As we get deeper into March, the panic sets in. April is “birthday month” around here. Oliver’s birthday is the 11th, and Eleanor made her appearance two years and five days later. It sure made a lot of sense at the time. I avoided being hugely pregnant during hot weather, and my maternity clothes were [...]
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Can we just call it NaBlo VacationMo? NaBloLameOh? Ixnay on the PoMoNaBlo?
I took the weekend off from blogging. Would that I had done something productive instead. No, I did the usual stuff with the family. Ballet with Eleanor, which was preceded by epic carrying on about not going to the thing she loves and looks [...]
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It hasn’t been my favorite holiday for something close to 28 years, but since having kids of my own, it’s not so bad. Now that the kids are getting a bit more involved it’s even better. Oliver and Mr C are spending the afternoon at the Pirates game. O even asked for cash so he [...]
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In an effort to clear the cobwebs around here, I’m going to sweep everything into a big ol’ pile (not a steaming one, but a pile nonetheless). Since last we chatted, on Eleanor’s birthday, life has been nothing short of insane. My calendar is a mass of entries and so many colors I can’t see straight.
Here [...]
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We have some really smart bloggers here in Pittsburgh, women who seem to know what I’m thinking before I do and say it far better than I ever could. Two recent examples are from RedPenMama and My Very Last Nerve. Go read them. I’ll wait.
Marriage is hard. Marriage with children is even harder. I sometimes [...]
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Contrary to popular belief, I have some friends out there on the internets. A few of them have even met me in person. And they still talk to me! Incredible.
Jennifer is one such person. She cracks me up regularly and I secretly wish her daughter was a little younger, or my son a little older, [...]
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We’re back to photos to document the 24 days of Christmas. It was my turn tonight, though when Oliver heard that he decided we needed some “teamwork” and we should be partners. He has just started doing things with a partner at school so this isn’t too surprising.
Oliver’s psychic abilities were found to be faulty [...]
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You say to-mah-toe, or just mah-toe if you are Oliver. (Look here for more on British vs American pronunciation differences.)
Anyway, thanks to a wsj blog entry about blogging your kids’ lives in (sometimes excruciating) detail, blogging and family privacy has been a hot topic this week all over the blogosphere. Most of the commenters on the WSJ blog [...]
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I’m supposed to be in bed by now. My grand plan involved, among other things, going to bed at 10pm so getting up at 6am would be less painful. Since it is nearly 11pm, you can see how the plan’s execution is coming along.
We have made a few strides towards preventing the family from spinning [...]
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Siblings that get along? In my family? HaHaHaHaHa!!!
These are the photos I’ll use on them later in life.
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