From the monthly archives:

June 2010

daily bread

June 29, 2010

I have a little issue with bread. I like bread. So does my offspring. Blog-Stedman is more of a meat and potatoes (minus the potatoes) kinda guy, but he is a bread snob. For instance, he requires the proper type of bread for each situation. Don’t even think about putting a hot dog into a [...]

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potluck of sheer exhaustion…sounds fun!

June 27, 2010

whew. *Holly collapses on the floor* OK, so I have been organizing toys all day. Oh, and the great thing is that I am not even CLOSE to being done. In fact, I am at the point that if I stop…it is worse than when I started. Lord help me. And now for a little [...]

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Book Recommendations for 2nd Grade Boy

June 24, 2010

Alrighty, here is the third installment of JCN readers book suggestions. It all started with a plea and then a list of summer reads for mom (me), books that a 9 year old boy would read and now today… *drum roll* Books that a 7 year old boy will like! I have added a few [...]

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self portrait

June 23, 2010

Taken in the room of mirrors at the Leonardo da Vinci exhibit — Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.

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and then i screamed like a little girl

June 22, 2010

It was a quiet evening at home. The boys were all tucked into their beds…well, by this time they were most likely congregated in one bed. Blog-Stedman and I were nestled watching a movie and feeling pretty happy that everything was so calm and it was only 10:30 pm. I stepped out of bed to [...]

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potluck in danger of overexposure

June 20, 2010

Monday can only mean one thing, my friend… It is potluck time. Today’s potluck is brought to you by the letter Y. Here is a little confession: Reid’s seventh birthday was last week. I still haven’t planned his KID party. I haven’t written his birthday post…and when I do I will be backdating it to [...]

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i went to the texas driving experience teen skills class

June 20, 2010

I was invited out to Texas Motor Speedway by the Texas Driving Experience for their Teen Skills Class. The Teen Skills Driving Class is not driver’s education in the traditional sense. It is for teens who already have a driver’s license and are ready to challenge their knowledge with practical hands-on experience. Parents can enroll [...]

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water water everywhere

June 19, 2010

For extra credit… Which picture above was followed by sputtering and screaming resulting in a motherly lecture?

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book recommendations for 4th grade boy

June 16, 2010

I needed help finding books that my 9 year old boy would read. You helped me…THANKS. Here is the recommended book list for Fourth grade boys listed by the most often suggested. I see several that we have read and added my comments – I will be updating those as we continue through the list [...]

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the f word

June 15, 2010

It was early fall. The boys and I were driving somewhere in the minivan. I was listening to the radio and the three of them were quietly chatting in the backseat. A little too quietly. I turned down the radio a bit and started listening to what they were so passionately discussing. They were talking [...]

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