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Happy Birthday, Baby Girl

Dear Miss T, The past year has flown by, and here we are again.   Today you’re two years old.  Today, we can’t even pretend that you’re still a baby.  You’ve made that transition to…well, a tiny person. Your personality is in full bloom and let me just say, WOW. You amaze me every day, […]

Joke Time with AE

Today at lunch AE wanted to tell jokes.  I don’t really know any jokes (well, jokes that are appropriate for a seven-year-old, anyway).  But that’s okay because as it turns out, neither does he.

This is why.

This is what I’m dealing with, people.  STILL.  And you wonder why I’m half insane.

Pop quiz, hotshot…

Your toddler is getting bitten at school.  Like, repeatedly.  Every day you have to sign a report, acknowledging that your child was bitten by the class vampire.  Again.  You’re 99.999% sure it’s the same kid each time.  This kid is your kid’s best buddy, but you don’t know the parents very well, if at all.  […]

The puzzling sleep patterns of the N. modernishfather

I’m going through one of my occasional bouts of insomnia.  This happens to me every six months or so, I have about a week-long period where my sleep is for crap.  This time it’s made worse by the fact that N’s CPAP machine seems to be having issues.Â