Packing light.

Unintended benefit of becoming a parent: I'm so used to packing for every contingency for the kids - that my own needs have become quite streamlined. Without the kids, I literally need a toothbrush, a stick of deodorant, and an eye liner to go away for any amount of time.


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A long long time ago

(Preface: Hannukah is coming up, which means we have been reading a lot of Hannukah books, which means Lola has also been asking to read books about Passover, because hey - why not?)

Lola: sometimes I wonder about meteors hitting the earth
Me: you don't have to worry about that sweetie. The meteors have organized into a particular place in space and they stay there (sometimes, I make up science). A meteor hasn't hit the earth for millions and millions of years - when the dinosaurs lived. That was a very very very long time ago.
Lola: Back when we were slaves?

Go Huskies

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She dressed herself

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These two

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Hotels

In her defense - Ben and I have had to travel for 2 different interviews this month and told her we were staying in hotels. For those of you afraid of what we were letting her watch on television.


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Role play

Tonight Lola put on her dress-up high heels and told me she was playing "mommy and daddy". She then made me the babysitter, Allen the baby, and Ben the daddy, and told us that the mommy and the daddy were going on a date. To a hotel. Obviously modeling her behavior after someone ELSE'S mommy and daddy.

Smiley baby

It's true; Allen is pretty much always smiling. Unless you take food away from him. Evidence:









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Bexblah

Had the most wonderful visit with Becca and her family when they were up north at her parents house. Both before and after the kids went to bed!






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Stealing pictures

From sisters blog. But at least I'm catching up.
Stonington to celebrate Papa Doug's retirement. Sept 2013.




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Rub a dub

Rub-a-dub-dub
Three cousins in a tub



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Travel gifts

We used to put a ton of effort into finding the perfect little sursy to bring home to Lola when we took the rare trip away (usually for an interview). Turns out - we were wasting our time.



"Mommy, this is best present ever!"

Boy toys

We dragged the toolbench up from the cellar so Allen would finally have some "boy toys" to play with.




He couldn't have cared less.

Model magic

Picked up some Model Magic for a quiet activity to do during Allen's nap. Can you guess which one is hers?



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Out and about

61 degrees out today so we had to take advantage. Headed out to Westmoor Farm to say hi to the animals. An interesting choice given Lola's current fear of all farm animal sounds. We mostly hung out in the flowers.












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Takes after her mama

"Lola, we have a free afternoon to play; what would you like to do."

"I think I should practice my homework."



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Assigned Seats

Lola: "the next time Gigi and Poppy come to visit - Gigi can sit in the middle seat, and Allen in his car seat, and me in my car seat, and Poppy in the front seat, and Daddy can drive."

Me: "wait a minute - where's my seat?"

Lola: "you can go to Rivi and Papa's house instead"

Me: "oh really? What am I going to do there all by myself?"

Lola: "you can have a conversation without being interrupted."

Hmmm. She makes a good point.

Spelling B

Lola loves to spell. This morning she asks to learn to spell a new word and I suggest we do "Barden".

Me: what letter do you think buh-buh-Barden starts with?

Lola: B-A-R-D-E-N

Me: (dumbstruck)


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