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Lessons from the Trenches of Parenthood: Anger

Amy — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:36:19 +0000

It’s funny how raising kids forces you to take intangible concepts and solidify them for the sake of teaching them to others. Because it’s one thing to understand something, and quite another to PUT IT INTO WORDS so someone else can understand it. So here’s something I was forced to put into words the other [...]

Waves

Amy — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:49:06 +0000

My son’s personality is an intriguing dichotomy. He is frequently a total, off-the-wall goofball who loves to make jokes and crack others (and himself) up with his silly antics and humor. His laugh is infectious and when something really tickles him he wants to share it (again and again) with everyone around him. He is [...]

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Amy — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:16:28 +0000

One of my goals during this Staycation was to make a major dent in the 6 years of scrapbooking I haven’t done. Unfortunately, that just didn’t quite work out as I had hoped, but I did manage to put together two pages today:

Christmas Elves: Day 29

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:40:01 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 28

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:38:38 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 27

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:37:12 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 26

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:35:09 +0000

At about this time, I started to realize why most people bring out the elves on the first of December instead of Thanksgiving – particularly when Thanksgiving comes earlier than usual in the month of November. My well of ideas began to run a little dry.

Christmas Elves: Day 25

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:32:01 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 24

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:30:26 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 23

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:29:21 +0000

Hijacking Mama’s computer to email Santa…

Christmas Elves: Day 22

Amy — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:22:48 +0000

I regret that I didn’t get a picture of the elves this night. They made paper chains and left them for the kids to complete. They were perched at the top of a doorway with a sign that read: This doorway was looking a little plain. Please help us complete this paper chain! The kids [...]

Monsters

Amy — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:54:52 +0000

True confession: I lie to my kids. I perpetuate myths about Santa and magic elves. I tell them that they can do anything if they just work hard enough. When they’re afraid of the dark and have scary dreams, I hold them and assure them that monsters don’t exist. But their dolls don’t magically come [...]

Christmas Elves: Day 21

Amy — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:04:50 +0000

Christmas Elves: Day 20

Amy — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 05:02:49 +0000

Naughty stinkers… Mama got elf-ized and Daddo became a reindeer. And also… I swear you guys, I DO NOT BAIT HIM - HE IS EVERPRESENT when there are elves involved.

Korenisms: Tickling Edition

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:34:27 +0000

Kaelin: Koren, did you know that Daddo only tickles people he loves? Koren: Yes. I did know that. (30 seconds of silence) Koren: Daddo, you love your job, so do you tickle your boss?

Christmas Elves: Day 19

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:42:45 +0000

I’m just gonna come right out and say it… this is what happens when Mama is sleepy and short on time. I didn’t even get a good picture - I don’t know WHAT my camera was focusing on but it doesn’t appear to be anything that’s actually in the picture. Fortunately, the kids thought it [...]

Christmas Elves: Day 18

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:32:48 +0000

This was the first day the elves did something separately. Ellie gathered all the Disney figurines for story time… Meanwhile, Eddie blew off all his friends for a fishing trip. Unfortunately, this activity did NOT pass the Rocco test, and Eddie ended up doing a belly flop into the fish pond. So he got [...]

Christmas Elves: Day 17

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:54:53 +0000

Half the fun of arranging elves is seeing to what lengths Rocco will go in order to get them. Subsequently, half the challenge of arranging elves is doing so in a manner where they will be free of cat-mischief until morning. Fortunately, in this instance, all I had to do was move the ladder away.

Christmas Elves: Day 16

Amy — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:22:23 +0000

The elves made a Christmas craft, and the kids had fun taking part in creating more Christmas trees. I should have taken a picture of all the ones the kids did also. I think they might make good accessories on gift-wrapped presents – what do you think?

Christmas Elves: Day 15

Amy — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:08:08 +0000

Snowman time! Eddie and Ellie have a thing for snow. And marshmallows. If you couldn’t tell.

Christmas Elves: Day 14

Amy — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:57:04 +0000

I am so behind on this. The elves have been busy – but so have I, so I haven’t had time to post their antics. On this day, the elves attempted to hitch a ride to Kaelin’s school. Unfortunately, they were caught and did not make it out the door.

Christmas Elves: Day 13

Amy — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:52:57 +0000

If you’ve ever been to our house, you know that most all the doors (and some walls) are entirely covered in mirrors. Not our idea, they were like that when we moved in. Removing the mirrors would ruin the doors, so we’ve learned to live with them. You can watch yourself do just about anything [...]

Christmas Elves: Day 12

Amy — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 04:26:53 +0000

Ok, I really was going to stay away from the Dangling Elf motif. But I was short on time and didn’t want to make a big mess…and also I had all this string laying around from the zip line. It turns out that flying elves are even more fascinating than dangling elves.

Christmas Elves: Day 11

Amy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:08:05 +0000

So this: is currently driving my cat crazy. I’m going to have to avoid Dangling Elf scenes in the future. He’s sitting on the stairs meowling at them IN AGONY because he can’t tackle them. I hope he shuts up before I have to go to bed. Kaelin had her best friend over tonight. At [...]

Korenisms: Challenge Edition

Amy — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:52:09 +0000

Should I be alarmed that when my kids are riding bikes in the street and I call out the “Car coming!” warning, my son’s response is “Bring it!”…?