Overheard

Mom, before sending the 2 yr old out to the pool: “Did she go potty?”
Older child: “Yes, she just went #2.”
2 yr old, excitedly: “…and 3 and 4 and 5!!”
And all these years I’ve been thinking there were only two types….

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Just because.

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Proving once again that kids are ungrateful wretches

In a fit of frustration, my 3 year old nephew told my sister that he didn’t want her to be his mommy anymore.
“Oh, really?” she asked, amused. “Who do you want instead?”
“Grandpa Ron,” he declared quickly. Obviously he’d given this some thought.

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Works for Me: A Few of My Favorite Things

A few years ago at our house kids seemed grumpy and impatient with each other. I realized we were needing a morale boost and some positive energy flowing between us. I decided to try an idea that a school teacher friend had done with her students.
Each person in the [...]

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More winners

Here are the winners for my Saturday contest. I enjoyed hearing some of you favorite memories of family trips. The Golden Keyboard this week goes to Antique Mommy for this gem of a moment:
One of the most memorable trips for me was the first time we took Sean to Illinois to visit my [...]

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Inquisitive

This evening we had a birthday bash for our son who just turned 9, which meant that this afternoon we found ourselves scurrying around pulling sweat socks out from under the couch and wiping fingerprints off windows and scrubbing jam off dining room chairs. (Oh, AND installing lovely new porch lights on our front porch, [...]

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The things we moms say over and over….

Go here and get a laugh.

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Gardasil: More harm than good?

You decide.

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Sunday

2 Corinthians 12:19

(The song in my head when I woke up this morning.
Read ‘Weak‘ first if you haven’t already…)
I can do all things
Through Christ who gives me strength
But sometime I wonder what He can do through me
No great sucess to show
No glory on my own
Yet in my weakness He is there to let me know
His [...]

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Weak

This afternoon I’m doldrum-filled and restless. This coming week is important. On Tuesday our girls will get their welcome bags from us, so that finally they will see our faces and begin to imagine themselves with us. This coming week also our paperwork will probably be submitted for approval by [...]

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