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School’s Out For Summer
Lily is a university student. That’s right, my 4 year old goes to college. It sounds really impressive when I put it that way, but in reality she attends a preschool put on through the university to train its early … Continue reading
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Mom Failure
For two weeks, every time I looked at the calendar, I reminded myself that on Friday the 20th we were going to Lily’s preschool art show. It is one of my favorite events at the preschool and I couldn’t wait … Continue reading
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A Break From the Ordinary
Life has been so much better since I bought Rose a wardrobe entirely composed of blue dresses. We used to go to battle every single morning when I tried to get her dressed. She’d fight me, kicking and screaming, not … Continue reading
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Friday Funnies: Secret Ops
Getting Rose to sleep in her big girl bed was a bit of a roller coaster ride, made more entertaining than annoying (though still really annoying) by the addition of our new video monitor. Here are some things we’ve seen … Continue reading
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The Child Who Never Sleeps
After we moved Lily into Rose’s room, Rose freaked out and wanted to start sleeping in the crib again despite the fact that she’d been sleeping in a big girl bed for months and the crib was in Lily’s old … Continue reading
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Evolution of an Engineer
Last year at Lily’s preschool art show, we were amused when we discovered that Lily labeled her creative project as a “decorated cereal box”. All of the other kids were calling their equally unimpressive decorated cereal boxes as things like … Continue reading
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Kids Say: Thank You
Lily *hands Rose a piece of fake food*: Here, my baby. Here’s some chocolate soup. What do you say? Rose: I say thank you. Lily *hands Rose another piece of fake food*: Here, my baby. Here’s a strawberry. What do … Continue reading
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$10 bear
Dr. Toy Warden runs about 3 miles a day if the weather permits (and sometimes even if it doesn’t). Lily sees him come home from work, put on his running tights or shorts, and race around the block nearly every … Continue reading
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Do Your Job, Dog
Dear Lumpy, I don’t understand you. If I leave food on the counter or the table, you eat it. You wait until we’re not looking and eat sausage, cookies, brownies and cereals right off of surfaces that SHOULD be too … Continue reading
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The Most Exciting Thing in the Backyard
We have a fantastic backyard for kids. It’s big and grassy and fenced. It has a swingset with TWO clubhouse areas, three swings and a slide. We have a sandbox, patio set and toddler playhouse. We have an endless supply … Continue reading
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