Why I Just Painted My Kitchen

So, you know when you’re pregnant, and you decide to try to cut out doing so much of what you really aren’t required to do until you stop getting sick quite so much to see if that helps?
But then you meet this very impressive woman–a friend of a friend–and during the course of a night’s [...]

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Men Can Be Doctors, Too.

Above picture from Marketing Alternatif
After Martin’s last dentist appointment, I complimented his behavior. He replied, “Yeah, I was really good for the dentist. And for the guy in the dog mask.”
The “guy in the dog mask” was, in fact, the dentist. His surgical mask, not nearly as creepy as the [...]

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Care For a Glass of Cat Pee?

Two year old Chris talks to everyone, all the time; whether the person is already talking, sleeping, or it’s not a person at all. He’s more intent on being understood and understanding us now, too, and doesn’t give up until it makes sense. But I could swear, sometimes, that he might be messing with [...]

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Voting…or Boating

This is a day of failed hopes and dreams, and near-tearful disappointment.
Sadly, somehow, my talk of going to “vote” has been (mis)understood by my two year old as going out on a “boat.” And somehow, his talk of the “boat” has been more successful than my talk of the “vote” at convincing the four [...]

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Gender According to a Four Year Old

We were waiting for my husband to meet us for lunch, and watching the people go by, looking for him under every umbrella and baseball cap . . . or floating in the pond or hiding on a rooftop.
Oh, there’s Dad balancing on the lightpost! 
No, there he is on the roof of that car!
An [...]

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