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" My oldest daughter started third grade today. I can&amp;#039;t believe that she&amp;#039;s so grown-up. She is wearing purple and blue plaid because &amp;quot;Mom, I&amp;#039;m really into plaid right now.&amp;quot; Going back to school for her is made a little easier by the fact that she&amp;#039;s in a program where the kids in her class basically stay the same each year. Someone might move, or there might be one or two new kids, but for the most part it will be the same group all the way through elementary school. She was hoping last night that there might be a new kid or two so she can &amp;quot;make a new friend.&amp;quot; I love that kids at this age are still excited by that possibility rather than nervous about new people in the way that adults might be. She was so excited to see her friends on the playground this morning, so excited to carry her new backpack, and she walked into school hand in hand with her friend Camilla without looking back. I&amp;#039;m hoping she&amp;#039;ll have a great day and that all the kids out there starting school today will have a great experience as well. Happy Back to School. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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