Geometry According to Mom Logic
Over the summer, Second Son came to the decision that he was ready to get serious about school and graduate. This was music to my ears, of course, because the first two years of high school for him appeared to me to be all about everything BUT getting an education and graduating.
He’s had an interesting [...]
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PDD: E-Commerce Expert
I’ve always known my kids are smart. Most of the time, their smarts serve them well. But, on the odd occasion, their smarts get them into deep, deep doo-doo. PDD is eyeball-deep in doo-doo right about now, thanks to her smarts.
Let me rewind.
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Second Son as Baby Daddy
One of Second Son’s classes this semester is Parent and Child Development, and one of the major components of his grade in that class is 48 hours as the daddy of a newborn baby. While this baby looks like an ordinary babydoll – don’t be fooled. The only thing this baby doesn’t do is move [...]
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My Maybe Grandbaby
Ok, I feel I must warn you this post is probably going to be one of the more truly “unedited” posts of the year here. But, I believe everything happens as it does for a reason, so in keeping with the email Baby Sis sent which I share with you on the last post, I will attempt to be kinder than necessary…even if I don’t want to. I will try.
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Overnight at Grandma’s
Friday was Oldest Son’s girlfriend’s birthday, so this Grandma had two little ones spending the night. At this point, the best thing about Grandma’s house is all the computers, and beg and beg did they to ‘play game’.
They are both potty-training, and were brought to me with underwear and no pull-ups. So, my first [...]
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Happy Mother’s Day!
A friend sent me the following yesterday via email, and I thought I’d share it with you all:
Just a Mom?
A woman, renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office, was asked by the woman recorder to state her occupation.
She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is, ” explained [...]
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