Comments on Julie Zickefoose: Stomach Wolves

Almost the first day of school for us again around...

2008-08-26T12:21:00.000-05:00

Almost the first day of school for us again around here! I miss the days of the little boy non-sequitirs...I've got to write ours down! We were having a discussion one day about the word man -made. My husband explained very patiently that it is used to describe things that are made by humans and not by natural forces. He said, "Like a tree. Is a tree man-made?" My stepson Max (probably in 2nd grade at the time) said very seriously after a confused pause, "What's a tree man?" :)

Heck ya we're cute.Angelic Giggle

2007-09-06T19:27:00.000-05:00

Heck ya we're cute.

*Angelic Giggle*

Great first day of school pictures and stories. I ...

2007-09-05T19:56:00.000-05:00

Great first day of school pictures and stories. I recently asked someone younger than me to "spell me for a minute" and she looked at me "like I had two heads". She had no idea it meant cover me for a minute....sheesh...good thing I didn't ask her to "hold her horses"

Love Liam's hair!! And, your label gave me a chuck...

2007-09-05T16:14:00.000-05:00

Love Liam's hair!! And, your label gave me a chuckle.

Those two are the cutest kids ever! How do you eve...

2007-09-05T10:47:00.000-05:00

Those two are the cutest kids ever! How do you ever stop kissing those sweet faces and let them out the door?

I was often told that I must have been born in a barn, but never had stomach wolves. I'm going to remember that one. Although, there is a beautiful poetry to being born in a rock's stomach.

Maybe you should title that post "out of the mouth...

2007-09-05T07:06:00.000-05:00

Maybe you should title that post "out of the mouths of babe's".
Children come up with the zaniest things to say. When my 24 yr old son was 4 he was asked why he wasn't worried about snapping turtles in a pond we swam in...his reply was "Mom always wanted a girl"....the little old lady was refering to a loss of toes...obviously he was not.

What sweet, sweet photos. That Liam is one funny ...

2007-09-05T05:22:00.000-05:00

What sweet, sweet photos. That Liam is one funny guy! :c)

Your description of your off to school children br...

2007-09-04T21:26:00.000-05:00

Your description of your off to school children brings a smile to my face, and a huge sigh of relief--mine are all grown and gone. Thank goodness.
My daughter's non sequitur was a retort to me as I complained about potholes in the road--she was 4 at the time, and piped up "Only chipmunks have holes." Huh? But I loved it, and quoted it for days.

Oh, the joy. Enjoy your little "born in the barn ...

2007-09-04T21:17:00.000-05:00

Oh, the joy. Enjoy your little "born in the barn - raised with wolves" wonderful offspring. I love them and would love to meet them. The first weeks of school are so exciting and so worrisome and challenging for kids. Phoebe and Liam have the best support system on earth: YOU and BILL and CHET.

Those photos are priceless. I've been watching them grow for almost a year. Growing fabulously.

Now, go rest about it and give Chet some soft lip kisses.

I was brought right with pithy sayings like:1. We...

2007-09-04T21:15:00.000-05:00

I was brought right with pithy sayings like:
1. Were you born in a barn???
2. Cut your steak, don't rip into it, you little carnivore!
3. Shut the door! You'll let the chickens in!

Born in a rock's stomach. LOL
Liam...the Poet Laureate of Indigo Hill.

"Born in a barn" and "raised by wolves" were frequ...

2007-09-04T21:04:00.000-05:00

"Born in a barn" and "raised by wolves" were frequent admonishments in our family, too. Wait - do you use "Shut the door; you're letting the flies out" at your house?

Lovely stomach wolves - which ones went to school and which one stayed home with Mether?

Those younguns are just as good-looking as the tub...

2007-09-04T20:56:00.000-05:00

Those younguns are just as good-looking as the tuberoses. No, wait - even better!

It was our first day, too. My kids make weirder faces than yours for their pics. They were, undoubtedly, raised in a barn by chupacabras.

Hope they had a great first day. Loved the pics.

oh my, that Liam is beautiful. You are so articul...

2007-09-04T19:48:00.000-05:00

oh my, that Liam is beautiful. You are so articulate regarding your children. Thanks for the insight into your boy's mind.

Label? Perhaps "little boy growing up fast." Someh...

2007-09-04T19:15:00.000-05:00

Label? Perhaps "little boy growing up fast." Somehow in these pictures he looks very different from the boy I've been reading about these past 9 months.

Those pictures of your little stomach wolves are b...

2007-09-04T19:12:00.000-05:00

Those pictures of your little stomach wolves are beyond precious. Lordy. They don't make me laugh, but I am smiling broadly.

We must be related. Those are the same lines - 'born in a barn' - 'raised by wolves' - that I grew up with. Maybe it's a regional thing - I did know Zickefoose's in central Ohio.