On Why I Should Check My Children’s Work

Monthly Archives: June 2012

On Why I Should Check My Children’s Work

June 28, 2012 – 6:19 pm

asked Sophie to put her markers away before the boys got up from their nap. She forgot one. “All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.” —Erma Bombeck

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My Pantry

June 28, 2012 – 12:45 am

promise, this is not a how-to post on how to organize a pantry. There are no links to the baskets I purchased or tips on how to organize canned goods—there is nothing pin-worthy here. Rather, I had to post this picture. Because my pantry never looks like this. I’d like to blame it on the kids. I could blame […]

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Picking Daisies

June 26, 2012 – 3:49 pm

very spring I look forward to the small field of daisies in my parents’ yard. Early May Nini brought out three Mason jars and the kids delighted in walking in the field, picking flowers and making bouquets. James struggled with the picking. He’d find a daisy, grasp it, pull and then yell (so loudly) “Help, […]

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A School Year

June 21, 2012 – 4:35 pm

Sophie’s first day of preschool, September 6, 2011 She was so excited. Sophie’s last day of preschool, May 23, 2012 Her teachers said she was so quiet, her last day. I think she was sad. She’s still telling everyone she’s just on spring break. I imagine she’ll appreciate summers more in her later years. “Time […]

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Happy Summer

June 20, 2012 – 1:05 pm

admire those who do not give their children sweets or whose organic, all-natural Trader Joe’s lollipops are the only candy allowed in the pantry, I do. But if I’m really honest, I also love that, after a trip to the library (in which Sophie picked out five princess books, the boys squealed much too loudly […]

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Your Second Birthdays

June 19, 2012 – 11:31 pm

Dear Owen and James, On your birthday you woke up to find … a new train table from Mommy and Daddy in our living room (it’s now in your bedroom). You both love it but Owen, you, especially do. (James, you’re more into taking the track apart right now.) Nini, Pop Pop, Grandma and Paw […]

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Becoming 2-Year-Olds

June 19, 2012 – 10:33 pm

James, May 19, 2010 James, May 19, 2011 James, May 19, 2012 Owen, May 19, 2010 Owen, May 19, 2011 Owen, May 19, 2012 “The years teach much which the days never knew.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Happy 30th Birthday, Katy!

June 19, 2012 – 10:15 pm

“Thirty is the new 20, unless your 20, then it’s the new 40.” —Dane Peddigrew

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The Brook’s Song

June 14, 2012 – 1:37 pm

This morning I walked past unmade beds … and a laundry basket overflowing with dirty clothes … and a playroom that, honestly, more often than not looks like this. I walked down the stairs past the frame in our wall gallery that still has the model family in it, as I haven’t had time to […]

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“They Grow Up So Fast”

June 13, 2012 – 1:32 am

Turns out I’ve managed to screw up Sophie’s sense of time. After celebrating Andy’s birthday with us, my parents took Sophie back to their house to spend the night. Sophie was watching Andy and my dad install her car seat in my parents’ car. Andy later told me that he and Sophie were talking about […]