You know how you always get gifts from people for your kids that you would never buy? Well that’s what happened to me. Faith got a tattoo kit for Christmas. I put it aside thinking I would wait until the spring or summer to use it with them. I figured lots of water would be necessary to wash it off. The fact that there are markers in that kit was also a good indication that lots of cleaning would be involved.
As normal on Saturday morning, I got up to go shopping and left the kids with my husband. They knew
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Jack (age 3) was watching his mom breast-feeding his new baby sister. After a while, he asked: “Mom why have you got two? Is one for hot and one for cold milk?”
Steven (age 3) hugged and kissed his mom good night. “I love you so much, that when you die I’m going to buy your outside my bedroom window.”
Susan (age 4) was drinking juice when she got the hiccups. “Please don’t give me this juice again,” she said, “It makes my teeth cough.”
Marc (age 4) was engrossed in a young couple that were hugging and kissing in a restaurant. Without
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Upon popular request, I am again joining Supahmommy with Post It Tuesday. Each post means something to me. Mostly likely it will reference something that happened this week. So on with the Post-Its.
Please please God give me the patience of a saint! Today is one of my normal days with Jason but the furnace isn’t running. My freaking husband ran out the door without out even kissing me. Ok come on yes I know it’s just the punctual kiss in the morning but I WANT my kiss. He wasn’t mad at me. He just gave the kids hugs and kisses and forgot about me. He FORGOT his loving wife. And I called him on the cell phone and told him to come back and kiss me. He said OOPS!! What the heck
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Jason asked me today, “Mommy, what are these bumps on my tongue?” to which I said, “Those are taste buds.” Then I got the “Why, mommy? What do they do? And then “Can’t you get these bumps out of my mouth?” So it got me to thinking about the reasons. I did my best to explain it to him.
Taste buds let you appreciate your favorite foods like the salt on pretzels and the sweetness of ice cream. Taste buds are found on your tongue and allow you to experiences tastes like sweet, salty, sour and bitter. The bumps in your mouth
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