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Allen has tried to do the old Dental Floss Door trick on every single kid.  It never works.  Teeth are too slippery or the idea is too scary, or the door was too wonky to slam.  Finally it worked! The funny thing was that Kate didn’t even know it worked.  Allen slammed the door and […]

Third time is the charm

I’m sure there are some good Catholics out there that can give me some background.  What does IHS mean?  Last weekend we went to Reese’s first communion party and the spread there was beautiful.  The napkins and cake and white chocolate candies all matched and two out of three were home made.  (Joe was not […]

A Mystery

Last month Donna’s life took a left turn at Albuquerque.  (That’s a Bugs Bunny reference for those who don’t know!)  She was diagnosed with breast cancer and life has been moving in fast forward ever since.  I say that like life wasn’t ALREADY in fast forward with four pre-teen/teenage kids.  I have it on good […]

Greatness

Finally we got a taste of spring last week.  What a difference it makes to everybody’s mood when we wake up to sunshine!  I caught this picture of Kate last weekend at my parent’s house.  We don’t normally sit outside on their patio until there are more leaves on this tree.  Who knew it was […]

Just a little taste

Back when my girls were little I got a great piece of advice about having ‘The Talk’.  Somebody told me that you need to have 200 one minute conversations about sex.  That way it is natural and in bite size pieces.  I thought this was great advice so I dove right in.  Soon after, as […]

Great Conversations

or are you just happy to see me?  I couldn’t resist!  Today Kate came home from school in tears.  She has been looking forward to her first grade bug concert for months.  She has two speaking parts (the aforementioned Boll Weevil and Bug #12) and she’s been practicing away.  Today was the dress rehearsal and […]

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