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	<title>The Genial Hearth</title>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Dinner with Paddington&#8217;s folks to celebrate his birthday.
Saturday: Dinner with friends to celebrate Paddington&#8217;s birthday.
Sunday: Roast Beef with Vegies.
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa.
Tuesday: Curried Sausages.
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad.
Thursday: Minestrone and Bread.
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/06/20/food-post-friday-17/</link>
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		<title>Birthday Blaze</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate being a year older, I&#8217;m planning to sit around a campfire for a couple of hours.
So, Friday night, you&#8217;re all welcome to come by from about 8ish onwards. Our kids will (hopefully!) be in bed, but kids are welcome. We&#8217;ll have a fire, some spiced apple juice and mulled wine, and some marshmallows. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/06/08/birthday-blaze/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Whatever we&#8217;re served at the Rogaine.
Saturday: Whatever we&#8217;re served at the Hash House.
Sunday: Leftover Bacon and Corn Chowder or Takeaway.
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa.
Tuesday: Bec&#8217;s Antipasto Pasta (made by Puggle).
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad.
Thursday: Gulaschsuppe.
(Friday: We&#8217;ll be doing something for my birthday&#8230; just a heads up—haven&#8217;t settled on any details yet!)
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/06/05/food-post-friday-16/</link>
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		<title>My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s some information about it here, and .mp3s here and here.
O, my love is like a red, red rose,
that&#8217;s newly sprung in June.
O, my love is like a melody,
that&#8217;s sweetly play&#8217;d in tune.
As fair thou art, my bonnie lass,
so deep in love am I,
And I will love thee still, my dear,
till a&#8217; the seas gang [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/06/01/my-love-is-like-a-red-red-rose/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Take away&#8230; Possibly Chooks:-)
Saturday: Dinner with Uncle P and family&#8230; I believe he&#8217;s planning Beouf Bourgignon
Sunday: Roast Pork with vegies
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa
Tuesday: Pasta Puttanesca
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad
Thursday: Corn and Bacon Chowder with Bread
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/05/29/food-post-friday-15/</link>
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		<title>Chooks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Meet Blackie and Henny, they&#8217;ve come to stay for a year while friends go around Australia.
Puggle and Bilby are so excited about their stay! (Although, I had to have a couple of attempts at putting a Very Sad boy to bed tonight, after saying goodbye to his very good friend:-( )
They brought their own tractor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/05/25/chooks/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Takeaway from Tsunami:-)
Saturday: Recovering from a wedding—we&#8217;ll see what takes our fancy&#8230;
Sunday: Roast Beef and Roast Vegetables
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa
Tuesday: Beef Sausages with Lentil Stew
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad
Thursday: Black Olive and White Bean Soup with Bread (the soup is new to me).
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/05/22/food-post-friday-14/</link>
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		<title>Land Of The Silver Birch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s some information about it here. There&#8217;s a recording at the bottom of the page.
Land of the silver birch, home of the beaver
Where still the mighty moose wanders at will
Blue lake and rocky shore
I will return once more.
Boom di-de-eye dy
Boom di-de-eye dy
Boom di-de-eye dy
Boom
My heart is sick for you,here in the lowlands
I will return to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/05/01/land-of-the-silver-birch/</link>
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		<title>Youse Guys are Grouse! (Grubby Nails)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was fantastic!
