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Slice-of-life stories about parenthood

Pink’s Birthday Letter to Me

July 6, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 2 Comments

Last week, Pink gave me a sweet, homemade birthday card. Since she can’t quite spell, but loves to write, she spends quite a bit of time each day making different combinations of letters and translating them for us. But in the case of my birthday card, she just handed me the sheet of paper without […]

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Losing My Words

April 15, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 1 Comment

This week? Well, this quote pretty much describes how I’m feeling this week. (Which is ironic since, you know, my blog is all about using words.) I was tempted to just disappear entirely for the week, but some things have been happening around here that I wanted to share quickly.

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10 Things I Learned This Week, Vol 154

March 2, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words 3 Comments

I didn’t really mean to stop doing lessons posts. It just sort of happened. But last week, I found myself running to write down notes as funny and/or meaningful things happened. So I’m back at it. And I hope you’ll enjoy a laugh or two along the way! (I’ve even included one of the lessons […]

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It’s Show Time

February 25, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

Last week was our kids’ ski week, which should really be called beach week when you live in California, but we headed to the mountains anyway. And look!, there was a teeny tiny bit of man-made snow! Since I’ve been enjoying quality time with my little people (and taxes), there hasn’t been a whole lot […]

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Conversations With Siri

February 13, 2015 by Amy, Using Our Words Leave a Comment

Pink recently recovered from a five-day stint with the flu. And, since uptight germophobes don’t want to be around a vomiting, coughing kid with a fever, we were stuck in our house, side by side (if not butt to lap) for hours—no, days—on end. I knew she had finally turned a corner when she woke […]

Filed Under: featured, Mom Musings Tagged With: 3-year old, humor, preschooler, Siri, technology, toddler, words

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