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Category: Parenting

  • Mom? How do I know if I’m beautiful on the inside? The 4 y.o.

  • Menu Plan for the Week of 5/8 to 5/14

    Busy week. Just enough time to jot down the basics. Hopefully I can revise w recipes as the week proceeds. But…don’t count on it 🙂   The Breakfast Club  …

  • On Spaghetti

  • The 12 y.o.: Mom, What’s a “human” pet supply? The Mom (driving at night): A what? Where? The 12 y.o.: We just passed it. It said on the sign (spells…

  • On What I Learned This Week

    The Mom: So let’s review. What are 5 things you each learned this week? The 12 y.o.: #1: I stink at running away from home. #2: When I do chemical…

  • Donuts? In the Smith house? For breakfast? Whoa. That MUST be a sign of the end times. The 12 y.o.

  • On Errands

    The Mom: Guess I’ll take all 3 of you with me to do errands this afternoon. The 4 y.o.: Really? Cool! It’s my first time to see errands!

  • The sign in front of JCPenney says, “Smoking is allowed 25 feet from the premises.” So, who’s gonna measure? The 12 y.o.

  • My substitute teacher today had the worst grammar I’ve ever heard. Instead of saying ‘addition’ and ‘subtraction’, she said ‘plussing’ and ‘misusing’. Seriously! The 8 y.o.

  • On Ghosts

    The 4 y.o.: Mom, there are LOTS of people who died in the grave park there. Is that where ghosts live? The Mom: It’s called a ‘cemetery’ or ‘graveyard’, sweetie.…

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