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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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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>
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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>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>
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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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://walscapades.com/?p=1413</guid>
		<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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		<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>
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		<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>
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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>
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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>
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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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		<title>On a Break</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/01/24/on-a-break/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/01/24/on-a-break/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Union negotiations dictate that they are required to participate in twice-yearly cute breaks (to break up the monotony of the emotional and physical torture they inflict the other 99% of the year). Unfortunately, it is only January, so I now only have one left for the rest of this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Moving On</title>
		<link>http://walscapades.com/2010/01/06/moving-on/</link>
		<comments>http://walscapades.com/2010/01/06/moving-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natalie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so lets be honest here. Who, in their right mind walks away from the November/December months riding on a blissful holiday high? That&#8217;s right. No one. I don&#8217;t care what kind of pious or abstinent life you lead, there is no way you can honestly look back at the previous two months and not [...]]]></description>
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