leslie’s bedtime prayer

i have lots to blog about (including my new BROWN hair) but wanted to share this before i forgot about it!
“god is great. god is good. and we thank him for our beds. amen. and thanks for being in my heart, god.”
gosh, i love this kid.

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hello, dr…here’s all our money

yesterday was the day for lucy’s 4-month check-up.  hard to believe she’s already 4 months old, but when i stop to consider all the sleepless nights, it sometimes seems like she should be 12 already!  i guess i should preface this story by telling you that i had to take leslie to the pediatrician on [...]

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ma’s refrigerator…

never has any food in it, but that is not the point.  (at least, that is not the point of THIS post…maybe a future one.)
the point of this particular post is this:  
growing up, ma had all sorts of magazine clippings hanging on our refrigerator.  some were cheesey (like this one), some were silly, and [...]

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have you seen this video?

i dare you not to laugh…

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preschool…the new college

the last two weeks have been full of preschool visits around here.  before i had leslie & lucy, i swore i would not get sucked into the craziness that is finding the *perfect* preschool.  i mean, it’s PREschool, right?  she’s three.  this is not college.  but, somehow, it feels like the most important choice i’ve [...]

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round 2 of family resemblance

bath time edition:
i think it’s getting easier to tell them apart now.  lucy looks more like her daddy everyday.  can you tell who’s who?

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super ballet

well, saturday was leslie’s first day of ballet class.  i’m not sure why, but she refers to it as “super ballet school,” and her teacher is a “super ballet.”  not a ballerina…just a ballet.  whatever.  as long as she’s happy, that’s all that matters, right?  she did a pretty good job…she definitely learned more than [...]

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the best part of waking up…

…is this:

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uh-oh

last night, as leslie was on the potty, michael was reading ‘lady and the tramp’ to her and he dropped the book on the floor.
“daddy, say ‘dammit,’” she told him.
new year’s resolution #4: stop saying “dammit” in front of leslie.
“what?”

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daddy

my girls love their daddy.  i think the times i realize this the most are when the weather is bad and we drive michael to work.  this morning just happened to be one of those times.  the four of us bundled up (the youngest two of us still in our pajamas) and headed for the [...]

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