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Join the challenge and write! Slice of Life Stories hosted by the Two Writing Teachers My One Little Word for 2012 Another year older and our almost two-year-old twin daughters are, well, more independent.  They are willing to try more on their own without our help.  The recent warmer evenings have enticed us out of the house.  We walked to our neighborhood park that we visited many, many times last summer.  However, last year we spent the quantity of our time in the swings.  Everyone was contained.  Everyone was secured.  No way, no how -- no one was getting away from us! Another year older and our almost two-year-old twin daughters are more independent. As we lifted the girls  out of the wagon,  you could see in their eyes  the freedom to play to run to explore to climb to slide to giggle to be a kid. To be a kid again to laugh to encourage to guide to follow to watch you could see in our eyes  the delight to play a...

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers My OneLittleWord: There are many added benefits of having kids -- like the opportunity to be a kid again. Remembering the days we just played and had fun  because we could and  that's what we were supposed to do. The snow softly fell.  It piled up waiting patiently, quietly calling our names. With swishing snow pants, clomping boots, itchy hats, and hand warming mittens, we were ready. Ready to  jump high play loudly sled quickly build steadily destroy swiftly kick fiercely fall heftily lay lazily staring up at the gray sky unable to move except to catch snowflakes on our tongues forgetting about the cold ground beneath us and wet socks on our toes. We laughed, we giggled, we played.  

Slice of Life Stories hosted by the  Two Writing Teachers I've been waiting. Annnnnnnd waiting. I've been debating. And playing with choices. I've been wondering when the one little word would pick me. I've been reading and admiring the already hand-selected words. But one little word keeps coming back to me.  It keeps playing with me.  And now I'm choosing to play with it -- my one little word for 2012 is . . . Last year was the first year I chose a one little word to live by throughout the year. That's about as far as I got.  I picked a word and wrote it on a yellow sticky note.  I didn't announce my word.  I didn't write about my word.  I didn't own my word.  This year I hope will be different.  Life is too short. This year I'm going to PLAY more in my life: Our 20 month old twin daughters are growing faster than I can keep up!  It's hard coming home from a long day at school to a house full of chores to ...