Wordless… My baby boy is in middle school. For more, visit Wordless Wednesday.

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Wanna know how random this post is? I just named it after a fictional show on Demi Lovato’s new Disney Channel show, “Sonny with a Chance.” That’s how random. (I know: I am way too knowledgeable about children’s programming.) Anyway, first, I want to thank my lovely commenters for the warm (and absorbent) response to [...]

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No, not ME. That would be what Hannah has said to me at least 57 times in the last 24 hours. Make that 157 times. Yes, my oldest daughter, at all of 9 1/2 years of age, has finally gotten holes in her head. And I bet you think I must have a hole in [...]

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That title has ALMOST nothing to do with this post. For some reason, an old Shake N Bake commercial came to mind just before I hit “publish.” (A CLASSIC commercial which I cannot find anywhere) (Can ya help – I mean hayulp – a sista out? Link in the comments!) Today I woke up feeling [...]

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You guys. I had an epiphany this week. Think you can handle it? It’s just as profound as you’d expect from me. Okay, here it is: The transition to summer is really hard once you have kids in school. I KNOW! Deep, am I right? You probably oughta write that down. Or quote me on [...]

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Milestone Alert: My now-officially-a-middle-schooler son got invited to his first for-no-reason-other-than-to-get-together-and-goof-off party. It was last Thursday night. I KNOW. Yikes. I am so not ready for teendom. But we did let him go, even though: We didn’t find out about it when he received the invitation early in the week, but rather TWO HOURS before [...]

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Last day of school? Check. Rainy afternoon with kids communing with Cartoon Network? Check. Three separate awards ceremonies for three kids on three separate days? Check, check and check. Three opportunities to get a numb butt from sitting on those hard metal chairs? Check. Three yearbooks sticky with cake and/or ice cream from class parties? [...]

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…Which is why I had chocolate for breakfast. (Hair of the dog and all) We had the usual Easter: We went to church. This is normal. What wasn’t normal was going Sunday morning instead of Saturday night. And this year we discovered that we don’t so much go Saturday night as a noble gesture to [...]

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Today when I arrived at the kids’ school, my clock read 7:59. Ack! I think that’s the closest we’ve come to arriving late this whole year. Of course, only if you define “on time” as “while the carpool line still has cars in it.” The line at the drop-off area was getting perilously short when [...]

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