Am I the only mom who lets her kids wear just about anything they want (within reason) to school? I mean, I ask them to dress in unstained, seasonally-appropriate, modest, and dress-code-obeying clothes. Do I really want to fight about minor issues like matching and correct shoe-to-outfit ratio? Especially since my girls’ current definition of [...]

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Originally posted January 16, 2008 Last one there is a rotten egg!” “Nu- UH! FIRST one there’s a rotten egg!” Did you ever do that? Do your kids? I hear this exchange at least once a week. But with three kids, they usually add, “Oh YEAH?! Well I say the MIDDLE one there is a [...]

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Happy New Year! Did you ever notice that in the media coverage of the revelers in New York’s Times Square, they never mention that those many of those cheering people have probably wet themselves? (What choice would you have standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a million strangers, with ZERO access to restroom facilities for an entire DAY?) [...]

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Howdy Y’all! Didja miss me? With three kids home all day every day for another week, I’ve been a little busy… Taking kids out to spend their Christmas money. Eating Christmas candy. Being mocked by my new Wii Fit. (Skinny digital trainer chick: “Maybe balance just isn’t your forte. Work every day on the easier [...]

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Saturday Christmas Links NORAD’s Santa Tracking We get a kick out of this site. They track Santa on radar throughout the night on Christmas Eve. Between now and then, explore the Kids’ Countdown section, which is filled with games and activities. Family Fun Magazine Online I’ve been a subscriber to Family Fun for years now, [...]

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She was sick. At two o’clock Sunday morning Abby ran into my room, whimpering, her hand over her mouth. Sleepy as I was, my first thought was that she’d had a nightmare. That changed when the vomiting began. I half-ran her, half-carried her to the bathroom, and together we leaned over the toilet. Once her [...]

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“MOM! There’s a girl on the bus whose wrist can go around 360 degrees!!!!!!!” LC was shouting as he climbed in the truck at the bus stop. “It was so awesome! It could go WA, then WA, then WA, then WAHHHH!!” [picture him rotating his arm enough to contort his whole body.] Hannah: “It was [...]

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Hey! People in this House Who I Keep Around Primarily to Provide Me with Material, What should I blog about? Hannah: How I was running down the driveway today and slipped in the mud and fell on my side! Abby: A butt. LC: This guy I made with Bionicles. Charlie: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……. Callie: (pant, pant) Bob: [...]

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I’ve spent the weekend reading the wonderful comments left by many of you on my Friday post. What great affirmation and encouragement you gave. Thank you! As new to blogging as I still am, I find myself in awe of this cyber-community. Online friendship may have limitations, but I’m finding it to be more rich [...]

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The Scene: Kitchen, Monday morning, 7:30 a.m. One of my children (who shall remain nameless) is rifling through the snack cupboard. KID: “What am I supposed to BRING to eat in the car?!” ME: “I don’t know. Not my problem.” KID: “I hate you! You don’t even care about me! You won’t even fix me [...]

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