kids Archive

  • An Alternate Universe?

    An Alternate Universe?

    Today has been a day for the books.  Today has been the kind of day where I raise my face to the heavens and cry, “Why!?!?!?”  Today has been the kind of day where I realize that the fact hair remains follicly attached to my head must be due to divine intervention.  Today has been the [...]

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  • Let’s *Not* Talk About Sex

    Let’s *Not* Talk About Sex

    Jack loves music.  At any given point in the day, the spunky three year-old is humming, dancing, singing or tapping his fingers and/or toes to the rolodex of melodies running amok in his mind.  To watch the child is to witness first-hand the saying “mile-a-minute” because that is the speed at which his brain is [...]

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  • Can’t Make It One More Step…

    Can’t Make It One More Step…

    We had an exhausting but wonderful weekend.  God granted us some beautiful weather and the kids took full advantage of sunshine and warmer temperatures.  Avery and Jack, both, spent the entire day on Saturday playing sidewalk chalk, swinging from the tree in the front yard, riding bikes, scooters and harassing neighbors.  It was truly blissful.  [...]

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  • The Contents of a Girl’s Purse

    The Contents of a Girl’s Purse

    My daughter recently discovered that frenzied panic experienced by a woman who has lost something that is oftentimes more important than her car keys, favorite lipstick or (gasp!) most comfortable bra.  Her purse.  I have made no apologies for my unnatural but ever-so-real infatuation with purses.  I always have to be carrying one and covet [...]

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  • Happy Friday! Is everyone ready for ‘normal’?

    Happy Friday! Is everyone ready for ‘normal’?

    Well, here we are.  Quickly approaching the first “non-Holiday” weekend for what has seemed like months.  Here’s the problem with that.  I don’t know what to do with myself.  I feel like I should be buying something, baking something, decorating something, wrapping something, unwrapping something, eating something, drinking something or watching a gigantic ball drop [...]

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