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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011

40 Winks

What have you been up to?  We’re back in the thick of nap hell.  Although, almost predictably, after three days of craziness things seem to be back to normal.  Maybe?  Please?  For three days she woke up after sleeping for just an hour during her only nap.  One hour just isn’t long enough.  There was crying.  Lots of crying.  Mostly because she was still so exhausted but there’s not a lot of room for reason at that point.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

Stand By Your Pan

Since it’s only Tuesday and we’ve already eaten more than our fair of pasta and rice I decided to change it up a little tonight.  We had chili and cornbread or corncake depending on how you want to spin it.  In my opinion, that doesn’t make it sound more appetizing but there’s no accounting for the tastes of a four year old.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Less Than Two Weeks

Christmas is speeding toward me at breakneck speed.  I still have stuff to do!  There are still cookies to be baked!  Some nights Chase opens the door on the advent calendar and I think that it just might have been a bad idea.  I’m not sure that I need the constant reminder of how soon Christmas will be here.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Feeling Festive

We have a little tree!  I’ll share with you the story of the tree.  First, I saw the pink tree with lights at Wal Mart.  That’s what got me thinking about this whole child’s tree business in the first place.  But it was twenty bucks.  Not breaking the bank but twenty bucks nonetheless.

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

How To Eat A Ham Sandwich

You can eat a ham sandwich wherever and whenever you please.  And ham sandwiches are tastiest when shared.  See, the thing about lunch boxes is that they have to be taken directly to the kitchen.  Otherwise, clever children will find then, open them and eat the contents when the moment strikes.

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Thursday, November 11th, 2010

Big Girl

Working on feeding herself makes for interesting mealtimes and interesting hair. She works on it ok for a minute and then starts to play.  And don’t try to take the food away just because she’s playing with it.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Fall Back

How come weekends are never long enough?  Not even when you get an “extra” hour?  I guess because getting an “extra” hour just means that everyone is thrown off of their game for an entire day more than anything else.  I suppose I shouldn’t complain.  Both of my kids slept until almost 8 yesterday’s time or almost 7 today and were both asleep by 7 tonight or 8 by yesterday’s time.  So it really wasn’t so bad.  Even though they were tired and my head is spinning a little.  You know?  Like, hey why ARE these kids so tired, it’s only 6:30?  Oh, right.  It’s kind of really 7:30.  How’d the switch go at your house? Read the rest of this entry »

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Friday, November 5th, 2010

Bad Babies, Books and Lactobacillus

In spite of all the toys there are two things that Avery truly loves to do.  Dig in the rocks and dirt in the only living plant that we have in the house and open the door on the tv cabinet and pull all of the cords and devices out.  She broked the blue ray by pulling on it and then after several weeks mysteriously “fixed” it the same way.
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2010

That Terrible Halloween Night Commeth

Everyone, including myself, wants to know when I started caring about Halloween.  I don’t know.  It must have come along with the kids like endless fatigue.  What can I say, we’re having a lot of fun.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Saturday, October 9th, 2010

My Girl

After Dance ClassIt’s probably so not cool for your mom to think so but I can’t help but think that my girl is so cool.  Snake tattoo on her forearm?

So that glasses thing is going well.  They mostly stay on all day.  Sometimes they come off and then I forget to remind her to put them on again but there’s no fighting or hiding them or any of the other craziness that I anticipated.  Also, after just a few short weeks with glasses I’m starting to find that it looks like something’s missing when they’re not on.  And I think she looks a lot like my mother.   Read the rest of this entry »

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