Spanking. It\’s controversial. It\’s a parenting choice, for now… This post sparked my gut. She linked to an article — \”To spank or not? Let the town vote.\”. A woman noted in the article had spanked her 11 year-old daughter years before and remembers crying for 25 minutes after. This woman \”has a clear memory [...]
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Repeat After Me??
Yesterday, I drove into Seattle and talked to myself as I maneuvered through the city. I was in my own world, but Livi woke me out of it as I heard her repeat after me, \”What oo think oo doin\’?\”, \”Where oo goin\’\”, and \”Hey buddy!\” Yikes, it\’s easy to forget those little ears catch [...]
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Mommy’s dictionary
Livi is talking up a storm. Right before she turned 2 she started speaking in sentences (4 word-ers) The first one was, “Hey, stop talkin’ peoples!” She said this to Paul, Joel and I, (palm held up – think “Stop in the Name of Love”) while we were all in the kitchen eating breakfast. “Unyockin’ [...]
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A Well Balanced Meal
Ever since the week after Mother\’s Day, Joel has been in \”breakfast in your bed\” mode. The breakfast pictured here has your chocolate-chip cookie dough group, pop tart group and a banana – gotta get that potassium in somehow! Other things I have gotten are: cotton candy, waffles with a few chocolate chips sprinkled on [...]
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The Rhinobuns Family
Hi! My name is Zippy Rhinobuns. I am married to a wonderful man, Dorky Rhinobuns. Crusty Rhinobuns is our exhuberant son. Our darling daughter is Chim-Chim-Rhinobuns. Today I am thankful for taking my husbands last name because I am not longer a Girdlejuice! What\’s your name??? I got this in an email today… The following [...]
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No Frills Women
I found No Frills Women today. It is Jen Singer’s blog about the No Frills way of life. You know, for women who shave up to the hem of their Capri pants, because why bother shaving what no one will see? I needed to read no more… connection in an instant! However, I couldn’t resist, [...]
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