Category: family
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A New Level of Disappointment
You open your refrigerator and see the carton of milk only to find 3 drops left at the bottom. Maybe it was your favorite bag of chips with just a few crumbs left. You had a craving. You made your way into the kitchen. The container supposedly holding what will satisfy your craving is there. You…
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Meltdown At The Buffet
Week 5 of Kindergarten The excitement is gone. He no longer jumps for joy as he puts on his TMNT shell book bag. He drags his feet down the three flights of stairs from our apartment to the bus stop. By the time I get off from work and pick him up he’s done. More than…
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How to start a Thursday evening…
Thursday Evening… 6:16 Left work. Daycare closes at 6:30….speeding…speeding… 6:29 Sprint into daycare. Manager says the boys are still in the afterschool clubhouse. Sprint outside and barge into the clubhouse. 6:31 Every employee that works for the daycare is sitting down waiting for their staff meeting to begin. 6:32 Aaron is throwing a temper tantrum…
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Monday Madness
Sitting at my desk I was desperately trying to complete a report that was fairly difficult. I started a new position at work and I’m learning/working so it’s taking me longer to get through assignments. While pulling my hair out on this alone Aaron asked me to fix “Abby”. Abby is a stuffed…well used to be…
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Word of the Day: “Drifty”
Isaiah: I’m hungry! Can I get a snack? Me: No. I’m getting ready to make lunch. Isaiah: I’m hungry now! Aaron: She’s making Peanut Butter & Jelly. It will be ready in a drifty.
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What Do You Think?
I wrote a post a few months ago about Batman. Batman is awful! I really don’t like him but this new Lego Batman movie coming out in 2017 looks decent. What do you think? Are you going to bring your little superhero fans out to see it?
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Hey! I know her!
6:50AM – We are standing at the bus stop in a crowd of kids who are running around. Moms are all dressed in their PJ’S with super hot hairstyles called “it’s too early for this”. A white minivan passes the bus stop on its way out of our neighborhood. Suddenly Isaiah starts loudly proclaiming he…
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No Battles…Only Wars
No one in our family is a “morning person”. This year we have managed to be on time for school EVERY DAY. This is huge. Shouldn’t be…but it is. Here’s a peek into what it is like to wake up my precious kids. Me: Aaron…it’s time to wake up. He’s laying on the floor in…
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Robots & Jack Hammers
Conversations with a five year old… Me: I really need to go grocery shopping. Aaron: A robot could do that for you. Me: How much do they charge? Aaron: A billion percent. You don’t even have to plug them in. You don’t have to wait. They charge themselves. It’s inside them already. They are the…
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Back To School Tirade!
That time of year is here yet again. Back to school, folks! No more children in the house destroying property and eating all of the groceries. I figured it would be best to focus on the positive before diving in to my more frustrating thoughts on the upcoming “first day”.
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