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		<title>the good and bad of august</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/15/the-good-and-bad-of-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August has always been a strange month for me. When I was younger, August marked the end of summer. A time when school was going to start back up and summer fun was going to come to a screeching halt. As I got older it still mark an end, but in much more real ways. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 good 2 b 4gotten</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2011/08/07/2-good-2-b-4gotten/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 02:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes getting together with old friends who don&#8217;t live close by can be challenging, especially with different schedules, lifestyles, etc. But it is so worth the effort. We recently got together with Aidan&#8217;s longest known friend (the daughter of a dear friend of mine that I&#8217;ve known for quite some time). The two of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hiking, history, and the i&amp;m canal</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/10/19/hiking-history-and-the-im-canal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 01:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, we all headed out for a day about town in beautiful Lockport, IL. The focus of our trip was the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&#038;M). The I&#038;M Canal was commissioned in 1823 in order to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi River (via the Illinois River). This marked the first complete shipping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>life is good</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/09/21/life-is-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s funny how sometimes the best weekends are the ones that you don&#8217;t really do anything but spend time with those you love. That&#8217;s how this past weekend was. Originally, we had a pretty busy weekend planned&#8211;a trip to the Adler Planetarium, dinner with friends, visit with family. But, then plans changed and we found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hoopin&#8217; it up</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/07/23/hoopin-it-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other night, Aidan thought he&#8217;d give his hoop a try. I snapped a couple of pictures. We all laughed. He says he&#8217;d like smaller hoops for his arms, so he can really get fancy with it. I think Aidan is a natural born &#160;Aidan gives it a whirlclown. He loves physical &#8220;tricks,&#8221; comedy, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>nature kid</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/05/29/nature-kid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 07:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The warm days of spring are the best. Since the early part of April (and maybe even March) Aidan excitedly discarded his winter apparel and has been clad in nothing but shorts and sandals, and all he wants to do is spend time outside&#8211;exploring the backyard and digging in the dirt and uncovering all kinds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a day at raccoon grove</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2010/04/29/a-day-at-raccoon-grove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day we spent the day hiking with a few families from our nature club. We explored a smaller forest preserve not too far away from us, but one we had never been to before. The preserve was Raccoon Grove in Monee and we had a wonderful time spotting a variety of spring wildflowers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>a giddy-up birthday party</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2009/10/26/horseback-riding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week Aidan rode his very first horse! He was extremely excited (and a bit nervous). I was so proud of him for deciding to try it. The event happened at a birthday party for one of his good friends, Autumn, who loves horses. Here&#8217;s a picture of him. &#160;Aidan rides a horse!]]></description>
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		<title>look mom, no training wheels!</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2009/08/30/look-mom-no-training-wheels/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All summer we&#8217;ve been asking Aidan if he&#8217;s ready to try his bike without the training wheels, and all summer he responded with an adamant &#8220;Noooo!&#8221; Well, tonight Aidan decided this was the day.  It was very cool having him announce that he wanted his training wheels off and we definitely wanted to embrace and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>every kid needs a norwegian cabin</title>
		<link>http://writing101.net/2009/08/28/every-kid-needs-a-norwegian-cabin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having completed the deck&#8211;the largest (and first major) building project of my life&#8211;last summer, I thought it would be a while since I picked up a hammer again. But I was wrong. When Chris said to me one evening, &#8220;Should we have something in the yard for Aidan to play with&#8211;like a playhouse or something,&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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