November 17, 2011  |  8:35am
Special security checkpoint
[Scene: as I'm entering the house, Luke, age 7, is standing just inside the doorway, holding a stick]
Luke: "Stop right there! Special security checkpoint!"
Me: "What?"
Luke: "This is a security checkpoint. You must stop!"
Me: [stands still] "Okay. What should I do?"
Luke: "Just stand right there." [passes stick up and down my body as if it's a metal detector wand] "Turn around." [passes stick up and down my back]
Me: "Everything okay, officer?"
Luke: "Everything except one thing. You need a special security spanking." [whacks me on the butt with the stick] "Okay. You may proceed!"
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September 23, 2011  |  4:14pm
Goodbye, ilovemazzyandzephyr

I’m reblogging this important news from thedaddycomplex:

Hey, everyone. Shannon of the popular Tumblr parenting blog ilovemazzyandzephyr had to delete her account.

She and her husband discovered someone had pilfered scores of photos of her kids and created an entire fake family with a Facebook page, a Tumblr, everything. She’s freaked out, the police are involved…

Read more here and here.

It’s a scary world, people. You will never see pictures of my kids here for situations just like this.

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