On Christmas Eve, my poor Rowdy Rebel could not go to sleep! All he could think about was catching Santa. I tried to explain that Santa simply won’t come in until everyone in the home is sleeping. This news was disappointing for Rowdy Rebel, and rather than help him sleep, it caused his sweet little [...]
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Rowdy Rebel had a really interesting field trip at school last week. They went to see a Native American settlement and Nature Center.
I said, “Wow, that sounds like such a neat place. I wish I could go!”
Rowdy Rebel said, “You can, Mom. Parents go to help on our field trips…Oh, and don’t worry…No one will [...]
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Last year, the boys wrote their gift lists. Wow, were those some loooong lists. Did I do that when I was little? Probably.
This year, I must admit, I’m almost nervous to see the lists! I know they’d love the new 3D console, so I was looking around for Nintendo 3DS deals…The price just dropped, so [...]
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This is a short quote–but I think you’ll agree that it packs quite a punch. Rowdy Rebel said to me this afternoon:
“Mom, do you know what? Once I squished a bug inside my nose. It felt weird.”
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Baby Brother got a new room and a new bed. I was concerned about the transition (namely, afraid he would refuse to transition at all).
When I tucked him in the first night, he called me into the room and held onto me for dear life. Things did not seem to be going as I’d hoped. [...]
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This is probably one of my favorite all-time quotes by Rowdy Rebel.
He heard me talking to a parent about Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. I had noticed on the website that students who are admitted have access to financial aid–though it’s incredibly difficult to get in. He must have listened in.
I was tucking him [...]
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During the weeks before Thanksgiving, the boys studied about the Pilgrims and their voyage to the New World. They learned in school about difficulties that faced new comers to the Americas long ago.
I suppose these recent lessons in school had something to do with Rowdy Rebel’s blessing at dinner the other night. He folded his [...]
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We need a new car, so there are a lot of discussions about cars these days.
Deep Thinker keeps pointing out models he knows to be expensive. But I keep responding that there is no point in owning an expensive car. We don’t need expensive things. We just need to be able to transport ourselves from [...]
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Rowdy Rebel was “helping” me cook dinner the other night.
He asked, “Mom, did you have any babies before you and Dad got married?”
I said no.
He said, “Ohhhhh, so ya have to be married to have babies.” I said, yes, pretty much.
And he explained, “Well, butterflies don’t have to be married to have babies. They just [...]
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This was a fun dialogue we had today on the way home from summer camp.
Rowdy Rebel: “Mom, do you know anyone who has a uni-bra?”
Deep Thinker: “Ummmm, do you mean a uni-brow?”
Rowdy Rebel: “Oh yeah. So Mom, do you know anyone who has a uni-bra?”
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