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en-us2012-08-26T21:40:58-08:00She Did It
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After a few months practicing on a glide bike, she was finally able to ride her bike today. When we suggested to her to try her bike today, she was a bit hesitant. Once she got on, she figured out...Mike2012-08-26T21:40:58-08:00SF
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Since MonkeyDaddy had some train tickets left, we decided to take Monkey, minus her sister, to San Francisco today. The train ride was quite pleasant. Monkey was watching movies on the tablet. When we got to the city, we walked...Mike2012-07-21T23:35:44-08:00Recital Picture
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She has become more confident in her skills. MonkeyMama was very hard on her 3 years ago and that almost stopped her from dancing. Her mom chewed her out for not being attentive in the class. Little did she...Mike2012-07-12T21:41:51-08:00Groan
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Monkey's maternal grandpa was telling her about god and that he created the sun and the moon. MonkeyMama was not thrilled to hear that. She told Monkey that some people believed in gods, but not MonkeyMama. As for Monkey, she...Mike2012-06-14T18:16:38-08:00OMG
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So Monkey's friend is spending the night here. They played a bit and then K came out and said, "I was saying 'Oh my god' and [Friend] told me not to say that because it hurts god's feeling." We told...Mike2012-03-10T20:02:25-08:00Here We Are
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The other night after she got 40% on her reading test, both of us told her adamantly how she needed to score 100% on the next few tests in order to bring up the average to 85%. I couldn't sleep...Mike2011-10-27T19:09:08-08:00Dark Thoughts
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If I were a child today, I would kill myself. My god, how depressing is today's childhood? She took her reading test the other day and she scored 60%. She needs to score above 85% to be considered on target....Mike2011-10-20T20:38:10-08:00Money Money
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Monkey got her allowance today. She was impressed by the wad of cash in MonkeyMama's hand. She asked how much it was. MonkeyMama told her it was about $100. Monkey then asked how long it took MonkeyMama saved that much...Mike2011-09-11T22:30:03-08:00Class Meeting
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We went to Monkey's class meeting today. Boy aren't we glad we got Monkey a piano teacher. Because of the budget, the school got rid of music lessons (among other things). It is very distressful. MonkeyMama noticed that Monkey has...Mike2011-08-29T22:33:36-08:00Chinese School
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Monkey asked to go to Chinese school. I think she said she wanted to be able to speak secrets to her mom. Anyway, we told her that because she had no knowledge of Chinese, she would have to start at...Mike2011-08-26T22:28:08-08:00Extracurricular Activities
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We told Monkey that we were not able to send her to kung fu classes any more. At first she was happy, because she got tired of going to some class in the evening every day. Now that the school...Mike2011-08-22T22:15:40-08:00Volleyball
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We signed her up for the volleyball camp. Since we are not able to take her to soccer, we choose volleyball. The first day went pretty well. She learned how to serve. They worked the kids hard. She seemed to...Mike2011-08-12T22:36:36-08:00Piano Teacher
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Monkey asked to learn to play piano. MonkeyMama found a piano teacher in the neighborhood on Craigslist. The teacher was patient and friendly. She asked Monkey why she wanted to learn piano. Was it because she wanted to be able...Mike2011-07-20T22:10:46-08:00Curls
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Mike2011-06-26T12:11:10-08:00Boom Ditty Boom
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Mike2011-06-20T19:54:32-08:00