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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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underachieving mother

May 10, 2011

Over-achiever parents. Their existence in this world just shines a spotlight on my underachievingness. Their child walks into school rolling in a 1/25th scale Taj Mahal made out of toothpicks, gold-leafed with a water feature. My child walks into school clutching a self-constructed Lego mass that was crushed into pieces by a rolling backpack in [...]

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the disqualified friend

April 17, 2011

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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the shopping trip

April 11, 2011

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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car line

April 4, 2011

My kids only go to school three days a week, but that means that three days a week I endure the dreaded car line. 5 years ago when I received the 2 pages of instructions on how to negotiate the dreaded car line, I studied them faithfully until they were committed to memory. The first [...]

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man with a plan

March 26, 2011

boy lays under play equipment at the park

Reid(7) is a bit impulsive. Before he could swim, he would just jump into a pool. What is your plan, Reid? He climbs high into a tree and can’t get back down. What is your plan, Reid? He refuses to pee before leaving the house even though it is obvious that he is uncomfortable. What [...]

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and a partridge in a pear tree

December 26, 2010

Two boys a dancin’. One lord a leapin’.

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temporarily

November 16, 2010

One of the things I have been careful about here is to filter my writing about my children as to not embarrass them or scar them for life. I prefer to have my actual parenting do that. Because of this, I haven’t fully written about some of our daily struggles. I don’t think this is [...]

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learning life lessons

October 12, 2010

Reid is in second grade and his teacher is pro-journal. As in second graders writing regular journal entries. As in second grade BOY writing regular journal entries. *sigh* It isn’t that I am anti-journal…I mean I write a blog! But that is just it. I write a blog. Second grade boys aren’t journal-prolific. Reid’s prolific [...]

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dallas arboretum

September 18, 2010

boy walks toward the playhouse in the Dallas Arboretum

These are pictures from our very first visit to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. We went with a group of friends who swore that it was going to be kid-friendly. I was skeptical…flowers and trees don’t hold my boys attention very long. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens – 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, TX 75218; [...]

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a tale of 3 backpacks

August 31, 2010

This is one of my favorite posts from last year about this time. The orange backpack continues to return home each morning pulled now by a four year old who still isn’t in school. Once upon a time there were three backpacks. A brand new yellow one. A brand new green one. A hand-me-down orange [...]

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