The First

What a Magic Wand Would Do

Things about your body you’d change. The First, age 12 be more muscular be more tan have black hair be older have smaller ears have fewer freckles The Husband, when he was age 12 be more muscular be more tan have a deeper voice The Maker, age 7 have armor be more muscular

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Report: First Week of Public School (or: girls, food, and fire)

I asked the First, first time public-schooler and seventh-grader, for the lowdown on his first week of school. The report falls into three categories: girls, food, and fire. 1. Girls. They have some cute ones there. Mom: So do these cute girls know your name? First: Yes. (long silence) Mom (once it’s clear no more [...]

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Tween Dress Code

The First informed me that there are precisely six categories of stereotypes proudly (or shamefully) enforced in the tween set these days: 1. Preps, identified by their “dressy” clothes. The rule is that you can dress up periodically without retaining any stigma that might otherwise be associated with this moniker. 2. Geeks, who “just wear [...]

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Saturday Schedule

9:30 am: drop off The Maker at his basketball game 10:30 am: drop off The First and his two friends at the mall 11 am: pick up The Maker from his basketball game Noon: shop for groceries, including snacks for The Ice’s basketball game 1:15 pm: drop off The Ice at his basketball game 2:30 [...]

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See if you can figure out how clean I am and how many boys I have

In my shower there are three bars of Ivory soap carved into little boats.

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Does This Count as a Sick Day or Vacation?

The Husband, who usually works from home, left early for an all-day work conference, so I’m on task getting the boys through their morning chores, and I’m looking immaculate in my freshly dry-cleaned suit and heels, holding my morning dose of commuter coffee in a go-cup, and waiting to get the little angels to school. [...]

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