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	<title>The Anker Fam·i·ly</title>
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	<description>A Diary of An Ordinary Family Doing Ordinary Things ….</description>
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		<title>Oh Canada!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2002 &#8211; when Canada won double hockey gold (Women&#8217;s &#38; Men&#8217;s), an impromptu party started on Yonge Street here in Toronto &#8211; I walked from Yonge &#38; Bloor to Yonge &#38; Front and back &#8211; giving High 5&#8217;s to about 1000 people (or so!).  I LOVE the Winter Olympic games and as we found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2010/03/01/oh-canada/</link>
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		<title>Manzanillo, Mexico</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For this years yearly trip south we chose the west coast of Mexico and found a really charming place called Manzanillo.  It was a beautiful resort called Barcelo Karima Palace &#8211; which we highly recommend and we would return there without hesitation.  Every year we have the conversation around &#8220;Can we afford to go&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2010/02/15/manzanillo-mexico/</link>
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		<title>My Poor Neglected Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, I need to say &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry&#8221; to my poor neglected blog and to say that she (my blog is a female &#8211; because it does so much and is always (most always) reliable and dependable) is not forgotten.
I&#8217;ve just been busy, here&#8217;s a recount of the last month, yep, its been that long:
Here&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2010/01/18/my-poor-neglected-blog/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Wishes from the Anker Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays and All the Best from Herman, Elina and Dina
Here&#8217;s a quick photo of Elina:

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		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/12/24/holiday-wishes-from-the-anker-family/</link>
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		<title>Ultra 5 &#8211; WOW</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elina passed from Ultra 4 to Ultra 5 tonight in her swimming lessons &#8211; it was her second attempt at Ultra 4 and she was excited to PASS!  This is worth a package of stickers for sure!!  Congrats Elina&#8230;YOU ROCK!!

Ultra 4  &#8211; Development of breath control, entries, deepwater techniques, survival skills and front crawl. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/11/26/ultra-5-wow/</link>
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		<title>Photo Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have not fallen of the face of the earth, just very busy.  Elina&#8217;s adjusted to Grade 1 wonderfully.  She&#8217;s enjoying the full day of school and misses the time she would have normally spent at daycare in the afternoon.
She&#8217;s enrolled in swimming and gymnastics again this fall and in the winter, we shall try [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/10/22/photo-update-2/</link>
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		<title>Apprehensive About Grade 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning, after her 7:05 wake up call, Elina stated
&#8220;I&#8217;m a little apprehensive about starting Grade 1&#8243; today&#8221;
Elina started asking &#8220;what does &#8220;____&#8221; mean when she hears a word and we would try to define the word.  She does sometimes use the word in conversation.  I was pleasantly surprized about her apprehension this morning and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/09/08/apprehensive-about-grade-1/</link>
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		<title>CNE 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elina and I spent the day at the Canadian National Exhibition.
We ran into Lori &#38; Shawn (&#38; Stella and Conner) and then Uma and her family.  We ate alot of junk food and I even went one one too many spinnnnney rides with Elina.  We saw the Superdogs Show and the kids enjoyed the day!  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/09/07/cne-2009/</link>
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		<title>Elina Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elina, Hill &#38; I spent the afternoon at Canada&#8217;s Wonderland &#8211; whatahoot, Elina&#8217;s a total thrill seeker&#8230;Taking on at least 3 &#8211; EXTREME THRILL rides (3 of them!!!!)  Hillary is leaving next weekend   so this was our last weekend to do a girly thing.  We had a full fun day!
First is the  video:

Then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/08/23/elina-time/</link>
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		<title>On Being 6</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Elina&#8217;s had a busy busy summer and loving most every second of it.  She turned 6 on August 9.  We had so many birthday parties this summer and BBQ&#8217;s and play dates and such that it has flown by so quickly.
Soon she will start Grade 1 &#8211; a full day of school (from 8:45 to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.family.anker.ca/2009/08/23/on-being-6/</link>
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