Monthly Archives: December 2013

It was the week before Christmas and the girls were so sad, Big bro was away, and so was their Dad. Their toys had been played with and were getting real old, And they were trapped in the house because outside was so cold. They were missing their chalk and their outside games, Inside activities […]

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I started by taking out the bread and the peanut butter and placing them on the counter.  Next, I opened the refrigerator and grabbed the lunch meat, mayo and cheese. As I grabbed the cheese, I knocked over another package of cheese cubes resulting in fallen cheese cubes all over the refrigerator.  I set the […]

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Over the past few days I’ve had an acute awareness of a shift that has happened in our home.  Maybe it’s the way that Charlie always has a book in front of his face and devours words like he used to devour episodes of Elmo.  Maybe it was doing some Christmas shopping and finding myself […]

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We call this a “Two Year Old Moment” I always wanted to invent something that would move around & make funny noises & would change the world as we know it & I forgot all about that until we had kids & now I see I came pretty close. -Story People ************************************When I am away […]

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Well, there is no other way to start this but to just come out and say it. . . I kind of threw a tantrum today.  There.  I said it.  I did it.  It’s true.  I’m calling myself out and admitting it–I threw a tantrum. Now, mind you, it wasn’t a fall-on-the-ground-kick-my-feet-scream-at-the-top-of-my-lungs-bang-my-fists-to-the-ground type tantrum.  I […]

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