Tag Archives: Family

For Want of a Paper Plate

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Shoes

We had the talk again this year: [pirate, firefighter, robots, bats]   While opening our box of Halloween gear: [candles, spiders, three witches hats]   I seized up one black and pointed hat laughed a loud cackle, and said that … Continue reading →

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Always Home

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Shoes

Snails.  Not only are they always home but they are always in the process of creating their home.  For the snail their shell is home but it also means safety from predators like birds and frogs as well as from … Continue reading →

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Beating Myself Up

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Shoes

I beat myself up over the silliest of things: feeding the boys pb&j’s two days in a row, nagging them too much, not having tissues in my coat pocket when a little nose is running.  But tonight it was over … Continue reading →

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Of Fall and Feasts

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Shoes

It is that time of the year again.  There is a chill in the air, that even the sun’s rays cannot warm. The leaves take their final bow, step away from their partners twirling and swaying, to land gracefully on … Continue reading →

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Simple Sunday – The Things Found at the End of our Hallway

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Shoes

This morning I slept in.  I laid in bed and listened to the boys playing in their not so quiet way.  I heard Husband make the coffee.  When I got out of bed this is what I found at the … Continue reading →

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Mini Math Muffins

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Shoes

This year not only did I sign up to be one of the room moms in Cody’s classroom (something I vowed I would not do again) but I also signed up to help out with the school’s largest fundraiser, XtraMath.  … Continue reading →

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Excuse Me Ma’am but There’s a Fly in My Bowl

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Shoes

I don’t like fish.  They swim around and around, staring with their big unblinking fisheyes.  They don’t just quietly hang out, oh no, they lurk and lurking in my book is plain creepy. Fish.  They unnerve me mostly because I … Continue reading →

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Where Are You?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Shoes

It is close to dinnertime.  I am in the kitchen cooking.  The pots and pans are being rattled, the water turns on and off, a timer beeps alerting me that something is done or needs to be checked.  I am … Continue reading →

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Beer Goggles Carter Style

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Shoes

I was looking through old photographs for a picture of Carter as a little guy to put in my Skater Boy post and came across this picture from June of 2010. It made me laugh out loud and I love … Continue reading →

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Hanging with the Skater Boys on a Tuesday Afternoon

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Shoes

Ever since Carter can remember, he and I have been making almost weekly trips to the local skate park.  When he was a baby and a small toddler he rode in his stroller and later, as the years went by, … Continue reading →

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