The Ice

Rock Boys

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Saturday Aftershock played Connolly’s in Cary, NC, and since it was an early (7 to 11) outdoor show I took all the boys to see their dad’s gig. This is a fairly rare occurrence for them since most of the Husband’s gigs are very late at night in smoky bars and not ideal for the [...]

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Second day of school

And this is what comes downstairs in the morning, “ready” to go. I said, “Dude. Your head.”

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Sleep Fort

Sunday night the Maker had a friend over to spend the night. The Ice decided to strike out on his own, and built this fort in his Dad’s office in order to have his own space. In the forground you can see a DVD player (he watched “Enchanted” and the husband and I listened to [...]

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Because it’s Easier to NAME the Band than BE the Band

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I recently came across a much folded, notated, starred, scratched out, and circled sheet of notebook paper with the Ice’s name at the top. I left all the spellings exactly as they are. List of some cool made up band names (circled and starred) rage at sunset – nine stars, and signed “by Katie” college [...]

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The 2007 Pre-Teen Boy Gift Trifecta

The gift thing is kind of low-key in our house compared to most people I know. However, the gifts our boys do receive get preferentially ranked by them in ways I would never predict. 3. Digital Entertainment: Pokemon and Pirates Well, this one I can predict; what surprised me was that it turned up at [...]

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Slice of Life: The Perfect Saturday

For the first time in over a decade I have some Saturdays off. It’s astonishing how wonderful they are, assuming you have no intention of grocery shopping or cleaning bathrooms. Here’s what my fabulous Saturday looked like: 1. Sleep late 2. Join the Ice in the kitchen where he’s making a double batch of biscuits. [...]

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Great Mysteries of the World

Here’s what’s weird. When your kids are little, they will eat any kind of garbage in the world. But when they get bigger they get hyper-picky. The Ice is famous for having found a way to eat cat food no matter where I hid it. Hey, it was crunchy and kid-sized, and often could be [...]

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Ice, Age 9, Explains Relationships

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Me: Do any girls like you right now? Ice: A lot. Me (floored): Really? How many? Ice: Seven or eight. Me: Wow. Who are all these girls? Ice: Emily, Adrianne, Caroline, Elizabeth, Teoni, Taylor, Ashley, and a couple others. Narrowing it down, I like Emily and Adrianne best. Caroline and Ashley are really close friends. [...]

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Bad Comic Timing

The Maker, hollering at the top of his lungs from the bathroom where he has been ensconced for several minutes, to the Ice, who is lounging on the couch in the den: “Hey Ice! What do a baseball game and a batter… WAIT! NO…. What do a baseball game and a cake have in common? [...]

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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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