It all started with a scarecrow. My kindergartner came home from school in early fall as excited as I’ve seen him. “Mommy, we get to make our own scarecrows!” He proceeded to pull out multiple pieces of cardstock paper with scarecrow parts on them. His job, due by the end …
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I held onto the back of my 6-year-old’s shiny new bike and steadied her as she yelled, “Do NOT let go, Mom!” I knew she could ride her bike; she rode her old, smaller bike perfectly fine last summer. But it’s been two seasons and a size-up in bikes, so …
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