We had 11 adults and 7 kids (plus Cygnet, who pretty much slept for most of it) turn up over the course of the day. So much got done! Far more than I had really anticipated:-)
I put up a list of jobs to do, vaguely sorted in order of preference. This was a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/26/youse-guys-are-grouse-grubby-nails/</link>
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		<title>Ginger Nuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[These are one of Paddington&#8217;s favourites:-) They&#8217;re really simple—and if it weren&#8217;t for the lack of uniformity in shape, you wouldn&#8217;t be able to tell them apart from the packet ones we know and love:-)
Ginger Nut Biscuits from The West Australian, Extra Liftout : Saturday November 29, 2003
60 grams butter
1 ½ cups sugar
1 egg
¼ cup [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/26/ginger-nuts/</link>
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		<title>Timing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s the way you&#8217;re meant to use an oven:-)
Tonight&#8217;s roast and vegetables in the oven. While they&#8217;re cooking, do lots of preparation around the house for tomorrow&#8217;s gardening extravaganza. Then, begin the Boiled Fruit Cake (boil up the fruit and spice and butter and sugar then leave to cool). Make a Simplicity Chocolate Cake and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/25/timing/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Trying pinwheels for lunch. For dinner, I&#8217;m taking Tacos to share with friends (well, taco filling, tortillas, &#8217;sour cream&#8217; aka Greek Style Yoghurt, and whatever salad bits I can find)
Saturday: Roast Beef with Roast Potatoes, Onions, Carrot and Peas
Sunday: I&#8217;m making Tomato Soup (vegetarian, tin-free and dairy-free) and also serving Gulaschsuppe for the Grubby [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/24/food-post-friday-13/</link>
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		<title>Peach and Vanilla Pie</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, we had peaches needing to be used, and friends coming to dinner, which reminded me that I hadn&#8217;t made this in quite some time:-)
Peach and Vanilla Pie from Australian Gourmet Traveller, March 2005
350 grams flour, plain, (2 1/3 cups)
60 grams almond meal
½ teaspoon salt, sea
50 grams sugar, caster
250 grams butter, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/20/peach-and-vanilla-pie/</link>
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		<title>Pot-Roasted Cider Chicken with Speck and Carrots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pot-Roasted Cider Chicken with Speck and Carrots from The West Magazine
oil, olive
150 grams pancetta, chopped
1 large onion, red
5 cloves garlic, bruised
2-3 bay leaf, fresh
400 grams carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
375 milliliters cider, (mid/dry, or add a splash of brandy if it&#8217;s very sweet)
1 chicken
Preheat the oven to 180˚C. Heat the olive oil in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/19/pot-roasted-cider-chicken-with-speck-and-carrots/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 5, Block 3, Boronia Term (Break Week)
Theoretically this week contains nothing but continuing to sing. Given the last couple of weeks though, I think I&#8217;ll aim for us to do a little Copywork, a little Maths and some History. If we can manage to finish the last sections of The Gods and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/19/this-week-111/</link>
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		<title>Dates</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a reminder that this Sunday (the 19th) is Craft Sunday. I&#8217;ll probably be working on some wedding and birthday presents&#8230; Come by any time after 1.30.
Also, the following Sunday is the Grubby Nails gathering. Come by any time from 10, bring gloves if you have them, and newspapers would be good (we&#8217;re pretty short, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/18/dates/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 4, Block 3, Boronia Term
Well&#8230; owing to recovering from Swancon (and the short week that gave us), we really did very little (in fact, I think Puggle pretty much just did Weather Watch). Of course, he did play a number of games (fair amount of problem solving there) and played with numbers a few [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/18/progress-97/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Pizza with friends
Saturday: Tacos
Sunday: Pot-Roasted Cider Chicken with Speck and Carrots (I can&#8217;t believe I haven&#8217;t blogged this one!)
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa
Tuesday: Chicken Spaghetti
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad
Thursday: Gulaschsuppe
(Edited to add the link to the Chicken Recipe.)
