December 2012

We are deep in the trenches of Chanukah, a couple of big bashes under our belt. With weeks of prepping on appropriate gift receiving behavior, I’d venture to say my kids have been sufficiently gracious through our first two tests. (Read about my feelings of dread here) It didn’t hurt that I used bribery, or a reward system as I’d […]

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When I had Drew, I had no idea about babies. I knew even less about baby goods. I didn’t have a ton of friends that had babies to bounce ideas off, so I lived and died by what became the bible to me (Baby Bargains). If Baby Bargains told me that I should duck tape my kid to the kitchen […]

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It’s possible that my “what’s cookin” blogs may slow down because I’m huge and tired and not feeling like cooking a whole heck of a lot lately. That doesn’t mean I have abandoned my will to prepare fresh, lowfat, Gabby-friendly, home cooked-ish meals. Rather that I am finding myself making more turkey burgers, tuna melts, recipes I’ve already posted and […]

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Some kids have imaginary friends. I’m sure there are times that it is perfectly innocent. But there are also times kids develop imaginary friends to mask their worries, their insecurities or be some sort of shield for some underlying pain. My son speaks a foreign language. I’m not bragging about his ability to speak Spanish, Mandarin, or Hebrew in addition […]

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I’m one of those people who cannot read that pamphlet that Walgreens provides with your prescription. The mere suggestion of a potential side effect and I can almost guarantee that I will become symptomatic. So now that I am just about 36 weeks pregnant, I’m having the nervous feeling that I am going to go into labor at any moment. […]

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Nap time has turned into a tug of war. I say nap, she’s says no. Sounds like a normal debate with a toddler. However, sleepiness has over-ruled two out of three nap offerings. Fortunately every night she has slept, as she should. So all in all I would rate our conversion to Gabby’s big girl bed a success. As much […]

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