Posted on July 30th, 2007 by Writer
Rowdy Rebel was sooo irritable yesterday. I think it’s due to having potty training accidents. Poor thing. Poor me and Deep Thinker too…Anyway, we had a hard day. So, at one point Rowdy Rebel was having a fit. At this moment, Deep Thinker asked me if he could sweep the living room. (Note that Rowdy […]
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Posted on July 30th, 2007 by Writer
My little Rowdy Rebel was harrassing his big brother Deep Thinker, and eventually Deep Thinker hit him. Rowdy Rebel was crrr-yyyyyy-ing. So I sat with him and hugged him for a long time, as I tried to explain that he can’t bother his older brother like that. But that his brother also should be patient, […]
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Posted on July 22nd, 2007 by Writer
Today in church the message was that we need to let God shine and work through us, since he uses our hands and bodies to change the world and do good things. On the way home, I was explaining this to my six-year old. Nodding is head, he asked, “Oh, is that why God gave […]
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Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Writer
We think we’re ready to have a third child. I had the sweetest conversation with my three-year old. First, I asked him if he’d like to have a baby brother or sister. He said he’d like to have a baby brother. He added, “I don’t want to be the baby. I want to be big […]
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Posted on July 14th, 2007 by Writer
We were driving home today and Deep Thinker asked how to make paint. I said, “I wish I knew! But you asked the wrong girl…I’m just not sure how to make paint.” He responded, “Oh, no, I think I asked the right girl. You used to be a teacher didn’t you?” Of course, ALL teachers […]
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Posted on July 1st, 2007 by Writer
We visited the Getty Museum last weekend. My six-year old, “Deep Thinker,” had lots of questions about the paintings we were looking at. I didn’t even really stop to think that there might be nude paintings or that they might surprise him. Anyway, we were walking through the room with the still lifes and portraits. […]
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Posted on July 1st, 2007 by Writer
Today we went with friends to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. It’s really nice–a modern, spacious building surrounded by beautiful gardens. It has several pavillions with exhibits. In one of them, we saw paintings by Rembrandt, Millet, Degas, and many others. So, I was admiring this still life painted by Chardin in the late […]
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