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		<title>Numero Cinco (er, make that thinko)</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2012/03/10/numero-cinco-er-make-that-thinko/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<title>Signs that your kids are watching too much Mythbusters.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2012/02/12/signs-that-your-kids-are-watching-too-much-mythbusters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It all began when I overheard the following statement: &#8220;Okay Porter, now don&#8217;t scream when I do this.&#8221; Watching Porter&#8217;s front teeth twist and turn over the last weeks has been an infinite source of family entertainment. He has been guaranteed that at least one of us throughout the course of the day will walk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 8th Birthday, Stella!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2012/01/06/1463/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Stelly, Happy New Year! Happy Birthday!&#8230;.a month late. Why so late this year? Well, partially it has to do with the fact that within a period of 4 weeks our family pulled off two major holidays, a dance recital and two birthday parties. It&#8217;s like somehow our entire year&#8217;s activities get squished into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 8th Birthday, Sweet Girl!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/12/09/happy-8th-birthday-sweet-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2011/12/09/happy-8th-birthday-sweet-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(more to come soon!)]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Nest</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/08/29/leaving-the-nest/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2011/08/29/leaving-the-nest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Porter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1427</guid>
		<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>Summer Vacation, blar-de-blar-blar.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/08/01/summer-vacation-blar-de-blar-blar/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2011/08/01/summer-vacation-blar-de-blar-blar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family/Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay folks, I&#8217;m going to make this quick because quite honestly I&#8217;m already over it just from rounding up everyone&#8217;s photos. And when it comes to the &#8220;What I did for Summer Vacation&#8221; posts, we&#8217;ve all kind of been there and done that. At last count, I&#8217;ve written about 10 of them, and they have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting the Memori in Memorial Day</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/05/30/putting-the-memori-in-memorial-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 21:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An hour after Stella and Steve left for the rollerskating party I get a phone call: &#8220;Um, so we just left the party. Stella fell pretty hard on her wrist. She&#8217;s being a trooper, but I&#8217;m thinking we should probably have it checked out.&#8221; So, 4 hours in the dearth of human existence &#8211; otherwise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking in the rearview mirror.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/05/08/looking-in-the-rearview-mirror/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2011/05/08/looking-in-the-rearview-mirror/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 15:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Mother&#8217;s Day. Normally, this is the part where I&#8217;d be going on a tirade about how my children have no concept of what it means to be civil to each other for more than a 1-hour interval &#8211; Mother&#8217;s Day be damned. And, as much as I love being able to utilize the internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 5th Birthday, Porter!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2011/04/17/happy-5th-birthday-porter/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2011/04/17/happy-5th-birthday-porter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Porter, Today you turn 5 years old. And at this point I think I&#8217;m going to suggest you grab some juice, your blanket and thumb, and sit a spell &#8211; because this could take a while. First, I want to tidy up a little unfinished business in regards to losing your first tooth. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 7th Birthday, Stella</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/12/09/happy-7th-birthday-stella/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/12/09/happy-7th-birthday-stella/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Sis, Well, here we are. Year 7. A year of growth, and change and life altering moments. If I&#8217;d ever had a 7 year old before, I might be able to have a little perspective. However, being that I have no recollection of being 7 myself, I instead find myself proud, conflicted, confused, excited, [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/09/03/stella-starts-the-2nd-grade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Developmental]]></category>
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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>What Could Have Been</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/09/01/what-could-have-been/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/09/01/what-could-have-been/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family/Parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago yesterday, I received a phone call that changed our lives forever. Standing in the middle of campus on my cell phone, I listened as Steve blurted out the crackly details: Fell. Shop. Scott. Forehead. Coma. Air-lifted. These words came at me in rapid fire succession. My only response was to shout back [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/07/21/got-it-read-it-elapsed-time-3-hrs-26-mins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Also: has since read it 2 more times.]]></description>
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		<title>Because they can&#8217;t fight this feeling anymore.</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/07/15/because-they-cant-fight-this-feeling-anymore/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/07/15/because-they-cant-fight-this-feeling-anymore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. So let me set this up for you a little. We made dinner, Porter was occupied with other attentions (naturally) and right as we were finishing he decided he wanted to sit down and eat. I moved on to dishes and Steve and Stella moved on to an impromptu REO Speedwagon sing-along. Because that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 4th Birthday, Porter!</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/04/17/happy-4th-birthday-porter/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/04/17/happy-4th-birthday-porter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthdays]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Buddy, Happy 4th Birthday! I am not even joking when I say that you being this big seemed like about 10 minutes ago. And all of a sudden we are here. At four. This year spilleth over with awesomeness. And fun. And learning. And cuteness. And screaming. Still with the screaming. But I am [...]]]></description>
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