tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9231377675038545142024-03-05T23:07:44.678-05:00Queen MommieRecovering Perfectionist, Reforming Tom-boy, Rejoicing Mother, Redeemed SinnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger899125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923137767503854514.post-25336656811044947422016-01-24T17:49:00.003-05:002016-01-24T17:49:47.302-05:00Cook Kid Hideout!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: start;">This has got to be one of the best things about our new parsonage. A random cupboard in the basement opens up into a crawl space. An empty crawl space. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">And there's tons of storage in this place, so even with all the boxes unpacked, I do not need to use even a little bit of this area for storage.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">It was Saturday morning, and Aggie wanted a project. "Mommy can I please clean this so we can play in it?" What a great idea! </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">And it was cute, even as we were cleaning up, we found a couple old game pieces and stickers...</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">perhaps my kids aren't the first PKs to use this space as a hideout?</span></div>
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In another stroke of genius, I bought each child a piece of posterboard to decorate and hang in their clubhouse. I love how each one shows their personalities!<br />
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What fun! I am suddenly hopeful that we WILL survive this winter!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923137767503854514.post-8794421082044323212015-09-03T14:14:00.000-04:002015-09-03T14:15:31.731-04:00To Peter, on your fifth birthday…<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">and new shirts, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> (a parody of "girl crush.")</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My kids think I’m getting strange </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">for the last 20 years</span></span></div>
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Age 12</div>
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To Lorraine, on your twelfth birthday,</div>
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Is that even how you spell twelth? Twevlth? Twellth? I should ask you. You can edit my stuff now, thanks to your Shirley English lessons and your gift of writing. And wow, you LOVE finding errors!</div>
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So lately, there have been these moments... moments when I look at you and you just... take my breath away. Because I can see: I can see the lovely young lady you are, the beautiful woman you are becoming.<br />
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I love that you're old enough to babysit, and understand my nerd jokes, and cook and bake and sew,<br />
and yet you're still young enough to make a sled train, and a snow fort, and ride on the carousel.<br />
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Confession: I am finishing this birthday letter a little late this year. It's May. At least it's not your half birthday- not quite!<br />
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You continue to surprise me, girly. I cannot believe there was a time when I could hardly get you to read. You could do it, but you just didn't like it. And I thought, who is this girl? How could she have come from these parents? But patience was all we needed, and now here you are in love with the books that speak to you. Your love for the Harry Potter series is even more than I can comprehend today- you actually woke up early- at 4:30 am!- just so you could keep reading! Nothing is even due, you just wanted to meet a self-imposed goal! This makes me smile, even though it gives me extra work to do (now I have to catch up with you in book six- you just passed my bookmark!)<br />
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As you continue to grow and bloom, May God continue to grow and nurture those gifts He's given you. He is wiser even than Dumbledore, and I hope you know that you are loved and cared-for by Him and all of those around you.<br />
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In the years to come, I wish you:<br />
A love of books, like Hermione and Klaus<br />
Violet Baudelaire's way of getting out of tight spaces by using her brain<br />
Someone small and sweet, like Sunny, to love and snuggle<br />
The gentle spirit of Anthea, caring for her little "Lamb," and her tender conscience<br />
Friends like Fred and George to give you the best laughs<br />
A chance to fly, if not on a broomstick, then perhaps a plane<br />
A grandmotherly figure in your life, watching over you, and curbing your frivolity, like Mrs. McGonagall, especially when you leave this house!<br />
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Like Mrs. Weasley, I will worry for you, mother you, and feed you, as long as we both shall live.<br />
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I love you, my dear Lorraine!<br />
Mom<br />
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For Nana and Bump:<br />
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Here's Marcus's version of a sweet song...<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923137767503854514.post-28363875781928924612015-04-07T22:09:00.000-04:002015-04-07T22:09:07.314-04:00Eldon's sixth birthday<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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We had a nice little mini getaway to Brown County State Park!</div>
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tons of swimming,</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923137767503854514.post-8863156321309416872015-03-05T11:14:00.001-05:002015-03-05T11:14:41.196-05:00<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
slept in today, and the kids, they did play</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">games
on the wii and the ipad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And
nothing's been done, and they're still having fun,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">but
the mom guilt is getting quite bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">I
hear those two brothers making more piles of clutter</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">And
I know they'll need picking up after</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Nerf
bullets are flying... but nobody's crying,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">so
far, all I hear is their laughter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Piano,
and chores, and just look at these floors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">There's
so much round here to be done!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Does
it matter, really? Or would I just be silly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">to
stop them from having such fun?</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Drinking
coffee, just me, letting kiddos run free,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">it's
