Licking the Bowl
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View ArticleA Toody Ta-Ta
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Project: KidGive
“This feels like I won the championship,” Thing 1 told me today as he held the Salvation Army tag he’d pulled from the Christmas tree at the mall. Thing 2 kept showing people in California Pizza...
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Making a Break for It
Cost of two bottles of Children’s Advil : $18 Cost of new thermometer at 4:45 a.m.: $12 Cost of Urgent Care per child; $20 x 2 Cost of Prescriptions per child: $20 x 2 Cost of bottle of S2 wine to...
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A Fear Turned to Fantasy
Before I had kids I got OCD on research: What are the psychological ramifications of a sperm donor child (known versus unknown donors); what are the potential future pitfalls; How much should I put...
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Big Toothy Milestone!
My little baby girl lost her first tooth today! For days she’d been pulling and poking at it, showing everyone in sight that she was going to lose a tooth. You could see the “I’m a big girl,” look on...
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Thing 2 in a dress her Great-GREAT-Grandmother made
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The Best Six Years in History
At 8:36 p.m. and 8:37 p.m. respectively, 6 years ago tonight, my son and daughter were born. I went from being me to being Mommy and forever, my life suddenly had meaning. This picture was taken...
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Good Morning, Honey
My beautiful daughter You left for school today in a plaid dress with bobby socks and schoolgirl shoes. The kitchen table still has pink bunny and your #2 pencil and eraser on it. You only ate half...
View ArticleStone Soup
I never really got the point of the book, Stone Soup. Maybe its that I don’t like the idea of starving children. Maybe because I’m too base to understand the big moral story. In any case, it was never...
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My Little Pumkin Pie
Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest at Annual Block Party The post My Little Pumkin Pie appeared first on Garza Girls.
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My Big Girl Reader
Reader My incredible daughter picked up a book the other day and started reading it aloud. I pulled the car over to the side of the road and just sat there looking at La Gringa in amazement. My girl...
View ArticleNo GirlScouts for Us
The Girl Scouts mission statement is: “Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence and character who make the world a better place.” I love the idea of the organization. I remember wanting to be...
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Hello, There Santa!
Santa Things The post Hello, There Santa! appeared first on Garza Girls.
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One Day Before Santa
Snow Globe, originally uploaded by Thing Family. Just one more day to go — one more rendition of “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” just one more “How many days left, mom?,” just one more shake of the...
View ArticleResolutions 2010
We had a look at last year’s New Year’s Resolutions today and saw that, for the most part, we had accomplished all of our New Year’s Goals. I got a pass on mine since my number one resolution was to...
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Game Night
Game Night We got some great games for Christmas. The favorite is Sequence; States and Capitals, a kids’ take on our own favorite game, Sequence. We spent a hour playing both games with the kids,...
View ArticleTaking off Training Wheels
I taught my kids to ride their bikes on an overcast Saturday morning. It took all of ten minutes to teach them how, and at the bottom of this post, I’ll teach you how. It’s an amazing rite of passage...
View ArticleReligionless Lent
I knew when the kids asked about the meaning of Mardi Gras, that it was all over. Dang inquisitive little people are relentless on a mommy who doesn’t really want to talk about the murder of Christ...
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