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Thing 3 has a new sleeping arrangement following a dream episode last week. He woke up screaming one night, terrified of bumble bees. He spent the remainder of that night in our bed. Which means we got even less sleep than normal with his squirming and kicking.
The next night the dreams came [...]

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Happy 6th birthday to Thing 2 today! The time really does fly.

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There are some toys you never get for your own kids, but they make great gifts for other people’s kids.
For example take this birthday present Thing 2 received from Suburban Aunt and Uncle. We’ve seen commercials for the Super Soaker on TV and usually hear comments like “that’s awesome!”.

Not so awesome when I got [...]

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Thing 2 graduated from Kindergarten. This by itself is a big reason for celebration.
But it also marks another very important milestone – one more kid entering public (free!) school.
Two down and two more to go.

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Thing 3 woke up to a giant rainbow today. It must be a sign this will be a good day, right?

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Today Thing 3 turns four years old!
People usually say on their kids birthday how they remember like it was yesterday when they were born, and they can’t believe how fast the time has gone. Well, for me, the last four years have been a blur but I wouldn’t say they have gone by fast. [...]

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It’s a rite of passage. The Kindergarten play. This time, it was Thing 2’s turn. The production this year was the Three Little Pigs as an opera.

Thing 2 didn’t want to do any solo parts, so he chose to be one of the pigs in the background chorus. He performed well, [...]

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