Comments on: I know aunties aren’t supposed to have favorites, but come on… http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/ distracted by sparkly things since 1969 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Magpie Girl » Blog Archive » Wednesday Review: Prayers for Children http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-5203 Magpie Girl » Blog Archive » Wednesday Review: Prayers for Children Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:44:25 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-5203 [...] Fall we went on the Goodbye Cousin’s Tour of Ought-Eight. While we were at my sister’s visiting this adorable nephew (and all the other cute bébés) Cate ordained herself ‘official reader to anyone under six.” [...] [...] Fall we went on the Goodbye Cousin’s Tour of Ought-Eight. While we were at my sister’s visiting this adorable nephew (and all the other cute bébés) Cate ordained herself ‘official reader to anyone under six.” [...]

]]> By: Troy http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-4913 Troy Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:51:40 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-4913 Oh my lord, those are so funny! Oh my lord, those are so funny!

]]> By: Rachelle http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2251 Rachelle Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:31:47 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2251 Claire, LOL! We had a similar technique...for the first four or five years we'd convinced our daughter that is was "the free music truck." As in: "Isn't that so nice how the free music truck comes by to give us a song right at bed time?" R Claire,

LOL! We had a similar technique…for the first four or five years we’d convinced our daughter that is was “the free music truck.” As in: “Isn’t that so nice how the free music truck comes by to give us a song right at bed time?”

R

]]> By: claire http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2225 claire Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:31:45 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2225 Oh, I just remembered my best and favorite Mama line of all: "When they play the music, it means the Good Humor truck is all out of ice cream" Oh, I just remembered my best and favorite Mama line of all:
“When they play the music, it means the Good Humor truck is all out of ice cream”

]]> By: claire http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2180 claire Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:22:43 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2180 Sweetheart, puppies don't really need to be cleaned with Windex. Sweetheart, puppies don’t really need to be cleaned with Windex.

]]> By: Mama Zen http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2174 Mama Zen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:04:14 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2174 I once found myself yelling, "Don't you pee in your hair!" I once found myself yelling, “Don’t you pee in your hair!”

]]> By: Rachelle http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2173 Rachelle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2173 Oh my Lord! I am laughing my head off! Rachelle Oh my Lord! I am laughing my head off!

Rachelle

]]> By: Susan Young http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2163 Susan Young Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:17:23 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2163 "Mommy, I have a good idea. Let's have a baby brother, leave him at the hospital until he's four, and then bring him home and play with him. " Oops! that's a kid one-liner, not a mother one. Sorry, still funny. “Mommy, I have a good idea. Let’s have a baby brother, leave him at the hospital until he’s four, and then bring him home and play with him. ” Oops! that’s a kid one-liner, not a mother one. Sorry, still funny.

]]> By: Goddess of Leonie http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2162 Goddess of Leonie Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:07:45 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2162 oh that is just beautiful... what a cutie patootie! oh that is just beautiful…
what a cutie patootie!

]]> By: Wannabe Hippie http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2157 Wannabe Hippie Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:57:08 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2157 I once found myself yelling, "Nobody leaves this house without pants!" Somehow that's still my favorite. I once found myself yelling, “Nobody leaves this house without pants!”

Somehow that’s still my favorite.

]]> By: Denise http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2149 Denise Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:27:09 +0000 http://www.magpie-girl.com/20071113/i-know-aunties-arent-supposed-to-have-favorites-but-come-on/#comment-2149 It would have to be 'stop chasing your brother with the carving knife / pair of scissors' I find that I say that far too often! It would have to be ’stop chasing your brother with the carving knife / pair of scissors’ I find that I say that far too often!

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