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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 [...]

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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. Then he was falling [...]

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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 the American flag [...]

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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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Yesterday, my dear friend, Troy (remember – this is a girl, people) had a hair appointment, so I had her three boys over for a playdate. They had a blast! I mean, there were the normal ups and downs of sibling and friend play. There were a few claimed “injuries,” and some tattletaling (mostly by [...]

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I think by now we all know that this family has a variety of bathroom “issues.” Luke, one of my non-strikers, favors dinner time to do his business. Almost every night as we’re all sitting down, Luke makes his regularly scheduled announcement that he has to poop and runs off to do it. Last night [...]

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Dan has gone off to try his hand at murdering some unsuspecting bird in cold blood. Please… don’t wish him luck. Wish me luck. Or the bird. I guess I understand Dan’s need for the whole beer drinking, ball scratching hunting thing, but I am really NOT interested in seeing pictures of my husband posing [...]

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Jack has been learning about recycling this week at school. We recycle at home, so he had a jump start on the concept, I think. He often helps Dan load up the recycling and take it over to the recycle center. Yesterday, while I was trying to get ready for Girls’ Night Out (had a [...]

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