The Boy knows how to unbutton his shirts.
He doesn’t know how to button them up; he just unbuttons them.
This means that he now feels empowered to change his shirt every time it gets dirty. Every time. Do you know how often that happens with a boy? Do you? DO YOU? [insert maniacal laughter]
And he [...]
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The boy was 2 at the end of June and has shown very little interest in potty training. It will be nice to have just one in diapers someday soon. In the meantime we buy them in two sizes: Big baby and little baby. I’m ok with that, but am trying to exert just a [...]
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…but he threw the last one.
Last night, we got together with much of my extended family: My parents, my own household, a couple of random in-laws and outlaws, 8 of my sibs with their respective spouses, friends-of-the-opposite-sex, and a plethora of children.
Perry buddied up with his cousin Rian, who is exactly one year older - [...]
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Yesterday 6 of the children had checkups at the dentist. This was going to be The Boy’s first official turn in The Chair. This isn’t a scary place for him. He has climbed up during other sisters’ cleanings and let the dentist look in his mouth, just for fun. We are here all the [...]
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Some might think that a boy with 8 sisters might be a bit sissified. Not our boy. He loves his sisters and does everything he can to take care of them. Already, he defends them daily from bugs and bad guys, using his foam sword or his gun if necessary. He refers to each of [...]
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Although I didn’t manage to deliver a baby sister for The Boy’s birthday on Saturday, he did have a good day nonetheless. He went out birthday shopping with his dad and older sisters and came home with tons of loot.
The big hit of the day was a pair of soft foam swords and shields. He [...]
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Today Perry was making the cutest faces while he ate animal crackers, so naturally, I ran and got the camera.
This is my personal favorite and the only one here, that I didn’t tell him to do. I just positioned the camera and waited. On all of the others, I had some candy and I was [...]
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Posted By: Lydia (Liddybug)
Rachael and Perry (little Perry) usually take naps around 2:00pm. Well today Perry didn’t lay down in his bed for a nap, he just decided that he didn’t need to.
He was nice and quiet so no one cared that he was up. I didn’t mention anything because I knew what would happen. I knew that he would just fall [...]
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Posted by: Deanna
Take a good look at this picture, what do you see?
I see, to quote Rudyard Kipling, a “man cub” , with big brown eyes, and long eyelashes like his Dad, an adorable buzz cut, a precious button nose complete with complementary dried boogers, and enormously fat cheeks. Overall it’s a face no person [...]
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Yes, she bears a suspicious resemblance to a Golden Retriever but he’s sure that she is his horse. He loves to grab her collar and try to jump astride.
She obviously doesn’t mind the attention.
By the way, please ignore The Boy’s dorky outfit. I would love to be able to tell you that he dressed himself [...]
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The Boy has a new response to impending naps or spankings: “Happy. Happy. Happy!” [translation: I'm not tired or having a tantrum now. I feel much better, and I don't need a nap/spanking. I love you.]
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He has also resorted to mimed phone calls when his sisters don’t give him his way. [...]
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And a whole bunch of pretty girls…
And just for good measure, here’s a shot of all 10 of us.
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I thought I was having a bad day trying to upload my old database and plug it in, but The Boy’s day was worse. He pulled a space heater over on his foot this morning.
I’m thankful we live in South Texas, because that means heaters are rarely used or needed. [...]
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The general consensus, to my knowledge, seems to be that boys are usually potty trained later but often more easily than girls. Yes? No?
Six of our seven girls have displayed a bit of interest around their second birthday and they have begun training 3 or 4 months later. Six of the seven girls were out [...]
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Isn’t my baby brother just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen? Natalie’s b-day was on New Year’s day and he spent the whole day walking around singing hap erthay oo nannie (Happy birthday to Natalie), and this morning mom was correcting someone for something and he started saying bey Mom! (obey [...]
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