P-dawg
Got a phone call from my four year-old nephew today asking me to please put pictures of him on my blog. I have no idea what that’s about but I wouldn’t be a good auntie if I questioned him about … Continue reading
Category Archives: kid stuffs
Mormons make it work.
An hour ago I got home from my ward Christmas social. There were horse-drawn hayrides. There were Christmas movies. There was the Grinch and Rudolph. There were donuts and hot chocolate. There were Santas. Presents. Oranges. Chocolate coins. Sticky-fingered children. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, family, fiascos, It's All Good, kid stuffs, Married Life, oh brother what next, Poor Kyle, what I'm about
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Drained
The most stressful part of faux parenthood was not that the children were difficult or the job was physically demanding (though it was a workout). It wasn’t that I had to be constantly on my guard (though I did). For … Continue reading
Posted in failures, family, in all seriousness, introspection, kid stuffs, Married Life, nephew, this little girl
Tagged parenting
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Faux Motherhood: Day 4
I have cried–wept–no fewer than six separate times today. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done and I didn’t even push anything out of my crotch for it. I can never be a mother.
Posted in awesome., failures, family, in all seriousness, introspection, kid stuffs, Married Life, nephew, sad things, the great state of AZ, woe is me
Tagged Auntie, childcare, nephew
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Faux Motherhood: Day 3
Today was the halfway mark of the Faux Motherhood project. I finally busted out the camera to prove that I was here. Here they are, Captain Angry Eyes and Ginger in the photographic flesh: I have a serious anxiety problem … Continue reading
Posted in awesome., family, kid stuffs, Married Life, nephew, the great state of AZ
Tagged Aunt, childcare, nephews
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Faux Motherhood: Day 2
Day Two of the Faux motherhood Project was better than Day One in the following ways: I had learned to distinguish between littlest nephew’s whiney cries and serious cries. I had learned what choices biggest nephew needed in order to … Continue reading
Posted in awesome., family, kid stuffs, nephew, the great state of AZ
Tagged Aunts, motherhood, nephews
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That’s the opposite of what I intended.
Today, because it’s Friday and I am in a cheerful mood, I thought I would share with you, my blog friends, two of the most precious photos ever taken: Meet my anniversary nephew. With his mischievous older brudder. If someone … Continue reading