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Ka-pow!

Owlhaven — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:01:52 +0000

After listening to several quick and ~~not-terribly-logical~~ completely illogical topic changes in the conversation at lunch, my 15 year old son shook his head, laughed, and said, “It sounds like the train of thought just crashed with the helicopter of confusion.”

but what about the mamas?

Owlhaven — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:04:34 +0000

This afternoon my 5 and 7 year old daughters were playing, when my 5 year old suggested a new game. “Hey, do you want to play with papa beads?

How homeschoolers entertain themselves

Owlhaven — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 05:33:50 +0000

On our recent vacation my 18 year old son had fun taking pictures with his new phone. He took the photo on the left when the dog escaped from her kennel in our van after someone-who-shall-remain-nameless left the kennel unlatched. The dog used her freedom to scale Mount Luggage behind the back seat (we pack things rather densely around her kennel) and climb into my 15 year old son’s lap. It was one of the more surprising moments of the trip.The boys posted the picture on facebook, and then amused themselves with the commentary below, which I just had to share for your edification and amusement.

ouch

Owlhaven — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:09:57 +0000

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 and I were discussing what he should wear. He jokingly tossed out the idea of a t-shirt and jeans with a suit coat. I laughed and said no way.

“Who am I trying to impress, anyway?” he said, eyes twinkling teasingly.

“Your wife!” I said with a grin, a poke in the ribs, and a kiss.

From across the room came the wry voice of our 12 year old son. “Well, that never works.”

He might want more than two

Owlhaven — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:08:03 +0000

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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.

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Jack was little and then he turned big. He was looking for food, like meat, out in the wild for 20 years. He found a hot dog stand. Chloe was working there. She said, “OK, I’ll give you two hot dogs.”

The only thing sadder….

Owlhaven — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:34:28 +0000

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 and I actually HAD been alive together for five years. Theoretically I *could* have known him. Though it is doubtful that at the age of 5 I’d have grasped the significance of meeting a former president.

Dang, I’m getting OLD.

For you football fans

Owlhaven — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:01:00 +0000

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 me some Sandra Bullock. But this movie–ohmygoodness, she rocked it so hard. Love, love, love her. Think impeccably dressed gorgeous southern woman crossed with angry mama-tiger.

If you are an adoptive mom, you’ll love this movie. If you love football, you’ll love this movie. If you are the type of person who roots for the underdog, this movie will have you cheering. For those of you wondering about its suitability for kids, there’s some limited foul language and gang violence– I think in our house this will be a teens and adults only movie. But it is a seriously inspirational story.

Best defense

We had steak for dinner this evening , some of which got charred edges, despite being blood red in the middle. (When you only grill t-bone 4 times a year, you don’t have much of a chance to get expert at it. But man, was it yummy.) Anyway, my 7 year old looked at a piece, poked it and said, “Mom, this is burnt.” She caught my eyebrow raise and quickly added, “No defense.”

And then looked puzzled as several siblings immediately jumped in to explain there’s a difference between defense and offense.

Playing dolls with mom

Owlhaven — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:16:29 +0000

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 the Owlhaven Hair Salon was also in order. The kids, of course, are cuter than the Barbies.

Later in the day walking past the front closet I was momentarily disturbed by this sight. I was relieved to notice that the doll was actually hanging by a shoulder strap. Perhaps her frock needed a drip dry.

Or maybe she’d been hijacked by a brother.
Silly boys– unimpressed by fashion and frou-frou—they tend to move on to playing pirate with fair maidens.

Makes a sister wanna go ‘arghhh!’

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It’s The Panda we’re talking about, after all

Owlhaven — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:06:34 +0000

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 less than $2. Dandy.

Two minutes later she was in possession of a tiny takeout box containing only chicken. She ate half, and informed me she’d just take the rest home. Fine again.

At home, as Dad was tucking her in bed, she told him proudly that she’d stashed her little box of leftover chicken in the fridge. “Daddy, if you need any orange chicken– “ — at this point I was inwardly cheering her sweet generosity.

But then she went on. “If you need any orange chicken, Daddy, don’t take mine.”

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Related link: Panda-Style Orange Chicken

When watching ‘Snow White’ with your kitty…

Owlhaven — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:26:31 +0000

…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.