Nate: “Mommy, did you know that Peregrine Falcons are voracious eaters?” Me: “I did not know that. Wow…”voracious” is an excellent word. Do you know what it means?” Nate: “Yup. It means they like to eat a lot.” Me: “That’s right! Wow, you sure know a lot of words.” Nate: […]
Motherhood
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Come on, People! Picture (taking) People to be exact. If you spent just a couple more bucks an hour, you could hire actual photographers. Forget photographers…I’d settle for someone who has kids or at the very least…has spoken to a kid before. My boys are 9 and almost 6. You can’t […]
The boys have been taking Taekwondo lessons for 8 months now. They’ve each gone from a white belt to a yellow stripe belt and now to a solid yellow belt. I was so proud when the instructor told me they where ready to test for the next belt after only […]
It started off so well… Nate came into my bedroom one morning, about a month before his birthday, “Mommy…I want a surprise party for my birthday this year.” then waved his hands in front of his face and chanted, “I didn’t hear anything…I didn’t hear anything…” as he backed out of […]
I can remember rolling my eyes when my Mom would start her rant at the dinner table, “EAT YOUR FOOD! There are starving children in Europe that would LOVE to have a nice dinner like this!” I wanted to say, “Well I’ll gladly wrap this up and send it to […]
Mark and I were invited to a dear friend’s wedding last night. My Mom came over to watch the kids so it was a rare night out for us. The invitation said, “Semi-formal” so we got to dress up! I only wish I had read that part days before the […]