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A List of Discoveries!

Emily has been away for almost three weeks now. We shipped her off to Detroit to visit her grandparents and cousins. A week before that, she was in sleep-away camp with the Girl Guides. The absence of her physical prescence has led to some amazing re-discoveries, which I will now illuminate in List Form! 1. My husband and I seem to be able to use the SAME towel for almost a whole week. These towels dry because they are properly hung up and allowed to dry before we use them...
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Dominos

I have learned the hard way that Emily repeats everything she hears....and that the repeating my include embellishments, fiction or outright fabrication. At times, the repeating is verbatim. During my weekly phone call with my mother, I ended up getting taken to task about a series of comments that Emily made to my mom.
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Laughing with her

I don't have a clear memory of Emily's first laugh. What I DO remember is how hard I worked for it. I tickled. I made goofy faces. I danced and sang. I wanted to know what made this kid tick - and for me, that lies in what makes her laugh.
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Hanging on with both hands and a grappling hook

As parents of a school age child, my husband and I both look forward to the summer as a time when our routinues are changed a bit. I think we both envision the lackadaisacal summers of our youths - when neither of us had work to be done, or had to cook for other people, or even get up at any particular time. This is, as I am sure you know, not the way it goes.
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Her Summer Job

Every year since Emily was five, Terrance and I have the exact same conversation. It occurs in April, when my teacher instinct kicks in and I think "School is almost over, I need to think about summer camp and/or activities." Terrance counters with "I am not sure we should schedule her too much this summer..." And for a few brief shining moments I think "Yeah! Lets just let her hang out and do nothing all...
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Boys will be boys

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Life Preserver

One would think that I handle the tumultuous waters of my daughters impending puberty with great aplomb. Let me be honest - I do not. Of course, for you - my beloved readers, I tell these stories (which are true- I swear it) with no more fop sweat than Truman Capote holding a very, very dry martini. I am full of vim and vigor. I am stirred, but never shaken. In my own image of myself as part of the Glittering, yet jaded, literati of the 1950's - I am also holding a cigarette holder while...
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An Unbreakable Rule

There are some rules that I have kept sacred during my decade of parenting. The "I won't bribe my kid" rule went out during the toddler years when I just wanted to get through the grocery store with all of my hair still on my head. During that time the "She is only allowed to eat organic food" rule went out too, as she went on a Kraft dinner and hot dog binge causing me to fear that my daughter had developed some evil, processed food loving...
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Exsanguination

On Sunday, Emily and I took a trip - looking for a shoe outlet. The trip was a bust ( as in the outlet in question had been out of "bidness fer 2 years" according to the truck stop attendant) - but Emily and I got to spend some quality time together. As we are driving back from Plattsburgh, Emily was fishing around in the well of my car.
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From one Mom to another - it's all right....

The headline grabbed my attention as I left the house this morning - Breastfeeding Makes Kids Smarter!!
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