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Hey, Son: You Need Some Face to Go with Your Ranch?
Kids and eating. It’s like having an animal at the table.
We Saved the Tie. It Died Anyway.
We saved the tie once. But it only had one life.
Dear Concerned Reader: As Far as I Know My Vag Doesn’t Drag the Floor
I have a large family. Six children. In a world where people are choosing to have fewer children (or none at all), this can seem weird and crazy and, for some, unacceptable. These people always come out to play when I mention anywhere in my article that six kids live...
Who Drew on the Walls? They Have No Idea.
It wasn’t them. It was a neanderthal. Because that makes WAY more sense than twins drawing on walls.
Detoxing From the Grandparents Is Real. I Swear.
It’s their first day back from the grandparents’ after a week of running wild outside in the country and swimming in a pool and watching movies for Quiet Time, and my boys have forgotten how to act. We are incredibly blessed that my mom and stepdad took the older...
What Happens Five Minutes After the Kids Get Home
This picture is called "This is What Happens Five Minutes After the Kids Get Home from the Grandparents." I don't even know how this happened. I just remember going out to the car to get the baby and their suitcases, and I walked back in to a paper explosion all over...
Don’t Introduce ‘I Spy’ and Other Notes on Traveling with Children
We’re finally all packed up, and everyone is buckled and already said their piece about how Mama’s driving (because I never choose to), and Daddy has his laptop open, ready to work. We’re going to get moving, after two hours of trying. That’s right. It takes two hours...
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