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The number one song on the day I was born was "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" by Paul & Linda McCartney.

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would this get through customs?

Beware of a quiet two-year-old.

As I sat engaged in my Sisyphean task of folding laundry, I barely registered the fact that J came racing through the living room with a suitcase on wheels. (Stranger things happen around here all of the time) I would occasionally hear something like a quiet thud from the kitchen.

"What are you doing J?" I asked.
"I put away, " he replied.

Further investigation revealed this:



He emptied the bottom two shelves of the pantry into the suitcase.

I wonder where he was planning to go.

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Spiderman III

sand effects were cool
um, was that a dance number?
needed some edits

hi ho

Last week I saw a You Tube clip of Kermit the Frog performing the song "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails. It was so disturbing that I won't link to it. (If you seek it out on your own-which I woludn't advise unless your humor leans toward the dark and twisted-be sure that chidren are NO WHERE near this) I'll never hear that song the same way again, and I thought I'd never see Kermit the same way again either until I saw this.

SO cute! My Kermit palate has been cleansed.
I want to get a poster of it.

Growing up, we had this Kermit doll with Velcro on his hands and feet. It was the running joke around our house to hide him somewhere to be found by an unsuspecting family member. He was found in the fridge, the shower, hanging from the basement rafters, packed in people's suitcases without their knowledge, etc. It was always fun to find him and try to think of a really good spot for him.

M & D, Has he been bequeathed to anyone yet? Can I call dibs?

Kermit is my favorite as well as my match for the Muppet personality test.

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lessons learned

"School is like life for kids.
When we get a demerit it's like an adult getting arrested.
If we get a detention, it's like an adult being sent to prison."

As overly dramatic as that quote is, I think I learned an important lesson from it.

These were E's words to me this afternoon. Early this morning, she was sure she was going to get a demerit for something she did at school yesterday. She was extremely upset and crying -- the sucking in the lower lip after each syllable hysterical crying. At some point during my attempt at reassurance that everything was going to be okay, I apparently said the words, "Not a big deal."

Well, it turns out that it was, in fact, not a big deal. She was not arrested--I mean she didn't get a demerit, and everything was okay. As we were talking about it after school, she said the afore quoted quote, when I again insinuated that it wasn't a big deal. As dramatic as her quote is, she made the point that, her feelings and fears were real to her--a big deal, and it bothered her when I said that. I said that I just wanted her to know that I thought everything was going to be okay, and she replied, "Then instead of saying 'no big deal' can you just say 'everything is going to be okay'?"

I was totally like, wow, you got me there. Yes, yes, in the future I am going to try to avoid the "no big deal" phrase, not just with my kids but with anyone expressing their fears or feelings to me. Sometimes it's just nice to hear that someone thinks everything is going to be okay.

This advice pales in comparison to the ultimate advice given to Laura and myself by both girls-- whether it's a job interview or a first date:

"Just be yourself...and remember to go to the bathroom."

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