New On The Spence Family--Here's Some Cheer on a Cold and Gray Spring Day

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Gotta love when T dons the purple blanket as a cloak and becomes a dangerous Star Wars character (Ventress), full of threats of death and destruction. Of course it only lasts between "booger wipes," but it's sure to bring cheer to any cloudy afternoon.

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New On The Spence Family--Night Night Little Ninja

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New On The Spence Family--Random Thoughts From My Thirty-First Birthday

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New on The Spence Family--Babysitter

Usually, hiring a sitter makes a dinner date a lot more expensive.

But with our way,
the sitter actually gives us a gift card for dinner,

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New on The Spence Family--Self Checkout

Really, what is the deal with those stupid self checkout lines? They're somewhat tempting from the get-go, simply because the lines are shorter, but in the end, they always take longer and cause me much more anxiety.

On Orcas Island in Washington, the grocery clerks were appauled that we were unloading our own groceries onto the conveyer belt. There, they actually unload your cart, ring you up, pack up your groceries, and I think even deliver them to your car. They couldn't believe that in Utah we were starting to have self checkout lines. Where has service gone?

So who actually wants to use those lines? J, that's who. And T. They are in cahoots. The other day we went to Ikea. Just me and the kids. The weekend lines were long, and after a long (but successful and rather fun) trip through the winding maze of the store we were ready to be done...

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New on The Spence Family--Sunday Comics

We stopped the daily paper when J was 4.

He had been sneaking reads about a boy getting nearly cut in two from a stray 4th of July explosion, fires in Provo Canyon, and other scary news. Plus, I never did the crosswords, so why pay for a paper? But for some reason, we kept the sunday paper. Roger likes the ads and the news, and J, he reads the comic pages.

So Sunday mornings around here are often like this, while he reads the whole section aloud, whether he gets the "funny" or not (today there was only 1 which eluded him, not included here due to the fact that he mumbles nearly incoherently when that happens). He's not always sitting around in a bathrobe, crossing his legs, and wearing a crown, however:

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*Please be advised the word "stupid" appears twice during this video.

*Please note T sneaking a short turn with J's lantern while he can.

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New On The Spence Family--Good Painter, Bad Painter

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