Category Archives: conversation
File Under: My Kids Are Awesome
My girls are clever kids. They’re smart. They’ve got (according to their father and I) great senses of humor. And they watch a lot more movies than I did when I was their ages. After all, I didn’t have the … Continue reading
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Hey, Bro!
The girls are playing “Star Wars Legos” on the Wii, and Big Girl is battling Little Girl in “Duel Mode.” So they are basically killing each other’s little Lego guys. Suddenly, Big Girl cried out, “Hey…you can’t daze me! Don’t … Continue reading
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It Looked Lovely, I’m Sure
My parents have a pool with an eight-foot deep end, and the first night we were in Florida, my girls went swimming before dinner. Big Girl saw that my mother had come out to check on them, and she waved … Continue reading
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Heard from the Upstairs…
The girls are playing some variation of Bible Scattegories, and I just heard Little Girl ask, “What’s the square root of Jesus?” Big Girl’s answer? ”Choir!” “YES!” yelled Little Girl in response.
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Heard While Opening Presents
As she was opening a toughie – the wrapping did NOT want to come off: “Maybe it’s a little racoon!” After reading a card encouraging her to grow in God’s richness – a card that contained a $50 bill: “Grow … Continue reading
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Fat Chance, Buddy-Boy!
Travel Man and I took some online quiz called “How Many Kids Will You Have?” tonight. My answer came back 6, which is about what we said we probably would have wound up with had I not been such a … Continue reading
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Weekends With Will, Part III
We’re into the third Shakespeare play now – “Romeo and Juliet” – and the girls insist that I need to be Juliet to Travel Man’s Romeo. Who am I to argue? Every girl wants to be Juliet and do that … Continue reading
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It Was Need-to-Know, Sweetie!
Big Girl and Little Girl bought Indiana Jones Lego for their Wii, and Big Girl was telling me about the animals that they’ve ridden: a llama, an elephant, a horse, a camel… I interrupted to say, “Hmm…let me see…I’ve ridden … Continue reading
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Mythology and Lousy Produce
After making a full sandwich, a bowl of yogurt, and a big glass of milk for each girl for lunch, only to be told by both that they are hungry: me: Gosh, you guys are a couple of bottomless pits! … Continue reading
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Boom, Baby!
I can’t even remember what we were talking about, but Little Girl was saying something about my awesome cooking powers* and finished it off with, “And then…boom! It’s done.” Or something to that effect. Travel Man and I had the … Continue reading
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Christine the Soccer Mom
