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August 2021

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6 Fredericksburg Parent and Family • August 2021 parent fredericksburg & family Entrepreneur of the Year PROUD FOUNDING MEMBER ADVERTISING PHONE 540-429-3572 EMAIL leighanne@fredericksburgparent.net CALENDAR & SOCIAL MEDIA E-MAIL webmaster@fredericksburgparent.net EDITORIAL PHONE 540-429-3572 E-MAIL fredparenteditor@gmail.com SNAIL MAIL P.O. Box 7884, F'burg, VA 22404 www.fredericksburgparent.net The publishers reserve the right to reject any advertisement, editorial or listing that does not meet the publication's stan- dards. No part of this magazine may be reproduced with out permission. Listing and advertising rates are available upon request. Every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the information con- tained herein, however, the publisher cannot guarantee such accuracy. Listings and advertisements are sub- ject to typographical errors, ommissions and/or change without notice. For terms and conditions please visit our website at www.fredericksburgparent.net © Copyright 2019 Nurture, Inc. All rights reserved. LIKE facebook.com/ FredericksburgParent SIGN UP www.FredParent.net TWEET twitter.com/fredparent PIN www.pinterest.com/ fredparent FOLLOW @fredparentmagazine WRITTEN BY CHRIS JONES editor's note editor's note Photo by Corey Miller Photography School's School's Back Back Already? Already? PUBLISHER Leigh Anne Van Doren Tabitha & Jamie Nelle's mom EDITOR & WEBMASTER Chris Jones Quincy, Hayden & Olive's dad MEDIA & ADVERTISING DIRECTOR Megan Walsh: Mia, Noelle & Adelaide's mom DESIGN & PRODUCTION Cheryl Carter: Alex, Kate & Jackie's mom CALENDAR & COOL THINGS TO DO ELETTER Caroline Murray: Nate and Brendan's mom EDUCATION & INFANT ELETTERS Debra Caffrey: Aidan's mom SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR Jessica Trask: Cye, Asher and Ragan's mom MARKETING & EVENT INTERNS Mira Dover and Ragan Trask OK, parents … by show of hands, how many of you felt like this year's summer vacation was restful for the first time? Yes, our children were home with us running through every room imaginable, picking on one another, prolonging bedtimes ("Just 10 more minutes?"), and wiping out the pantry no sooner than we filled it, but didn't it feel restful? Having a time when you didn't have to pack a lunch, wash a mask or check to make sure Zoom was on a screen (and not Roblox!) was a pleasant change. It's been like active recovery—the 30-minute jog between days of high-inten- sity workouts. And here we are, staring down another school year like a rack of dumb- bells. It's time to do our reps again, ladies and gentlemen. As of now, we don't know what the guidelines look like regarding masks and social distancing within our schools but won't be anything we've not seen and overcome. Each day brings us closer to school normalcy. On that note, one of the more hilarious sides of back-to-school for me has always been the ever-growing school supply list. I can recall growing up and not needing much more than pencils and pens, paper, folders, binders, glue, and crayons/colored pencils. These days, my kids' supply list resem- bles a CVS receipt. Last school year, my then third grader needed 16 glue sticks as a requirement. That's right, 16. I seem to recall getting through an entire school year with one medium-sized bottle of glue. In closing, I'd love to find out some requirements on your child's list that make you laugh. Visit us on Facebook and let us know. I'd like to include your comments in our next issue. Until then,

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