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crying at bedtime
I emerged from Miss L’s bedroom last night, fresh from her nighttime routine, with tears in my eyes. Mr. M asked why I was crying and if Miss L said/did something to elicit the reaction. “Our daughter just said the…
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sick almost 2-year olds
Winter has once again showed up with a vengeance and brought all of its icky cold-igniting bacteria and virus friends to play with little (and big) girls and boys. We escaped the pesky winter worries during Miss L’s first winter,…
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happy: childhood delights
The beauty of being a mom is that it’s part of your job to play, watch cartoons, sing songs, dance whenever you feel like (even if that’s in the middle of a popular midtown restaurant at 6pm), and make your…
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christmas dinner… 2011
After the naps were complete, we all headed over to Mother & Father M’s house for their first Christmas dinner in their west coast house! We had pretty much gone on a hunger strike since brunch, knowing that we were…
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the morning of christmas… 2011
Christmas morning started out with running down the stairs, the opening of stockings and the general complete awe that erupts from an almost-2 year old who had no idea that there was a day devoted to getting all sorts of…
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