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Family Portrait
The only drawings I’d ever seen from Lily had either been scribbles or drawings of people with their faces scribbled out when she was trying to color them. Or something. I’m pretty sure she wasn’t doing something psychologically demented with … Continue reading
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Another Birthday Masterpiece
As we’ve covered before, I fail at cake decorating. When my mother was coming up for her birthday, I should have known I was incapable of making a beautiful cake. I mean, if you’ll recall, this is what happened when … Continue reading
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Blue Dress Drama
Now that Rose has actually seen “Cinderella”, her fever pitch obsession with her blue costume has grown more intense. She doesn’t want to take the costume off EVER. If she’s going to bed, she HAS TO wear her blue nightgown. … Continue reading
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Book WTF: Ever Changing Beast
Sometimes you should just ignore cheap books on the discount rack. A $4 copy of “Fairy Tales for Girls” seemed like a good idea at the time. Instead, it turned out to be a book of overly long, poorly edited … Continue reading
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Puppy Love
I promised bird breeding this week, but I’m more inspired by another story. Eight years ago this coming Monday, Lumpy was born. Since my mother owns Lumpy’s mother, my mom and sister’s dogs Dusty and Snwoball were also born that … Continue reading
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They ripped her dress!
Rose has been obsessed with Cinderella for probably a year, but had never seen the movie. She has three Cinderella dolls and spends a lot of time traipsing around here in a Cinderella costume. Even her Woof Woof has a … Continue reading
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Diamond in the Rough
At the end of “Aladdin”, the sultan tells Aladdin that the boy has certainly proven his worth with him and thus will be allowed to marry the princess. But how on earth did Aladdin prove his worth? How is Aladdin … Continue reading
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Friday Funnies: A Night at Bob Evans
Last time we were at Bob Evans, Rose ran her own comedy show. First she cried about a couple of things, though it’s been a couple weeks since this happened and I can’t remember what. It was probably not wanting … Continue reading
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For Sale: Fishy House
You know what helps sell a home quickly? The smell of fish and a 4-foot-tall wild bird in the basement. This is another crazy animal tale my father reminded me needed to be on the blog. When my parents were … Continue reading
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2 am to 3 am
2:00 am Rose: MOMMY! OPEN THE DOOR! MOMMY! OPEN THE DOOR! Rose knows how to open her own door and in fact frequently does so to join me in bed for reasons I don’t understand. I went to open the … Continue reading
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