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James and Owen (who aren’t wearing socks or shoes) are playing with Sophie’s paint and brushes, and Owen, in particular, has blue paint in his (too-long) hair and on his clothes and he’s not wearing his tot collar … I’m sure if I could zoom out I’d find about 12 other things wrong with this picture as well. Thankfully, it’s a close-up. And if good mothering is judged on how happy your children are, well, despite the flaws shown here, in this moment, I was doing OK.

“The best way to make children good is to make them happy.” —Oscar Wilde


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This entry was written by kara, posted on October 12, 2011 at 11:46 pm, filed under All and tagged art, James, Owen, parenthood. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.
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  • Jill Uhl

    At least they both had pants on.  You can’t expect much more than that!

    • Kara Uhl

      Ha, true!

  • Cindy

    Kara I don’t see ANYTHING wrong with that photo. Does that make me a poor mother?! ;-)  I take the motto of there is perfection in imperfection. My favorite part of the photo is the blue paint in the hair. Cherish the joy and their happy little faces.  I LOVE IT ALL!!!

    ~Cindy

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