The Kell Blog

Alex was working late on Thursday so I was on my own with Link at bedtime. He had gotten into some trouble and lost his tattoo. Teeth were brushed, jammies were on, story was read and now it was time to go to sleep. Link (whining): I want a tattoo Sarra (putting Link into bed [...]

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Link still gets a tattoo if he’s dry all day. I made the mistake the other day of letting him see the sheet that contains letters. Of course the first thing he asked for was his name. No problem. Alex was on tattoo duty the next night, since I was working late. He didn’t have [...]

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We took Link to see Wall E this afternoon. This was his first trip to a movie theater. He didn’t quite make it through the whole thing, but he did really well. (Better than Alex expected, anyway.) I’m sure the popcorn helped. It was in the nice theater with the stadium seating, so Link had [...]

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Apparently after we put Link to bed, he gets up and turns on the light and plays for a while. Or at least that’s what he keeps telling Alex. If he *is* doing that, he’s being very quiet about it. We’d have no idea if he didn’t tell us. My son is not a very [...]

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Link decided a few months ago that he doesn’t like chicken. He used to eat the chicken nuggets that we get at Costco. They’re pretty fancy, with white meat chicken chunks in a tasty breading. (As opposed to the usual re-constituted pre-formed chickenish type nuggets you see on kids’ plates everywhere.) Alex and I are [...]

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I was giving Link a little bit of a lecture while driving him home from school today. I was speaking to him about his habit of getting out of work by conveniently “needing” to go potty. As we pulled up to the line of cars at the traffic light, it turned green. Link: Green go. [...]

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Link: Mommy’s not a good driver. She always hits daddy’s truck. Sarra: I do? When did I do that? Link: Yesterday!* * This is not true

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Link is on the potty having a conversation with me Link: I don’t want to close the gate. I ‘ve had enough time outs. I will listen to you now.

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Link got to play with his letters in the bath this evening. I stepped away, and Link called to me, “I spelled cat!” I ran back into the bathroom and saw this. My son is brilliant.

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Link: I don’t like dirt Sarra: Oh? Link: It’s not very yummy. Sarra: No, it isn’t.

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