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Archive for December, 2008

cast your vote

Posted in the ones for fun on December 22, 2008 | 11 Comments »

for the little story that made this blog possible. Let’s be honest here, if it weren’t for Ava this wouldn’t be much of a blog. And you probably wouldn’t come visit all that often, so spread some voting love on the story of her beginning. Ava’s FAVORITE story is one of the finalists in the [...]

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another reason to turn off the tele

Posted in the ones about ava on December 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Without the help of commercials, your child’s Christmas wish list might resemble this: 1. My own gum, and I can decide who gets a piece. 2. Stickers. Lots of stickers. 3. Princess paints. 4. A notebook for my princess paints. 5. Two snow buckets and two snow shovels, one for me and one for you. [...]

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perspective

Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Remember when I was complaining about 22 degree temperatures? That was because I had forgotten what 0 degrees feels like.

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silly old saint nick

Posted in the ones about ava, the ones about badgers & friends on December 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »

Ava’s commitment to believe in Santa despite her parent’s claims otherwise has been well documented here, here, and here. For over a month now, Ava has been sharing her “secret” plan to stay up all night long when Santa comes. When her Mimi was here for Thanksgiving, Ava explained to her that when Santa comes, [...]

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love at first sight (ava’s favorite story in 22 words)

Posted in the ones about ava on December 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »

(here’s my little attempt at AP’s 22-word kid-story contest). “Come out, Baby!” Mama cried. You refused. Daddy sighed. Doctor shook her head, cut you out instead. “A….GIRL!” Daddy shouted. “Beautiful!!”

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happy saint lucia day!

Posted in the ones about ava on December 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »

{Ava, Christmas 2004} I’m sorry, you’ll have to forgive me. This is shameless baby picture posting. I woke up this morning thinking about this picture. It was as though Saint Lucia herself walked into my room with a tray of warm smiles and sweet baby cheeks. I’d trade in my scarves for a chance to [...]

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it’s a double scarf day

Posted in the ones about hungryman, the ones about the cold on December 8, 2008 | 11 Comments »

I believe in the goodness of layers. Layers of color. Layers of cotton. Layers of wool. Layers of warmth. The temperature has dropped about ten degrees below freezing and nearly fifty degrees below comfort. This means that a scarf is fixed permanently around my neck and another one is added anytime I’m required to confront [...]

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