At 7 a.m., I heard our littlest boy yell out the words, “We got an XBOX guys, wake up!” at the top of his lungs. The words bellowed out as if he was releasing months, days, and agonizing seconds holding those words inside. Now, he was finally able to release them. “Shhhhhh…. don’t tell,” the [...]
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The floors are shinny and wet, smelling faintly of vinegar for the fourth time in 3 days. Another group of guests has just been sent off their way, and the boys are finally tumbling off to bed. The presents, the ones from Santa, although no one really believes in Santa here anymore (but one no [...]
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is an E-bay gift card. Unfortunately, that still won’t cover the expenses… I wonder what “PS” was going to be? Check out how the electric company is making it easier for you to save money, here.
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When it comes to Christmas presents, kids have a sixth sense; they can smell presents the way a Mom can smell chocolate. You’ve worked so hard to find them the perfect gift, and then, they find the gifts and spoil the whole surprise. With four curious boys in the house, I have researched the topic [...]
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The little boys, I’ve noticed, are asking fewer questions about how Santa operates. Yesterday, they wanted to know how Santa “gets up?” (I didn’t know what they meant either.) That’s been the only question about the jolly man in red. They’re probably afraid to dig to deep — afraid they’ll find that magic really isn’t [...]
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It was a Thursday afternoon, two of my boys were in diapers, and I was still nursing one. My second oldest was already home from pre-school — so she had three boys. That afternoon, the first snow of the season began to fall, and the sky was dark, allowing any Christmas lights that were on [...]
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I run under the assumption that I think I know everything that happens in our house. That is, until I start reading the kid’s school journals about what they did — or rather, their impression of what happened. Here’s some excerpts from my first grader’s Thanksgiving Journal: …”and I went home. and I ate a [...]
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In an “energy clearing” book I read several years ago, there was much discussion about the figure 8, and how it is the holistic movement of the earth. Food, the author suggested, should be stirred not just in circles, but into swirls of figure 8s to ensure positive energy is infused throughout the food. Just [...]
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I think I have the home-made marshmallow thing down pat– the trick is to use a candy thermometer. Still not sure I’m ready to take on the challenge of making an entire batch of them for a gift. But, I might try my hand at these Marshmallow Bones, from the Martha Stewart web site. Here’s [...]
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