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Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-27T10:29:31-05:00August 27th, 2009|Uncategorized|

every now and then taryn will run up to me while i’m at the computer and ask to watch a ‘movie’ which means she wants to watch a slideshow. sometimes she likes to watch client ones and sometimes family ones. we watched a few and taryn, teagan and I laughed and giggled and talked about what photos we liked. then i clicked on teagan’s first year slideshow and it made me all nostalgic and weepy. especially because i realized i haven’t been taking very many photos of just every day stuff here lately. don’t get me wrong, i have over 1500 family photos to proof from this month alone since […]

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Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-27T06:32:20-05:00August 27th, 2009|Uncategorized|

I was wrapping up work for the night and went to go check on the kids one last time before heading to bed myself. As I rounded the corner in the hall, I noticed Taryn’s light was on and the door open. Not that strange since she’ll sometimes get up to go to the bathroom then head straight back to bed and go to sleep (most of the time anyway). Then I heard the rustling of paper. When I landed at her door I was shocked to see she was sitting on her bed, feet propped up, wide awake, reading.

Me: What are you doing?

Her: ((looking at me like I must be a total flippin’ idiot))…..reading

Me: Why?!

Her: ((very matter of […]

random and truthful musings from the mom of a middle schooler

Lyndsay Stradtner2009-08-24T23:34:01-05:00August 24th, 2009|My Family|

Ty started Middle School today. Yeah, 6th grade.

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN??!!

No. Seriously. I need an answer because just the other day he was 4 and thought I hung the moon AND the stars. Somewhere in between I went from a sweet “mommy” to “mawwm”….drawn out, exasperated with a tint of “oh no, please don’t embarrass me in this moment”.

Here he is on the way out the door. Totally not posed, he just always seems to have a book in his hand, especially when heading out to the car!

Looking at this photo just now, totally reminded me of this. It’s still funny two years later.

Middle School is big. Both literally […]