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Cards – FINISHED – and other Christmas matters

Friday, December 8th, 2006

I will now exhale. A little. At some point, it turned from, “Oh, well, if the card doesn’t have quite the same bells and whistles on it as my sample, it won’t matter,” into “I only talk to this person once a year and who cares what kind of card they get.” And – I’m […]



We need to work on sports terms

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

We hadn’t seen Friend, Doc, the Brain or Head in a few weeks – I think since just before Thanksgiving – because our weekends have just been insane. So Friend brought the boys over for lunch yesterday, and the Munchkin was thrilled to see her playmates again. She insisted on playing baseball with the Brain […]



Cookie Monsters

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Here are some pictures from our cookie baking last week, when we were snowed in. First, the Munchkin as Mommy’s helper: And then Tad as the gingerbread quality control specialist (I attempted to keep him out of our way with a chunk of gingerbread dough and a plastic rolling pin in his highchair, which distracted […]



LOST

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

One short glass icicle. If found, please return to the Christmas tree. Thanks, The Management ***** When Tad woke up from his nap yesterday, the Munchkin came into his room and said, “Hi, Tad! Tad, did you take the ornament off the tree?” Tad shook his head and said, “No.”