Over the Thanksgiving weekend, we got together with our friends Alex and Lila. They have a baby named Misha. My six and three year old’s LOVE Misha. He’s 8 months old, and a really sweet little boy.
Rowdy Rebel (age 3) was showing Misha all of his toy cars. He was really excited about it until [...]
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A while back, Deep Thinker was taking a bath and noticed he had leg hair. He was SO excited and said “Mommy, Mommy, I have leg hair! I can’t WAIT to tell Daddy about this!”
Today we were walking to school, and he was explaining that he now has more leg hair (which is not noticeable [...]
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We wanted to invite Deep Thinker’s friend Tyler over to play. The problem is that there is a close friend named Johnny who is part of their little group. I decided not to invite him–it’s easier to first see how Deep Thinker and Tyler play together, then invite the third child next time.
So, we gave [...]
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Last Saturday my husband was really tired, and it was time for our three-year old to take a nap. So they took a nap together.
The next day, Rowdy Rebel (the three-year old) explained to my husband: “Daddy, nember when you sleep at naptime with me?” And my husband said yes.
Rowdy Rebel said, “Tha’ nice.”
Then Rowdy [...]
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I was volunteering in Deep Thinker’s class doing the “Monday folders.” This involves stuffing all of the news and important papers into folders to take home. As I was doing this, the class had a discussion about money. The teacher asked, “How much money is two quarters?”
My son raised his hand, and the teacher called [...]
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When I tucked in my six-year old last night, he said (out of nowhere), “Hey Mommy, I know how you can tell if the person you are marrying is nice.”
Full of curiosity, I asked him how to tell. With his eyes opened really wide, he said, “You get to know em.”
I said that’s a really [...]
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Rowdy Rebel is really good for his naps now. (Sure, now that he’s almost too old for them.) He just lays down and stays in bed until he goes to sleep. But for some reason last Saturday, he reverted back to the terrible two’s when he screamed non-stop at the top of his lungs for [...]
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