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Overnight transformation

June 11, 2009
Reid Wet

Dear Reid, Today you turned 6. SIX! This year has been big for you.  You have grown into holding your own.  Some of the stages have been noisy, but your quiet confidence is refreshing around here. There are so many things about you that make me catch my breath. -Your big eyes – often partially [...]

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The $17.99 cake give or take $48.99

June 9, 2009
Target Super Center entrance

Holly’s middle son, Reid is turning six this week. Happy birthday Reid! Because Reid’s mother is not the actual June Cleaver, Holly needed to purchase cakes. She needed two – one for a family party on Sunday and one for a kid party on Wednesday. Load up the minivan! Holly is going to Target… Because [...]

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Model of unconventional learning

June 3, 2009
Reid looking at camera

Reid(5, turning 6 next week…crap!  I need to be planning a party) has always been Nirvana’s island of quiet in the middle of chaos.  He has a quiet, laid back spirit.  He is always thinking, creating and then thinking some more. My little surfer dude. He is the one happily living in a surf shack [...]

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The straight poop

May 27, 2009
Rhett Questioning

One of many things that was not obvious to me before I became a mother was the amount of time I would spend each day in poop-related activities.  And yes, I am referring to the poop of others, not my own. Of course I expected the diaper phase to be poop-laden, but even during that [...]

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Let's talk about the weather

April 30, 2009

It has been a mild Texas spring. We have been hovering in the mid-70s with dips to the high 50s and occasional spikes to the low 80s. The trees and flowers seem a bit non-committal. The buds open slightly, peek around and then tentatively hang in unenthusiastic bloom. Nature has paused. Quite honestly, I can’t [...]

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The house of THIS or THAT

April 10, 2009

I don’t remember what parenting book it was that I read early on, but it made a huge impact on how residents of the Nirvana relate to each other. The book stressed how important it was for children to have choices. These choices needed to be concrete and age-appropriately narrowed down. I interpreted that to [...]

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Strong and silent with a flair for drama

March 29, 2009

Reid (5 almost 6) is the middle child and has always been the forgotten one. From birth he has been my easiest, my most accommodating, my quietly independent child. The un-squeaky wheel. Thank God. He is flanked on either side by brothers with spirits as large as hurricanes. He huddles in the middle to weather [...]

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5 years at the speed of light…

June 10, 2008

Dear Reid, I know you thought this day would never come…your fifth birthday. In fact, over the last 3 months you have asked every morning, “is today my birthday?” and every day until today I have replied, “no”. But today is different. Today what has taken 5 years and 9 months (minus 2 days) to [...]

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