Posts Tagged ‘Kids’
By amanda February 8th, 2010
There’s a scene in the movie Clue (a personal favorite garbage brain movie) where this woman is screaming hysterically, uncontrollably, being completely irrational. She is met by a quick slap in the face and abruptly stops. Everyone looks at the smacker and his response is “I had to stop her from screaming.”
I’m not sure why […]
Tags: being crazy, confidence, emotional freak out, family, Ijah, irrational, Kids, opinion, parenting, quirks, self worth, sometimes I'm just dumb
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By amanda October 21st, 2009
Super warm bed with the softest comfiest sheets in the world, cold breeze from a rainy day outside that makes you snuggle closer. Seven thirty and not a peep from the kiddo since he has begun sleeping later…ahhhhhh
Then I realized we had to get up. And on top of that we have to wake the […]
Tags: Dr. appointments, Kids, parenting, timing, weather
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By amanda October 8th, 2009
We’ve had a fair amount of bumps and bruises here lately. Going from sick to clumsy has been jarring. I keep running into things and Ijah keeps banging his head…
I’ve been giving him the band-aids though…even though they were my last two bug ones…guess I love the kiddo.
Tags: adjustment, feelings, Kids, new mom
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By amanda February 18th, 2009
Why is it that Jello (the stupid furry cat) is as attracted to Elijah as he is to the piles of dust I sweep up? He takes great joy in rolling around in the dirt and then making a break for Ijah, knowing full well that he will be grabbed, pulled, and mauled.
And why is […]
Tags: cat, cleaning, house, Ijah, Kids, motherhood, parenting
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By amanda May 20th, 2008
This morning I wanted to kill him when I found him chewing a button off of my blue chair. When I got home I was mad at him for being in the moses basket…
But he was just too cute to move…
This must be what having kids is like…
Tags: cute cat picture, Kids, kittens, mad at cats, pregnancy
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By amanda April 18th, 2008
After lunch today I stepped into the restroom and found a little girl standing at the sink. She was probably in 2nd grade. Quietly playing at the sink she looked a bit sad. She wasn’t saying anything at all.
Her skirt was tucked into her pants just a little and I let her know, I didn’t want […]
Tags: bully, childhood, getting picked on, helping, Kids, motherhood, pregnancy, raising kids, trying to help
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