From the monthly archives:

April 2011

trip to the food bank

April 30, 2011
Tarrant Area Food Bank Warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas

One in four kids in America don’t know where his/her next meal is coming from. 1 in 4. These statistics are horrifically sad and a call to action for the Child Hunger Ends Here initiative by Feeding America and ConAgra Foods. Last week I visited the Tarrant Area Food Bank in Fort Worth, Texas to [...]

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wedding perspective

April 29, 2011
boy on swing

I was just a few months older than Ryan is now when Lady Diana and Prince Charles got married. My mom and I stayed up late/got up early so that I could watch the entire event.  Watching live TV was our only option. When you are 11 and a pretty girl in a distant country [...]

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allowance advanced math

April 28, 2011

As you know I have three boys. Each boy gets an allowance. 3 x 1 = 3 I want each boy to learn how to: save give to charity spend responsibly 3 x 3 = 9 A year or two ago I was really excited to find a jar for allowances which separated money into [...]

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trade restrictions

April 26, 2011
boy grinning

Ryan has a deal for you. Ryan has a deal for anyone. It usually involves money, Legos or something he considers rare. When something is rare, it is worth more money or Legos. And if the rare item happens to BE money or Legos…then it is worth even MORE money or Legos. Since he has [...]

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the wounded

April 25, 2011
boy looking at camera

Rhett(5) has always been tough. I suspect it is a third boy coping mechanism…it is either be tough and spend your day crying. He is a participator.  In the middle of everything. Everywhere. No matter the age of the other participants. If there are 10 year old boys playing basketball, he will be under the [...]

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nintendo 3ds launch

April 23, 2011
nintendo 3ds launch trip travel

My boys have endured my blogging for as long as they can remember.  Even before I was blogging, I was subjecting them to posed photos and recording every waking moment of their life to be displayed with brightly colored paper cut-outs and stickered-letters on 12 x 12 pages in archival quality scrapbooks. Quite frankly, it [...]

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boy vs. food

April 19, 2011
boy looking skeptical

All three of my boys went through various levels of picky eating, food favorites and meal shunning. I expected that Ryan(10) would be the most discerning.  It is just his personality to be suspicious of anything.  As a toddler he was food-opinionated, but as he has grown he has surprised me with his willingness to [...]

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the disqualified friend

April 17, 2011
boy laughing

I noticed that my older boys both went through a difficult stretch in 2nd grade where they claimed they had no friends. From the outside looking in, it was obvious that they were exaggerating a bit. But even with problem amplification, it tugs at a mother’s heart to hear those voiced concerns. Ryan went on [...]

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nutella crepes with strawberries

April 13, 2011
Nutella Crepes Nutella crepes with bananas and strawberries

The boys’ favorite restaurant is IHOP.  I don’t complain because it is kids eat free in the evening and IHOP serves breakfast around the clock. That should be the restaurant norm. Lately I have been ordering the Nutella crepes and thought I might be able to improve on them at home.  They are very tasty [...]

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the shopping trip

April 11, 2011
boy wearing short pants

My older boys are anti-clothing. Not really in the I want to go naked way, but more in the I have worn this pair of pants and shirt for a year now and I like the way it feels don’t make me change it way. It is similar to the hair cutting battle I regularly [...]

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texas capitol

April 10, 2011
pictures taken at the Texas Capitol Building in Austin

I went on a little road trip this week. 15 women from my neighborhood boarded a bus and headed to Austin.  We toured the Story of Texas Museum, had a reception at the Capitol, met with our Senator, Jane Nelson, ate at Sandra Bullock’s Bess, hung out in the lobby of the Omni until ungodly [...]

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