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Only because it didn't include any numbers or symbols...
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Dear me, it's been awhile. Sign of a good summer, I suppose. Having too much fun to stop and record it. Thank goodness for cameras.
So, I went to Denmark and Sweden.
First we went to Alabama - verrrry exotic. If by exotic you mean SWELTERING HOT. We spend at least a week every summer at my father's house there. This year we planned it for the ( Read more... ) -
She's a quick learner
Mike's family has an odd genetic predisposition to hold on to their baby teeth a bit longer than normal. As in, 30 years longer than normal. Um, in their heads, not under their pillows (I know you were thinking it). My FIL was 32 when his last one gave it up. Mike himself is 39 and still has one (people think it's a chipped tooth).
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Father of the Year Award
Now that I have admitted to mentally torturing my offspring, I thought it only fair that their father's parenting skills be given equal exposure. So that you may easily compare and contrast our respective parenting styles, I present to you forthwith both photographic and video evidence.
THIS is what I came home to, after leaving my precious, ( Read more... ) -
Random humor
One of the best things about being a parent is that you have a nigh constant source of amusement on hand - which makes up quite well for some of the jaw-clenching stress. Most of the time.
Like any family, we've a few stock phrases that we repeat in given situations. The title of this journal being one. Sometimes these comes from jokes (again, ( Read more... ) -
Mother of the Year Award
Eldest prefers not to come along on errands if at all possible. Even better in his opinion if I take the younger three with me. No competition for the video games then. If I call to let him know we're going to be a bit late getting home from something, he's more than all right with that, thank you Mom. So yesterday, when I left him at home to ( Read more... ) -
If he'd just waited a month and a week...
...it would have been an amusing anniversarial coincidence. As it is, not much was remotely laughable until Logan unexpectedly gave the doctor examining his laceration a thumb's up. Well, and admittedly the shameless comedy/flirtation act he did with the physician's assistant and nurse. A bit precocious for a 3.5 year old (I've learned a lot can ( Read more... ) -
Oh no, you did NOT say that!
*Alert* - the following anecdote is not for the squeemish or prissy prigs those of delicate sensibilities. I am neither. I know, shocker. But I AM lady-like enough to know when to warn someone.
(I am NOT however, lady-like enough not to find this story 'pressed-lips' funny. You know, the kind of funny when you know you SHOULDN'T be amused, so ( Read more... ) -
While the polar ice cap melts...
It was at least 74 degrees Fahrenheit here on Saturday (that's 22C for our more Northerly friends). So we took a drive, and then a walk over a foot/suspension bridge to, and a hike all over, Belle Isle ( Read more... ) -
She's two for two!
It occurs to me that posting this anecdote, especially after having not posted anything in between and for so long, is going to make me look rather narcissistic. And your point is ( Read more... )