The Things Kids Say

While we were visiting the chickens and goats today, Ben said, “Do the chickens have nicknames?” I said I didn’t think so, and we asked J and she said they didn’t. I told Ben he could probably make up nicknames for them. “I’m going to call them ’strangers’ for a nickname,” he decided.
This [...]

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What Really Matters

Last night I had a good, long snuggle with Gabe on the couch.  We were waiting for Zach to finish a drawing so that we could head upstairs to bed.  I felt no need to rush him.  As I looked into my sweet five-year-old’s face, as we talked and giggled, as he looked back at [...]

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Raven Talk

Back of the van discussions:
Zach: Mom, for some reason I have a hard time remembering which are the ravens and which are the crows.
Me: The ravens are bigger and they are the ones that stay here all winter.
Gabe: Oh, so the ravens are the ones that I talk to?
Zach: Yes, because you’ve been talking to [...]

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Baby in a Bucket

Pudgy and bald enough for ya, (Pais)?

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Just for the challenge…..

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More Name That Baby

Ok, ok… this is too easy.  But they are SO cute. I just had to post it.

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Oh the mess…..

Take this scene and multiply it by about one hundred. That will give you an idea of the near-constant condition of my house. It’s not all laundry, but shreds of paper all over the table and floor (and then tracked all over the house) from projects like these…..
 

 
….. and heaps of blankets and pillows [...]

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Warming Worlds

Some Canadians are up in arms about the recent UN summit in Bali. “PM harms Canada’s green cred at Bali summit” and similar headlines are everywhere. Canada’s good name is being dragged down. I, for one, am not concerned. When the pendulum swings, when temperatures halt and then cool, Canada won’t [...]

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The Line Up

Ok….. I think this is EEEASY, but let’s see. I tried to find pictures of them all around the same age and all eating, but I had some trouble with that. I looked through albums and on CDs and then I gave up.
So much for my vow that I would never end [...]

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Snowflake Post

My borax snowflake post is getting lots of hits partly due to this link.  There are a couple other cool snowflake ideas there that you might want to try. I’m going to show it to Zach tomorrow.

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