Tag: parenting
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My Big Thumb Toe
I was sitting down on my dining room floor surrounded by mountains of dirty clothes. I mustered up the energy to drag it all out of the laundry room in an effort to sort by category like normal moms. The outer layer of my cage was an assortment of baskets. The laundry needed to be done and I was not motivated. Me:…
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How to tell your child needs more structure
I was sitting just a few rows back from the front in church this evening.
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Let’s catch up…
Tuesday’s Theme Song “Pep, Pep, Pep it up! It’s Tuuueeessssdaaaayyyyy!”
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Cold Little Socks
Never assume things in the Mellix home are in the correct place. It is safer to begin with where did I last see them. After working more on my closet organization (still not done but it’s going well) I walk into the kitchen for a drink. Upon opening the refrigerator I find a pair of…
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You Gots That Kinda Money?!?!?
Drive-thru speaker: “ok ma’am your total is $14.34. (yelling out from the back seat) Isaiah: “You gots that kind of money?” Too early for me to even attempt to reply… I pull up to the first window and hand the cashier my debit card. (Whispering to his little brother in the back) Isaiah: “If she…
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I don’t want to brush my teeth!
I don’t want to brush my teeth! He decided to come out when he realized the bathroom sink doesn’t stop by Dunkin Donuts on the way to school. Fresh breath and super late. It’s Friday.
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Random Cheese
Around my house you will always find evidence of the children. You can pretty much trace their steps. Dirty Ninjago underwear, empty goldfish bags and deadly sharp toys galore. It’s the weird stuff that I find that really trips me out. The other day I walked into their bedroom to find Batman was being held…
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God Is Making More Numbers
Driving home from church this morning I hear my boys in the backseat. Aaron: 98, 99, 100… What comes after a hundred? Me: 101, 102… Aaron: 101, 102, 103…What is the last number? Me: There isn’t a last number. We just say infinity. Numbers go on and on forever. Isaiah: yeah…God is building more numbers.…
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Mom’s “day off”
I didn’t go to work today. In my world that means I didn’t report to my “official” place of employment but replaced those labor hours with things that desperately needed to be done at home. Anyone else take days like these? After I dropped Boogy off at school I stopped by Bojangles and picked up two…
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Back to school
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