Category Archives: kid stuff

Tip Tuesday — Toy Story 3: The Mama’s Revenge

Today’s topic is brought to you by Jessica of Sweet Mama Entropy, who gave some great tips on how to organize and store toys back in March.  The toys truly do seem to multiply but I don’t see them doing … Continue reading

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Get Me a Rubber Bag

Some bugs will be “sleeping” well tonight. Seeing as we live in the land of cows, sailboats and gigantic soul-sucking slugs, it is not surprising that the grass to creepy-crawly ratio in our back yard is about 6.9 to 1. … Continue reading

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Creativity

I think you’ll enjoy this awesome talk on children and education if you have an interest in um…children or education. Speaking of creativity, I have evidence of ballerina class.  Please don’t look at these pictures unless you’re prepared to yorch from … Continue reading

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Never Leave Your Kids Alone with a Nut

It could kill them. Laylee has learned to shell her own peanuts by chewing the shell into tiny shards, spitting it all over my counter and then eating half of the peanut and dropping the other half on the ground. I … Continue reading

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Kafrin Lafrin Bitsy Thompson Laylien

Laylee has made peace with the concept of death in fishes.  She just told me that when JackAgain dies, we will have to get a new fish and we will name her Kafrin Lafrin Bitsy Thompson Laylien.  This name I … Continue reading

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They Ate Bambi’s Mom

And now I’m wishing a big hole would open up and swallow Laylee’s.  Me and my big mouth. She did this to me, you know?  With the questioning.  Why? Why? Why? I broke down.  I did and there’s really no … Continue reading

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