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Pin itThis is “basically” what I heard from my 9 year-old son All. The. Way. to church this morning. It’s a 20 minute drive… This is only a brief excerpt… because I love you. Talk chatterchatter talk chatterchatter snot andthen BLAM! KAPOW! SCHPEW!SCHPEW!SCHPEW!!! talk chatterchatter talktalktalk andandand andandthenthenthen talk chatterchatter talk BOOM! BAM! ZOINK!!! SSSSCHOWWWW!!! andthensnot talk chatterchatter talk poop andthenandand [...]
If my son had any concept of time
Pin itI’d be really mad. But he doesn’t, so I am cutting him a whole lotta slack lately. When he expresses his observations about “the years of old”, he has no idea he is TOTALLY callin’ his mutha an Old Lady. He sees black and white photos and thinks they are pictures of the/my old [...]
It's been nearly 20 years…
Pin itsince I turned 16. Around here, we are gearing up for a big celebration of that anniversary at the end of October. And all this planning to celebrate an event that happened 20 years ago has me feeling a bit nostalgic. As I was cleaning the basement today, I came across my old high [...]
"Poo-poo" demystified
Pin itMe (the Mom): Lucy, where are you? My 3-year-old, Lucy: I’m in he-ere. Me: Oh. Going potty? Lucy: No going poo-poo. Me: Do you need me to help you wipe? Lucy: No. I do it by mysewf. Lucy: I all done! (giggling) That poo-poo floats! It big like my head. Lucy: Mama?! Does poo-poo [...]
The first day of school – pictures and all!
Pin itWhew. I made it. For some reason, sending my daughter off to 1st grade – a FULL day of school was terribly hard. It hurt. I ached. I cried. I felt silly. My son was headed to third, the wee one was tearing it up at preschool. With those two – we hugged and [...]
Mother to Mother
Pin itI went to spin class today. One of the Little Lifters child-care workers came to get me. Tanget: I’m glad it was the end of class. I’d hoped to do a little arm strength and act a fool in the weight room, but I was content just to get summa my butt kicked and [...]
Naptime Gone Bad
Pin itWhoever said “Silence is golden”… never knew a 3 year old who was supposed to be taking a nap. Above: The “Silencers” Below: Only part of Silent Non-napper’s artistic creation If one looks closely – one can see little chunkies on those sweet fingers. “Chunky what?” Nearly an entire jumbo tube of glue stick. [...]
Twins, except not really. But kinda.
Pin itMy Lucy is on the right, and her friend “E” is on the left. “E” was born on the same day as Lucy, at the same hospital as Lucy… just rooms away. Our families didn’t know each other then, but now our girls go to preschool together. This picture was taken at their recent field [...]
The Exciting Journey That Is: Potty Training
Pin itMy daughter is 3. She is not potty trained. But she tells us immediately after she’s peed in her diaper. I PEED! Yup. You know you envy me. Yesterday, she was having a hard time going, #2. It was such hard work that she fell asleep while sitting at the kitchen table drinking apple [...]
Kids are like…
Pin itferrets. We had 2 ferrets before we had kids – Sport and Molly. Stinky animals – even though they were de-stinked. Anywho… We would find all sorts of treasures in and behind our couches, or tucked into the darkest recesses of our home. We had this one couch that had storage underneath – we’d [...]
