invite a venomous snake and a couple of circus performers, because this parade ain&#8217;t going nowhere but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never a Dull Moment</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/13/never-a-dull-moment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hoo boy! Have I been cashing in some serious parenting points this summer. So far, I have accumulated two child-free outings, leaving Steve alone to play zone defense with our sweet but endlessly spunky children. He hasn&#8217;t complained even once, and has even been remarkably encouraging. Stupid? Generous? Just plan crazy? I&#8217;ll let you be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gueth What!?</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/05/gueth-what/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/05/gueth-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stella has about 5 teeth at varying stages of looseness. This front one kind of twisted its way out; at one point it was practically at a 90 degree angle to the rest of her teeth. Likewise, the others are moving around in such a way as to create strange gaps and craters. Every time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He Screams, He Spits, He Wins!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/01/he-screams-he-spits-he-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/07/01/he-screams-he-spits-he-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My son works in rage the way an artist might work in paint or clay. He has mastered it&#8217;s subtle nuances and can often bring it to a level that could only be truly achieved by someone who has years perfecting the art of losing one&#8217;s shit. Some people take a lifetime to gain this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commencement</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/05/30/commencement/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/05/30/commencement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 00:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night was Stella&#8217;s official graduation from pre-school. Each of the children at the center were invited to participate in the ceremonies regardless of whether they were graduating or not. Both kids were honored for their special contributions and achievements &#8211; Stella for teaching all the new kids about the school rules, and Porter for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porter takes on pre-school.  Porter wins.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/04/01/porter-takes-on-pre-school-porter-wins/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/04/01/porter-takes-on-pre-school-porter-wins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was Porter&#8217;s first official day of preschool. And although you might think I&#8217;d go on and on about all the gory details of how it was, and what he did, and who he played with, the much more interesting part of the story is how it affected the three other people in the household. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The clothes make the Walston</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/03/10/the-clothes-make-the-walston/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/03/10/the-clothes-make-the-walston/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=961</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the scene. I&#8217;m walking through the grocery store and come upon one of Porter&#8217;s peeps from school with his mom. She has her 5-week-old daughter snuggled in the porta-carseat, which is perched atop the grocery cart. We greet one another, then proceed to greet each other&#8217;s children. I comment to her son how much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushed, pulled, wiggled, YANKED!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/03/08/pushed-pulled-wiggled-yanked/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/03/08/pushed-pulled-wiggled-yanked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=957</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Stella started complaining that her tooth hurt. My first thought? CAVITY! But upon closer inspection I determined that no, we did not have to commence with a root canal, my girl had her first loose tooth. She has been impatiently waiting for this moment ever since her friends started losing theirs and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something about cats and away and mice playing.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/02/25/something-about-cats-and-away-and-mice-playing/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/02/25/something-about-cats-and-away-and-mice-playing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you hadn&#8217;t figured it out from my cryptic Twittering last week, Steve packed up the kids and left me alone by myself. FOR A WHOLE WEEK. BY. MY. SELF. As they pulled away, I cried for about the first 27 seconds or so, then looked around and realized that this? This right here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doesn&#8217;t really seem like a girl who would call me a Stupid Dum-Dum Head, now does it?</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2009/01/30/doesnt-really-seem-like-a-girl-who-would-call-me-a-stupid-dum-dum-head-now-does-it/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2009/01/30/doesnt-really-seem-like-a-girl-who-would-call-me-a-stupid-dum-dum-head-now-does-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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