Archive for March, 2008
It was a dark and stormy night
After getting to bed sometime between 12:30 and 1:00 in the morning, I woke shortly before 3am, sweating. Lightning was flickering and there was a low rumble outside. I checked the thermostat. It was warm, so I turned on the A/C. I started to lay back down, but something made me check [...]
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That’s just crazy talk
As I write this, my 6.5 year old is engrossed in the Kids’ Choice Awards, while the 5 year old and the 3.5 year old fight over who is going to do a handstand out of the recliner. The 6.5 year old keeps pausing the show and backing it up to show me bits [...]
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Kid’s meals: 99 cents
If you are a parent then you know how the conversation–or rather, the lecture–goes. You pull into the parking lot of the restaurant and before unloading you give the following instructions:
“You are going to be on your absolute best behavior. Right?”
They nod and assure you, their mother, of course they will.
“Use your inside voices. [...]
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Nemesis
Last night Snoring Daddy recorded Star Trek: Insurrection on our DVR. We hadn’t seen it, which is just unheard of for us. We watch a lot of movies. Not in the theater though. We might see one a year in the theater. We watch them at home where we have [...]
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Happy 5th birthday baby girl
When we decided to have a second, we wanted a girl.
We got our baby girl.
We got a funny girl.
A sweet girl.
A blue-eyed girl.
We got a girl with attitude.
A girl with sass and sensitivity.
And an outgoing girl.
A girl with a spirit as deep and powerful as the ocean.
We got a beautiful girl.
A smart and active girl.
We [...]
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