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Ferocious Spiders
Papa? Papa. Papa! PapaPapaPapaPapa. Papa is a heavy sleeper. I get up, glancing at the clock on my way to Carter’s room. It is 12:34 am. me: Hey sweetheart, let me tuck you back in. carter: Momma, there’s spider in … Continue reading
Of Hand Me Downs and An Abandoned Baby in a Box
Almost six years ago, the boy who shares the same school bus stop as Cody was put into a box and abandoned in a stairwell of an apartment building in Siberia. By his own mother. He was thirteen months old … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet
Tagged A cup of coffee, Adoption, Children, Family, Orphanage, Parenting
31 Comments
Simple Sunday – Light On. Light Off.
Around here we don’t use any old light switch to turn our lights on and off. And now, neither do you! This is a super handy, aesthetically pleasing, light switch handle designed by my boys with their Kid K’NEX (although … Continue reading
From the Window I Spied…
Husband standing, waiting a small blue backpack with an orange shark print motif dangled from one hand. Barely in view, crouched down in the middle of our driveway was Carter examining what was left of our snow – tire crushed, … Continue reading
Mmmmm, Pie…
“The pie is an English institution which, planted on American soil, forthwith ran rampant and burst forth into an untold variety of genera and species.” ~Harriet Beecher Stowe~ Yesterday, January 23rd, was National Pie Day. Created by the American Pie … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food
Tagged American Pie Council, baking, Children, Food, national pie day, Sugar Pie
16 Comments
Wait. This is Not How I Remember Snow Days.
The school district phone call woke me up at five, as my cell phone by the bed rang. Two hour late start due to snow and no preschool. Five minutes later the home phone, which is also forwarded to my … Continue reading
The Skeletons in Our Closet
The alarm goes off. Sometimes it wakes me up, sometimes it doesn’t. Husband rolls out of bed turns it off and lumbers into the bathroom. The door shuts, the light seeps out from under, and the shower starts up. If … Continue reading
Wow That Guy has the Instincts of a Plant!
It was a bird this time and not a rat festively decorated with a golden bow. The boys don’t understand why Delilah, the cat who is not our cat, keeps bringing gifts of dead animals. And they don’t get that I … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Little Feet
Tagged Children, Instinct, Parenting, Phototropism, Science
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Shoes On The Wrong Feet 