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In our house we have a rule called “no blood, no band-aid” — it’s part of the idea that I don’t give excess sympathy for the countless bumps and bruises, a “shake it off” mentality. (That makes me sound rotten doesn’t it?) So last night Morgan was giving a performance like one I’ve not seen… Continue reading

Today is Matt’s birthday — can the man ask for a cake that I can easily whip up/purchase. No, of course not. Matt’s been watching Ace of Cakes on the Food Network so he wants something made with Fondant (which is an entire package of marshmallows and an entire bag of powdered sugar kneaded and… Continue reading

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Media-recovery record — original post confirmed. A June 26, 2008 Blogger comment notification confirms this post and its URL. The commenter wrote, “I haven’t ever seen your Dad’s house, it’s beautiful. Hope he sells fast,” confirming that house imagery or a listing was central to the post. The original body/media has not otherwise been recovered,… Continue reading

Act-tu-al-ly — 4 syllables in our house Spoken as the beginning of a sentence at least 5 times a day by Tyler or Morgan. “Actually Mom [insert dramatic pause] the giant squid does eat watermelon” (with the implied “so there, I know all there is to know about this” attitude). We’re not sure where they… Continue reading

Thanks to all of you Tyler was one of the top three fundraisers for “Jump For Heart” and earned the honor of serving as Principal for the Day just before school let out for the year. During his tenure as principal he was asked to help settle a faux dispute between two 4th grade students.… Continue reading

Monday evening we got a call from Papa Mike — “I found a tick — you may want to check the boys.” So we did and found nothing. Tuesday in the bathtub Tyler was convinced every freckle was a tick. “I found a tick” “No that’s a mole.” “I found a tick” “No that’s a… Continue reading

Once a summer I take the boys to have professional photos done (I like Sears because you can get all the photos that are taken on a CD that day plus the copyright release so you can play with them all you want). I really didn’t think we were going to have any luck this… Continue reading

At a garage sale last summer I got a box of about 50 kids audio tapes — a great deal if you have a tape player still. Anyway, in the car we were listening to a sing-along version of “Yankee Doodle” which of course could not be accepted as just a funky little song by… Continue reading