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My little brother Christopher was born in 1982.  I was in 8th grade at the time. He was a surprise, and he was perfect. I was always one of those kids who wanted my mom to have another baby, so I was pretty happy to have him around.  I loved to show him off. Come

They say there are multiple benefits to exercise.  Obviously it helps you to lose weight.  But it’s also supposed to reduce stress, lift depression, and improve your sex life. My parents have been on vacation for the past two weeks, so I’ve been without a babysitter.  I usually have my dad watch the kids while

Number 6 is a serious charmer.  Even at 2 years old, he’s got a way with females.  Some sort of magnetism.  Women of all ages are literally drawn to him.  And I’m not exaggerating. I took him in to Number 4’s school to eat lunch with her in the cafeteria, and the girls at her table

If someone could identify the nose-picking/booger eating gene, I think he or she could make a lot of money. Out of our seven, we have one picker and eater.  So disgusting.  I won’t even identify by number which one it is. But we did have this conversation recently: Me:  Don’t pick.  It’s disgusting.  If you need

Last week, I discovered this in the upstairs bathroom. Nobody wanted to fess up. But then Number 6 was caught trying to flush Number 4’s bathing suit down the toilet.  So we had found the culprit. Then something went wrong with the downstairs toilet.  Multiple clogs and several overflows later, we resorted to this. Ultimately,

There is a girl on the swim team who is 7.  Every time I see her she reassures me that no matter how badly my kids behave, there is always another kid out there who is worse. At the last swim meet, I watched her spit water, repeatedly, at Number 2 and Number 3.  Not a