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No one here is a ninja
ByHollieThis is the conversation I had with the 1st Grader’s teacher last week when I stopped by the school for a meeting. Teacher: I need to ask you a question. Me: OK. Sure. Teacher {in total seriousness}: Is your husband training to be a ninja warrior? Me: Um, no. Teacher: Well, I mean the show….
This and that…
ByHollieThere are a few toys and products that have tested my patience this week in a special way. In random order, here they are: I sure hope the manufacturers of this Play-doh like product are pretty sure about the accuracy of the “non-toxic” label they assign this stuff. Yesterday I was making the Toddler’s lunch…
We’ve gotta’ get to guppy…
ByHollieMy mom was determined that my siblings and I would learn to swim at a young age. Therefore, I went through all the swimming classes at the local YMCA beginning in infancy with the parent/child classes and eventually graduating to the ones with the fun names: Eel, Polliwog, Minnow, Guppy, and so on. While I…
Language lessons
ByHollieUp until this point, the Toddler has not talked much beyond her basic set of essential words. Of course, with the amount of talking her sisters do, there’s hardly any available airtime. But, recently, she has started verbally expressing herself more often with words and the occasional phrase. This is great, except that she speaks…
When a type-A plans a party…
ByHollieThe Toddler turns three later this week, so I’ve been putting together plans for a low-key family party. The problem is, though, that doing anything low-key is hard for those who tend to be high-strung. The Spouse likes to say that if there’s a way to make something extremely difficult or more complicated than necessary,…
Him got 'em
ByHollieWell, as follow-up to last week’s debacle with the mouse… Him got the Goldfish. Can you even believe his determination? Just before we caught the culprit, I spoke with a pest control expert on the phone about our spring extermination plan. That’s when he shared all about how mice are “amazing creatures.” He said they’ve…
