Category: life
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Sorry, Bugs
Fun fact: what I call a “potato bug” is actually a “terrestial crustacean” in the family armadillidae – or maybe armadillidiidae. Or you can just call it a pill bug or roly poly.
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Worst Of All
Just in case there is a kid named “Joe” at my local school: it’s a stand-in name that’s nice and short for the speech bubbles, not used because of any relation to that name.
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Curiouser And Curiouser
When this aired in the elementary school assembly it was difficult to hear the mic audio, so I almost missed out on this gem of kid perspective.
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Once You’re Gone
Was not expecting such a burn at this tween age group.
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Halloween Hazard
My spouse, surprised as we’re leaving the house and I’m wearing the hat: “Are you going to drive with the hat on?!” No. It’s just so ungainly that I have to carry it out on my head or I wouldn’t be able to hold anything else.
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Hunger Is The Best Spice
That first later-than-planned meal was consistently voted the most delicious of the whole weekend trip.
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Know Your Audience
On the plus side, my kids’ hearing has been fine so far. Which means they have been tuning me out with a mental rather than physical filter.
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Snack SNAFU
Another time during the summer another mom was thinking about how nice it would be if the snack parent brought popsicles! …then as the game ended she realized that she was the snack parent.
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Hold On To Your Sanity
Every baby is different, so the “newborn experience” isn’t as equally harrowing for everybody. Parents with challenging babies love hearing how great that time was for someone else.
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Especially Rejected
Always a risk that pushing your kids to be “polite” is going to backfire spectacularly.