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Sugar and Spice Meets Sword-Fighting Duel

Peter Pan (Madeline) daringly lunges at Captain Hook (Mommy) and nearly pierces his enemy with his unsheathed sword (a paper towel roll). Captain Hook laughs maniacally. “Ha, ha, ha! You didn’t get me this time.”

Peter Pan pauses in the midst of the fierce fight and inspects his unadorned sword. “Mommy, we can decorate these? With pretty rhinestones and stuff?”

I could be wrong, but I doubt most little boys would delay an action-packed, pretend brawl to decorate their swords with “pretty rhinestones and stuff.”

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· March 9, 2008 · · Filed Under: Sugar and Spice, Tales from the Trenches

Comments

  1. Andrea says

    March 11, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    That is great! =)

    I can’t wait to see the difference between my son and daughter. Landen is very boy, and I’m anxious to see the girl come out in Amelia. What a great post, I had to share with my hubby it was so cute.

Hi, I’m Kate

I’m a wife, mom of five kids, writer, speaker, storyteller, bibliophile, runner, eating disorder survivor, and perfectionist in recovery. I'm the author of Getting Past Perfect: Finding Joy & Grace in the Messiness of Motherhood  and Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body.

I’ve tried a lot of things in my life – anorexia, bulimia, law school, teaching aerobics, extended breastfeeding, vegetarianism, trying to be perfect and failing miserably at it – and through it all I’ve been writing. And learning to embrace the messiness of life instead of covering it up, making excuses for it, or being ashamed of my brokenness or my home’s sticky counters.

Nowadays I’m striving every single, imperfect day to strike a balance between keeping it real and keeping it joyful.

 

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