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All three of the kids are asleep at once!  Heaven is nap time.  Between nixing the computer games for Degen and significantly decreasing the TV time and reaching the 4-month mark with Heid, I’ve had several challenging moments in the last couple of weeks.  Everyone wants my attention all the time, and I’m not getting [...]

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Maggie got glasses this week for “accommodative esotropia,” a fancy way of saying she’s far-sighted and needs glasses to keep her eyes from crossing. Two year olds and expensive glasses absolutely do not mix. Saturday night, her first day wearing them, she took them off (presumably because they were dirty) and dropped them on the [...]

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Heidi laughed for the first time this morning! It was a sweet little giggle that just popped out as I was dressing her for the day. I guess it tickled a bit. Of course, I tried to tickle her again, and it worked! She’s ticklish! Maggie and Degen were excited, too, and Degen is a [...]

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I had the most prefect birthday last week!  Colin blessed our baby Heidi in church that day.  My parents, two of my siblings, my sister-in-law and her boyfriend, my aunt and uncle and their kids, and two of Colin’s aunts and uncles came to celebrate with us.  I can’t say how much it meant to [...]

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Last night we saw The 5 Browns in concert at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael.  The tickets were my Christmas present to Colin, and I’m so glad he decided to take me with him!   Thanks to Sonja and Dick for babysitting all three of our kids while we enjoyed the evening on [...]

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Degen just said this to me and I had to write it down before I forgot: “Mom! Sticky tape can stick to mountains, and leaves, and especially (whispered with wiggling fingers) crocodiles!” Over and over all day long, he’s asked me in wonder “Is it still my birthday?” And the delight on his face when [...]

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For future reference, I found these local parenting sites: http://www.justplaygrounds.com/index.htm http://southernmarinmoms.com http://www.strollerstrides.com/index.php http://www.oaklandzoo.org/index.php baykidsmuseum.com (past the home page doesn’t work well) http://www.wildlife-museum.org/programs/classes/preschool.php http://www.enzogarcia.com/shows.html http://www.gymboreeclasses.com/b2c/customer/classCalendar_Rolling.jsp?mode=calendar http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/bmvc/bmjourney/visit_model/guidelines/feesnpolicies.html Bay Area Model-Free http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/calendar/

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Hello again!  It’s been a while since I posted, simply because I didn’t feel like doing it.  Funny how that goes in cycles.  Anyway, I had the baby on January 12th and I’m not up to writing up all the details of the birth right now, except that she came FAST when she came and [...]

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