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The little things…

My boys in a hole (2009)

My boys in a hole (2009)

Next year, we are planning to surprise the boys with their first trip to the Florida theme parks and I have no doubt that they will be over the moon with excitement… but they were also giddy with joy today because it was movie and PJ day at camp.

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Funny things my kids say #4

dog

We spent an afternoon at the playground this weekend and enjoyed a visit from a beautiful yellow lab and the young woman who was walking her. Our smiling 6-year-old watched as they walked away across the field and said,

“She has a nice anus.”

We hope he was talking about the dog…

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Tweet tweet

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I love following funny people on Twitter.

This is an old one but too funny not to share…

https://twitter.com/rzarosco/status/283028697353711616

Thanks to @longwall26, @Chapinc, @donni, and @rzarosco!

Anyone have suggestions for more funny twitterers I should be following?

Funny things my kids say #3

Photograph by Spacepleb

Photograph by Spacepleb

My children have discovered the magical burning properties of concentrated sunshine through a magnifying glass. I’m worried the 8-year-old now wants to be an arsonist when he grows up. The other day he showed me a piece of wood covered in charred pock marks and said,

“I want to keep this as a souvenir of when I started burning things.”

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Oh look! An eagle!

Have you seen this commercial? It’s vintage 2005 for a British brand of canned salmon and a long time favourite of mine.

As I disclosed in my very first post, I’m an introvert. This seems to be incongruous with my public persona because I have a highly developed survival reaction that kicks in when I’m uncomfortable – distract everyone’s attention with humour.

My difficulty lies in knowing when enough is enough.

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