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Category Archives: parenting

daily grind

October 21, 2010 – 1:03 pm

I’ve been making an effort to appreciate unstructured mornings at home with Ben and Maddie lately.  In the past, long, unscheduled days on the calendar have threatened to make me lose my shit before the day even started. There is fighting.  A lot of fighting.  Maybe that’s totally normal between siblings that are 3 and [...]

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yogurt snack

July 11, 2010 – 12:30 am

I’ve been making Ben and Maddie this yogurt snack in the evenings.  It’s Greek yogurt mixed with chopped fruit (tonight it was peaches), ground flax seed, and a touch of maple syrup. It’s a giant mess.  Best to put on jammies afterwards. This morning, friends came to play with Ben and Maddie while Nathan and [...]

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enough questions

May 5, 2010 – 10:58 pm

In the car on the way home from preschool co-op today: Me, to Ben:  “Did you read books at co-op today?” Ben:  “Yeah.” M: “Which ones did you read?” B:  “A Treasure.  What a Treasure!.  And Are You My Mother?, Mom.” M:  “Did you like them?” B:  “Yeah.” M:  “I like those books, too.  Did [...]

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2 years ago today

August 14, 2009 – 10:30 am

I gave birth to Ben.  He was born 7 weeks before his due date, but he entered the world with a strong cry.  My life changed forever.  The nurses attending his birth weighed him and wrapped him and gave him to me to hold for the briefest of moments before he was whisked away to [...]

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A Day at River Bend Park

August 6, 2009 – 9:29 pm

During our trip to California a couple of weeks ago we spent a day at River Bend Park on the American River, east of Sacramento: Grandma and Ben enjoyed a view of the canoe and the river bank, Maddie napped, Our friend Dave led Ben on a hunt for the wild turkeys that roam the [...]

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not separate

July 7, 2009 – 9:20 pm

Madeleine woke up coughing several times last night.  This morning I composed this poem for Bri: She coughs; not separate, you wake.

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Mamaku #10

April 28, 2009 – 11:08 am

I hold my daughter and look into the mirror at my mother’s face

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reading with Daddy

March 15, 2009 – 9:04 am

Nathan reads Karen Katz:

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reading

March 4, 2009 – 7:34 pm

Reading The Nose Book to Ben and Maddie after dinner tonight.

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Mamaku #6

February 10, 2009 – 2:17 pm

trying not to go insane singing, cuddling, walking for hours these children won’t nap This makes the third day in a row that it’s taken more than an hour to convince Ben to take an afternoon nap.  He very nearly fell asleep in his booster seat at lunch today and face planted in his almond [...]

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