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Proud Mom Almighty shows off a few recent pictures of da boyz ( behind the cut )

1. Story of Squick: You know those foods you were so averse to during pregnancy that even now, five years later, you can't even approach without your gag reflex going into hyperdrive? For me, it's hot dogs. Specifically, the smell of warm, freshly-microwaved Oscar Mayer franks - which, unfortunately, Ethan adored during my pregnancy with Gabe. And ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Ethan's assessment at CNMC ( Read more... )

1. One more week until my Boston vacation ( Read more... )

Okay, moms, 'fess up: It's true, we love our kids. They are beautiful and creative and brilliant and gifts from the Almighty. But come on, aren't there some days when you look at your little miracles and just think, these cretins are bugging the crap out of me! Aren't there those days when, were the Gypsies to come knocking on your door, you'd ( Read more... )

1. Ethan has several herds of baby dinosaurs now. One set is the original Lego maiasaura, which he generally keeps in a shoebox by his bed. Then came a small model iguanodon he got for Christmas. Then several small wind-up dinosaurs that walk around periodically on a bath towel in the middle of the living room floor (their nest). And now he's made ( Read more... )

1. All my New England friends have snow all over their LJs. Six inches, eight inches, more - horrendous commutes, slippery roads, dangerous traffic, digging out, staying home. I am looking outside my window right now: it's sunny and 50 degrees. Not a flurry, not a flake, not a cloud in the sky - I walked the kids to school today in just hooded ( Read more... )

First story: Yesterday I sent all the boys out to pick out a tree while I did some house-cleaning. On the way out the door, I heard Masa put Ethan in charge of picking out "just the right tree". They came back about an hour and a half later, unpacked it, and assembled it while I was making dinner. After I'd taken the casserole out of the oven and ( Read more... )

Behind the cut, some recent pictures of The Clearly Most Adorable Children Evah.

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