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Beautiful, “Beautiful”

On Sunday, Gabriella sang a wonderful version of Beautiful [ watch Christina Aguilera version ] to help support our church’s service on Transgender issues.  This is a wonderful song, with a powerful message, that stirs emotions in everyone.  Of course, … Continue reading

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Gabriella’s Mad as a Hatter

Gabriella had her 11th Birthday Party yesterday, around the theme of Alice in Wonderland. She was “Alice” but she was also, mad as a Hatter – as were all of the girls in attendance! Participants had to enter through the … Continue reading

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Edgewood Vocal & Band Concert

Dance, music, she does it all! Along with the year-end Dance Recital, Gabriella had her 5th grade Chorus performance and Band Concert this month too. She lead the vocal concert off with some metallophone accompaniment and played her trumpet in … Continue reading

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Race for the Cure (part II)

Today, Gabriella, her Mom, and a small group from school, ran in Philly’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. As you already know, a classmate of Gabriella’s, Katelyn, lost her mother to breast cancer this year, and Gabriella was … Continue reading

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Boston Tea Party

On Friday, May 7, Gabriella’s class performed a short play about the Boston Tea Party – for all you Belgians, it was an important event in the history of our country. Gabriella played the role of Honor Turner (a fictional … Continue reading

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RACE for the CURE

On Mothers Day (May 9, 2010), Gabriella will be participating in the Race for the Cure in Philadelphia. She was inspired by her friend, Katleyn, whose mom died of breast cancer. She will be running it with her mom, teacher, … Continue reading

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Haunted House

Gabriella turned in her “Haunted House” project on Monday … after slaving for the last few weekends on it. With lots of help from the rest of the family, Gabriella’s vision of her ‘ideal’ haunted house was realized in wood, … Continue reading

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Gabriella’s Musical Theater Camp

For the 3rd year in a row, Gabriella participated in a “Musical Theater” camp. This years theme was Broadway Music. Our little Diva was fabulous, and this was definitely the best performance to-date. Even the “media” was there to document … Continue reading

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Gabriella’s B-day & 4th of July Weekend

July 3rd started with a “bang” … breakfast in bed for our new tienager! We then set out for an early day starting with bowling (actually, a belated event for Elisa’s birthday). After a rough start, everyone improved on their … Continue reading

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Gabriella’s 10th Birthday Party

On Saturday, Gabriella had her birthday party with 6 of her closest BFFs. Unfortunately, Papa was away in Wallenpaupack, PA, with Elisa at a softball tournament. Mama, however, did a great job in preparing for the party, including making aprons … Continue reading

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