kids

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  Liv’s Puzzle Quandary

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  Pajama Makeover

• Another lesson from the kids about obedience, and a little about ADD.

  When I was a kid, I noticed that it was important to my Dad that I color inside the lines. I didn’t remember it though until what I call his “second fleet” came along when he married and had kids with another woman after [...]

  Coloring inside the lines

• Long ago in the land of Body there lived a band of foes. At the gates of the city of Tongue stood the source of Body’s woes.

  You see, this band of buds was hard, the thing they did was wrong. For when they took their place as guards they only knew the same old song.

  The Taste Buds were a raucous band who [...]

  The City of Tongue

• A couple of little stories from this week, ways my kids have taught me about my relationship with the Father of all parents.

  I can see better things for you

  The pancakes were fresh off the griddle and the scent of warm batter was in the air. The girls were scaling the safety gate when I reached [...]

  I can see what you can’t see

• Liv has this thing where she says “uh oh” to just about anything that doesn’t go her way. It started out just when she dropped or spilled something, but now it’s when she comes upon the safety gate or when M is playing with a toy she wants, or even once when the cable TV [...]

  Small Stuff

• Hey, remember that song they used to sing on the bus, Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to jupiter to get more stupider. They still sing it apparently.

  AJ told me all about it last night on the way to the grocery store. After I laughed and told her all about how [...]

  Stupider

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  katie did flower collar

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  A year ago today…

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  Baby Peek

• As we were coming out of the library tonight, AJ asked, Mom, would you like me to carry one of those books for you?

  I looked over at her arm full of movies she’d picked out and saw where this might end up going so I said, Oh, that would be great, thank you! and handed [...]

  Loaded

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  Candid