Summer Advice

Just because school is over doesn’t mean we can’t have recess.
–Jonah, age 5
I am NOT having recess at the moment. Quite to the contrary, I am having Make Long Lists and Run Around Gathering, Cleaning, Packing, and Preparing so that we can have something of a recess later this week in Ojai. But it was [...]

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Hippie

As I’m mixing cornbread batter. . .
Naiah (age 4): Mommy, can I have some of that flour?
Me: Why do you want flour?
Naiah: I want to have powers.
Me: It gives you powers?
Naiah: Yeah. It gives me flour power.

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Hello, blog.

How are you? I’m sorry you’ve been so lonely and neglected. I feel the guilt.
But there’s this thing called ’summer’. It’s outside right now. I’d rather not miss it.
Here’s the haps of late:
The kids are in VBS every day this week, near the lake. When we drive over the causeway in the mornings the water [...]

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Dualism

Naiah: Mommy, I think I lost my helmet for good.
Jonah: And evil.

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Busy Week

This week:
Our ninth anniversary
Final teeball games
Naiah’s birthday
Father’s Day
And all the shopping, cleaning, cooking, and energy-expending that comes with them.

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Please Join!

The battle over who decides what’s best for your kids is getting hotter and heavier.
Please read and stand up for your family’s (and our country’s) autonomy.
UNCRC UPDATE

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Well, She Did It

No pictures yet, but Ella walked. Three steps. (sniffle)
It was bound to happen.

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Brotherly Advice

Jonah (age 5): Ella, I don’t want you to marry a bum.
Ella (age 9 months):
Jonah: Remember, don’t marry a bum! Okay? And you have to watch out, because sometimes a guy will pretend he’s NOT a bum, when really he is. And then you find out after the wedding! So DON’T marry a bum. Okay?
Ella:

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Beat to the Punch

Anna (age 7): Mommy, I’m going to make a website that does something totally new!
Me: Awesome!
Anna: Know what it’s going to be?
Me: No.
Anna: It’s going to be a website where you can just type in a word, and then hit a button that says “Find Websites”, and then it gives you a list of all [...]

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Healthy = Fun

I did my darndest not to engage in any fitness/health/nutritious enterprises for the past eight years. I thought eating whatever whenever whyever was just fine and dandy. I was sure I’d feel constricted if I tried to change my diet or activity habits.
I’m so over that.
It’s been four weeks now since I signed up with [...]

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