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I’ve given birth to the real Fancy Nancy.  Harper is taking ballet this fall, and she is to wear a black leotard and pink tights. Her hair must be in a bun.  Harper obliges, but in the evenings she puts the attire on you see above, and we walk around the neighborhood and survey the construction near the library.  The girls can’t wait to climb and sit on those cool chairs.

I have to find a spot to put my new diploma. Right now I’m just carrying it around with me wherever I go.  You know, the gym, Starbucks, the grocery store.  It makes things more poetic.

We have a soccer player in the home.  For her first game, she played forward and goalie.  Have you seen the movie The Replacements?  Hadley is Jon Favreau’s character.

We went to the DC Triathlon for the third year in a row to see Geoff race.  This is always a fun time, and we finish the day off at Shake Shack in Dupont Circle. Aunt Callie tried to not hog the baby, but it’s hard.  It’s real hard.

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  1. Tara says

    September 11, 2014 at 5:58 am

    I love Harpers outfit. LOVE it. I have no doubt Hadley has some intensity on the soccer field … And I really really love that ! Hog the baby — that’s the duty as an aunt !

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 15, 2014 at 6:13 am

      Isn’t that a riot?

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  2. Michele @ A Storybook Life says

    September 11, 2014 at 7:13 am

    I am glad you are giving thought about what to do with your diploma. When you figure it out, please let me know, as I found mine in the bottom of a box of random things stuffed into the spare bedroom closet last week. It’s now out of the box – but sitting in a pile of more random junk on the floor just outside the closet, which means the toddler could find and use it as a coloring book at anytime.

    Also, how could you NOT hog that baby? Squishy goodness right there!

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 15, 2014 at 6:12 am

      Thanks, Sara! I appreciate that.

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    • calliefeyen says

      September 15, 2014 at 6:13 am

      Hahaha! Maybe we should have a blog series on creative places to take one’s diplomas. 🙂

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Hi! I’m Callie. I’m a writer and teacher living in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I write Creative Nonfiction, and in my oldest daughter Hadley’s words, I “use my imagination to add a bit of sparkle to the story.” I’m a contributor for Coffee+Crumbs, Off the Page, Makes You Mom, and Relief Journal. My writing has also been featured on Art House America, Tweetspeak Poetry, Good Letters, and Altarwork, and in 2014 I was one of the cast members of the Listen To Your Mother DC show.

I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Seattle Pacific University, and I am working on my first book that will be published through TS Poetry Press.

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