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Category Archives: parenting
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
Posted in kid stuff, near-death, parenting, shish
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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
Posted in bambi's mom, kid stuff, parenting
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They Are Listening — A Tree Grows In Brooklyn Chapters 11-26
Children hear what you say and understand more than you know. And it’s not just words. They soak up the smiles, the disappointment, the tone, the indifference, the excitement. They are surrounded by your attitude and it becomes a part … Continue reading
Posted in parenting, Reviews, tree grows in brooklyn
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I Tried to Push Magoo off the Wagon
But he wouldn’t budge. Last night I came home late. Dan had put the kids down already, which is always a sort of bitter-sweet experience. Bitter because I love them and I adore to squidge them, and sweet because I … Continue reading
Posted in parenting
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The Princess Invasion — An Inside Job
This post originally appeared on The Parenting Post on August 7, 2006. It was me. I let them in and I make no apologies. I made the uniform before she was old enough to say “huntsman,” “dwarves” or “Michael Eisner’s … Continue reading
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Pants That Fit
This post originally appeared at The Parenting Post on July 10, 2006
Posted in all about me, aspirations, parenting
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