tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356938622012-01-28T01:57:22.755-05:00Random musings of motherhood.Crisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08511685210861224083noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35693862.post-9032519383597591012007-01-14T19:12:00.000-05:002007-01-14T19:15:21.777-05:00

Just in case anyone out there is reading...I won't be posting here anymore. My newest info is at http://depechemom.wordpress.com for now. It will sometime soon be at www.depechemom.comThanks for reading!!

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Ok so before you think I've given up entirely on my blog I have to tell you that my dear husband gave me my own website for Christmas. He's still tinkering around with it so I haven't posted anything new there yet. I'll post the link to the new site once he has me up and going! Thanks for sticking around and do try to be patient with me.

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Wow things have been really crazy around here! All 3 kids (and Jeff) have had a cold that does not want to go away. Claire is 11 days in while Blaine and Chloe are 9 days in. I took little Blaine to the doctor today to check his ears before we head out of town. It's not quite infected yet, but redder than it was last week at his pre-cold 2 yr check-up. The doc went ahead and gave me a

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Has it really been that long since I've posted?? There's been a lot going on: a trip to DC to see the national tree, a cold spreading through all the kids and Jeff, Blaine turning 2...the list goes on. I'll try to take some time this weekend to share some highlights.Can it really be this close to Christmas?? How am I going to get it all done? Yikes!!!

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needing to do nothing more than walk past to get an adoring smile like this:It's these moments that make this parenting thing worth while. Happy Love Thursday! Take time to smell the roses today, you deserve it!!

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So last Friday I was taking Claire to school without the other kids because Jeff was home. While it sounds like a treat to have a little Mommy/Claire time, she's like me and thinks the more the merrier. She really wanted to have everyone come to pick her up but was afraid I might forget. I've been trying to teach her that everyone (Mommy, Daddy, Blaine, and even Claire) will make mistakes. I

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This post is for a recent commenter:I can't believe that you somehow found me! That is the craziest thing. Unfortunately I cannot link to your page through the comments. Maybe I'm just stupid or something. Try again, please! I'd love to hear from you.

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I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted. Man, time really flies by during the holidays. I'm busily cleaning the house today because a group of friends is coming over for a craft night. I've never met any of them before so I guess it's a stretch to call them friends just yet...Chloe's asleep for the moment so I better get back to work! Hopefully I'll have something more of interest

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Oh why, oh why can't people just keep their mouths shut sometimes???Apparently going from 2 to 3 kids enters some other realm in the public mind. Every time I go anywhere someone says to me, "You have your hands full!" I've managed to smile along thus far, but last night I almost reached my breaking point. We were heading into a local craft store. I had Blaine and the baby in the double

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It doesn't seem possible that it's been 2 months already. In fact, it was almost this exact time of night that we headed off to the hospital. Claire cried as we drove off but was quickly distracted by Grandma with cinnamon rolls made in her Easy Bake Oven. Today was nice with Jeff off. It's hard to squeeze a whole weekend into one day, but I'm thankful for every minute I have with him.

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I think one of the things many parents struggle with is admitting when they aren't the best person for the job. When I say job I don't mean parenting as a whole, but rather the issues that come up day to day. I guess we somehow think that it equals admitting defeat. But that is equating parenthood to some kind of game where winning is involved, and that you as the parent should be winning. I

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I picked up my daughter from school yesterday and she said they talked about being thankful (actually I think it came out thanfkul...so cute!). I guess they went around the circle with each child telling things for which they were thankful. She said, "I am thankful for Hannah, the cat and my Daddy and Mommy...(pause)...because she makes me popcorn!"I know from the adorable look in her eyes that

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I've always said kids understand a lot more of the subtle things in life than we give them credit. Here's an example of Blaine doing just that!Blaine loves opening and closing the fridge, over and over again. He discovered the Capri Suns yesterday and has been begging for more ever since. I only let him have juice now and then-if you had to change his diapers after sucking down all that sugar,

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It's so nice to know Claire and Blaine love their baby sister so much. I had set Chloe down on the sofa and they just had to sit and snuggle with her. I know there are many years ahead of snuggling in this very spot!If you ever want to see a bigger version of a photo, just click on this small version.On the call front, well it still stinks. We're on the second half of another night of call.

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I've been staying home with my kids for 4.5 years now. Prior to that I taught junior high math. I had our first child in September of my last year of teaching. I took about 9 weeks of maternity leave and then finished out the school year. Claire spent her mornings with one of her grandmothers and her afternoons with Jeff-he scaled back to half-time to avoid putting her in day care. That

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It's a necessary evil of my husband's job, but I still say that overnight call just stinks. I know many people's husbands travel frequently or are away in the military, and I'd deal with those situations if I had to. But it never seems to fail that at least one of the kids has problems in the night when he's away. In fact, this is supposed to be Friday's post. I was interrupted last night at

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Does it get any better than this?? True love at its best!Happy Love Thursday everyone!

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Sometimes I wonder if it's really worth all this...So yesterday (Tuesday) started as a fairly harmless day. At 9 I called to get the baby a doctor's appt. to check on her cheeks-she has baby acne that could rival any teenager out there. I wanted to be sure it wasn't getting infected or something. The nurse said they could see us at 11 which was great. Plenty of time to get everyone dressed

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Here's a recipe I tried today. It is absolutely fantastic! So yummy and rich with dark chocolate.http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/chocolatier/recipes/detail.aspx?ID=137779Have a glass of milk ready and waiting...

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We've been passing around a cough/cold this week. I'd given my son some medicine which knocked him out as evidenced by:Poor Hannah (the cat) is so starved for attention that she let him stay there at least 20 minutes!Now for the tip of the day:If you find you don't have any of those cool medicine syringes or droppers on hand try this cool idea:Measure the medicine with the appropriate measuring

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There's a group of bloggers who post a picture or story every Thursday that demonstrates love. Here's my contribution for the week:Love is...Walking as slowly as I can to this, my own special oasis, to check the mail all by myself.You see, "alone time" is a bit of an anomaly to me right now.

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This is how we started the carving fun:Which graduallly became this (note the little guy now on the table):And then:And finally:Note how much better my husband's (the big pumpkin) is than mine. In my defense, mine was too small to work with very well. So much for trying to a few bucks!Things have been pretty crazy here, hence the hiatus from posting. It is November now and I am joining the

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My daughter is now five years old and she absolutely amazes me and cracks me up all in one breath. Here are a few examples of some recent conversations we've had:We're driving down the road discussing trees and leaves. I'm trying to get her to understand the connection between the name of the season, Fall, with leaves falling off the trees. I'd heard her say something about leaves falling off

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I started trying to post an adorable picture of my son holding our baby on Friday. It kept saying it was downloading it, but it was lying! I really don't know what the trouble is. I'm not overly gifted with this computer stuff, but I'm not completely ignorant either. It's my most favorite picture of him to date. He's so angelic and tender hearted and it really shows here. Of course he's

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This is a concept I learned a lot about in my 5 years of teaching junior high math. It is probably the most helpful thing I learned, especially when it comes to parenting. I had not had my children yet when I was teaching so I didn't have that maternal experience to rely on. One of the most important things of picking your battles is understanding that what seems like a battle worth fighting

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Silly me for thinking my dear husband was writing some sweet note as my first post...Why do I torture myself with this kind of thinking??? Alas, he got me up and running on this site and for that I am very grateful. Now we'll have to wait and see if I have anything useful, or at the very least funny, to say. In case you don't know this already, I am now the proud mommy to 3 beautiful children

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This is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. The quick red brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their contry.

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