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LOL: “I hate that word.”
One of my daughters was upset with her sister who was, in her opinion, taking too long in the bathroom. Her sister’s crime? Clipping her toenails! The audacity! I joked with the daughter for a minute,...
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LOL: Boiled chicken guts and ballet slippers
One night this week we were very late getting home and getting dinner ready. Lane arrived a few minutes after I had started preparing ingredients for an omelet using the leftover Easter ham. He wasn’t...
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LOL: We have the funniest sayings
Eliza just said to me, “I love how our family has the funniest sayings.” We do have some awesome sayings. Here are just a sprinkling from off the top of our heads (which mixed metaphor makes it sound...
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RWM: Are families “Cheaper by the Dozen?”
This month we are only reading one book, both olders and youngers: Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. (The authors were two of the 12 children in this famous...
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LOL: Oh, I’m so embarrassed!
A mom apologized to me recently for the way her children were behaving while we visited together the other day. Even as I stood there chatting with her, I knew of the internal angst she might be...
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3T: Keep a journal
Sunday night we were having a family dinner with my nephew David and his fiancée when the question of how Lane and I met came up. You know what that means. I said it was Lane’s turn to tell the story....
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RWM: Christmas children’s book picks
We have an entire shelf in our home library for Christmas books. Picking just a few to highlight is hard! Too many that I love! So I just pulled some that are at the top of my list. The Trees of the...
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SOS: Each child
One of my favorite parts of motherhood is getting to enjoy each of my children’s personalities and their individual senses of humor. This morning I was getting ready when I wanted to go share...
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RWM: A few LOL books to brighten your day
I love a book that makes me laugh out loud, whether when I’m reading to my children or reading to myself. Today I want to spotlight four fabulously fun books for your chuckling enjoyment. Rattlebang...
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LOL: Clay snails on the toilet
During the weekend, Peter and Anna pulled out some clay and created some pieces that they didn’t want to squish back into the bag when it was time to clean up. I walked in the main floor bathroom later...
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