Freak Parade

After a very traumatic birthday experience….The Girl is as good as new.
I really don’t have it in me to relive the actual birthday trauma in detail….let’s just say she spent the whole day in her room, puking…while 35 people partied in my backyard. My head exploded approximately 4,000 times, and we narrowly avoided another trip […]

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Not the stomach flu. Pneumonia. Yep. Four and a half hours in the ER, one shot in the butt, and three pukes later, we are home. The Girl is sleeping restlessly and I am praying her antibiotics make her feel well enough to have her party Saturday. She is not contagious, so we are good […]

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So The Girl has the stomach flu. Yes, she is sick quite a lot, thanks for noticing. She has pretty much always been a germ magnet….much to The Boy’s dismay. As usual, The Boy has evacuated the premises. Someone is throwing up? Go to Mamaw’s. Go directly to Mamaw’s. Do not pass go. Do not […]

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She will be five soon.
A Big Girl.
She has been having a difficult time figuring out what that means for her.
Tantrums. Tears. Attitude.
I keep reminding myself how difficult it must be to grow up. To try to discover out how to be your own person with only five years of experience.
So go on, Babygirl, and […]

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So we think The Girl may have chicken pox. A very mild case, but still enough to send her brother off the deep end. Any hint of illness at our house just freaks him the hell out. I considered not even mentioning it to him, but I needed to deposit her somewhere today while […]

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Um, yeah. So, hi! Long time no blog. I didn’t die or anything dramatic like that. Just took a bit of a hiatus. I’m not entirely sure what prompted it. I took a bit of time off after my entry about getting older was quoted on another blog and picked apart by a bunch of […]

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Reaching yet another birthday and living to tell the tale has caused me to do some thinking. Pretty much since the age of 18, I have had nothing but contempt for the process of getting older. The weight gain, the wrinkles, the responsibility, the complete un-coolness that comes along with it. Why on earth […]

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Why did I choose this picture for Love Thursday? Scroll on down.

This picture of The Girl is my submission for Love Thursday at Shutter Sisters. I had planned on using a completely different photo. I spent about an hour today trying to get that picture just how I wanted it. I took my […]

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Many people have a negative impression of homeschooling overall. I get that. I hear about it. I experience it. Whether it be negative or positive, people usually have an idea in their heads of what kids that are homeschooled are like. The images are either the socially backwards, maybe a little weird kids or the […]

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Apparently, this is how The Girl plays Barbie.

Look at Wendy Waters watching in the background. Creepy.

Okay, aside from the fact that Barbie is on the john….is that the ugliest outfit you have ever seen or what? It’s like some kind of 80’s flight attendant outfit.

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