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nut jobs?

Monday, June 28, 2010

“Sometimes I feel like crazy people live here,” says my sister looking at the whiteboard in the kitchen. Currently it reads: A GO train in the sky A bird you go into “Yeah, those are Simon’s and my descriptions of plane travel. Hardly crazy. Just another Elsie-teaching moment, sister. Don’t all good parents scribble teaching [...]

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some mothers are just not fun. i am not one of those mothers?

Thursday, October 29, 2009

This whole Halloween thing has me a little riled up (internally). Yesterday at the grocery store the clerk asked me if we were taking Elsie out for Halloween. An innocent question—which had the potential to be answered with corresponding simplicity. Like ‘Yes!’ Or even ‘No!’ Or to elaborate just a wee bit, ‘Not this year.’ [...]

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china doll

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Cute things this one did yesterday. Cute thing #1: backward walking. A skill which hails from her father. Yep. Simon ran home backwards for an entire year when he was in grade seven. That was the year he got a timer for his birthday. To time his backward running naturally. I am so proud. Cute [...]

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