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This is why I love the school years at Willow's age.  I get inundated with TONS of projects and drawings and colorings and rainbows and butterflys and paper projects galore (poor trees!). 

While I don't save all of them--I am grateful to be able to put many of them up around my house.

I especially love that she came home last night with this little decoration for Thanksgiving.




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