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[KrisNYG]

(that's what she said)

[KrisNYG]

Moved in 3...2...1...

[Spidergawd]

Fascinating... from children to buttsecks in one page.

:stands and slow claps:

[In A Silent Way]

One day they're babies, then they're off to school. Turn around, and they're working at Vibes.

Sometimes it feels like forever, but it goes by faster than you'd think.

[JBetty]

Fascinating... from children to buttsecks in one page.

:stands and slow claps:

Usually it's the opposite. Go figure.

[Mama Kel]

Fascinating... from children to buttsecks in one page.

:stands and slow claps:

[In A Silent Way]

Fascinating... from children to buttsecks in one page.

:stands and slow claps:

You can't just start a slow clap any old time. You have to wait for the right moment.

[georgi]

Our house is a mad house right now. A baby, us, 2 cats, 2 dogs. Oy!

[KrisNYG]

Fascinating... from children to buttsecks in one page.

:stands and slow claps:

[Ravn]

that's how politicians and lawyers are conceived

[TheDHJ]

[Lostsailr]

We just wrapped up a garage sale in preparation for the twins heading to college and I ask myself the same question, Ryan. In the early years...late night was the answer...now it's mornings! Without my wonderful wife...nothing would have gotten done. I only cook, do groceries and all home/lawn care. She does everything else (incredibly well I might add). Looking at all the kids' old books, toys, art sets, etc made me notice a bit, how much has gone by in the past 18 years. Never regretted leaving dishes in the sink, but do regret times I was "too busy" to do something with the kids...I sooooo hope we have 1 more Adirondack camping trip left in us as a family! Now the garage sale is over, we might be able to make it happen before they head in different directions on I-87. 3 weeks and counting.

[Depends]

no secrets here ladies. Especially when it comes to taking it in the rear from Depends.

im in..

[williscat2000]

We just wrapped up a garage sale in preparation for the twins heading to college and I ask myself the same question, Ryan. In the early years...late night was the answer...now it's mornings! Without my wonderful wife...nothing would have gotten done. I only cook, do groceries and all home/lawn care. She does everything else (incredibly well I might add). Looking at all the kids' old books, toys, art sets, etc made me notice a bit, how much has gone by in the past 18 years. Never regretted leaving dishes in the sink, but do regret times I was "too busy" to do something with the kids...I sooooo hope we have 1 more Adirondack camping trip left in us as a family! Now the garage sale is over, we might be able to make it happen before they head in different directions on I-87. 3 weeks and counting.

wow! as a parent of younger kids, this helps keep it in perspective.

[Lazy Lightning]

When I think of my folks raising us four kids - all the sports and classes we took after school, the awesome homemade lunches we enjoyed every day - either packed to eat at school when my mom wasn't going to be home, but mostly in the comfort of our kitchen as we usually walked home for lunch - putting all of us thru school, having a family dinner every single night, weekends and summers at the cottage, taking us all out trick-or-treating in costumes that they made for us, etc... etc... all while building and managing their own successful business... Wow, it just blows my mind!

All I can say is that it took teamwork. My folks are an awe-inspiring team. It couldn't have been easy to hold all that down for all those years, but they did it amazingly well.

I am a lucky, lucky grrrl.