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Punches, hugs, and air purifiers
11/12/19: As I was putting the kids to bed last night, Cora asked: “Why does God punch us to victory?” I wasn’t totally listening, and I just wanted her to stop fooling around and get in bed, so I said something brilliant like “I don’t know. Hurry up and get under the covers.” Then my brain caught up with my ears. “Wait - what? Did you say God ( Read more... ) -
Summer memories, and what Cora just said
7/22/18 ( Read more... ) -
Any volunteers?
7/11/18 ( Read more... ) -
Stuff the kids say
4/23/18 ( Read more... ) -
Winter to spring
4/6/18: Just watched Mary Poppins with the kids for the first time. I haven’t seen it in probably twenty years or more...I’d forgotten a lot, but I remembered all the songs! The kids liked it a lot - especially the chimney sweep sequence. Brock is leaping around the house now, trying to mimic their sweet moves on the couch (alas ( Read more... ) -
You’re a doodle, mama
Brock loves reading the stove and microwave clocks and telling us what time it is. “It’s eight seventeen!” or “It’s two forty-nine - that means eleven minutes until three o’clock!” or “It’s one minute before five o’clock!” (He’s also laboring under the delusion that dinner is served promptly at five o’clock every day.) Whenever he does it Chad ( Read more... ) -
Intent and outcome are so rarely coincident.
Last Friday I gave myself bangs. Short ones. You know, as one does when it’s the middle of winter and you need some excitement in your life. I was going for something like this:
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This and that
So apparently this entry has been sitting in my drafts since July...time to post this sucker ( Read more... ) -
Books and curtains and paint, oh my
5/1/17: In my campaign to make sure Brahm loves all the books I did when I was a kid, I bought a copy of Brian Jacques' "Redwall" online (ours was lost in the shuffle during the move from Kenya). I even spent a few extra bucks to get the CORRECT edition:
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