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down in the dumps

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about my folly, the ones about parenting, tagged , , , , on March 19, 2008 | 17 Comments »

When I first started this post (before WordPress lost several of my drafts) I intended it to be a funny story about Ava and how she is learning about life through books. Now it’s a not-so-funny story about how I’m learning through Ava and her books about life.
Take a quick gander over at the side [...]

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what would you say?

Posted in the ones about parenting on January 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »

“Ava, please stop kicking. You’re splashing the water on the floor.”
“Mama, I can’t stop kicking.”
“Yes, you can Ava. Stop kicking.”
“But Mom, that’s that way that God made me.”
“He also made you to obey your Mama.”
“But Mom, He made everyone different.”
“Yes He did, but He also told everyone to obey their mamas.”
“Well Mom, you have to [...]

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sir ava newton

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about badgers & friends, the ones about parenting on July 12, 2007 | 5 Comments »

“UH!…Stop. UH!….Mama, why do these keep falling!”
I looked up from the sudsy sink and over at Ava who was holding out her hand and dropping crayon after crayon on the kitchen floor.
“What’s the matter, Ava?” I replied.
Ava picked up a orange crayon, gripped it in her fist, held it over the floor with her palm [...]

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