Brave little soldier

February 10, 2010

Rhett(4) is the BRAVE one.  His skills are called upon when a brother needs a protector to go upstairs.  He is also the first one notified when a guinea pig is needed.
He is the Nirvana Mikey…hey, try this!
He is TOUGH.  He has endured rough play since birth and has never whimpered.
When he cries over an [...]

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Color Value

February 8, 2010

The boys put great value on things that are rare.

Ryan(8) has always used scarcity as an argument for a possession’s treasurability.
He has boxes and boxes of rare rocks, sticks, pieces of paper, paper clips, rubber bands, rubber balls, plastic coins, pennies, coupons, voided credit cards, string, pencils and countless other items that absolutely-under-no-circumstances to be [...]

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Just a typical 25 minutes

February 6, 2010

9:00 am: Holly is on the computer in the kitchen.
Blog-Stedman looks over her shoulder.
The younger boys are playing at the kitchen table with Legos next to the oldest who is working on schoolwork.
Ahhhh…nirvana.

9:01 am: Blog-Stedman leaves the room.

9:02 am: The three boys have requests for mommy.
#1 wants help with his work.
#2 would like another glass [...]

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Friends in high places

February 4, 2010

Rhett(4) is a story teller.

(I haven’t a clue where he gets it from.)
His stories are usually big. His speech is such that not all the words he says are understood by other humans.  The cat seems to understand so I don’t want to speak for him.
Of all the stories he tells, my favorite are [...]

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Just a roll of the dice

February 2, 2010

The boys were playing a dice game in the next room.

A very noisy game.
First the die was rolled.
This was followed by a pause, a loud gasp and then squealing.
The squealing went mobile when the running began.
The running continued until the roller caught up with one of his fleeing brothers.
Finally, some sort of tackling occurred with [...]

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Extra! Extra! Read all about it…

January 31, 2010

This is a super exciting day.
A day that has been a year in the making.
About this time last year I was on a little spending spree.  I had a serious shopping habit.  I admit now that I had a problem.
Nordstroms?
Macy’s?
Anthropology?
No.  It was GoDaddy.  I was addicted to purchasing website addresses.  I bought a bunch.  Most [...]

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IKEA: The animated adventure…

January 29, 2010

This is where Holly’s Animated Life began.  The very first episode which was necessary because my camera was non-functional at Ikea.  How can you shop at Ikea without a camera?
Please enjoy this digitally re-mastered rerun that originally aired April 1, 2008.  You will be relieved to know that the road from hell is now a [...]

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Public Restroom Tourapalooza 2010

January 26, 2010

Last week we took a road trip to Colorado.

Yes, we like a LOT of other Texans think that Colorado should just be part of Texas (in fact I would be willing to negotiate a map fold arrangement where we cut out about 7 hours of the trip between DFW and Vail).  One of the things [...]

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Snotty nosed kid

January 24, 2010

Rhett’s(4) nose started running last week while on vacation.  Running, just a little.  No big deal.  He just needs a tissue every once in awhile.

No big deal to me.
Very big deal to him.
He believes his nose is now his enemy.  He looks at it in the mirror in disgust. He taps at it punishingly.
Mom, WHY [...]

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Order

January 22, 2010

One of the things I love about Reid(6) is that he throws himself completely into anything he does.  One of the things he does is follow his older brother’s instructions.  It isn’t everything Ryan(8) suggests, but a large percentage of his schemes are put into action.

Age does have its advantages around here.  There is an [...]

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Math time

January 20, 2010

I have had an issue of time in my home for the last 18 years – coincidentally, the exact number of years I have been married.
My home is divided into time zones, but not in coordinated lines of one hour intervals like the real world.  Each house clock is the epicenter for it’s own random [...]

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