Laurie's House

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Alum Ms. R wants to be a pole vaulter. We had an impromptu track and field event this afternoon; she practiced her (amazing!) jumping skills and the Littles tried out some of their own jumping. Note: pay attention to some of the expressions of the onlookers and the intense focus of Ms. R.

Hard to believe these guys have been with us a year already! We had the families gather yesterday, which included three of the last cohort, as they're older siblings of the new ones. With Laurie Todd

Don’t Expect Toddlers To Behave Consistently — They Literally Can’t I know parenting little ones is hard. I’ve been through three toddlers of my own. But we have to remember, they really are so little.

Our mystery has been solved! One of the parents had ordered a toy from etsy for us some time ago - when he ordered the stools they still had this address linked to his account and they were sent here. The stools went to their proper home, but we got to keep one of the big boxes!

A great mystery - this morning two large boxes arrived addressed to Laurie Todd and the fabulous four. We hadn't ordered anything from Macon, Georgia and were quite surprised by this delivery. Upon opening the boxes we found two beautiful handmade stools from woodbee woodworks. They're not exactly infant/toddler furniture, although the children are enjoying standing on them upside down. I found the etsy site for the woodworks and these stools sell for over $200 each, so this is a generous and puzzling gift. If anybody can help us solve the mystery please let us know - I will be contacting woodbee woodworks to see what they can tell me.

We had a brunch party to celebrate the end of this cohort. Great food, good stories, much laughter. With Laurie Todd

Friday was the last day for these toddlers at Laurie's House! They'll be moving on to preschool in September, and a new cohort will start up here in a few weeks (some of them are younger siblings of this batch). With Laurie Todd

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There was a little girl who had a little curl....