Aimee posted this about her son:
L: Mommy, after soccer season ends, can you sign me up for flag football?
Me: Sure boo.
L: And then when I get to be in fifth or sixth grade, can you sign me up for kids tackle football?
Me: Yes, we’ll see.
L: And then when I get grown up, can you sign me up for the NFL?
And Sara about her daughter:
We all loved celebrating our newly six-year-old girl today. I especially enjoyed her encouragement when I was frustrated while using a new decorating tip on her cupcakes.
“Why won’t this frosting turn out right?! YouTube made it look so easy…”
“Mom, I think they look good! You are doing a great job! I think, when it looks terrible, that actually means it is GREAT, and the ones you are making are REALLY, REALLY GREAT.”
And yet another from Sara because she’s just great:
This afternoon the kids were cleaning up our particularly disastrous house as a surprise for Daddy. I had this exchange with my son:
“Do you think Dad will even notice?”
“NOTICE?! He’ll be overjoyed. Shocked. He’ll probably collapse from a heart attack.”
“Well, that’d be good – ”
“GOOD?! What?! That would be terrible!”
“I mean, at least that way we’d know that he really appreciated it.”
UPDATE: Their dad survived the initial shock. That man is SO ungrateful.
And now a gratuitous marriage tip from one of my books, 101 Tips for a Happier Marriage.
as I tell my wife, “If I said I’d build a pantry cabinet, I’ll build a pantry cabinet. No point reminding me every year about it.”
and I make, really “Great” cupcakes, truly great…
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“every year”–you’re such a crack up. And I’d love to see your truly great cupcakes. Not sure they’d be as great as mine, however.
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A few growing up lessons to be learned by the time adulthood hits but I love the faith in his mommy!
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Haha. Right? She can make anything happen!
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I just absolutely love reading your blog. It is a highlight of mine!
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Awh, thank you Ms. Snark! This was now the highlight of my day!
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Sign me up too!
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Heh. Heh. If only it were that easy, right?
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The nerve of him not to have a heart attack! He could have at least faked some angina. 😄
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Ha. I love how you threw in some doctor knowledge there. Without even trying, no doubt.
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Hehe, I didn’t even think twice about it. I guess I really AM Frasier Crane.
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Heehee. Ah, Frasier. It’s been too long.
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One time I made homemade bread and forgot to put in the yeast. (It was a long day…don’t ask.) When I realized what I had done and that I had wasted the other ingredients, my sweet boy was trying to make me feel better said, “It’s okay, Mommy, at least you didn’t waste to yeast.”
It made me smile and feel so much better. I ended up using the dough to roll out into tortillas instead.
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Hooray! Happy ending! Good job, little boy. Isn’t it nice when they sympathize with us and try to help? I suppose they must be learning that skill from us. I hope.
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I love the funnies. But that tip is spot on brilliant.
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Why thank you. 🙂
(Although I believe my coauthor wrote that part!)
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It’s still brilliant. And you shared it. So thanks. 😉
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Well, there’s that. 🙂
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Credit to the sharers 🙂
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LOL! Kids have a different way of looking at the world, don’t they? Reminds me of my daughter when she was about 3 or 4 on our way to my brother’s wedding in Grand Forks, ND. We kept telling the kids (on a long drive) to watch for signs saying we were leaving Minnesota. After a few reminders, she asked where “Big Sota” was.
Still wish I’d been able to record that!
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That is SO cute! Love it.
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Love these. Terrible = great. Myocardial infractions = appreciation. Also, while L’s mom is signing him up for the NFL could she sign me up to be on the NYT Bestseller List? Would appreciate it!
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Oh, for realzz! That woman has power! 🙂
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Thanks for some chuckles and smiles — children are endlessly amusing — and some quiet reflection on your so-ver-true tip.
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🙂 And I’m glad you appreciate the tip. 🙂
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So funny. The one about the REALLY REALLY GREAT cupcakes cracked me up. 🙂
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Hits close to home, does it? 😉 I know it does for me!
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Yes! Sometimes you just gotta laugh at the honesty. 🙂
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Amen, sister!
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I’ve joked that if I were to start my own bakery co, my company’s name would be Pinterest Fails. I have all sorts of talent with cake decoration. By all sorts, I mean none of the good kind.
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Haha! That is all hilarious. I just adamantly state that I don’t do crafts. It saves me a lot of anxiety. 🙂
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No anxiety here. I totally own the fact that there WILL be crumbs, globs, and smears where they shouldn’t be. People can take their pesky demands for edible artistic perfection elsewhere.
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I applaud you. I don’t even bother trying. 🙂
Any chance you’re blog friends with Vanessa Jane Chapman over in the UK? She posted a video clip of the news where it featured her daughter’s attempt at recreating a cake from pinterest. It was so terrible, and awesome of her to send it in to the news agency, that it was hilarious. I love when people can laugh at their terrible mess ups–and even have the courage to share them!
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I’ve not heard of her blog. Thanks! Sounds right up my alley.
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She hasn’t posted in quite some time, sadly. But when she does, it’s often great for a laugh.
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Ah. Good to know.
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And besides, who wants to make something that “looks too good to eat”? Amiright?
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TOTALLY!!! My sister-in-law on the other hand has mad decorating skills and brought this beautiful cake made to look like a present complete with edible ribbon to a holiday dessert exchange party. No one touched for fear of destroying her art.
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See! I mean, good for her and all, but … On the plus side, she could have mad decorating skills but be a lousy baker. The cake could taste awful but no one would know! She could have a phone book inside and get away with it.
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Hahaha I love that you have your blog to have all your memories from the kids. I always say I wish I had written stuff down!
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But now I can never let this blog die! I should probably be keeping a hard copy too. But I’m glad you’re enjoying it as well!
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That’s what I am doing with all my recipes. I print every recipe off to pass onto my kids when I’m gone.
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Awh. Sweet idea. Then they can make it “the way Momma used to make it.”
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This is great post 🙂
Thank you
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