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Tag Archives: Kids
Spreading Cheer One Cookie at a Time
Carter ran from door to door around our cul-de-sac, bags of freshly baked cookies clutched in his fist. He respected social distancing, knocking, putting the cookies down, and stepping away to wait and see if someone answered. If they did … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged Be Kind, cookies, Kids, Kindness, Parenting, Quarantine
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Simple Sunday – Just a Bunch of Characters
Carter created these, one for each member of our family (pets included, of course). Top row: Husband, Haley, yours truly Middle row: Chloe, Sasha, James Bottom row: Carter*, Leia, Cody** *And no, we don’t let Carter smoke in real life. … Continue reading
Am I Married to He Who Must Not Be Named?
Last weekend as I was focused on cleaning the garage, Husband shaved his facial hair. Without warning. The last time this happened was about ten years ago. Basically, Cody and Carter do not know of a time when he did … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged Harry Potter, Humor, Husband, Kids, Life, Lord Voldemort, The things that kids say
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An Owls’ Outing
When the boys were younger, we found magic everywhere and in everything we did. We danced with our own shadows while waiting at the bus stop, we named the bushes and hills that comprised our small patch of woods on … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet, Random Thoughts
Tagged childhood, Growing up, Imagination, Kids, Little moments, Little things in life, Magic, Owls, Parenting
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The Bitter Truth
Yesterday we harvested the celery from our garden. Ever the one to research and be informed, the boys and I watched this video. It made the whole process seem so simple that to call it a process seemed silly. What … Continue reading
When James Exercises
The other day I caught our orange cat, James, hanging on Husband’s robe. At the time of the robe hanging, the robe was itself hanging on the back of our bedroom door and, thankfully, not hanging on Husband. I happened … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Random Thoughts
Tagged aerobic exercise, At home workouts, cats, Exercise, Humor, James, Kids, Life, Our Orange Cat, Pets, Proud Momma, The things kids say
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It will be useful again, someday.
One day last week, to combat the boredom that comes with a pandemic quarantining, Carter decided to rearrange the furniture in his bedroom. He drew out a schematic of where he wanted his bed, dresser, bookcase. Without any thought to … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Virus
Tagged childhood, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Kids, Little moments, stay home, toothbrush
5 Comments
Watch out for that Ladyhole!
We were having dessert when one of the boys said a grossly improper sentence. And by grossly improper, I mean by way of grammar. (As a side note, if any of this post is “grossly improper by the way of … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet
Tagged gender neutral, Humor, Kids, Life, manhole, Pie, Piehole, The things kids say
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A Glimpse Into Cody’s Breakfast Playlist
Cindi Lauper – Girls Just Want to have Fun Borgore & Sikdope – Unicorn Zombie Apocalypse (quite a catchy tune that I find myself whistling more often that I like to admit) Marshmello – Here with Me The HU – … Continue reading
Posted in Little Feet
Tagged Borgore & Sikdope, Cindi Lauper, Kids, Life, Marshmello, Music, Playlist, Teenagers, The Beastie Boys, The HU
8 Comments
Nothing but Fur
The other day Carter asked me if he could go skinny dipping in our backyard pool. Considering the time of day – it was daylight – and our location – the middle of one of the largest cities in the … Continue reading
Posted in Furry Feet (and fish), Little Feet
Tagged Almost summertime, Dogs, Fur Dipping, Humor, Kids, Life, Parenting, Pets, Skinny Dipping, The things kids say
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