Comments on: That gives us a lot to wonder about http://www.drennotes.com/2011/04/10/that-gives-us-a-lot-to-wonder-about/ Noticings of a life that’s pretty & rippley Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:27:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jenn http://www.drennotes.com/2011/04/10/that-gives-us-a-lot-to-wonder-about/comment-page-1/#comment-4540 Jenn Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:27:15 +0000 http://www.drennotes.com/?p=406#comment-4540 Oh my gosh, that fantasy thing works! On the way to pick Noah up from school, Seth is whining on and on about the orange I promised him for snack later. After a couple of snarky (and ineffectual) comments about the whining, inspiration strikes: "If I had an orange in my pocket, I'd give it to you." He says ok and that's the last of the whining. Magic! Oh my gosh, that fantasy thing works! On the way to pick Noah up from school, Seth is whining on and on about the orange I promised him for snack later. After a couple of snarky (and ineffectual) comments about the whining, inspiration strikes: “If I had an orange in my pocket, I’d give it to you.” He says ok and that’s the last of the whining. Magic!

]]> By: Beth http://www.drennotes.com/2011/04/10/that-gives-us-a-lot-to-wonder-about/comment-page-1/#comment-4537 Beth Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:01:19 +0000 http://www.drennotes.com/?p=406#comment-4537 Yes! That's what I really want to say. Just, yes. Sadly, my verbosity will not let me. Let's see if I can keep this short. My friend who had a "no guns" rule in her house tells the story of raising 3 boys. She caught them at lunch shooting each other with their PB&J sandwiches, which they'd chewed into the shape of, yep, guns. :) I like that story. It makes me smile. (FYI, she maintained her rule.) My family = military. Greg's family = pacifists. Our house = War & Peace. I feel the wonder. Yes!

That’s what I really want to say. Just, yes.

Sadly, my verbosity will not let me. Let’s see if I can keep this short.

My friend who had a “no guns” rule in her house tells the story of raising 3 boys. She caught them at lunch shooting each other with their PB&J sandwiches, which they’d chewed into the shape of, yep, guns. :) I like that story. It makes me smile. (FYI, she maintained her rule.)

My family = military. Greg’s family = pacifists. Our house = War & Peace.

I feel the wonder.

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