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100 Days of School aka IN YOUR FACE PARENTS

Jan 282012

Is it me or is this whole “100 Days of School” thing teachers way of saying, “IN YOUR FACE PARENTS! We are almost done and then these brats are YOUR problem for three months! Mwhahahaha!” Maybe not. I’m just saying I don’t remember celebrating 100 days of school when I was a kid. A few weeks ago Aubrey (seven-years-old) got in the car after school and asked, “Mom, do you still know how to make those fancy layered cakes?” (Fancy= from the box, FYI.) Me: Yes. Aubrey: WELLL, I told my teacher that you make the BEST layer cakes in [Read more...]

I’m Still Kicking Boos!

Aubrey Said, Emma Said

Jan 092012

So HEL-LO. It’s sort of been awhile since I really blogged. And I’m mostly sorry but not really because I’ve gotten to SEE so many of you in the last month at book signings and such and it has been wonderful. So I’m sorry I haven’t blogged but if I got to see your sweet little face then I am NOT sorry that I was talking to you and not on the computer. December: A Total Blur. I had about six book signings in three different cities in two different states. I was on the radio for the first time, [Read more...]

Another Reason to Love Real Books

Aubrey Said, Aubrey's Antics, Columns

Nov 182011

My first grader is a ravenous reader. Aubrey has been spotted a time or two by fellow church members, running to the end of the driveway in her bathrobe on a Sunday morning to get the paper. They thought my husband and I had trained her to bring it to us— the truth is, we’re lucky if we get to read it after she disassembles it on our kitchen table. Aubrey progressed quickly from Dr. Seuss to chapter books and I was a little skeptical when she asked to read the first book in the Harry Potter series. I agreed, [Read more...]

Rainbows, Unicorns & Justin Beiber

Aubrey Said

Sep 272011

One of my very favorite things to do is listen to my girls talk to each other when they don’t know I’m listening. You might call it eavesdropping, but really I was cooking dinner (I’m posting that recipe later cuz it was AMAZING) and they were sitting at the kitchen table talking and playing. Emma (5) was playing on my iPhone. “Hey Aubwey, you wanna see Justin Beaver?” Aubrey (7) didn’t even look up from her drawing, “Yeah, sure. I just drew him under a rainbow, with girl hair and a unicorn.” I stifled a laugh so hard that it [Read more...]

Writing Her Feelings Out

Aubrey Said, Aubrey's Antics, Newspaper Columns

Sep 222011

We’ve reached another milestone and I’m not sure I like it. After years of sitting in church sans children for seven years, my oldest has outgrown Children’s Church. It came as a total shock. I hadn’t even mentally prepared myself. One Sunday a few weeks ago, it just happened. Aubrey left to go to Children’s Church then came back and whispered, “MOMMA IT’S NOT TIME FOR MY CLASS YET.” And so it began. Now instead of leaning up against my husband, holding hands and listening to the preacher as my mommy induced PTSD takes a brief hiatus, Aubrey sits in [Read more...]

That’s What She Said: Wild Andamals

Aubrey Said, Emma Said, Uncategorized

Sep 212011

My kids have brought the funny this week. Here’s a little medley for ya. ___ I was helping Aubrey rinse her hair and she yelled, “HEY WATCH IT MOMMA! YOU ARE BURNING MY SCALLOP! ___ In the car on the way to school I let Sadie watch Elmo’s World, “The Great Outdoors.” Elmo was telling Dorothy all about wild animals, apparently there was a photo montage and Emma said, “OH! I didn’t know squirrels and raccoons were WI-ULD andamals…” Aubrey said, “Whadaya think? A raccoon is a house pet????” ___ Emma was eating dinner. “Momma, I got some good news [Read more...]