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  • the library book with a 3

    "Mommy!" Cade diverted my attention from the library's catalogue computer screen. "I just read this whole book! And look... it has a three . Does that mean it's a third grade book?" My kindergarten graduate was holding the book against his puffed out chest, and pointing to...
    Posted to Tiny Paragraphs (Weblog) by Shannon on 06-24-2010

  • Room With a View

    When we moved into our home, Lindsay was six. She was terribly sad about leaving her school, her best friend, Kaitlyn, and her beautiful blue bedroom. While we couldn't duplicate the school or Kaitlyn, I promised to paint and decorate her new room just like the old one. We also made a big deal about...
    Posted to Tiny Paragraphs (Weblog) by Shannon on 11-17-2009

  • I IS a girl!

    In the Health and Beauty department of Walmart, I allowed four-year-old Lindsay try on some perfume. It was our custom in Walmart. (Aren't we classy?) Cole, who was two, was becoming increasingly aware of customs that he was precluded from. He said, "I 'ant some." I said, "No,...
    Posted to Tiny Paragraphs (Weblog) by Shannon on 11-11-2009

  • My Last Child's First Day of Kindergarten

    As I walked home from the bus stop with my big kindergartener, I asked rapid-fire questions: Was it fun? Who do you sit by? What did Mr. Neff say? Did you raise your hand? Who did you play with? Where did you sit on the bus? When my appetite for first-day-information subsided a bit, I told him one thing...
    Posted to Tiny Paragraphs (Weblog) by Shannon on 09-08-2009

  • From Sniffles to "Woo!"

    My friend Chris Brauns, wrote today about the three most unstable substances known to man: weapons grade uranium, the San Andreas fault, and junior high girls. Chris says, "I was a camp director when I formulated the first law of unstable substances. I jotted it down on the back of a discarded Skittles...
    Posted to Tiny Paragraphs (Weblog) by Shannon on 06-05-2009
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