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Puddle Jumping

This little episode happened last spring. I ran across the pictures when I was going through my files and thought I’d share it with you, Internets.It was a lovely warm spring day. The rain had ended and there was a perfect puddle waiting at the end of the...

So. Totally. Infuriated.

Well, folks, this blog is about the good and the bad of parenting, and today we bring you the bad. Right now, the older boys are in their room and I’ve told them not to talk to me for a while. I’ve been frustrated for the past several days at the...

Culture Shock

A member of my homeschooling group put out an invitation for a field trip to a ballet performance of Don Quixote at the end of the month. I’ve never taken the boys to a play or ballet because I didn’t believe they’d sit and enjoy it. But this sounded...

The Travel Bug

This is my weekly post The Travel Bug over at Forever Parenting. Last year we took two (2!!!) family vacations, and were blessed to dip our toes in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in the same year. It was such a great time. Both Hubby and I agree that traveling...

Snippets – March 6, 2008

The Mercenary: Mom, where was that place we went…the one where we saw the beavers working and we were petting the sting rays? Me: Well, that was two different places honey. The beavers were at the museum in Virginia, and the sting rays were more local. TM:...

Sammy

I’ve known a beautiful young lady at my church for several years now. Her name is Samantha, but most of us call her Sam for short. When so many families left the church two summers ago in the split, Sam lost some friends that she adored. I know it was pretty...