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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Being a mother seriously changes us. I’m not talking about the “ooh and ahh” moments. I’m talking about what I did last night without even thinking about it. If you read Tuesday’s post, you know that Tucker is sick. He seemed better last night. He wanted to play, run a bit and helped me set […]

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…that there may be nothing cuter than a little kid with a big backpack, I forgot about how freaking adorable a little boy in a mis-matched outfit carrying a dorky umbrella might be!   Tucker’s still sick, and it’s been a long day so I swear you’ll get a more up-to-date post tomorrow.   In […]

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I should have known something was wrong when Tucker hadn’t begun to stir at 8:00 this morning.  When I went in to wake him up for school, he was hot-hot-hot.  The thermometer* confirmed that he does indeed have a temperature.  So, we’ve been lying around today snuggling (I get the best snuggles ever when my […]

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Currently, Tucker has no idea that he’s behind his peers when it comes to speech and language development.  I hope that he never knows.  I pray that he’s caught up by the time it matters, when his classmates are old enough to tease and bully.  I never want him to feel stupid or simply less […]

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Remember when I told you about Tucker’s really bizarre habit of biting inflatable toys?  I’m sad to report that yet another bit the dust. While at a fall festival yesterday, Tucker tested his strength by whacking a gong thing. He won (everybody wins, but he doesn’t realize this and I’m not about to burst his […]

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Drippy ice cream cone for Tucker:  $3 Really awful food-vendor nasty burp-inducing lunch:  $21 Tickets for rides with lines too long for a 3YO attention span:  $20 Selling $18 worth of tickets for $5:  +$5 Having to buy new tickets because we passed this slide on the way out:  $6 Hearing Tucker’s contagious laugh all […]

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