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Blogworthy Moments Courtesy of My Kids

March 19, 2009 By
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Just about 20 minutes ago, we were sitting at the kitchen table finishing up dinner, and I was leafing through Woman's World magazine. I found a recipe for chocolate cake that claimed it was "healthier" because it was made with chocolate soy milk and whole wheat flour, even though it had over 500 calories and 30 grams of fat per PIECE. So I read that out loud to everybody: Me: "it claims to be healthy because it's made with soy milk and whole wheat flour." And Nathan said: "And a WHOLE LOT OF GOD!" Me: "WHAT???" Nathan: "You said it was made with HOLY FLOUR!" People, I swear that was a direct quote. I can't make this stuff up. ************************************* Yesterday, Kaitlyn, Nathan and I were watching an episode of "Little Einsteins" in which the kids were walking through this forest dropping music notes, found a gingerbread house, there was a witch, just like Hansel & Gretel, etc. I was only half-listening but I think one of the kids said something … [Read more...]

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If you call me, please be a parent

November 10, 2008 By

a big thank you to Lisa who provided the post title in an IM chat last night after I told her this story and she said I HAD to blog it! For a little backstory, on Thursday afternoon I knocked our only a few months old Plantronic phone off of the sideboard and the handset somehow broke inside, because no matter what my husband and I tried, we could not get the phone to turn on again.  We keep an old "real" phone, the kind where the handset is actually attached to the base with a curly cord, for such emergencies, so Chris plugged that in for me. Yesterday after an early lunch, I had just given Kaitlyn a bath and dried her off when the phone rang. Because I couldn't walk around with the phone in my hand, I had to stand there talking on the phone before I had a chance to get Kaitlyn dressed. Fortunately it was a warm 72 degrees in the house. So there I am, on the phone with Ken from Oh! Toys, talking about an upcoming product review I'm doing for him on MomReviews, when Kaitlyn … [Read more...]

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When did a trip to the Mall have to become so, you know, difficult?

July 7, 2008 By

When Ryan was two and a half and Nathan was a newborn, we used to go to the Mall at least once a week just to get out of the house. I would pack the diaper bag and tuck Nathan in the stroller, and into the Mall we would go. We would walk around, pop into KB toys, sit in the food court and eat, it was a pleasant way to spend time together. I just got back from what should have been a simple trip to the Mall so Ryan could buy some paperbacks. Instead, I feel like I just finished walking 10 miles carrying a buffalo. Kaitlyn didn't WANT to sit in the food court and eat, and she didn't WANT to walk over to the play area, and then she didn't WANT to walk back, and oh yeah, she asked me to carry her but then while she was in my arms, she tried to squirm out of them by leaning over to the right until my ankle twisted and I FELL DOWN, holding her, and I ended up sort of laying her down with my arms under her to cushion the fall, except she bent back away from me and banged her head on the … [Read more...]

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