Paper Doll Tales Posts

“I poop on your head.” This statement, followed by eruptions of unmanly giggles, issues forth from a boy’s mouth.  We call the boy Buddy, because, well, he is.  He’s the…

Thoughts and Musings

A discussion takes place: “What’s my nickname?” “We call you Itty Bitty.” It’s a name that fits my pint-sized niece with the fairy-wing voice.  She’s had the nickname since she…

Thoughts and Musings

The day was supposed to end in a cousin sleepover:  Sleeping bags, drooly pillows, tangled feet, snarled hair, open mouths ushering in and out child snores, and fun.  Lots and…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

By the end of the day, one little boy was fast asleep with a puddle of drool soaking into his monkey car pillow.  Two little girls were giggling over the…

Thoughts and Musings Wanderings and Travel

We welcomed a mud monster into the shower last night. When one has a child who has discovered the miraculous marriage of water + garden dirt, one does not allow…

Thoughts and Musings

Dear Future Little Friend, In case I forget to tell you ten years from now, I love you.  In case you forget, ten years from now, how “cool” you think…

Kids and Treasures Thoughts and Musings