School the Old School Way

Kara & Hannah
Kara and me at our first Montessori preschool. Probably 1983 ~ three years into our friendship!

I dug up this picture from my own Montessori days and I absolutely love everything about it. That’s me washing out the bucket, so focused. And right next to me? Well, that’s Kara. She’s probably waiting for me to finish up washing or maybe she’s ‘helping’ me.  Who knows. I love this picture because Kara and I grew up to be the best of friends, she was the maid of honor in my wedding and we itneract like sisters, touching base about the little and big things that happen in our lives. 

I doubt we’ll still be in this community when our girls are grown, but that doesn’t mean that Maggie isn’t making friends at preschool that will last her a lifetime.

I also doubt that Maggie has found the diswashing station at her school yet, because when she does, she’ll have focus just like her mama did!

(And for those of you wondering where Maggie gets her curls, apparently my hair wasn’t nearly as curly as I thought. Neither was this guy’s:)

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Glacier

We rented a cabin with some of our friends over the weekend of the 4th. Debbie pointed out that this coming New Years will be the 10th year that our group has gotten together to celebrate. We’ve missed a couple along the way due to having babies/being pregnant, but it seems remarkable that we’ve been enjoying our vacations together for that long. This is the group that I often wish that our schedules collided more often, but we’re pretty spread out, so it is unrealistic to hope for too much more time together. The stories are usually the same, but get funnier each year. This year Jeff and Allison are getting married (yahooo!!!) and so we’ll all get together to celebrate  – and I’m willing to bet that more stories will get created. It seems that each of our weddings, there is a ‘classic’ story….that should probably only be repeated in the privacy of our rented vacation homes. 

P.S. Come back tomorrow for a post about my baby turning 6 months old and some photography inspiration.

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POSER. BAHL IS A POSER.

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