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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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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In an effort to give the kids equal time, here’s a conversation I had with Eleanor this morning.
Eleanor: I’m not gonna suck, Mum!
Me: Huh? (thinking: Words to live by, kid, words to live by. And where’s my coffee?)
Eleanor: I’m not sucking on my toothbrush!
Me: Ah, ok. Good job!
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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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For some reason my rack has been getting a lot of attention from the kids. When he’s in a position to reach, Oliver likes to pat the boobage to get my attention. His old habit of holding my wrist has been cast aside for a much more direct method. It always works, I suppose.
Eleanor has [...]
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See what I have to say about a rather sensitive subject over at The Mom Slant.
Of course, I did some googling and what I found is that my urethra may need a hammock. A hammock? Seriously. That’s not quite the push present I had in mind, but probably a lot more useful than a pair [...]
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Sometimes my son speaks the truth, like this morning as we were walking to the bus stop, at 7:19am.
“Mum, you never get any rest.”
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Oliver has been obsessed with sports forever. “Highlights” was one his earlier, more complex words. He was barely three when he started watching SportsCenter in the morning, but we were not fond of the commercials that go along with watching ESPN (or any sports television). MLB At Bat and other iPhone apps let him check [...]
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Me: I ate too much at lunch. My tummy hurts.
Oliver: Do you have a tummy ache?
Me: Yes.
Oliver: Maybe you should not eat so much next time.
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Good heavens….more Skippyjon Jones in the house. Thank goodness these books are coming with CDs or my head would explode. How many days do we have left? (16, for those keeping score at home.)
Speaking of exploding…moments after I took this photo there was an accidental collision, many tears, and a smidgen of blood. This is [...]
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