It started as a simple enough project. After years of watching E’s toys spill over into every room in the house, we decided to convert our never-used front room/pseudo office into her playroom. Doing that required getting rid of some furniture, moving other pieces, moving toys and getting rid of rarely used ones. That “simple”…
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Someday She’ll Appreciate These Things
Last night was another one of those nights. Just as I was about to go to bed around 11:30, I heard the cries of “Mommy! Mommy!” I went running in expecting either a nightmare or an emergency potty situation. But instead, I was greeted by a suddenly very sick little one. She didn’t have a…
I Hope E. Coli Isn’t Contagious
It’s been a long, ugly week ’round these parts. I woke up feeling awful on Monday but thought maybe the burger I’d had the night before at the neighborhood Halloween party was to blame. But as the day wore on, I got worse. I’ll save you the gory details, but I haven’t had this many…
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Is Halloween over yet? It’s only Friday afternoon, and we already have two parties under our wings, with two more to go. Hey, at least we’re getting mileage out of our costume, right? And it IS a cute costume: Thank goodness for 40 percent off sales at the Disney Store. E. started telling us in…
Wordless Wednesday: Hugs for Beast
At long last, my daughter finally got up close and personal with her beloved Beast last weekend. It was tough to get her to let go of him …