This evening, my 18 year old son, my hubby and I are going to Junior Senior Banquet, the genteel home-school version of prom. Fancy clothes, fancy dinner, pictures, talent show, folk dancing. My son and I have been looking forward to it for weeks.   My hubby, not so much. This afternoon my hubby...
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CLICK HERE to enter the giveaway for a $100 gift card from OXICLEAN ———— This evening my 5 year old came to tell me about a picture she had drawn.  Her explanation was so funny that I had to write the story down. ———— Jack was little and then he turned big. He was looking for food, like...
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Today my son was reading a biography about Harry Truman, and found out that Harry Truman was born in Missouri just like me. Very earnestly he asked, “Did you know him, Mom?” The only thing worse than my son asking me if I knew a president from the late 40’s was realizing that the man...
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The Blind Side For Valentine’s Day John took me to see The Blind Side. I count it as Sandra Bullock’s best performance ever, bar none. We own both Lake House and While You Were Sleeping and have seen them often enough that I can quote fair portions of both movies. I love...
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When little girls ask mom to come play Barbies with them, and mom discovers that most of the shoes have no matches, a shoe hunt becomes necessary.  Thankfully (shoes being essential to Barbie happiness) we were able to find a good assortment.   Made for a grand shoe store. Hairstyling at...
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One day last week when I had just two kids at home, I stopped with them at Panda Express for dinner.  Our five year old, not known for her appetite, declared that she was having orange chicken and nothing else. I scanned the menu and saw that a single serving of orange chicken was...
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…you may find that she dozes from time to time… …but it is best to cover her eyes during the scary parts. After all, you don’t want her to have scary dreams.
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After running errands with my girls this morning, we grabbed deli chicken to bring home to the family for lunch. My 5 year old dug into her piece, tearing off the skin to eat it with gusto. “I just love chicken peels!” she said happily.
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… and my 7 year old daughter just came in and said, “Wow, usually when I see something that looks this good, it’s not in our house.” I think that’s a compliment…?  As well as a dis of the entire rest of the house.
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Amid the clattering of hundreds of Legos being cleaned up by half a dozen hands, my 11 year old son came over to where I was sitting. He put his hands on my knees, leaned down, and looked me in the eyes. “It’s the story of a family,” he said wisely. “Mess. Clean...
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