Elisabeth has a cute shirt in her wardrobe that was given to Abigail years ago when I was barely pregnant with Michaela… Now I don’t like to think my children’s wardrobe is deceptive, but somehow I see this “I’m the Big Sister” shirt as a piece of practicality (A shirt that fits – wow!) rather […]
Entries Tagged as 'family'
Truth in advertising and T-shirt slogans
May 3rd, 2004 · 1 Comment
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Let’s play, Daddy!
May 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Let’s play, Daddy!
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Embarrassed to be seen with me
May 3rd, 2004 · Comments Off on Embarrassed to be seen with me
Saturday when we went into the grocery store as a family, I was carrying one-year-old Elisabeth in my arms. I think she must have been in a silly or sleepy mood or maybe both. Suddenly, she covered her face with her hands as we walked down the crowded dairy aisle. Oh, so you’re embarrassed to […]
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Up the escalator
May 2nd, 2004 · 2 Comments
During our outing Friday to the International District, Abigail was animated. Perhaps it was just the contrast of taking Little Girl to the Big City. But she seemed suddenly mature. She had her own observations to make, her own perspective to share on what she saw from the sidewalk scene to the restaurant bathroom. Unlike […]
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Helpless but not homeless
May 2nd, 2004 · 1 Comment
I think I feel the same way about home ownership as Scheherazade does: There are a million things like the air filter that are involved with owning a home — things that require errands and purchases and fiddling around with machinery, things that will involve people looking at me and matter-of-factly asking questions like, “Well, […]
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