….here we are on a diaper box in Ireland. A friend of my mom’s spotted this while traveling . Who knew? Well, not us, since we signed away our rights to these photos. And it actually looks like me, unlike last time. By the way, Graham is completely unimpressed by this development.
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I can be thankful to Twitter for at least one thing: helping me remember all the hilarious shit these kids say. I mean, I just read through the last year or so of Graham’s tweets and it was funny all over again. Good thing too, because there are moments when I reeeeeeally need to focus [...]
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So this is what I mean about Violet: Graham’s birthday party this year was the first time he was really able to invite his own friends. Until now he has been lumped in with Violet’s buddies and their younger siblings. (Curse of the second child.) But on the big day, our house was filled with [...]
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Goodbye little fish. We loved you. And ignored you. And forgot you were there most of the time. We went on a lovely little vacation this week for spring break. As usual, our neighbor took care of the pets. But because we were furious with our cursed cat who doesn’t know where the litter box [...]
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Monday is the big day. The big K. Kindergarten. We started getting into The Routine this week. We’ve got a morning chart. We’ve got supplies. We’ve met the kids, principal, teachers, parents. She’s ready. I’m ready. But is kindergarten ready for Violet? I can’t really fathom what a huge change this is going to make [...]
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While we were on Long Island we went to visit Nana at the Arbors Assisted Living. Bringing children to a nursing home is like bringing a cake to a Weight Watchers meeting. The old folks gathered around, looking like they wanted to reach out and pet the kids, inhale them, eat them up. Nana, filled [...]
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In the past few short months Graham has: moved from crib to bed outgrown his highchair lost his nap broke his arm stopped wearing diapers started “school” sprouted molars learned to talk like a 4 year old So in a blink he has made a giant leap from baby to kid. No wonder he’s so [...]
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Scene: Driving home. VIOLET: Mom, when is dinner? ME: Dinner was two hours ago and you didn’t eat it. That’s it. V: But Mom! I’m hungry! I want dinner! M: I guess you missed your chance to eat dinner. I’m not making you another one. V (furiously): If you don’t make me something to eat, [...]
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Rob and I spent half of Labor Day on the phone to various hospitals while helicoptering around splint-sporting Graham, who seemed determined to fall and completely sever his already broken arm. Turns out the clinic doctor was right; no one would cast an arm on a holiday, and most likely the doctors would’ve told us [...]
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