shit my kid says

Friday Nugget Blogging

By Charli Carpenter

In General

On August 13, 2010

Nuggets of childish, morbidly curious insight about the world, that is. Because at least in my household, the kids are much more interesting than the pets. First weekly entry below - this is from the third-grader. (more…)

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