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I Need You

March 6, 2013

For three mornings my husband Jim has listened to what my mornings are like with our kids. He is on vacation this week and with no where to go, as the kids are not on break. Today they shamed him into driving them to school. His parting words? “Boarding school cannot possibly cost much more [...]

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We Need a List of all the Bad Words so we Don’t Call the Teacher that Again

January 4, 2013

what is health education
how to parent
what is parenting
birds and bees

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Friendships, Opinions and Social Media

November 7, 2012

It is so hard to voice political opinions when you are talking friendships. You want to respect one another. I have been very careful to not voice my opinion online. I was just over on my Facebook page and found so many people I respect and care about are complaining about the outcome of the [...]

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Our Character on Character

September 23, 2012

Character on Character: Our eight year-old Peter and I spend a great deal of time in the school parking lots.  We are either waiting after we drop off his brothers at the middle school or waiting to pick them up.  Sometimes we play games, usually listening to music, and he likes to read to me [...]

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Funny First Days and the Proof is in the Photos

August 27, 2012

Mitchell, said with a very grown up matter-of-fact manner …”Dadda, I think there is more yelling than learning going on in Kindergarten.”

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Last Morning of Summer 2012

August 26, 2012

Waking up in the mountains and I can’t bring myself to wake up Peter. It’s his last morning of summer vacation and he is sleeping just like a little boy who spent the entire day before in a river kayaking. He also caught crayfish in a creek, frogs and salamanders. He tried sleeping in a [...]

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Boy in the City

August 22, 2012

You can take the boy to the city but he’s still going to find a way to act like Tom Sawyer.

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Funny Ending to AWKWARD and a Lesson For Us All

August 14, 2012

We all get things in our teeth. We all get boogers. We all have boobies. Just don’t have pictures of your OWN things as in food in teeth, boogers in nose or YOUR boobies on YOUR phone. OH, and NEVER, ever, leave your phone with a group of teenagers without a password on it.

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Our Most Embarrassing School Art, To Date Anyway

August 1, 2012

For all of you with girls I want to remind you that little boys are different. For little boys, that area is a toy that stays with you. To quote one of my kids when they were three, “When can I get one of these BALLS out so I can see what they look like?” Your daughter is putting shoes on her Barbie’s feet right now and I have an anatomically (in)correct foot-less pasta dude on my fridge.

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The Difference Between Mothers and Sons

July 25, 2012

This is what I do with hydrangeas from the yard. Cute, right? Get it?  It is an ice cream cone.   Even cooler is that they are all from the same bush is our yard. The boys brought the stalk you see below, into the house yesterday and asked me if they can cut more [...]

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