Tag: children
member name: sheila ~the hapless housewife~ j.
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February 23, 2008 09:26 AM EST --
If you think you keep your husband on a short leash, wait till you start potty training your baby! You have never been on such a short leash. Your daughter will let you get 12 steps (max) before you hear: . . .
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February 26, 2008 02:52 PM EST --
(republished)
My daughter took my ice cream.
Fifteen minutes ago, the ice cream truck trundled by, playing its pied piper melody. My 4 year old little girl hollered . . .
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February 23, 2008 03:58 PM EST --
Kids go from one extreme to the other. First they want a dinner at the toilet because they love it so much. Have you ever seen a 3 year old drag a sleeping bag to the potty? It gives a whole new meaning . . .
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January 02, 2007 01:09 PM EST --
Mama told me
keep away
He'll never stay
He'll walk out on you.
Mama told me
he's not your kind
he'll cross the line
he'll bring hurt to you.
But Mama couldn't . . .
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February 10, 2007 07:03 PM EST --
Kids go from one extreme to the other. First they want a dinner at the toilet because they love it so much. Have you ever seen a 3 year old drag a sleeping bag to the potty? It gives . . .
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February 17, 2007 05:52 PM EST --
(I wrote this in July 2002 for a little girl in the news, Samantha Runnion. Her story broke my heart and I cried for a week. I didn't know her, but she was close to the same age as . . .
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January 22, 2008 04:18 PM EST --
My daughter wrote her first haiku. She's only 10, so I think she did pretty good.
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February 06, 2008 07:25 PM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my old poems)
When I was young I danced in a fairy ring
Unicorns lived and the world loved everything
My dreams never came to pass
And the unicorns . . .
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February 17, 2008 10:38 AM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my old poems)
Mommy, why is the sky so blue?
Why do I look like you?
Why are you really tall?
Why am I just so small?
Why can't any dogs talk? . . .
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February 21, 2008 05:33 PM EST --
(I'm republishing some of my poems)
"Mommy! Monster!" my baby wails
And into his room I quickly sail
I pick him up and hold him close
His monsters are real, I . . .
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March 13, 2008 06:33 AM EDT --
(republished)
Mama told me
keep away
He'll never stay
He'll walk out on you.
Mama told me
he's not your kind
he'll cross the line
he'll bring . . .
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March 24, 2008 07:33 PM EDT --
Oh, lend me your ears as I tell you
A housewife's lament, both sad and true
How her trusty helper passed away
And how her tears fell on that fateful day.
A day like any other, . . .
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February 11, 2007 11:37 AM EST --
When did chicken nuggets become a food group? According to my daughter, it's the most important part of her diet. (What part of the chicken is a nugget, anyway?) Add fries and a . . .
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February 18, 2007 06:23 PM EST --
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Mommy, get me some
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Yummy! Here we come
Ice cream! Ice cream!
Vanilla just might do
Ice cream! Ice cream!
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March 31, 2008 07:53 PM EDT --
My daughter (age 10) was on the back porch with the dog yesterday. I went to check on her and she told me that Choodle was "hugging "her. (he was humping her arm). I told her not to let . . .
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April 05, 2008 04:59 PM EDT --
We were driving to the store today, and the country song "Redneck Woman" came on. I looked at my daughter and we both laughed because it made us remember a funny story.
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June 27, 2008 05:57 PM EDT --
Little spider
Where'd you hide her?
Where'd you hide my Dolly doll?
I've been peering
Far and nearing
She's just not here at all!
Little Birdie
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March 31, 2008 06:11 AM EDT --
I tackled a job I'd dreaded so long
I slowly walked in and tried to be strong.
I grabbed the doorknob and gave a quick twist
The closet popped open and NOTHING missed!
I was . . .
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November 08, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Mommy, why is the sky so blue?
Why do I look like you?
Why are you really tall?
Why am I just so small?
Why can't any dogs talk?
Why can't that kid walk?
Why don't Daddy have any hair? . . .
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November 30, 2006 10:33 AM EST --
I saw you looking
out the window
and I saw the wistfulness
and I saw the tear
you hid with the finger
of hopelessness.
I stepped behind you
and slipped into your mind.
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