you have such a caring heart
These are the notes my sweet Joy made this morning to pass out to her friends.
I adore that girl.
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pancake aspirations
Clara has informed us that she wants to be a pancake when she grows up. Like the IHOP mascot that waves on the corner of the street. She talks about this when she first wakes up in the morning, and when she goes to sleep at night. "Clara PANCAKE. Wave ...
those nasty villains
Joy has been watching the Barbie Princess movies (I know, I was never going to allow any Barbie in our house but... I also was never going to set foot in McDonald's), and voraciously reading every Fairy book she can find (a kids' series by "Daisy Meadows").
Last night at dinner, ...
apolitical, mostly
I am totally apolitical. Mostly.Joy asked me tonight whether I voted for Obama, and when I told her no, she almost cried. Seriously. What does a 7-year-old know about it? Well. Here's what a 7-year-old knows about it.After Joy recovered from her shock, she asked me who I voted for ...
bedtime quotes
Actual quotes from Joy at bedtime tonight, screamed at the top of her lungs from her bedroom (no exaggeration necessary, taken straight from the mouth of the 7-year-old):Today is the BADDEST day of my LIFE, being with you.It just doesn't seem like you're the perfect mommy.I HAD to scream, you ...
morning routines
My morning routine is neither long nor drawn out - but Clara watches me very carefully. And she's started copying everything I do. She brushes her hair. She brushes her teeth. And now, she puts on her own deodorant.I'll never forget the time when Joy was around this age and ...
potty monsters
We were running late yesterday morning (as per usual) and Joy was in the bathroom for the last 15 minutes before we had to go. Under the guise of getting dressed.me: "OK, Joy! We gotta go!"joy: "But I'm not dressed"me: "What do you mean you're not dressed, you've been in ...
destiny
I think that Joy has a really good vocabulary for a girl her age - largely because she bravely tries out new words that she doesn't totally understand, putting them in sentences to see how they work.Last night as we were falling asleep (I should say, I was falling asleep ...
no picking weeds
While Clara was taking her afternoon nap on Saturday, Joy and I enjoyed the brief ray of sunshine we got here in Bellingham, and worked in our disaster area of a garden."Mom, what's the difference between weeds and the other plants?""Well, it's all subjective. Weeds are just the plants we ...
how do people work
This morning, Joy asked me over her bowl of oatmeal, "how do people work?" I assumed she was talking about jobs, like our careers. "Joy, I'm not sure what you mean?" "Well, I mean how did God make it so that we could breathe, and our heart keeps beating, and ...
bedtime stories
For several months now, Clara has sat on the couch every night for her bedtime story - smushed directly between Kelley and mommy. But even though she's made sure that Kelley is sitting in his correct spot next to her and that he's positioned properly for cuddling, she has strictly ...
happy holidays
Well, we've survived half of the holidays so far with four kids between us who have different parentage on either side (his 2 grown-up kids have different moms, mine have different dads) - plus our 3 different sets of parents. Plus mine celebrate 2 religions.
Thanksgivings. Check.
Hanukkah. Check.
Christmases still to come...
thankful
I am so thankful I can hardly bear it.
I'm thankful for my beautiful girls who I love more than I ever knew I was capable of.
I'm thankful for a family unique and different - full of steps and halfs and ex'es and inlaws and outlaws that just feels like plain ...
you have such a caring heart
These are the notes my sweet Joy made this morning to pass out to her friends.
I adore that girl.
tight quarters
I have a full size bed. Which is slightly (and I do mean slightly) larger than a twin bed.
For the past couple of years, there have been many mornings when all three of us girls have woken up in my bed together - Joy and I on either edge, and ...
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