Yes...My 1 1/2 Year Old Has His Own iPad. No...I Don't Feel Bad.

Both of our boys got iPad Minis for Christmas. Yes...both boys. The almost 5 year old and  the 1 1/2 year old.  There is the occasional judgmental stare that follows my telling some people that, but honestly,  those don't  bother me all that much. Yes. My 1 1/2 year old has his own iPad. He also …

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The Anti-Resolution Resolution

I am really not a fan of New Year's resolutions, and I refuse to make one. I mean honestly, I already have a list of things I want to do more of, or things I want to be better at....I don't need a New Year's Resolution added to this mix. Really. Even the daily goals I set for myself are …

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A Letter To My Boys

Dear Ben and Blake, I was watching you play tonight at YaYa and PaPa's house when I was there to pick you up after work and I couldn't help  it...all I could do was stare at you.  You both bounced from one thing to the next with such purpose and at the same time with no care in the world.  You…

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My Semi-Shallow Thankful List

It is almost Thanksgiving.  Which means the return of the Piekarz Family Thankful Turkey...or, as Ben would translate, the thank you chicken we pray to.  We have all ended (most) days this month by writing down what we are thankful for on a paper feather and are working our way towards a whole turkey…

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Imperfect Parent

I am not the parent I thought I would be back before I had kids. Let's face it...I am not that parent tonight that I thought I would be this morning at 5:30 when nobody was awake yet.  Today my plan was simple...wake up, don't lose my cool, go to bed. That plan was completely shot by 6:15 a.m…

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1624 Lakeside Drive

It's a funny thing...moving, that is. It's this whirlwind of a process that is  months  in the making and then in a matter of a day or two you have relocated everything you own into a million piles and boxes in a new place that you are now supposed to call home. It's exciting and scary an…

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One. More. Week.

We are moving one week from today.  Or, as Ben would say, we are moving in 7 sleeps.  I have spent the better part of the last month packing, painting, having a hard time breathing due to the completely overwhelming amount of clutter, arguing with whoever is here about this house being a mess, browsi…

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