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If You Build It They Will Come


And they will keep coming, even though you’ve told everybody you’re closed. So much for “suspending” the business…people are still calling and I’m refurbishing a couple of dinosaurs for some of Bruce’s retired friends. As they loaded them into our car they asked what could possibly be done with them. I told them I would [...]

Could Be Them, Could Be Me


Update - I had a stoopid little drawing here that I made to illustrate life with twins that won’t nap, but I think this Flash cartoon I found a while back illustrates it MUCH better (click da piggy):

Can’t remember where I got it from, but the artist is obviously familiar with toddlers.
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Tantrum City


Childless readers will probably be bored to tears with this entry, so if that’s you, you may want to skip down to the links.
Today we discussed tantrums in our parent participation class. The teacher’s suggestions were–there’s no other way to say this–laughable. How many of you think giving a kid in a full blown tantrum [...]

And Try to Forget Travolta is From Jersey


If you never got a chance to see New Orleans before all the flooding, you might want to rent A Love Song for Bobby Long. It really gives you a good sense of the place’s unique flavor, and English majors may appreciate the little literary references here and there. The poem-dropping can get annoying [...]

Can We Talk About this ‘No Nap’ Thing?


So I’m shutting down the little business, because it has become increasingly apparent to me that trying to run a business with toddler twins around is like trying to keep Kate Moss away from blow. They girls have decided that even though they clearly still need naps, they’re only going to take them randomly, perhaps [...]

Just Pretend…


It’s All Okay…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4249138.stm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9359358/
Just Pretend It’s All Okay! - Originally uploaded by Sister72.