When the Over-Educated Reproduce

I fell in love with Az for many reasons, not least of which was the way he read the dictionary in the bathroom. I am not a fan of reading anything in the bathroom (I can’t get comfortable with the seat making a ring around my butt), but, for someone who does, there is a [...]

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Show-and-Tell Tuesday: Painting the Crib

It’s time for Pieces’ Show-and-Tell Tuesday again, and this week my big project has been painting JellyBean’s old crib for the new baby. When I was pregnant with JellyBean, we had even less money than we do now, and I worried over how we would afford a crib. A kind friend had an extra crib [...]

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Adventure in High-Brow Parenting

I took the girls to the art museum recently. It was a cold, windy day, much too cold to play outside, and we were feeling a little stir crazy, so we loaded into the car and headed out for some culture. Some things in the art museum are easy to explain. JellyBean and Sweetpea love [...]

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Show-and-Tell Tuesday: The Grammie Box

For Pieces’ Show-and-Tell Tuesday, I thought I would tell you about the very simple project I did with my little ones today. We have about 200 photos of the kids on our camera that I keep forgetting to have printed. My mom-in-law is coming for a visit this weekend, so I thought I would collect [...]

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Overheard at Mitchell House

(JellyBean, wrapped tightly in a bath towel and snuggled into my bed.) “I am baby Jesus and you are my mother, Mary, and Daddy is my father, Joseph. What’s that? (pointing above my head) That’s your halo!” “Why are you laughing like that, Mommy?”

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