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smart little Ellie
The other day Ellie said to me, "Mama, did I ever tell you about the Baby Boom?" Then she went on to explain. "All of the army men went away and the women stayed at home... then, the army men all came back and they all got married! Then they had a WHOLE bunch of babies, and so the workermen had to keep building schools, and that's why there are ( Read more... ) -
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Theo's been to two football practices now... and they are tough! They are an hour and a half long and the kids work solidly the whole time -- running, calisthenics, drills. They are constantly moving, constantly learning things. The coaches expect a lot from the kids (who are five and six years old!). And Theo LOVES it. He said to me this ( Read more... ) -
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Writer's Block: Acquired taste
There was a local restaurant a few years back that served sandwiches made with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and sliced granny smith apples. The restaurant is long gone but I still make the sandwiches myself, they are so good! Some people are dubious but most everyone I've seen try them enjoyed it. -
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Beau Jo was acting all weird today and had crazy amounts of drool just falling out of his mouth -- he was a mess. I took him to the emergency vet and we figured out it was poisoning from my calla lily plant -- Beau had been chewing the leaves on it. I had no idea, but all lilies are toxic to cats! They did tests on him and got him hydrated (he ( Read more... ) -
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We'd been having a lot of stress lately what with buying a house (we close on friday, yay) and other assorted goings on so we decided to do something fun this weekend. The plan was for us to rent a suite up at the Great Wolf Lodge for Saturday night. Justin was going up there in the afternoon to check in and the kids and I would meet him up ( Read more... ) -
Blue!
I remember having a conversation with Amber once about cartoon characters and how silly it is that they always have to have some accessory, usually a bow but sometimes it's lipstick or a purse or whatever, to indicate the character is a girl. And it's true -- characters without obvious girly accessories are assumed to be male. Even Ellie knows ( Read more... ) -
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Ellie came up to me today and said, "I sure made Smokie beautiful!"
"Oh yeah? What did you do to her?" I asked, thinking in terms of pink blankets or tiaras.
"I gave her pretty nails and rosy cheeks," explained Ellie. And yes, she did -- with a bottle of pink nail polish. Poor kitty. -
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I asked Ellie what she did in music class today.
"We learned about Knob," she said.
"What's Knob?" I asked.
"You know, Knob... the famous composer." She gave me a piece of paper.
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"When You Reach Me"
I just finished reading a book that I had checked out months ago and misplaced... it's called "When You Reach Me." It was great, honestly one of the best children's books I've ever read. I just hopped online to look it up on Amazon to see if other readers were as impressed by this book as I was, and what do I find out? It just won the 2010 ( Read more... )