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By JoanneKraft 12 Comments

Fourth Child Syndrome

This morning I had a coffee date with a friend. We'd scheduled and re-scheduled a dozen times already. I refused to change plans again.Of course, this would be the morning Samuel, my youngest, wasn't feeling well.When my first child was a baby, I jumped at the first sign of sniffles. I had the doctor's office number on speed dial, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: 4th Child Syndrome, Samuel Tagged With: blessed, child, Kids, Samuel

By JoanneKraft 17 Comments

Call the Police. I’m an Ornament-Felon.

Call 911. I want to turn myself in. My name is Joanne and I am an ornament-felon. My children will be including this sordid chapter of their childhood in their autobiography one day. It's a tradition in our home that each child hangs their own special ornaments. The older you get, the more ornaments you have made and collected over the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: christmas 2009, christmas decorations, Christmas ornaments, ornament felon, Samuel Tagged With: blessed, christmas, Kids, Samuel

By JoanneKraft 17 Comments

How cool are you?

Our son Samuel is seven years old. He's in the second grade.I found this in his backpack... ...quite the over-achiever, don't ya think? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: funny, overachiever, Samuel

By JoanneKraft 11 Comments

Am I the only one?!?

It's a tradition in our home that each child hangs their own special ornaments. The older you get, the more ornaments you have made and collected over the years. So it is very important to our younger children that they have their own to hang too.Samuel is our youngest so when it came time to hand him one of his special ornaments he savored the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: christmas 2008, Samuel

By JoanneKraft 9 Comments

WANTED!

Make a Smilebox greeting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: brothers, David, Samuel

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