I love autumn in Missouri. Crisp air, brilliant leaves, warm sweaters. My shorties love it too. Peanut has an October birthday. Halloween. Fireplace lit. Days are shorter. Nights are longer. More time to cuddle. Snuggling [...]

Halloween 2012
Another Halloween is in the books. I have a love/hate relationship with the holiday. I genuinely love everything about it until we get to the actual night. It’s usually chilly. The shorties get so ramped up they’d like to start going door to door at 4pm. It’s one big cluster of energy, sugar, anxiety, etc. [...]

Wisdom
I stumbled upon this while cleaning up in Boo’s room just now. I have no idea where he saw this quote or why he chose to copy it down. I do know that he is a wise little man. Now if he could just keep his room tidier… UPDATE: A friend just pointed out this [...]

A darked-haired woman came through for Boo
Boo received an anonymous package in the mail last week. He flipped out shouting, “My fortune came true! My fortune came true!” He is very interested to know how this person knew he loves stickers. He’s pretty sure it is from one of my best friends or the lady that took our order at the [...]

Happy Last Day of School
This is how my shorties arrived at school today. Sometimes it’s kickass being married to a police officer. Peanut enjoyed herself. At least I think so. She’s now a 7th grader thus too cool to gush. Boo was a little afraid that he’d fall out. And that perhaps they’d be shot at, but took comfort [...]

Pictures Gone Awry
I do not understand school pictures. They used to just do the same old same old every fall. You bought them regardless of how ridiculous you looked. And that was it. Now they offer multiple backgrounds and poses for the fall that are still basically what you remember. But in the spring, they go KA-RAZY! [...]
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My son is gay
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Epilogue
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Facebook Friday
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Anyone want a 3 year old boy?
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Listen To Your Mother
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I have a lot on my mind
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I’ve been busy
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Things I need
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