The Boy Child: Is ‘ho’ a bad word? Me (after some deep breathing and a few muttered curses directed at his father): Not if you’re a farmer. They use hoes all the time. The Boy Child: Oh. Ok. A moment of quiet and….3….2…. The Boy Child: Is there any other time it’s a bad word? [...]
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My Little Obsession in the Suburbs
Perhaps you remember my post about how Rachael was really getting into the Little House On the Prairie book series? Because, really? Why wouldn’t she? I’ve actually re-read them as an adult and just find that life they lived amazing..how they did it, I have no idea. Good mommy effort? I set the DVR to [...]
She’s quick, I’ll give her that
The temperature was a FRIGID 73 degrees. The fighting began the moment we got in the van. Rachael wraps up in a blanket sitting in the back of the van. Peyton counters by grasping the edge of the blanket and whipping it away from her. Peyton snaps: It’s MINE! Rachael whines : Mommmm, Peyton just [...]
Would you let this woman watch your kids?
**Updated, this post was nominated for Serious.Life.Magazine by my new friend Michelle Find out about about Take this as a warning that you may not want to let your kids spend the night over at my house. Not because anything bad happened, but OH, it could have! The kind of stuff that when shared in [...]
