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During snuggle time last night Natasha kissed me, snuggled into my side and said, “Thank you for staying home with me.”
I still wonder if she understood what she was saying.
That was a thank-you about ten years earlier than I’d expected.

Yesterday was Melody’s 2nd birthday, and we never told her. We didn’t have anything planned, so there wasn’t much point, I suppose. We’ll try to toss something together for Saturday, I hope.
Fortunately at this age all it takes is cake with frosting and happy people who sing to you. We can cobble [...]

As I begin to write this post, it is a quarter to 8 p.m. Melody has been in her time-out chair since about 5:30.

Elisha slept more than six hours together last night! He didn’t wake up this morning until 4:30 (I laid him down before 10p.m.). He took some coaxing to get back to sleep, but then he slept again until 9:30.
Nearly 12 hours together. I could get used to that….

This is an interesting program, and has enough “buttons” and links that I can almost pretend it’s a regular wordprocessing program. I can italisize and bold with the normal key shortcuts. The mail flaw i see is that there is no spell-check on my toolbar.That is one tool I’ve always needed.
I created a [...]

Moonlight
I’d like to see Rabbits under the moon
Dancing in winter, dancing in June
Dancing around while twilight lingers
and blinky-eyed stars
look down through their fingers.
I’d like to see rabbits under the moon
but I always,
always
have to go to bed too soon.
~~
I can’t remember who wrote it, but it’s one of the girls’ favorites. They both say it [...]

Do I sound pathetic yet?
I’ve got to say one of my biggest parenting struggles/challenges right now (don’t laugh– it’s right up there with tantrums) is maintaining/cycling clothes so the right amount of the right size is in the drawer/available for three kids at once.
Organizing was never my strong point, so boxes and boxes of clothes: [...]

I’ve heard of “wedding crashers” before; yes, even before the movie. I’d never thought to apply the term to anybody who shows up uninvited to a party. The “crashers” part.
I was at a 10th anniversary celebration Friday night. That’s where this story comes from. Apparently (before I arrived) there was this barefoot guy wandering around [...]

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Inkheart
By Cornelia Funke
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When a kid is this young, I don’t think it’s presumptuous to use two- or three-days-in-a-row to identify a pattern. This kid’s been consistently waking up (and staying awake, which bugs me more) between 4/4:30a.m. and resisting all efforts to crash him in less than an hour.

He’s 6-weeks old, but setting up this appt taught/reminded me of something else: Non-emergency appts have to be set-up way ahead to get the dr.(s) I want. Seems there are other people as well who find them preferable.
Our “Arg!” moment came at the end of the appointment. Elisha’s still been struggling with [...]