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<\/p>\nIt won’t be long before I can retire from breakfast and dessert-making, thanks to the efforts of my industrious kids!\u00a0 Jim is quite the pancake professional, as you can see from his focused efforts below:<\/p>\n
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And Becky is a chocolate dessert-maker extraordinaire!\u00a0 ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/myfaithandjoy.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3552.jpg?resize=480%2C640\")
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Now if only I could get them to take on the laundry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It won’t be long before I can retire from breakfast and dessert-making, thanks to the efforts of my industrious kids! Jim is quite the pancake professional, as you can see from his focused efforts below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
And Becky is a chocolate dessert-maker extraordinaire! <\/p>\n
Now if only I could get them to take on 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