Thanks, everyone, for your enthusiastic response to the Hula Hippos giveaway! Though I’d love to give a game to each of you, there can only be one winner, and that winner is…
Comment #160: Karla
Congratulations, Karla!
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From the monthly archives:
January 2009
When I finally got on the computer this morning, I saw that my oldest son, C., had left a comment on my last post. That comment says: “Could you please write a new post soon?”
C. faithfully checks my blog almost daily, and though he isn’t crazy about my posts involving book giveaways or reviews, he [...]
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Time for another edition of What’s On Your Nightstand?, a monthly carnival hosted by 5 Minutes for Books, in which we all talk about what we’re reading, or what we just read, or what we’re about to read. Click the graphic to visit the carnival headquarters and check out the other participants.
I just finished Dark [...]
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We are a game-playing family. And while my husband and I often choose to play games that involve lots of strategy and deep thinking, I have to admit that sometimes, a crazy, quick, no-thinking-involved game is the one that really hits the spot. Especially if there are kids involved.
And it seems that our son, C. [...]
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Okay, I thought that title would be a good one for attracting people to my blog via Google searches. After all, many readers find me when they do a search for “something died in my wall” or “my child eats carpet fuzz,” so why not expand my search engine reach by blogging about two pervasive [...]
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5 Minutes for Books is holding their monthly Kids’ Picks carnival today, in which we are invited to share the books that have recently captured our children’s interests. Since I had so much fun interviewing C. back in November, I thought I’d do it again. In the past six months or so, he’s read a [...]
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Okay, here’s the deal. Chad and I have been married for more than 15 years, and we’ve had a full-size bed all that time. After many discussions, and quite a few middle-of-the-night kicks, elbows-to-the-head, and pokes in the ribs…we’ve decided to upgrade.
Actually, we decided quite a while ago to upgrade, but I’m having trouble making [...]
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It decided to snow here today — some pretty serious snow. All I know is that when I went down to the basement this afternoon to exercise, it was starting to flurry, and when I finally re-surfaced, I couldn’t see the road in front of our house.
C. got off the school bus half an hour ago, but [...]
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L. is just starting to figure out what pronouns are all about, and it’s been both amusing and heart-warming to watch his progress.
Last week, it went something like this:
Mom: L., where is “you”?
L.: [pointing to himself] Right there!
Mom: And where is “me”?
L.: [pointing to himself] Right there!
Mom: And where is “I”?
L.: [once again pointing to [...]
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