sure to erupt in violence.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">But
nothing's gone wrong! They're just.. getting along!</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-decoration: none;">
<span style="font-size: medium;">To
me, this is better than silence.</span></div>
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(Lazy morning 3/5/15)</div>
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I forgot to take many pictures, but at least I got this one!<br />It makes my heart so happy!!!</div>
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A few highlights from Christmas break so far!<br />We have been blessed with so much family time- thanks to everyone who made the trip to IN! </div>
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A special chapel today, and mini Christmas program!<br />It was wonderful!</div>
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A few pictures from the Christmas party for the church board/council!<br />It was a good time! I wish I had taken more pictures!</div>
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More fun from saturday afternoon!</div>
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It was a rainy night, but 5 of the kids and I braved it for the living nativity at Waymansville church lat night. I was worth the wet shoes!</div>
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We've settled on a great strategy for Saturday mornings here at the Cook house. The kids wake up, watch TV or play on technology, and eat cereal when they feel like it. And also, they leave us alone as long as possible.</div>
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Today, they made it until a glorious 8am, and woke us only because the girls had decided to make us breakfast in bed. </div>
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The long sleep, plus the surprise breakfast put me in a fabulous mood. With nothing on our calendar, we could have an entire morning of Christmasy projects and whatnot!</div>
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"I want to bake!" </div>
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But I'd had my coffee, so this time, I didn't say "STOP TALKING!" and go hide in my room. Instead, they chose teams and we got to it. </div>
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I learned a few things today.</div>
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One, Marcus really likes to sew. Who knew?</div>
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The girls love it too, of course.</div>
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It's funny, when I say "let's look on Pinterest for some ideas!"</div>
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Aggie says, "Well, ok, but really can I just do what I want?"</div>
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Surely her brain has even more idea than Pinterest! Have at it, Aggie!</div>
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And this darling girl, with her ipod and headphones. </div>
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(She'd already mixed up the sugar cookie dough with a brother. Time for a break.)</div>
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IT GETS EASIER!!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">As I got out the misc items for Aggie's sewing extravaganza, I found colored pasta and string in my craft box. Why not make ornaments out of it! </span><br />
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Seth worked hard in the kitchen.<br />
Making peanut butter chocolate balls is messy work!<br />
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I made it until almost 1pm before I needed a talking break (teachers, how do you do it?)<br />
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<i>Momma, can you thread this? Where's my marker? He spilled the paint! What do I do next? Where's the butter? We're out of vanilla! Can you thread my needle again? Look at my picture! Can I eat some of this? Do you want a lick? Look at my picture? Can you thread this? </i><br />
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I'm taking a break before round two, sugar cookie making and frosting! More coffee, please!<br />
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Though it is quite overstimulating to be home with these guys today, I cannot overstate how wonderful it is to be able to just BE here on a Saturday, with no errands to run, and no places to go. Just chillin' in our yoga pants, (or pjs), making messes.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-923137767503854514.post-55494891547703211902014-11-22T19:29:00.000-05:002014-11-22T19:29:14.312-05:00snowman brother<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But every single time they melted!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He couldn't understand</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“I want to make my hands get cold!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“That won't work if you try.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So out he climbed, despite the snow,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Get back here you!” his mother yelled,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“And no more of your sass!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The boy ran fast, “I must get cold!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And so he lay right down,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“A smoking angel! Look!” He saw</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steam rising from the ground</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Hurry, boy, you'll freeze out there!”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mom yelled; he rolled his eyes</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And then, to his surprise,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His foot was stuck, there in the snow</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His hands were turning blue,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His bathing suit and knees froze stiff,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh now what could he do?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Mom,” he yelled, or at least, he tried, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and “mmm” again all night</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now in our yard, with hat and scarf,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There stands our snowman brother,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And in his hand he holds a sign:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Kids, please mind your mother.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And when my friends come over, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And they ask, “what is that thing?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Liberation Serif'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I say, “Oh, that's my sassy brother, </span></div>
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White Creek did a wonderful job with their veterans day tribute!</div>
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