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Parenting posts that include the touching, the embarrassing, the annoying, the typical, the atypical, the whatever. You just have to be a parent to get these.

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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Tucker had his first field trip today.  Parents were able to attend, but not able ride the bus with the teachers and kids.  Because I have the worst sense of direction ever, and admittedly don’t fully trust my navigation system (she has embarrassed and let me down in the past), I figured I’d follow the […]

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Once, when Tucker was about 14 months old, he was standing by our back window fascinated by something.  I figured I’d take the opportunity to finish whatever it was that I needed to do while he was engaged elsewhere.  I think I was cutting up strawberries for lunch or something.  Anyway, I was happy to […]

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I apologize for the lack of posts for two days.  I’ve been crazy busy trying to remember how to be a non-lapsed professional and remembering why that’s important. I have a couple of almost-complete posts ready to go, but have vowed to not subject you to them until I am able to proof them with […]

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Perhaps one of the biggest rewards a parent receives from a toddler is seeing his smile and witnessing him experience a truly liminal moment.  A moment when he’s completely fulfilled through climbing, building, digging, pouring or running. When time briefly stands still. Being a witness to this perfect peace makes me realize that Tucker has […]

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For a number of reasons not really worth getting into, Robert and I haven’t pursued a trustworthy babysitting option for Tucker recently.  Combine that with Robert working really long hours and us being the oldest parents of a three-year old we know, we end up channeling most of our enjoyment on Tucker-centered activities.  Each weekend, […]

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