Just trying to be a Good Mom, sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. But blogging about it anyway.
From the monthly archives:
Pookie loves books. All books. He asks us to read to him all the
time. Sometimes, he asks us to read things that really aren’t that
easy to read out loud. For instance, he loves Mad Libs. We don’t know
why. We fill in the spaces and he grins at the story. [...]
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Recipe
Equal parts White flour and Salt
Paint
Squeeze Bottles
Sturdy paper or cardboard
Mix flour and salt. Add enough paint to make a paste. Put in squeeze bottles. Paint! The flour makes the combination puffy and 3D. The salt gives it a shiny iridescent quality when dry.
Geetle liked the idea of this craft project. [...]
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Took Pookie and Geetle for haircuts today.
Stylist asked Pookie how old he was…he answered promptly and correctly, just like we practiced at home.
Stylist sprayed Pookie’s hair with water. He said it was rain drops and he needed an umbrella.
Stylist said “Hello” to Geetle. She responded with details on why she needed a haircut, that her [...]
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Razbaby Keep it Kleen pacifiers
These pacifiers have a built in cover that snaps shut when they are dropped. Its also convenient for when you stick a pacifier in your pocket.
Skinny Cow Fudge Bars
100 calories, 1 gram of fat. Whatever. Most importantly, they taste great! Pookie also likes these; he calls [...]
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At Pookie’s parent-teacher conference last week, we asked how his play skills were developing. The teacher said he does not play with the other kids yet. She said he will usually tolerate other kids in his area, but gets angry when they interfere with his play. Hmmm. Well, I guarantee you [...]
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As I still slowly recover from Giggles’ birth, I would like to take the time to say Thank you to my Mother for agreeing to give birth to me. By the time I was born, she had already had one C-section and knew she was going to have another one with me. [...]
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I love how the baby stares at things. Its pretty much her only trick right now. But she does it well. I will admit, its sort of unnerving to be feeding her, look away to talk to someone or check the clock and then look back and see her silently staring [...]
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I should have posted this before Thanksgiving, but oh well. It will be here for someone who needs a cheap and easy craft for Thanksgiving 2008.
Take a walk through your neighborhood and pick up various colored leaves.
Cut out a brown body for your turkey (a bowling pin shape)
Draw a similar shape on a [...]
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Geetle, Bean and Belaina. A very photogenic bunch of girls.
Pajama Kids and Chaperone Fathers.
Bean and Belaina
How embarassing Mom.
BAGD and Belaina.
They don’t really get along.
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BAGD wrote some nice things about me today, which I really appreciate. It takes alot of work to do what I do. Its hard. But most of the time all I need to keep it going is a little bit of recognition. I just need someone to say that they notice what [...]
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