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have the frogs called yet?

February 2, 2012

I believe that we all can look back and think of a childhood obsession that we were pretty sure would be life changing. For me, it usually centered around animals. I remember scrimping and saving to head to the pet store to buy my future BFF. How happy we were going to be together! Me [...]

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justification of smell

January 31, 2012

Boys. Boys. Boys. I know it is my job to civilize them, but some days that is tough. Often it appears that they don’t have a willing spirit in favor of civilization. Every night each boy takes a bath before bed. Every night I say the same things to each one… Wash your hair REALLY [...]

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without a point

December 31, 2011

There are boys who are literal. Black and white. No grey. No off-white. No light-black. I have two of those. If you lay out a plan with charts/graphs and have covered all possible options in your presentation, you will have their support. *handshake* And then there is Reid(8). Oh how I just want to hug [...]

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the christmas quilt picture story of 2007

December 21, 2011

Welcome to the Fifth Annual Posting of the Christmas Quilt Picture Story. This quilt was given to me at my first baby shower. Each year my children are subjected to posing with it for holiday photographs. In 2007, I again dragged the kids down to a large department store portrait studio. It was the same studio chain [...]

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the coat(s)

November 2, 2011

Back in my previous life as a capable professional, my favorite job of all time was for a Pain Clinic. I was the Director of Rehabilitation and worked for 2 of the smartest people I have ever met. They were the doctors who owned and ran the clinic. I loved them both dearly and marveled [...]

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the dream

October 7, 2011

On the way to school this morning, the sky was still a little dark from night. The trees were swaying more than normal. The clouds in the sky that hinted rain might be on the way. But it was Reid(8) that made the strongest argument for scary weather… I had a dream last night that [...]

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i don’t believe in ponies

July 20, 2011

I have mentioned before that skepticism runs high in my offspring. The No Santa debate is so heated that I have ruled that it is limited to holiday time…and not the holiday as defined by Hobby Lobby which has probably already devoted 1/3rd of their store square footage to Christmas in July. They also don’t [...]

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the photos that caused a vacation

June 17, 2011

This is my favorite photo. It is my boys and me on a sailboat in St. Thomas 4 years ago. We went on vacation with my in-laws in celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a wonderful week of family covered in water and sand. When we returned, I made a Shutterfly photo book [...]

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8 is great

June 15, 2011

My sweet*, sweet* Reid turned 8 this week. *Being 8 he can’t exactly show that he is sweet because that would harm his peer reputation, but as his mother I can see that sweetness abounds despite his exterior un-sweetness. Eight is funny. Eight predictably breaks out in random dancing. Eight can hug, but most likely [...]

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homeland security

May 29, 2011

Last week we went on vacation. The good kind. The load up the family, we are going to the beach kind. We spent an entire week in a resort on St. Thomas. There was so much to do…yet, not do. It was a grueling week of decisions… pool vs. beach? shade vs. sun? sail boat [...]

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cause for alarm

May 13, 2011

We took a day trip to Dinosaur Valley yesterday. Four moms and 3 carloads of boys. Our first stop was Dinosaur World. I will try and post pictures tomorrow because it is just one of those things you have to see to believe. Our second stop was Big Rock Park in Glen Rose. Guess what? [...]

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