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March highlights {spring sports, Chicago, baby boy, siblingette}

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  1) spring sports. Cece's developmental basketball team finished the season with a bang at a tournament held by a local school. the third grade team is comprised of such sweet girls and I'm excited to see them continue to grow together! their last practice was a scrimmage between parents and girls which was hilarious. I played for just a few minutes and managed to double dribble which earned me a talking-to from the coach, to the intense amusement of all the kids (and the censure of Cece, who told me later, "Mommy! you KNOW better!").  besties after winning their semifinal consolation game Elizabeth can't wait for her turn on the court! a lot of these parents were really good!! I provided the comic relief no sooner did basketball end than developmental volleyball began. with practice from 3:30-5 PM, my friends and I quickly devised a carpool plan to pick the girls up from school and get them to the gym, and then pick the girls up after practice and drop them at h...
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Cruise with Greta {Part 1: Embarkation & Ocean Cay}

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over a year ago, we had made plans for Greta to go on a trip to Paris over Holy Week 2026 with her elementary school choir (pinch me now!). since Cece was going with Nick on an epic European pilgrimage in the summer of 2025, we decided it was only fair for me to accompany Greta. ;) also, Holy Week is Nick's absolute busiest time of year as a church musician and he definitely would not be able to take the week off to travel.  a few months after sending in the deposit, we learned that not enough families had signed up and the trip was canceled, so our deposit was refunded. we both were quite disappointed! then Nick said that she and I should pick another place to go for a mother/daughter trip in its place. after much deliberating over various options, including a trip to NYC for shopping/shows, a visit to North Carolina to visit my sister and hopefully see one of the shows she and her fiancé are involved with in the local theater they run, a trip to the beach, or a cruise, Greta fina...
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