Monthly Archives: November 2010

Ten Years Later

Posted on November 30, 2010 by parentwin

Last Friday, a large percentage of the other hundred people that graduated with me in 2000 dressed up in their fancy finery, glad-handed their old pals, tried desperately to one-up each other, and drank themselves into oblivion. At least, that’s … Continue reading →

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Moment of the Week – 15

Posted on November 29, 2010 by parentwin

Natalina knows the ending to Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!

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Toddler Tricks – 15

Posted on November 28, 2010 by parentwin

Ways to Trick your Baby: Problem:  Your babies need an object.  Right now.  They need their lovey that they lost somewhere, and you have no idea where it is.  They need some pudding, but you ran out of pudding two days … Continue reading →

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Colorless Thoughts on Black Friday

Posted on November 27, 2010 by parentwin

I don’t like Black Friday.  It’s not the starting at ridiculous a.m. that gets me.  It’s not the notion of big, bad capitalism taking over the holidays.  It’s not the fear of being run over by thousands of parents who need just … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2010 by parentwin

Here it is, Thanksgiving Day, and I am not making a turkey.  There is no bread in the over, no pie cooling on the rack, no clink of glasses, no shovelling of forks. It’s not that we don’t like Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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A Different Take on Thankful

Posted on November 25, 2010 by parentwin

I am thankful for my husband. -I am thankful for my children. – I am thankful for the puddles of urine on my carpet because they mean that my children are working hard to learn the ways of the potty. … Continue reading →

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Because I Said So

Posted on November 24, 2010 by parentwin

Routine changes, as I’ve said, are hard to deal with both for the toddlers and the adults involved.  Even the slightest change can cause a ripple effect that will last for weeks. When my mother in law visited us, not … Continue reading →

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Puzzling Perceptions

Posted on November 23, 2010 by parentwin

At two years old, my babies have perception confusion.  This makes sense.  When we Skype with my mother or with their uncle, for instance, they want to give them things, hug them, kiss them and touch them.  They see the … Continue reading →

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Moment of the Week – 14

Posted on November 22, 2010 by parentwin

A week with Avo does the babies good!

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Toddler Tricks – 14

Posted on November 21, 2010 by parentwin

Ways to Trick your Baby: Problem:  Your toddler is insane.  She’s literally nuts.  She wants a cookie.  No!  Not that cookie!  That one over there.  No!  She wants to pick it out herself.  No!  Not off the counter.  From the … Continue reading →

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