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Anger management

I’ve been trying to figure out why Miss T has been fussier than usual for the last few days.  Then last night while I was trying to get her PJs on (which is much like wrestling an angry alligator, I would think.  GOOD LORD, the THRASHING) I happened to notice that her upper gums are […]

Gallimaufry: a collection of various things

About a boy AE is SO EXCITED to start kindergarten on Monday.  We saw his classroom and met his teacher last night, and he just can’t stop talking about it.  Actually, he can’t stop talking about the Math Center.  To me it just looked like a small bookshelf containing number-related puzzles and games, but to aspiring mathematicians it is […]

T-minus 6 days and counting

Today has been better than yesterday, with a brief detour into OMG HOLY CRAP PANIC territory.  AE’s elementary school called and informed me that part of his shot record was missing.  Yes, we know he’s up to date, they said, and yes, we realize he is almost six, but we still need to know what shots […]

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I took Wednesday off work, as I have totally not been busy there but have plenty to catch up on at home.  It was awesome to have a day all to myself.  Where I could do WHATEVER I WANTED.  So I worked on our very neglected family scrapbook (12 pages down, approximately eleventy million to […]

He and his eyeball are completely and totally fine

Last night AE and I had an…altercation?  That doesn’t seem like the right word, maybe “situation” is better.  Not quite as traumatic as the Great Hair Incident of 2008, but close.  He was in the bath, and I was scrubbing his hands with soap to get all the marker off.  I accidentally splashed a tiny […]