Kids and Activities

 Amy at Never A Dull Moment! asked me how our family handles kids’ activities. After I got three paragraphs written over at her place, I thought I might as well toss the answer up here too, in case others have had the same question.
We allow our kids one activity per season, besides church stuff (youth group, Sunday [...]

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Love Thursday

8 years ago in Korea, the day our son was placed in my arms for good.
Hat tip:
Chookooloonks: could you be loved

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At the ripe old age of 39…

After several hours spent painting a bedroom this afternoon, I was scrubbing paint off my feet.  (I’m not the neatest painter, and I live 3/4 of my life barefoot.)  
 ”Mommy, your skin is falling off!” said my 4 year old, poking some flaky skin on my heel.  “That’s because you’re so old,” she explained wisely.
Here I was, [...]

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Works For Me – Changes

 *update, below* 
This is harder than I thought it would be, this sending a child off to college, out into the world.
Going days without seeing her face.
 Counting plates over and over at dinnertime, never sure if I actually got it right this time.
Trying to email or call enough to be ‘there’, but not so much as [...]

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Yikes

We are headed off to a baby shower this evening.  I told my four year old that she needed to pick a cute dress to wear, because she’s going to the shower with me.  
Her eyes widened in alarm.  “A n*ked shower??”
“Huh?”  I was clueless.
She tried again.  “Is it a n*ked shower or do we get to wear [...]

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opinion Saturday update.

OK, I’ve gotten some fun entries for my most recent Opinion Saturday contest, but there’s tons more great stuff out there.  I know it.  I came across several great, creative sentences in my bloglines just this morning.  
  So I am extending submissions a couple days.   You can post your own unusual sentence, OR since sometimes it is easier to spot [...]

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Golden Moments This Weekend

- Going for a walk with my oldest, who was home for the weekend.
-My 4 year old coming in smiling from playing and saying: “My heart is sunny, sunny, sunny!”
-Playing Phase 10 Sunday evening with hubby and most of my kids.
-Saying ’sweet baby!” to my 21 month old, and having her say back, “Sweet mommy!”
There [...]

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Sunday

Genesis 8:22

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My grandchildren

I was informed this afternoon by my 4 year old that my future grandchildren will be named Lacy and Tacy and Fuchsia and Nausea.
 Out of curiosity I asked her whether they would be Black or white.
She rolled her eyes.  “They’re going to be Korean!  Hello!”
Alrighty then.

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Opinion Saturday: Creative Language Combinations

OK, I have a fun one for this weeks’ contest.  I am fascinated by language, and its endless possibility for creativity.   Even after all the thousands of years people have been writing books, it is still possible to see words combined in unique, never-been-done ways.
 For example, here’s a wonderful example from Antique Mommy:
“I pulled my wet foot out [...]

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