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Yes You Can Make Candy with Children Without Losing It
It only took me ten years, but I finally figured out that it’s far less stressful for everyone if I just let the kids make a big mess and clean it up only after they are done and on to something else. We all actually enjoyed this family candy-making session. I cracked up when I…
Read MoreConfession: I Don’t Dust
As I was cleaning up dinner last night, I looked into the family room to see this: That would be dust on our TV, thick enough to draw in. Now you all know the truth. I don’t dust. My house isn’t perpetually presentable. Why admit that I don’t keep a perfect house? Because I think…
Read MoreBrothers Are For Wrestling
When we learned we were expecting our fourth child, Big Boy refused to entertain the possibility that we could have a third girl. He insisted that we’d already had a girl, so this one had to be a boy. When Little Boy was born, Big Boy discovered that infants don’t make good playmates. Almost every…
Read MoreYet Another Incident In Which I Cannot Win
On a warmish October day, I herded the three kids out to the backyard. I was determined to winterize my garden beds when I didn’t need a parka and mittens. I pulled the bamboo stakes from wilted tomato plants, harvested the remaining unripened tomatoes and peppers (still not sure how I’m going to use them),…
Read MoreHayride and Pumpkin Patch
Little Girl is having a difficult time saying farewell to summer, as you can see by her outfit. “Baaaaa.” No hand sanitizer in sight, I might add. Kids thought this was the pumpkin patch! Trying to be as strong as his brother. The gourd purse is the latest fashion, didn’t you know? Now that’s what…
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