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I’ll take dollar-store solutions for $200, Alex.
Praise the sweet baby jeebus - Gracie has very nearly finished her recipe book project. She finished copying the last recipe last night; tonight she just has to create a table of contents, put the boo… more →
Can't Get There From Here
I'll take dollar-store solutions for $200, Alex.
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wrote 1 week ago: Praise the sweet baby jeebus - Gracie has very nearly finished her recipe book project. She finished … more →
In which there are no good solutions.
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wrote 1 week ago: So many times these past few weeks, I’ve given myself little motivational pep talks that all s … more →
How I very nearly became the worst mom ever.
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wrote 1 week ago: It’s a fact that Gracie is very nearly as voracious a reader as I am. She read an entire 300-p … more →
I'm doomed.
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wrote 2 weeks ago: You know the saying, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”? Yeah, well, I thi … more →
Saturdays filled with sunshine and sneakiness (Part 2).
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wrote 2 weeks ago: We were off! We successfully navigated two-hours worth of science fun, we had lunch (surprisingly fa … more →
Saturdays filled with sun and sneakiness (Part 1).
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I have been dreading Mayfest ever since I heard that Gracie’s dance group was performing. Mayf … more →
Quote of the Day.
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I am starting to doubt that I am teaching my kids what’s really important in life. To wit: The … more →
They will learn this important life lesson and they will LIKE IT.
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wrote 3 weeks ago: None of us, really, are morning people. We at Casa de Katie like our sleep, and, barring that, we li … more →
The likes and dislikes of Gracie at nine years old.
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Gracie, Gracie, Gracie. I know you are more than ready to be done with eight. You’re over it. … more →
An open letter to my daughter on her ninth (NINTH!) birthday.
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Dear Gracie, Happy Birthday! Did you hear that? That was you not answering me back for the first tim … more →
Keeping our lucky pancakes crossed.
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wrote 4 weeks ago: This is it. After weeks and months of preparation – and yelling and crying and worrying when t … more →
I guess I'll keep 'em.
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wrote 1 month ago: Know what one of my very favorite feelings is? That moment when the birthday sleepover is over and I … more →
Perspective. Also: cake! CAKE!!
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wrote 1 month ago: Gracie’s sleepover is tonight. I’ve gone from absolutely dreading the moment when ten tw … more →
Busy doing allll the things! (And thrilled by it.)
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wrote 1 month ago: “I’m busy, Mom,” Gracie informed with, with a content sigh barely hidden undernea … more →
And how is YOUR Monday morning going?
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wrote 1 month ago: These days it feels like I text Gracie’s teacher almost as often as I do her dad. I got a text … more →
Hilarious verbal blunders, passed from one generation to another.
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wrote 1 month ago: When explaining my propensity to laugh over nearly everything, I usually respond, “Laugh or cr … more →
Them's the breaks.
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wrote 1 month ago: Fact: it is impossible for me to say to my kids “Them’s the breaks,” when things a … more →
Introducing, two adorable new aunties!
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wrote 1 month ago: Both girls burst through the door in record time last night when their dad dropped them off after di … more →
Okay, now I'm a little afraid.
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wrote 1 month ago: April Fool’s Day is lingering at Casa de Katie, just as you’d expect it would. I pranked … more →
