What About The Children?!

June 15, 2011

Yesterday my nephew graduated from kindergarten. I remember the day I graduated from kindergarten. Each breath was heavy with excitement. My parents’ pride was thick in the air. I felt accomplished. Oh wait. I didn’t. Because there wasn’t kindergarten graduation. On the last day of school I’m pretty sure my teacher just pushed us out [...]

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Naked Mother’s Day

May 9, 2011

Yesterday was Mother’s Day, which meant I got to go to bed early and sleep in late. It was lovely. Mike brought Annabel into bed to wake me up with head butts and slobbery kisses. I held her tight, and gave her two kisses. We had brunch with Mike’s parents in Half Moon Bay, and [...]

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A New (Old) Friendship

April 25, 2011

My niece Michaela is four months older than Annabel. With the influence of her older brothers, Michaela has been walking, playing, and running much longer than Annie. And even though they’ve spent tons of time with each other, they haven’t really related to each other much – they’d mostly played around each other, each vying [...]

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Sleepwalking

April 4, 2011

I walked down the stairs at my parents’ house and turned into the family room. My mom and her two sisters were there, trying on shoes. I grabbed some shoes and joined in. My Aunt Terry and I started teasing my mom and Aunt Kathy about their wide feet. Terry and I can buy shoes [...]

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What’s It Like To Be A Twin?

March 29, 2011

I get asked that question all the time. I do my best to answer, even though it would be like me asking you, “what’s it like to have a nose?” My brother Kyle is my only sibling, so I only know what it’s like to have a brother that’s the same age. That being said, [...]

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Gramma’s Secret Cookie Recipe

March 23, 2011

I was one of the luckiest kids in the world. I not only grew up with both of my parents in the same house, but for my entire home life, my grandma lived at home with us, too. And I’m pretty sure my friends were jealous. Because my gramma? WAS AWESOME. Like, bananas dancing queen [...]

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