It has been a night of fighting/grumping/and bickering. The kids are swinging between playing and at each other’s throats. I am totally done – wiped out. I don’t think there will be much done tonight. First Matthew and Riley…then Matthew and Amalia…then Addison and Matthew —all with an overview of Riley screaming and bothering everyone [...]
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After working yesterday I grabbed a few things at Dollar Tree and headed home. When I got there, the kids were in rare form. Addison had been sneaking behind the babysitter’s back to stick her fingers into the brownies I had made on Friday night and then sassing her. Riley apparently had been nasty for [...]
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There are so many good things about being a mother to boys - their honesty, their lack of modesty, their genuineness. Both of my boys were so cute this week after I got my hair cut / colored. First M: I had gotten my hair done in the morning and in the evening I had the [...]
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This All Star stuff is pretty intense! Not sure that Riley feels it, but boy -oh – boy am I anxious for him. He takes things to heart so much and he’s let me know that he is nervous and worried that he won’t play – so, I am just on pins and needles and [...]
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Embarass your nearly 9 year old son to death? Tell him that the mother of your 6 year old daughter’s friend told you today that her 6 year old thinks he is so cute that she can barely walk to the bus stop (that we share) because she is so nervous around him! (I have [...]
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This is going to be the baseball week from heck! It is Wednesday and I am already tired. First of all, we had a really busy holiday weekend – drove to Northern VA to visit with Jean and her family who were visiting her oldest two in college. We set out on Sat am and [...]
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Friday I had a doctor’s appointment for Matthew mid-afternoon. Turns out the 3rd grad had a field trip to the Science Museum of Virginia. So, I picked him up a little early and we headed out to look for shoes (sneakers, really). Ever since I bought Riley new sneakers, each of the kids has been [...]
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Today started at about 6:15 when I got them all out of bed and tried to get 2 cheerleading outfits on and 2 cubscout outfits on. By the time I had put all of the belt loops on and got the belt onto the skinny pants…well, it was nearly 7. We RUSHED out the door [...]
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well, it was the 3rd but we celebrated with a barbecue with some friends for a birthday party, a trip to the local minor league ball park and fun had by all. First we went out to dinner with our good friends. I got some great pictures of the 4 kids with their matching American [...]
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