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Little Einsteins: “Joey lives in Australia.”
Mommy (trying to be funny): “Australia, Australia, Australia, we love you! Sock me two, Bruce!”
Claire: “No, Mommy, it’s not Bruce, it’s ‘stralia.”
Mommy: “But Bruce lives in Australia.”
Claire: “No, Mommy. Bruce lives in the water.” (reference Bruce the shark from Finding Nemo)
Mommy: “Maybe Bruce lives in the water around Australia.” [...]
The countdown to the magic day has started: a week before the Big Guy makes his appearance. This year, he’ll be coming to our house and our cousin’s house in Boston–can I tell you how much I’m not looking forward to flying with 2 kids on Christmas Eve, with at least a 3 hour layover [...]
I love Fridays. Even the ones I work. I’ve got my iPod on (Indigo Girls right now), plowing through some data entry that’s been hanging over my head, and there are only 2 other people from my team here, so I’ve basically got all day to focus and get stuff done.
Autumn is finally getting into [...]
I almost don’t know what to do with myself now that I’m not posting a poem every day… thanks to all of you who were encouraging through the month. I feel like I got a lot of good stuff, and saw some themes emerge although I didn’t really force them in there (gravity, religion). Now [...]