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The Dark Road to… Darkness.

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Beware children! See how easy it is to slip from an ordinary good boyhood into shudder-inducing nightmarish-ness. Nightmarish-osity. Something dark that involves hissing and a small amount of drool, anyway. I was surfing through some of my recent pictures and came across these two from earlier this year — taken on demand from the Maker, [...]

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In A 10 Year Old’s Head

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The Maker is regularly given an hour in school to read, write, draw, or nap. (I know, you miss 5th grade. I do, too.) At some point recently he decided to write a story during his free hour, which I later found folded into quarters, floating around on a kitchen counter. I’m publishing it here [...]

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Bookmarking Schools of Thought

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This is my genetic material at work. When I was in college I highlighted about one-third of each of my textbooks, even if they were already highlighted by the generations of students who had the book before me. The Husband, on the other hand, comes from the Minimalist School of Bookmarking/Highlighting. If the book was [...]

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Old Sayings Can be Tricky

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The Maker and I were having lunch together and I was telling him this fairly long, drawn-out story about how his father and I are so different. He was utterly still and listening to my every word. I explained how I was the bubbly social one and his dad was the reserved, quiet one (rock [...]

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What Time do Boys Eat Breakfast?

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This is a photo of the First (left, still asleep) and his friend Jake, who has just spent the night at our house. Because I am such an incredible mom (and because Jake is one of my all-time favorites), I often cook a big family breakfast on Saturday mornings for all my guys to enjoy. [...]

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Olive (again)

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I know I just posted about her, but I got a chuckle out of this picture of Olive in her accustomed seat at the counter. The main reason she sits here is not, in fact, because she might secure a tasty tidbit. She has been known to hook things off the counter with her sneaky [...]

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He Puts the “W” in “Mom”

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The Maker made me this super-awesome pop-up card and I know you’re all jealous. He has recently been enamored of the nifty way you can play with words, and he particularly adores palindromes. However, in the case of my name (which is, of course, “Mom”) he likes that I sign my notes with “WOW MOM”. [...]

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Yard Sale Haul

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Our neighborhood hosted their annual multi-family yard sale last week, and the Maker (pictured here, with a selection of his loot) was up by 7 am on a Saturday, armed with $5.00 and ready to fight for first pick of the best goods. I think he got pretty good value for his money, but I’ll [...]

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Boy Feet

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Ok, I feel slightly guilty — but only slightly — to have posted yesterday and made it look like the Maker never wears shoes. Here is proof to the contrary, and I swear to you he has nicer shoes than these, too. Sketchers, even! I just bought them about 4 weeks ago and they are [...]

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From Now On, I Buy Black Ones

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I know, this is disgusting. This week I came home from work and found the Maker playing driveway basketball with several of his friends. In his socks. Again. I keep telling him, Dude, you need some thicker socks. Like, ones with some kind of cushiony, tough sole to them. If they were heavier, you could [...]

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