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M: Mommy are you an adol?
Me: Am I a what?
M: Mommy, are you an adol?
C: Yes, because she eats salad. Adults eat salad and she drives the red car.
[we've incorporated an evening salad for the kids with dinner so I think that's where this comes from]
M: Well, I eat salad.
Me: That’s because you’re such a [...]

Mary: Are you afraid of the nipples?  I’m afraid of the nipples from Madagascar.
Christian: Well, my hands hurt because I’m tired. Because they hurt.  Ouchie. Ow, ow. [because he was asked to take his plate to the sink]
Mary: You have to get up so I can wear Tigger. I want to wear Tigger always. Because [...]

A conversation between Christian and me yesterday morning over breakfast:
C: Mama, let me tell you about the earth [hands in front of him, mimicking how I speak to him when explaining something complex].  It is round and we live on it. And if a big spaceship, or rocks hits the earth, it will hurt the [...]

On our way into school this morning, Christian informed me that he will perform a play for me tonight *provided* I take on the role of ’starscream’ and he will be ‘megatron’.  I am thrilled that I will be entertained later this evening by taking part in my son’s first play.  A play in which [...]

For the past four nights our son, Christian, has been waking up at either 1:30am or 5am and robbing us of at least two (but usually 3) hours of sleep.  Mary, our daughter, who is 20 months old, doesn’t do this.  Why does he have such terrible sleep patterns?  When will this end?  Why can’t [...]

finish and post short story “4130 Murray Ave”
run the Pittsburgh Great Race and beat last year’s time
Complete a mini-triathalon
finish Project course for MHCI
go visit Aunt Margie
do a better job of recording the things my kids say & do (video,pix, writings)

Mary has made up her first song, it goes:

“Night, night, baby
night, night, baby
night, night baby
it good to see you safe.”

I helped a little, but the ideas were [truly] all hers.
So proud of my little Mary.  Budding songstress.

The validation I’ve been seeking, Mary saying ‘Mama’ happened today.  Even though it was said so that I wipe her nose, I’m over the moon about it. Twice in as many days, my heart is captured.

I had to cut it off at the end because Mary’s foot was trapped.  But, this made my year.  View this video here

So as you get older do you realize that you get upset about all of the same things as you did when you were 3?  It’s true.  You want your stuff to remain yours, for no one to mess with your space, for people that you like to like you back.  I’m now adding one [...]