When Bill Walton was a big deal in basketball, somebody asked his coach, "What do you feed a growing athlete who's 7' tall," and the answer was "Whatever he wants, whenever he wants it." Be prepared. The vast majority of Vake's male ancestors and collateral relatives for a couple of generation have been, or are, big men. Left Bank Granny may be a pipsqueak, but obviously carries big genes, so be prepared for the love of groceries!
I am a 30-something lawyer, wife and mother to two (!) fantastic little boys! SO hard to believe that this is our life!!!!! I started this blog so that his family on the West Coast can watch him grow.
A small son can charm himself into, and out of, most things.-- Jenny de Vries
Giving kids clothes and food is one of thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people. -- Dolores Huerta
It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. --Joyce Maynard
Grown don't mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that supposed to mean? In my heart it don't mean a thing.-- Toni Morrison
I have a renewed commitment to elegance, she said, in case you think I'm just spending money for the fun of it. --Brian Andreas
When Bill Walton was a big deal in basketball, somebody asked his coach, "What do you feed a growing athlete who's 7' tall," and the answer was "Whatever he wants, whenever he wants it." Be prepared. The vast majority of Vake's male ancestors and collateral relatives for a couple of generation have been, or are, big men. Left Bank Granny may be a pipsqueak, but obviously carries big genes, so be prepared for the love of groceries!
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