These dainty toes belong to my six year old son. His younger sister has been pestering me to paint her nails for a few weeks. Since she’s still sucking her thumb, and I fully intend to use this as leverage, we compromised and painted her toes pink after her shower tonight. The toe separators [...]
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I really love my new camera, Mr C’s present to me for my birthday last January. It’s not really new, but since Mr C was the original owner, it is in pristine condition.
The iPhone is great, and I grab it all the time but the more I play with the Canon XTi, the more I [...]
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Dear Oliver,
Last weekend was tough. Really tough. Three baseball games in three days might just be my limit. I never expected watching my two favorite baseball teams play would be just so darn hard. I wanted everyone to play well. I hoped your improving Pirates would win at least one out of three with my [...]
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[This is a long one but there's a payoff at the end, especially if you are in Pittsburgh, but I have something for those living elsewhere too. Promise!]
Happy Earth Day Eve! Oliver’s school is closed tomorrow so they are celebrating today. Students were encouraged to wear a green shirt or one of the school’s “Go [...]
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Oliver and I had another delightful bus stop conversation this morning. I edited out his excessive use of “like” though I did bring it to his attention.
Oliver: Mum, when I’m in middle school, or maybe fifth grade, can I have a phone with Scrabble on it? I’ll know more words by then.
[For Oliver, "Scrabble" is [...]
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We had hail yesterday. A tornado was nearby. When the storms passed, Oliver needed a lot of convincing that hail was really ice.I finally went outside and grabbed a handful so he could touch it.
He required no convincing when the hail started and I sent him to the basement.
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The older Oliver gets, the more frequently he reminds me just how much of a boy he is. When he’s playing sports, and sometimes when he’s not, he has what can only be termed “swagger.” And tonight he spent at least half an hour discussing farts.
He said something this morning that I emailed to my [...]
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As we get deeper into March, the panic sets in. April is “birthday month” around here. Oliver’s birthday is the 11th, and Eleanor made her appearance two years and five days later. It sure made a lot of sense at the time. I avoided being hugely pregnant during hot weather, and my maternity clothes were [...]
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Oliver: You smell really good, Mum. You smell like turkey.
Me: You don’t like turkey.
Oliver: I know. You smell like pasta.
Me: That’s bacon. I had bacon.
Oliver: Ewwwww!
He is, perhaps, not my child.
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I’m starting to think Oliver’s front tooth is never going come in.
Also? I’m having way too much fun with the new camera.
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