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cloudy days

Posted in the ones about babes in heaven, the ones about hope on July 31, 2008 | 6 Comments »

It was a little over a year ago that I was sitting on Heather’s couch watching the clock’s hand move from double digits to single digits. We had returned to her home that evening from our two-day trek across the dessert and desolate wasteland that separates St. Louis from Southern New Mexico. My cousin and [...]

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prayers for stellan

Posted in the ones about friends on July 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »

Tonight little Stellan, the not yet born son of my college roommate, is fighting for his life. His little heart is beating so fast and so irregularly that it can’t survive. He needs a miracle. We are praying that the Great Physician will touch little Stellan’s heart and save him.
If you would like to join [...]

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if you give your daddy a mouse play ticket

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about hungryman on July 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »

If you give a daddy a mouse play ticket, he’ll probably drive you to the theater. When he gets there he’ll see all the other mice and want you to look like a mouse too. So he’ll paint some whiskers on your face and help you make some ears.

If you glue fur on the ears, [...]

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you can learn a lot from a dummy, buckle up

Posted in the ones about hungryman on July 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »

It should be apparent by this point in the life of this blog that safety is not high on the list of traits packed into one man known as HungryMan.
Whether it is sledding, log riding or jumping on a trampoline flinging his three-year-old girl like a ragdoll with a spring coil neck, my husband likes [...]

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summer love

Posted in the ones about merriment on July 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »

I love summer.

I LOVE summer.

I LOVE SUMMER!

Did I mention that I love summer?

Because I do.

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picture (not so) perfect

Posted in the ones with questions, tagged , , on July 18, 2008 | 20 Comments »

I love this picture. It captures so much of our summer so far: life at the lake; the game that has consumed my family; Ava with her cousins; children imitating their parents. I love that the bean bag is mid-flight between Ava’s hand and the board. Both girl’s stand tranfixed by it’s flight. Will it [...]

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chicer by the dozen

Posted in the ones about ava on July 16, 2008 | 10 Comments »

A few weeks ago, Shanel’s mom was in town for the weekend. Back in our college days, Shanel, our roommates, and I would head down to her parent’s place in search of fresh cookies, a healthy dose of mothering and maybe some free laundry.
We’d haul baskets of dirty clothes down into the basement and let [...]

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tie on the apron strings

Posted in Uncategorized on July 15, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Oops! If you are coming for the WFMW post about Cherry Pitters, click here. If you are interested in Aprons, well then read on.

What works for me?
Aprons!
Seriously, now. Don’t give me that look.
If your vision of aprons looks anything like this or this, than let me introduce you to a whole new crop of clothes [...]

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my mama met your mama on a blog?

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about friends, the ones about merriment, the ones about the blog on July 14, 2008 | 16 Comments »

Goodbye Online Dating. Hello Online Play Groups.

After months of reading about sweet Julia and thinking, “Oh, that sounds just like Ava” or writing an Ava-antic and receiving a comment about how “Julia does the same thing,” the pint-sized virtual friends met.

My pal MckMama and her sister threw an all-out birthday bash inviting seasoned friends and [...]

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spare maid, anyone?

Posted in the ones about ava on July 9, 2008 | 11 Comments »

Ava’s room has reached an all-time low.

Four days with four little girls sandwiched by two extended weekend trips have done things to Ava’s room that would cause mice to relocate.
To make matters worse, Ava carries the strong conviction that clothes are to be changed every three hours. I’m all for creativity and expression, but not [...]

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