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/17/food-post-friday-12/</link>
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		<title>Swancon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a lovely time:-) Many things worked for me (including the Kiddy Programme, most worthwhile, and I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing how it develops in years to come:-) ), but for me, this year was all about the gaming:-)
Big_jobbies did a fabulous job of organising a really welcoming gaming stream—I have not previously gamed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/14/swancon/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 4, Block 3, Boronia Term
Puggle
Chapter 7 &#8216;Classroom Items&#8217; from Song School Latin by Amy Rehn
&#8216;Hestia&#8217; from The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki
&#8216;The Man and the Lion&#8217;, &#8216;The Ass and the Lapdog&#8217;, &#8216;The Milkmaid and her Pail&#8217; from Aesop&#8217;s Fables for Children Illustrated by Milo Winter
The House at Pooh Corner by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/12/this-week-114/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 3, Block 3, Boronia Term
Not as much done this week as I would like to have achieved. We spent some time working on Puggle&#8217;s costume, and otherwise preparing for Swancon:-)
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/11/progress-99/</link>
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		<title>End of an Era</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When he was about five months old, we began swimming at Waterbabies with Puggle. It has been one of the highlights of our week ever since. Today, he swam there for the last time. We&#8217;ve both felt quite sad that the time has come to an end. He has loved his lessons, even though he&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/06/end-of-an-era/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 3, Block 3, Boronia Term
Puggle
Chapter 7 &#8216;Classroom Items&#8217; from Song School Latin by Amy Rehn
&#8216;Dionysus&#8217;, &#8216;Demeter and Persephone&#8217; from The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki
&#8216;The Eagle and the Beetle&#8217;, &#8216;The Old Lion and the Fox&#8217; from Aesop&#8217;s Fables for Children Illustrated by Milo Winter
The House at Pooh Corner by A. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/05/this-week-113/</link>
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		<title>Pastie (Pie)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My mum has always made Pastie Pies (basically, a pastie filling but in a pie case so there&#8217;s less pastry and less fiddling.) It&#8217;s pretty amazing:-) I have finally managed to get the recipe, so I tried these recently—I can see why she does it in a pie, but the little pasties are the way [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/04/pastie-pie/</link>
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		<title>Hot Cross Buns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I made these last year, and failed to blog them. I did make a number of notes in MacGourmet though:-) 
I tried them again this year. I didn&#8217;t manage to take a photo, but I thought I should actually put them up:-) I was pretty pleased with the way this worked out, although it&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/03/hot-cross-buns/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 2, Block 3, Boronia Term
I&#8217;m really struggling with establishing our second &#8216;learning&#8217; session. I&#8217;m calling it the Afternoon Focus Time, and I&#8217;m tending to try and do it after I&#8217;ve put Bilby to bed for her nap, just as I&#8217;m about to settle Puggle for his Quiet Time. This is fine as long as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/03/progress-98/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Freezer Lasagne
Saturday: Mum&#8217;s Pastie (I haven&#8217;t made this before&#8230; I have mum&#8217;s recipe, but it has apparently evolved and I only have the original&#8230; I&#8217;ll be blogging it once I suss out the details because it is good!)
Sunday: Roast Pork with Apple and Apricot Risotto, followed by Peach and Vanilla Pie (this I&#8217;ve made [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/03/food-post-friday-11/</link>
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		<title>The Rose of Tralee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t find any .mp3s, but youtube gave me this, and this.
The Rose of Tralee 
The pale moon was rising
above the green mountain;
the sun was declining
beneath the blue sea
when I strayed with my love
to the pure crystal fountain
that stands in the beautiful
vale of Tralee.
She was
lovely and fair
as the rose of the summer
yet &#8217;twas not her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/04/01/the-rose-of-tralee/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s on Puggle&#8217;s Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When you have another baby, I want to ask the midwives how Santa knows that there&#8217;s another baby.&#8221;
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/30/whats-on-puggles-mind/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 2, Block 3, Boronia Term
Puggle
Chapter 6 &#8216;People&#8217; from Song School Latin by Amy Rehn
&#8216;Hades&#8217; from The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus by Aliki
&#8216;The Wolf in Sheep&#8217;s Clothing&#8217;, &#8216;The Bull and the Goat&#8217; from Aesop&#8217;s Fables for Children Illustrated by Milo Winter
The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne
&#8216;Adventures of an Indian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/29/this-week-112/</link>
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		<title>Bedding Down for Winter (Grubby Nails)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hosting a Grubby Nails gathering! It will be on either Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th April from about 10am (let me know which suits you best and we&#8217;ll work out which a little closer to the day).  
