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Tell the truth, Mewold.

Auntie may be a cooker, but she ain't a looker.



I should go to bed now. :-/

When my oldest daughter was about 9 or 10, she hated milk. One of her Aunts, a sweet lady who was always trying to help the single father (me), told her that she should drink milk because it would help her grow up to be beautiful. My daughter looked at her and said, "Did you drink milk when you were little?" Her Aunt smiled and said that yes she drank quite a bit of milk as a little girl. My daughter looked at her and said, "Didn't help you, did it."

I'm constantly amazed at how much people with no children know about raising kids!

But equally amazed at how some people can be a parent for so long and still not know what they are doing.

I think good parenting requires a lot improvisational skills.

Sweet Lilt, some people talk through their behinds! Not worth speaking to or about.

You're a great mom I think, I know that doesn't hold a lot of water, I'm also just a mom and granny, but I've got sons that I'm hugely proud of. They're certainly not perfect, but well-mannered and well-liked by people that matter. That means we didn't do a bad job. Your sons seem the same, almost perfect is better than perfect in my book.

Ignore the idiots, take on board what normal, sensible, mothers and fathers have to say. They are the ones who know what you're talking about and have been there and done that too. XXXXXXX

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Cabbie, it's been a special treat to log on and see your comments today. More than you could ever know. Everything I thought I knew about parenting has been challenged in the last few days. But you reminded me of the good stuff.



Thank you.

Lilt, I love your sons! They crack me up too and make me think of my 3 growing up! There's a saying, that a mom of 3 boys is guaranteed a place in heaven! X@

Cool, more books !! I thinks books are the best gifts.



I would love to see you acting the part of a star, my friend :)

I like The Little Prince too! I like how it's surreal and reminds me of when I was nine. I was a star (as in star in the sky) in a Little Prince play when I was nine. And understudy to the snake.

It does make sense.

Adults make life so complicated, don't they?



Actually, we don't have that book. What do you like about it?

That makes perfect sense to me! Seriously...



Have you ever read "The Little Prince"? If not, you should add it to your family library.

Mello, good question.

And the answer is simple....

Everybody uses the handles and that's kind of boring.

If you use the jump rope it's more fun.

hehehe! Your son is amusing! There must never be a dull moment at your home. Now, tell me, why must you pen the fridge with a guitar strap and jump rope?

Krypton! Where have you been? I miss you tons.

Of course it is a Lilt story about the ever famous wonderful boy and it has 7 pages of comments before I can place my own. haha

You and your family crack me up. Wonderful story.

Kids do well when Mother Nature is in charge.





Grown-ups too.

Thats too funny...i dug holes when i was a kid! I also planted random seeds to...anywhere:-D. Definetly one of the cool moms it seems.

Hahahahaha...you're right Robbo!

I see a landscape design biz and sod sales :O

That is too funny. But a little scary at the same time...

Lmao! Kids are so funny aren't they? Not sure if this is a coincidence or not , but when I was reading your story I saw at the side there was an advert for turfonline.co.uk. I think you may need them, Lol! :o)

I always hear people say, "Oh no, I sound just like my mother."



Well, sometimes that is a good thing.



Now, go outside and play!

Hmm...that's a good idea actually! Maybe it will keep her from dismantling things with a screw driver. I think she's game! : )

Love it, Tekka!

Are you now breeding the next generation of hole diggers?

Ha ha! I dug holes too. I thought there was treasure or dinosaur bones...mostly because my mom said I was pent up with too much energy. She said, "go dig a hole in the backyard" so I ran out happily screaming with shovels and...hammers. There were rocks in the way that I HAD to get rid of...then I got the punishment of a lifetime for breaking down the cement foundation of the yard. : /

Guinea pigs are NOT cute.

They are rodent-y.

I saw my friend's boa eat one once, that was cool.



Faucon, stick with me and the kid....never a dull moment :-/

Smart...is that like "too big for your britches."

your son is very smart, great story, thanks for sharing this

All of these comments make me smile. Kids keep it real, eh?



I love that burned butt story too, Drew :O



Anna, we've had snakes , lizards, and tarantulas...but if there was a guinea pig on my head, I would go into cardiac arrest.

OMG @ "You Are So Beautiful When You Are Sleeping."

Or "I Thought I Told You To Stop." -- How many times have I said those two statements???



And NEVER is 'SCHOOL' on caller ID EVER a good thing ~ cringes ~



I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Butt Slide story ~ sinister laugh ~



Don't know what it is about these boys and diggin'. Mine ended up in the Urgent Care getting stitches on his forehead from his friend's 'Spade Malfunction' onto son's forehead (four months after stitches in the same place from other friend's golf club).



~ Priceless Stories ~

LOL!! Awesome!

Lilt, reading this made my day. :)

A kid that enjoys vacuuming and digging- gotta love his work ethic! lol



I just read this and then actually had to tell my daughter not to wear the guinea pig on her head! :)



At least I can smile knowing that I'm in good company. . . although I guess they say this at the funny farm too huh?