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The Truth about Thank You Notes

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I was skimming Facebook and came across a post from Hallmark about helping kids write thank you notes. As it is January, and the presents have long been opened, played with, and put away, I have no excuse for not making my kids write thank you notes. Except that it’s torture. I know, I’m whining. [Read More]

The “S” Word

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“Will,” my daughter whispered to her brother in the backseat of the car. “I know the ‘s’ word!” “Nuh uh,” he replied. “Sydneeeeey,” I said her name. You know, as if saying just her name is the be-all and end-all of discipline. She leaned over to her brother, smiling, and said, “A**.” The two of [Read More]

Peace on Earth

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Merry Christmas everyone!  If you don’t understand why I’m posting this picture or titling this post “Peace on Earth”, then read here!

American Girl, The Saga

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Loyal readers (all 6 of you!) know that Sydney got an American Girl doll for her 5th birthday. What you don’t know, but should, is that my daughter has some sort of freakishly fabulous memory that nearly ruined the day she got her American Girl doll. Let me explain. Back in October, my husband and [Read More]

Things that make me go “hmmm….”

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I pulled into our garage with the car loaded down with a week’s worth of groceries. My husband and son had just pulled in moments before me, back from their trip to the barber. “Will,” I said to my 8-year-old. “Here, help me with the groceries.” I was unpacking the trunk and handed him a [Read More]

Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah

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This Sunday our church presented the 3rd graders with Bibles. When I prepped Will for this momentous occasion (i.e. don’t pick your nose in front of the church, be respectful), he asked this after learning he would receive a Bible: “Do I have to read it all?” “Eventually,” I said and then started a sweet [Read More]

Introducing…Sparkle!

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Sydney got an American Girl doll for her 5th birthday. She is ecstatic about it! For the first 2 hours, the doll was named “Sydney”, but that started to get confusing. So she chose another name: **Sparkle** Aww, isn’t that a cute name for a 5-year-old to bequeath on her doll? Either that or she [Read More]

Five

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On Sunday my daughter Sydney turned 5. Here’s a happy picture of me, Sydney, and Will, 8: After we took the picture, Sydney wanted to see it on the camera. She looked at it, sighed, then said to  me, “YOU’RE not 5.” Then she instructed my husband, “Take it again.” So here’s the second, Sydney-approved [Read More]

Winter Wonderland

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We had our first snow today in our little corner of the world. There’s nothing like snow to make you feel like a bad mom or dad. That’s because my thought is always, “Please don’t snow enough to make it a snow day.” And I bet this morning bad moms and dad all over metro [Read More]

Good After All

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Will, 8, got glasses this Fall “Will did something today,” the teacher said. Oh, geez. I felt myself tense. I was picking Will up from his after-school program. We were new to this program this Fall and, to be honest, the teachers had told me on two different occasions that Will was not listening to [Read More]

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