Residents of the castle were terrorized the other day by a giant baby troll. Experts are still not certain how the troll baby arrived at the castle on its own since the castle is thought to be far outside of troll territory. The first to encounter the troll, armed knights […]
Read MoreMonth: July 2007
motherhood’s best kept secret
I was talking to a dear friend the other day. She has just adopted a little baby girl and she and her family are making the sudden transition from one child to two. Her son, who is also quite small, has been acting jealous and tormenting the baby by taking […]
Read MoreLove is sometimes silly.
I was going through my photos the other day and noticed a few that don’t remember taking. I realized that my kids had been playing with my camera, which would explain why the battery ran out last week. I found these taken of the Girl by her brother. I love […]
Read MoreA thoughtful post on Mothering
If there were a blogging post for which blogger you would most like to have been your parent I think Jewels at Eyes of Wonder would get my vote. She is the mother of many children, I’m going to say 10 but I may be wrong. I’ve only been reading […]
Read MoreWhere do I send this rant.
The other day a cute little 8 year old girl came by my house wearing a cute little white tank top with A SPARKLY PINK PLAY B*Y BUNNY LOGO EMBLAZONED ACROSS HER CHEST!!!!! Oh wait, was I yelling? For crying out loud, why on earth would a beautiful innocent little […]
Read MoreThe kind of thing that can happen when daddy is around.
The boy spent the morning with his dad and his uncle. This is how he looked by lunchtime. all content © Carrien Blue
Read MoreMy Childhood Home
There were two houses in my childhood, though they both occupied the same plot of land. There is the house that had a trap door in the floor of one upstairs closet and when we opened it we could look down into the laundry room, and throw our dirty clothes […]
Read More7 Months
This has been such an exciting month for you. You’ve spent most of it hanging out on the floor, sitting up just like a big girl. Until you lose your balance and fall over that is. Then you lay on floor and kick and you’ve discovered that rolling can get […]
Read MoreThe Kind of Test You Can’t Study For
For those of you who have been following the saga that is my Green Card application, (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3) I have an update for you. I have a temporary work permit, and an interview date to see if everything I said on paper is true, and […]
Read MoreThe things I get myself into.
I want to chop off my hair. It keeps sticking to my neck when I sleep, I get a head ache during the day from having it tied up so it’s not hot on the back of my neck, and I just keep thinking that it would be so much […]
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