Shamu your kid!

I’ve got a post over on my Ethiopia Adoption Blog–Child-Training, The Shamu Way.  Let me know what you think!

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Sunday

  Genesis 1:20-21;

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Opinion Saturday

Today’s topic is books once again.   This time I’d like to hear what books your kids have enjoyed that you feel are worthwhile.  I’d like to divide this into three categories:
-Preschool books
-Elementary books
-Junior high/high school
You can submit as few or as many books as you’d like.  But here’s the catch:  they need to be books that [...]

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Bloggy Tour Of Homes

(Edited to add one more picture at the bottom) I’m joining with BooMama for the Bloggy Tour Of Homes.  Visit her site for all the details.  
 My home is not grand or amazing, except for the fact that it actually fits all of us!  I love it! We built it ourselves in 1993.  At the time we [...]

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Trying this again– Kids Who Argue

OK, I think I somehow lost a post over at my other blog, and so had to go rewrite it first thing this morning.   On the bright side it is even more thorough now that it was the first time I wrote it.   So, go check it out:  Ethiopia Adoption Blog – Kids Who Argue   [...]

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Let the eating begin!

Judging by last evening’s harvest, this may finally be the year when we actually have more zucchini than we need! For dinner I chopped zucchini into 3/4 inch chunks and tossed a couple cups into the spaghetti sauce right at the end of cooking. Yummy! Now on to zucchini bread! And be sure to check out Stephanie’s [...]

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Don’t miss…

…Jody’s heart-touching post over at Larger Families: You finally got your girl!

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Works For Me

Joining Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer once again in Works For Me Wednesday.   My tip this week is a simple one.   For the early years of parenting, I did battle with towel rods in my bathrooms. I wanted my towels all to be folded just right.  And I bugged my family if they got it wrong.  Finally [...]

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In 18 years of motherhood…

…it had NEVER occurred to any of my children to put one end of a bendy straw in their mouth and the other end in their nose.   And then suck.
Until today. 

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VIP winner

Now that I am all cross-eyed from playing with this new template, here is the Opinion Saturday winner this week – Mom of All Trades.  I was intrigued to hear that she began college at age 13!  Thanks, everyone, for sharing interesting tidbits about your lives, and THANKS for coming over to my new place!

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