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Joy of parenting
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11.25.06Boy Blue is a wiggle monsterBoy Blue has spent the last two nights trying to wiggle out of his fever. Mama has been giving him his meds and lots of kisses. Mama would like to give him a magical kiss that will put him to sleep. Wiggle free sleep. The fact is that sleep is not so easy with a wiggle monster laying right beside you. I like sleeping. But, I don't mind not sleeping. Really. Just as long as my wiggle monster turns back into a huggy baby again soon!
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11.20.06I have my Angel!We picked her up today in Louisville. Her father met us half way. She hasn't stopped talking since she got in the car. We celebrated her birthday which was really on the 11th of this month and we plan on having a wonderful Thanksgiving together. The two younger girls have been chasing Angel around the house for about an hour. She thinks it is funny that a three and four year old are attacking her. In plus, Boy Blue has been taking up the chase as well. At almost a year and a half he can hang with the big girls now.
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11.13.06Girls just wanna have fun - How Petite Clown became Cindi LauperPapa was watching the kids. Translation- Papa was watching the television while Sweet Bear found scissors and cut Petite Clown's hair. Hearing loud enough giggles to break him from his t.v. stuppor, Papa went to investigate. He found that Petite Clown had been transformed into a "girl's just want to have fun" version of Cindi Lauper. Sweet Bear has been informed that she will have to hang up her scissors and put her career as a hair stylist on hold until eighties hair comes back. Goodness knows I hope it never does. Until Petite Clown's hair grows back in on that one side :) , she ...
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11.08.06When all the hard work of parenting pays off…it is pricelessSweet Bear bit Petite Clown's hand. Petite Clown started with a low whine that creeped up into a full blown scream-cry as is the case with all children that are hurt. I laid in the bed startled from my sleep as the pitch of Petite Clown's whine grew louder. I stayed there with my eyes closed to see what would happen. I like to try to let the kids work out their minor problems or fights when it is appropriate. So, I continued to lie there with my eyes closed listening. I was not disappointed. Sweet Bear talked to Petite Clown in a soft and even loving voice. She asked Petite Clown ...
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11.01.06Happy Halloween!I worked at the mall for six hours today until five. Then, we rushed home to eat and get the kids ready for trick or treating which began at six. I had to dress them and put make-up on their faces. I sprayed Petite Clown's hair straight up. She looked adorable as a little red devil. Sweet Bear was a beautiful mean witch. She insisted that she was mean because she wanted to scare all the monsters away. I have to give her credit. She only got scared once. It was a spooky house with music and screaming coming out ...
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10.25.06Four years just flew by…We bought Sweet Bear a birthday cake for her birthday. It is chocolate icing on yellow cake. She picked it because it had ballons painted on top of the cake on each side. In the middle we had "Happy Birthday Sweet Bear" written. She was very excited to get to pick out her own birthday cake. It is the first American style birthday cake that she will have since she was one. I love French cakes but think that American birthday cakes are the more special for kids. Kids love all that sugar and colorful fun in one big rectangle! I know I did. I ...
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10.01.06Out of the mouths of babesVilay was finishing up painting my mother's laundry room. Sweet Bear and Petite Clown were wrestling and giggling as they watched their father from the doorway of the kitchen which leads into the laundry room. Vilay and I were talking about how the painting was going. Actually, I was asking him if he had managed to cover up the bright yellow that my mother had painted the room a couple years back. Sweet Bear piped right up to defend her father. She told me with knowing eyes, "Papa is doing a good job, Mama." I smiled at my babies big ...
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09.20.06Here kitty, kittyWe visited Yellow Springs today. Yellow Springs is one of our favorite cities around here to hang out. While walking around the town we encountered many cats in the streets and in the shops. After Sweet Bear had carried a very gentle black cat all around a used bookshop for at least half an hour, she told me that she wanted a cat. I told her she could have a cat when we had a house with a yard. We really just don't want any animals in the house. With four kids running around that ...
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09.06.06Sweet Bears says, “Convenience stores are so yesterday…I want my goods delivered to my door!!!”The day after arriving back in America after over 2 years, Sweet Bear started "baby talking" while speaking French. It got worse and worse as the week went on. She even started talking to her father in English. He would just say what she had said again but in French. He has continued to speak with all the children in French. Petite Clown didn't seem to be bothered by switching countries. She continues speaking English with English speakers and French with French speakers. My father's wife is French-Canadian which is nice since it ...
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09.05.06New templateI have found a template that I think is cleaner and easier to read. Please, let me know if anyone has any problems with it. I have checked it under Firefox and IE. The beautiful picture of the bridge is not mine. Therefore, I will be searching for a new header over the next few weeks that fits the new look. I'll be playing around with the camera trying to capture an image that sums up Pumpkin Pie. Perhaps I will take a picture while in Florida this weekend that I can use. Who knows... We will be traveling to Florida to ...
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