We have a number of jobs to do in and around the garden.
There&#8217;s 2 cubic metres [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/28/bedding-down-for-winter-grubby-nails/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 1, Block 3, Boronia Term
Not bad. We hit most of the things I had planned. Maths is continuing to be a hit, as is Latin (although, I do need to be more particular about checking the activities ahead of time in case there are things I need to prepare). They&#8217;re both rather taken with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/28/progress-100/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Fried Spiced Nuts, biscuits for a potluck dinner.
Saturday: Roast Beef with Roast Potato, Onion, Butternut and Peas.
Sunday: Oriental Fried Noodle Salad (for lunch). Chorizo and Black Bean Soup with Cornbread
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa.
Tuesday: Vietnamese Spring Rolls.
Wednesday: Dinner with Grandma and Grandad.
Thursday: Steak and More-ish Crunch Salad.
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/27/food-post-friday-10/</link>
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		<title>New Additions to the Archives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just gone through and added a number of posts that I have been meaning to post for a while&#8230; so far back that they may not have shown up in your feeds. Some of them were things I really wanted to share (but I also wanted the timing to be correct&#8230;), so I thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/25/new-additions-to-the-archives/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 1, Block 3, Boronia Term
Puggle
Chapter 5 &#8216;Family Members&#8217; from Song School Latin by Amy Rehn
&#8216;Apollo&#8217; from The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus Aliki
&#8216;The Frog and the Mouse&#8217;, &#8216;The Fox and the Crab&#8217;, &#8216;The Serpent and the Eagle&#8217; from Aesop&#8217;s Fables for Children Illustrated by Milo Winter
The House at Pooh Corner A. A. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/22/this-week-110/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 5, Block 2, Boronia Term
Very relaxed:-) It actually felt quite different from our usual pattern—which hasn&#8217;t been the case in the past. We did sing occasionally, and Puggle (and Bilby:-) ) asked about Mat Time/Maths/Copywork (very cute, Bilby asking about &#8216;Dopyword?&#8217;).
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/21/progress-96/</link>
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		<title>Food Post Friday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday: Sausages and Greek Salad
Saturday: Wine Dinner:-) We&#8217;re on Entrée. We&#8217;ll be doing Soy Roasted Nuts, Smoked Salmon Rolls, Salami Tarts and Thai Corn Cakes from Jill Dupleix&#8217;s Very Simple Food. There&#8217;ll be a post on these when it&#8217;s done:-)
Sunday: Roast Chicken with Roast Potato, Sweet Potato, Onion and Peas
Monday: Dinner with Granny and Grandpa [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/20/food-post-friday-9/</link>
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		<title>Craft Sunday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[on the 22nd of March, 1.30 onwards.
Hope to see some of you there:-) No idea what I&#8217;ll be working on, but as always&#8230; I have plenty of options:-)
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		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/15/craft-sunday-7/</link>
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		<title>This Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our plans for
Week 5, Block 2, Boronia Term (Break Week)
As usual, fairly limited plans for this week. I&#8217;m still on Science for co-op, so we&#8217;ll be doing that. We&#8217;re still hoping not to kill the garden, so probably some gardening should occur (we&#8217;re due to get some mulch tomorrow,  so potentially a whole lot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/15/this-week-109/</link>
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		<title>Progress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Week 4, Block 2, Boronia Term
We did Mat Time and Table Time four out of the five days (which is all I&#8217;m really planning on). Puggle needed to write his name in a birthday card this week, and it was definitely much more consistent in size and the letters were far more controlled (that&#8217;s what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.genialhearth.com/2009/03/14/progress-95/</link>
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