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Flapjack vs. The Pickle
OK, let’s just clear the air right now. YES, I bribe my children and YES, I lie to them about whether or not I am filming them. No shame. Ever since Flapjack got a DS, he’s been begging me for … Continue reading
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A Life's Work
Flapjack lives by two maxims: Let no quiet moment go uninterrupted, and let no mother who’s just trying to decompress from a long day at work go unannoyed. Which is why, when I pick him up each evening, he talks … Continue reading
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Validation
I was out of town all last week, which meant Dad was large and in charge. (An aside: I know some women who will never leave their house just to run errands, much less go for a girls’ weekend, because … Continue reading
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Miracle at the Gym
Flapjack choked tonight, and I had a heart attack. We were eating at the restaurant at our gym (yeah, our gym has a restaurant — we’re posh like that), and he suddenly made a funny face at me. I was … Continue reading
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A Letter to My Children, Upon the Occasion of Their Staying With Their Out-of-Town Grandparents
Dear Flapjack and Lil’ Goldfish: I hope you are having a wonderful time at your grandparent’s house. I’m so happy that we finally live near enough to Mamie and Grandaddy that you guys can go and visit them. It’s very … Continue reading
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Spreadsheet Love, or Ways In Which I Pretend I'm Organized
Good grief have I ever been sick the past couple of days. I’ve had a stomach virus that tore me up. I caught it from Flapjack. On Sunday, we were at a friend’s for her Holiday Open House. When we … Continue reading
They're Baaaack
The boys have been back home for about 24 hours. What’s happened since then? Let’s do the math: 1 pants-wetting incident 3 times turning up the CD player so loud that my inner ear fluid leaked out 1 1/2 spilled … Continue reading
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True Confessions Time
I’m going to try my darndest (that obvious attempt at dodging a dirty word was for you, Ma!) to keep this one short. This topic could turn into a mondo-essay if I allowed it, but I won’t. I’m really more … Continue reading
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This Makes Me Happy: Part 1
I love this picture. It makes me terribly happy. It makes me happy because it sums up summer fun pretty succinctly. It’s all about swimming pools and playing with Daddy and pretty flowers. It makes me happy because it stars two … Continue reading
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Lovebugs
One day, when my boys grow up and get so angry at each other that they bloody each other’s nose or break the other’s favorite light saber or put a fist through my wall or spread mean rumors about the … Continue reading
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