Month: July 2012
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I’m Sorry.
This one is for my friend, Heather, who is going through the same challenges with her beautiful 4 year old daughter as I am with mine. Seeing the teenage years flash before our eyes, we are clutching dearly onto the innocent moments of childhood…their childhood. The older mine gets, the more stubborn she becomes. Digs…
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Stinky Water
Summertime is awesome, especially by…and in…the water. Lucky to grow up submerged in the life experiences of a Lake Erie boater, and now a resident of a Lake Erie lake town…I have to say it’s a tough life to beat. Splashing into the lake is an easy trade for sweating it out on land. With…
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Birthday Poo
Ahhh, the sweet smell of 2. In the first 12 hours of being 2 years old, my daughter Lo tried to eat my razor (which I hide behind shampoo bottles that apparently she can now reach-luckily no damage to the child…), and covered herself in poo. I get carried away for my kids birthdays….on purpose. …
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Strawberry Barf.
With kids, I never know what I’m going to get. That’s a given, right? But, to a certain extent, I feel like sometimes I know exactly what I AM going to get. Like, after a long morning at Soak City with my kids, I’m going to get a long afternoon of quietness while they nap. …
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The Spider Pee.
Boundaries. That’s what the parenting books call them. It’s a tough thing to establish. I’ve gone from the physical boundaries that ensure my kid won’t take off running wherever and whenever they choose…to now the negotiation boundaries.
Sunny&80 