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My Inner Two-Year-Old

Sometimes I’m more like Magoo than I like to admit.

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Wishes and Dreams

It’s a sign. We should probably move Christmas up a couple of months.

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Special Parenting Powers

I will forevermore dazzle my friends at play dates and freshman mixers now that I’ve come up with the best superpowers ever. I want a highly-directional periscopic nose and extendible lips. These are powers I never would have dreamed of … Continue reading

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WE DON’T YELL IN THIS FAMILY!

Yesterday I caught myself yelling at the top of my lungs for them to just be quiet. I put Laylee in timeout. “Laylee,” I said calmly, “Do we yell in this family?” She looked up at me with utter confusion, … Continue reading

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At What Age Does a Crib Become a Cage?

Tonight as I was kissing my little Magooly man-child through the bars of his wooden prison I wondered, “At what point must he be liberated, free to (heaven have mercy!) roam the estate at night while we’re sleeping?” I don’t … Continue reading

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Psychosomatic Pregnancy Disorder

I have it. [read more]

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