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In honor of St. Paddy’s Day, the kids didn’t have to wear their uniforms to school today.  I had to rush around this morning (’cause, you know, I like to plan ahead), after getting very little sleep last night, trying to find green for everyone.  Or orange.  (???)
I did pretty well.  Everyone had green except [...]

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Yesterday morning I had a doctor’s appointment.  Thankfully, Bert* gets to use sick time to cover the kids for me when this happens.  My appointment was early, so Bert took the kids to school so I could get a shower in beforehand.
Bert has taken the kids to school before, so (despite my control-freak nature) I [...]

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Dear Big Bad Wolf,
I’m the silly pig that built the twig house.  I hope [I] taste yummy.  I will come to your house but you ate me.  I just want to be your friend.  Why are you so mean to pig?  Spit me out!  I just want to be your friend.
From,
Jack the pig

I don’t know [...]

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This weekend was an unusually busy one.
We kicked things off with the whole, dog bloat-kid puking thing late Friday night.  That was fun!
On Saturday it snowed.  Again.  A lot.  A FOOT.  I had thought that we’d already seen as much at one time that we’d see.  Ha.  Oh, and we’re due more this afternoon.
Also on [...]

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Last night, Dan took the three bigger kids with him for a run after dinner.  (Two in the stroller, one on his bike.)  While he was gone, I bathed Sam and then started my preparations for painting the kitchen ceiling (which, by the way, sucks).
When the running party returned, we got the other kids bathed, [...]

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I don’t really know how it happened. But, I know it didn’t happen on the playground. Or at the pool. Or while fighting with a sibling.
It happened in our hotel room just after returning from dinner. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Lukie run through the room. [...]

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Here is my six-year-old. Helping his dad bottle beer. In his Underoos.

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Congrats to my parents who braved Chick-Fil-A today. It was a zoo. There was a mommy group there, an after-production preschool party and then there were all the regular miscellaneous people and their kids.
I have to commend my kids, too. They were very well behaved (especially for them). They ate their lunches and played [...]

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My mom was looking for ideas for Jack’s birthday, so I suggested a pair of Crocs. He had some cheapies that were looking pretty rough and I thought he’d like a pair of new ones. I was right! He was thrilled when he opened his new Crocs and just as thrilled with [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, as I was pulling into my driveway, the DHL truck was pulling out. I had to relieve Alex and see Dan back off to work (he had helped with field day at Jack’s school), so I didn’t think much about what might have been delivered.
Once I’d heard about field day and listened [...]

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