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February 5, 2012 · 6:00 AM

My Mom, by Spencer

 

So, this further confirms that my life very much revolves around food… specifically chocolate, and cupcakes.  And caramel.  And it makes me sad when… oh just read.  I LOVE these kids.

 

1. What is something mom always says to do?

Make coffee.

 

2. What makes mom happy?

That’s easy.  Caramel.  Chocolate. 

 

3. What makes mom sad?

When people are mean.  But before that he said, Well last night you were sad because the shot glass was missing.  Ha ha ha ha ha.

 

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

I don’t know (apparently I only make the 3 year old and 11 year old laugh)

 

5. What was your mom like as a child?

Well, not very safe.  You got hurt a lot when you played with your friend Amy.  (He speaks the truth… most notably the time I knocked myself unconscious on a zipline, and won myself an ambulance trip to the ER)

 

6. How old is your mom?

38

 

7. How tall is your mom?

 5’7″

 

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Blogging

 

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?

 Nothing  (Ha, nice)

 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Writing a book

 

11. What is your mom really good at?

 Being a mom

 

12. What is your mom not very good at?

I don’t know what you’re not good at  (atta boy)

 

13. What does your mom do for a job?

Takes care of four kids

 

14.What is your mom’s favorite food?

Milk Duds  (OK, I do eat actual food.  Honest.  Good food even.)

 

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

Your cupcakes

 

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

I’m not too much of a cartoon watcher. 

 

17. What do you and your mom do together?

Hang out and watch TV

 

18. How are you and your mom the same?

We both like chocolate

 

19. How are you and your mom different?

I like licorice, and you don’t

 

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

You show me by doing stuff for me.

 

21. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

What’s that restaurant up in Sedona?  (Javelina Cantina?)  Yeah, that.

 

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February 4, 2012 · 12:00 PM

My Mom, by Paxton

 

1. What is something mom always says to do?

Do the dishes

 

2. What makes mom happy?

 Everything

 

3. What makes mom sad?

Nothing

 

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

By saying something funny

 

5. What was your mom like as a child?

 As wonderful and marvelous and epic as I am right now.

 

6. How old is your mom?

38

 

7. How tall is your mom?

5’7″

 

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Eat chocolate and drink wine, because you *never* do those things

 

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?

I don’t know, because I’m not around

 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Blogging

 

11. What is your mom really good at?

Being our mom

 

12. What is your mom not very good at?

Being our dad

 

13. What does your mom do for a job?

You don’t have a job… That pays… Yet

 

14.What is your mom’s favorite food?

Dark chocolate

 

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

That you’re able to take care of four kids.

 

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

 Tweety Bird

 

17. What do you and your mom do together?

 Quizzes like this

 

18. How are you and your mom the same?

We both make puns, and we both have a sarcastic streak.  (Me, sarcastic??  Noooooo)

 

19. How are you and your mom different?

Your hair is very different than mine

 

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

Because you say it a lot

 

21. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

Well, it’s not to park day, because you usually want to skip that.  I would say, IHOP.

Did I win the quiz?  What’s my prize?

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· 9:11 AM

My Mom, by Everett

 

1. What is something mom always says to do?

Ummmm…. Let’s see…. Clean the table

 

2. What makes mom happy?

Cleaning (goofy kid)

 

3. What makes mom sad?

I don’t know about that.

 

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

 I don’t know about that either.

 

5. What was your mom like as a child?

 Ummmm…. uhhhhhhh…. I don’t know.

 

6. How old is your mom?

37?

 

7. How tall is your mom?

Let’s see.  20 inches?

 

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Blog

 

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?

Blog  (this is when he started giggling)

 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Blogging  (he’s laughing now)

 

11. What is your mom really good at?

Blogging (hysterical laughter)

 

12. What is your mom not very good at?

I can’t think of anything.

 

13. What does your mom do for a job?

 Take care of us.

 

14.What is your mom’s favorite food?

Cupcakes (So far, this is two of my children… ;))

 

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

 When she plays with me.

 

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Marge Simpson

 

17. What do you and your mom do together?

 Play games

 

18. How are you and your mom the same?

 We both have freckles

 

19. How are you and your mom different?

You’re a girl

 

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

You say it

 

21. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

The grocery store!  (Well, I guess I would need to go there for my cupcake ingredients and cleaning supplies)

 

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February 3, 2012 · 9:21 AM

My Mom, by Tegan

 

(Just about 3 weeks before her 4th birthday)

 

1. What is something mom always says to do?

I think you tell me to put my clothes back on before we go to the park.   (ha ha, I do.  I have to ask her to put her clothes back on often)

 

2. What makes mom happy?

Tegan.

 

3. What makes mom sad?

When she’s without Tegan.

 

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

 Tickle me.

