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Grosser Than Gross
Remember when we’d play Grosser than Gross as elementary kids, and our parents wouldn’t laugh? It wasn’t because “Grosser” wasn’t the funniest game ever invented. They didn’t laugh because the bar on what constituted gross had been raised SO HIGH, by US mind you, that nothing actually qualified as “gross”. And I’m not talking about…
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The Three Muskateers
Most of Sara’s conversations are centered around her two best friends, Bryce and Noah. We use their names to peer pressure her into doing about anything, “Really? Because Bryce and Noah love chicken. And they never pull their shoes off in the car….”, etc. You can’t blame us entirely; she talks about them non-stop. The…
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Thank You, Baby Whisperer
The greatest baby expert to ever grace this earth was Tracy Hogg, aka The Baby Whisperer. “The Baby Whisperer Solves All Your Problems” may be the most useful book I’ve ever purchased. I bought this book 13 months ago and at first, I marveled at how difficult her methods seemed. Too hard, too arduous….impossible! Was…
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A Bubble Addiction
There’s only one thing Sara loves more than Oreos, and that’s a good bubble. Bubbles in the tub, bubbles outside, or really, just the mere thought of bubbles. For Easter, Grandmommy & Grandaddy gave Sara a pretty cool set of bubble wands shaped like ducks and bunnies. They make for some massively large bubbles if…
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Sara’s Food Pyramid
Like all parents of toddlers, we struggle with the whole “eating” thing. The key to survival is to stay relaxed and offer only healthy choices. Be flexible, as in, when your child goes for 48 hours ingesting only raisins, you stay flexible, The toddler does not. Sara is generally considered an OK eater, because she…
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Eager with Anticipation
We’ve deliberated for some time about how to introduce the topic of Baby Kelly to Sara. She is, after all, only 1. So many questions, absolutely no guarantees. Especially with a spirited child so attached to her parents that she actually chants our names in her sleep. Some wise friends have suggested that I really…
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Pick Your Battles
A friend of my mother-in-law’s taught me the phrase, “Don’t Die on That Hill”. She was referring to choosing battles with daughters wisely. Having given birth to a child with a hurricane will, I understood the phrase immediately. I know (better than any of my many critics) that I am a Rookie Mom. But with…