Standardized Testing

8:30 p.m. on a Monday evening and I am walking around my house.  The sun is barely resting over Cacapon Mountain.  Actually, it is not even dark yet outside.  As I come down the steps from tucking in everyone, I can even hear Dan snoring in the bedroom.  You won’t believe this!  All the Hott’s…

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Pacing the bathroom floor, the longest three minutes of my life have been spent waiting for the little pink plus sign to appear.  You?  What will it be?  Negative… again!  Or, wait….  it’s positive!  We’re pregnant!  How many times have you watched the clock tick the seconds away to reveal the outcome of a pregnancy…

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“When I Grow Up, I…”

Do you ever find yourself in a moment when occasionally you just have to turn your head away to keep your kids from seeing the grin on your face?  I’m telling you, there are moments when I just have to wonder where these guys come up with this stuff.  This whole “mom” thing  just cracks…

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