 

5. What was your mom like as a child?

I don’t know.  I can’t guess a thing like that.  (LOL)

 

6. How old is your mom?

38 (She knows because I just had a birthday)

 

7. How tall is your mom?

10

 

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

Nail polish

 

9. What does your mom do when you’re not around?

Clean up

 

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

Because you’re a king

 

11. What is your mom really good at?

Races  (she then proceeded to challenge me to a race across the house – the only kind of racing I ever do – to see if she was satisfied with her answer)

 

12. What is your mom not very good at?

Hide and Seek

 

13. What does your mom do for a job?

Cleaning up

 

14.What is your mom’s favorite food?

Cupcakes 🙂

 

15.What makes you proud of your mom?

Playing with me

 

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?

Rosie, Caillou’s sister

 

17. What do you and your mom do together?

Swing, play hide and seek, play everything.

 

18. How are you and your mom the same?

We both have hair in our nose.  (ha!)

 

19. How are you and your mom different?

Nose ring, earrings, your watch, freckles.

 

20. How do you know your mom loves you?

Because I love you.

 

21. Where is your mom’s favorite place to go?

San Diego.  How’s that answer?  (Perfect answer, baby. :))

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January 26, 2012 · 9:59 PM

Why we were late for gymnastics

A pictorial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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October 18, 2011 · 7:26 PM

Today, by the numbers

Field trip to a (free) children’s heart museum:  About $10 in gas.

A nice lunch for 6 at Big Fat Greek Restaurant:  $65

Redbox late fee for the movie we never even finished watching Sunday night:  $1.20

Standing in line to return said movie, chatting with a bunch of people, and only discovering that the zipper on my pants was wide open AFTER I got back into my car:  Priceless.

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September 1, 2011 · 1:08 PM

A Year Without Mirrors

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Have you seen this blog?

Mirror, Mirror… OFF The Wall

I came across this the other day, and I found it absolutely fascinating. Like really fascinating. I can’t stop reading. You’ll definitely want to spend some time there when you’re done here (you’re welcome), but in a nutshell:

It’s written by a woman who formerly worked in the fashion industry, and is currently studying the relationship between “beauty” and equality. The blog is about her year-long experiment – begun 6 months before her wedding – in which she completely gives up mirrors.

I love it. Love the concept, love her writing, love how it makes me think.

Body image and self image and how we perceive beauty in general are such a huge part of our culture. I like to pretend that they aren’t, but turning on a television or picking up a magazine or walking just about anywhere in public tells me otherwise.

My kids tell me otherwise too, in ways that break my heart. My 14 year old starting to worry about shaving and acne and what girls will think of his appearance. My 11 year old, who has finally stopped cutting off all his curls because he thought that straight hair was cooler. My three year old little girl, who’s already been told by a proud 5 year old cousin: “You’re not as skinny as me.”

It all makes me sad, and certainly isn’t a subject that can be covered (or covered well anyway) in one single blog post. I think I just might write about it some more in the future. In the meantime, check out her blog, and be inspired.

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August 16, 2011 · 6:30 AM

The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

 

Does anyone remember reading this book as a kid? I remember the book well, and I remember a 6th grade creative writing assignment (I remember a LOT of creative writing assignments in eery detail) where we had to write our own version. Mine involved throwing an alarm clock in frustration and accidentally hitting my dad, pouring milk on my cereal only to find out it was spoiled, and falling out an open window at school.

I always think of that book on days like yesterday… days marred by not one big lousy thing, but a succession of many many little lousy things. The kind of day that when, at 4:00 in the afternoon, you finally get your first chance to sit down for a tenth of a second (on the bathroom floor no less, because taking a bath is the absolute only thing that the three year old wants to do), your seven year old promptly kicks over your entire cup of coffee in his haste to join his sister in the tub. The kind of day when you spend a good two minutes with a wet pair of shorts, just staring at the tan puddle spreading across the tile from said cup of coffee, because you’re literally too tired to do anything about it. The kind of day when you actually dread leaving your post on the cold bathroom floor – as uncomfortable as it is – because you don’t want to face the mess that awaits in the rest of the house.

The kind of day when you finally and gratefully go to bed after a warm meal, in your comfortable house in your safe neighborhood… after you kiss your four healthy kids goodnight and turn out the lights… and there’s nothing you can do but thank God that even on the bad days, your life’s pretty damn good.

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August 5, 2011 · 6:30 AM

Conversations with a 7 year old

 Everett

I just had the following conversation:

Everett: Mommy. Do you think I should go get the towel?

Me: What towel?

Everett: The towel I dried my butt on.

Me: You dried your butt on a towel?

Everett: Well I was taking a shower.

Me: Okay…

Everett: And I had to go to the bathroom. I didn’t want to get the toilet seat all wet, so I got out and dried my butt on the towel.

Me: The hand towel?

Everett: No, a regular towel. Should I go get it? You know, since my butt was on it?

Me: Well, where did you leave it?

Everett: I put it back in the hall closet. (Pause) I should probably go get it and put it in the laundry.

Me: That’d be a good idea.

Everett ::::runs off to get the towel:::::

The end.

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July 26, 2011 · 7:12 AM

To The Crazy Ones….

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment on my tantrum post, I have many follow-ups in the works… just trying to decide which to start with. In the meantime, here’s a little video to watch.

Need something to read? Read this.

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