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5 yr old: Mom, can you help me with my mitten? I can get one on and not the other. Me: sure. 5: well, actually I CAN get it on, but it's very stressful and I don't like that feeling. You know? Me: *gesturing toward the world* yeah, I know.

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"I am the oldest little kid in my family," says my 5 year old emphatically, who is, in fact, the youngest child in our family.

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5 yr old: Mom? Guess what I'm thinking! Me: I'm out of guesses right now, love. 5: Okay, well, if we had a pet elephant, we'd have to keep it in the shop because that's the only place it would fit. // I believe I can safely say that I was never going to win that guessing game.

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Me: *sleeping peacefully* 18 yr old: *pounds on door* Mom, there's a new lamb and it needs help! And so began our day today. But let me tell you, this tiny new lamb is the *cutest*. We named her Flutterbudget and she is everything perfect about a newborn lamb.

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Each morning at 7:48 am, I'm in my chair with coffee and my son sticks his head into the kitchen and says, "Have a good day, Mom," before he goes out to catch the bus. I spent a lot of years thinking I'd never have kids, so the simplicity of that moment is one of my favorite parts to every day.

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I'm trying to work up the energy to switch to Substack. I think. Maybe. What I really want is for people to just return to reading blogs again. Specifically, my blog. 😂😂😂

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Me: *groans* I over steamed the broccoli. 5 yr old, patting my arm: oh, that's okay. I wasn't going to eat it anyway.

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Today is the 4-year anniversary of when our first lamb was born on the farm and I can honestly say our sheep have been my favorite animals to raise and I'm very proud of past-us for just buying our first ewes even though we had no idea what we were doing. 👏

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Our first lamb of the season was born. We named her Flower. She's pretty adorable.

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My son turns 18 tomorrow. 👏👏

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We have another lake effect snow warning in effect for our county with "the strongest band hitting Tug Hill", which sounds... ominous. So, like any good wife & mother, I'm buying supplies for homemade doughnuts.

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I accidentally made my brother the bad guy by telling my daughter I'd read our chapter book aloud until he got here today. Never has a niece been soooo disappointed to see her uncle. I would feel bad except he was kind of a pest growing up, so it's fair. ;)

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I messed up a batch of caramel before Christmas and today we pulled it out to drizzle on ice cream and it was a very excellent mistake, let me tell you.

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One of my husband's customers brought me a stack of records b/c he knew I liked them & now the kids & I just spent an entire morning listening to oldies & really, it's a rather brilliant way to spend one's day.

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The number of fake accounts on Bluesky is truly impressive. Wondering if I'm the only person actually on here; that would be a little embarrassing.

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My birthday is in 20 minutes and I am VERY excited because I am finally turning 40 and I've been 40 in my heart since I was 18 years old.

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The problem with Christians calling heaven "home" is that sometimes you see posts that say "[recently ill individual] made it home for Christmas ❤️" and it takes you several minutes of investigating to decide if they died or got better. And even then, you're not 100% positive.

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I read my Christmas book in church today for our kids program and it was so incredibly fun watching the kids act out the stories as I read. Life experience I never knew I needed has officially been unlocked. 👏👏

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My Christmas tree has been officially decorated by my five year old and it's the most lopsided, non-aesthetic tree possible and I love every bit of it.

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