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I sort of want to write a post today, but I sort of want to curl up under a blanket and watch the leaves fall more. Of course, I say that, all romantic, with this great image of myself curled up with a cup of [...]
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Whew! I sat down today, with both kids finally healthy and off at school, with my husband healthy and off at work, with a house covered in a summer of chaos (which I am steadfastly ignoring) and thought, "I'll write about my daughter's huge tantrum. [...]
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Summers are hard. Enjoyable, yes, but also draining. My kids like routine and predictability, and frankly, so do I. In the summer, there can be routines, but they're different from the rest of the year, and they change more frequently. The whole world [...]
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I'm not one to keep busy during the summer, at least not in the sense of running the kids from place to place, activity to activity. Yet, not being busy — whether inside inside the house playing board games or (more often) just keeping the kids from [...]
"Hey, let's go swimming!"
In his enthusiasm,
Austen tears off clothes.
He grabs his swim suit
and for the first time ever
puts it on himself.
He rushes outside,
swim trunks proudly on... Backwards.
Off we go, smiling.
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It's summer, and my kids have been begging to spend every free moment of their time (and there are more free moments at this time of year than any other) in the nearest body of water that will hold them. Ok, that's not quite [...]
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Mary Ann did this little exercise on her blog a while back, and it looked like fun. You are supposed to list what you are about without stopping to think about it. Since the kids are on break, and I don't have time to think [...]
Children in their shorts
rush to end of year parties.
Summer's almost here.
Mama, hair tied back,
rushes to help and get gifts,
can't make time to write.
Kids long for hot days
and a change in the routine
Mama relies on.
When I was a child
I'd dance barefoot in the grass
the first day of break.
Deep breath of warm air.
Let go of the to [...]
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Yes! The kids are back in school, people!
You know, I had all these wonderful plans for how I was going to use their school time to catch up on my blogging -- visit all of your blogs, answer your (long postponed) questions, write some posts I'd [...]
Ugh! I am so done;I am so done with summer.When will fall be here?
