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Kicking the habit

We’ve been trying to break Miss T of her pervasive home paci habit for quite a while now (she doesn’t use one at school).  And by “we” I mean me, N and her grandmothers.  But mostly me, because it drives me half insane to listen to her talk around it.  You’d think that having a [...]

A conversation with Miss T

Subtitled: This is what they’re teaching in the three-year-old class? Sub-subtitled: Anatomy 101, for those who are in need of a refresher course* Tonight we were doing the usual pre-bath routine – the one where I wait for what seems like an eternity for Miss T to…finish her business.  We’ve found it speeds the process [...]

Three

Dear Miss T: Happy birthday, little one.  Three years, wow!  Look at you, getting all big and stuff. You, missy, certainly keep us all on our toes.  You’re just always up to something – whether with the intent of mischief or not.  For example, one morning when I went to get you out of bed, [...]

From the outside listening in

Scene: Dinnertime, kitchen.  I’m putting away the clean silverware.  N is sitting nearby. Me: This silverware is getting nasty.  We’re going to need to replace it.  It offends me. N: Yeah, I know.  That’s okay, we’ll have to go to IKEA soon anyway to get a thing for his thing.  [looks meaningfully at AE] AE: [...]

13 Days, 12 Rounds

It randomly occurred to me this morning that I never posted about Halloween.  Probably because there wasn’t much to report, really – N was still in Florida awaiting the shuttle launch, so my mom came into town to help me wrangle the kids.  My sister also happened to be here, and she came in handy [...]