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The Half-Rights

Beth — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:56:38 +0000

I know that our little people have to grow up and act like big people eventually. It would certainly make life easier on the parents. For example, my almost-4-year-old has unlearned how to walk up and down stairs without being carried, and how to lift her own fork to her mouth. Meanwhile, I've got...

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Young at Heart

Beth — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:29:15 +0000

Before our ongoing bouts with illnesses last fall, I bought a Lightning McQueen cake pan, and all the party materials that go along with it (plates, napkins, tablecloth, etc.) for Randy's birthday. He was turning 40 and didn't want a big party, so I wanted to at least do something a little...

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Pop! goes that guy from The Fast and the Furious

Beth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:49:20 +0000

One of the new toys that came to live with us this Christmas was a good old fashioned Jack-in-the-Box. I've looked forever for one of these puppies, and you wouldn't believe how hard they are to find amid all the Fisher-Price/Playskool/Disney items in the stores. Both MJ and Little L love this...

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What I Love About My MJ, Holiday Edition

Beth — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:25:23 +0000

So, it's been a long, long, loooong time since the Bunker has been updated; so long, in fact, that the people at BlogHer knocked on my e-mail inbox last month to inquire if everything is OK. Yes, well, I've been fine, but the kids? Not so much. It's been one long string of illnesses since...

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The softest post you’ll ever read

Beth — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:21:48 +0000

My MJ has really advanced this fall in her badgering skills. Or maybe it's just the content of her badgering. You see, back in September, if you were to be plunked down in the middle of our living room -- first of all, heaven help you, for who knows what you might have landed on -- you might have...

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Skull Cruncha in da House

Beth — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:34:25 +0000

So a fellow Beth over at The Couch Confessional sent me this little tag in which I get to talk about myself, and not my kids! Sweet. And because not one, but two, doctor's offices laughed at me today when I called to see if someone, anyone, would see me to get this large boulder off my sinuses...

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Kids Who Smell Like Parsley

Beth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:13:21 +0000

When you've been gone for a month, you have to come back with a strong headline ... MJ and I have been having some interesting conversations lately, and I kind of have to make time to share at least one of them, even if both my children are trading fevers of 102 degrees every other day at the...

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Potty Mouth

Beth — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:23:21 +0000

Take one silly, teething baby ... Add one dollhouse potty WITH ATTACHED BOWL BRUSH ... Laugh heartily. (At least it's not a real toilet brush):

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When an Engineer Marries a Journalist …

Beth — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:15:05 +0000

... they might have conversations like these: I walk into the family room, where there are people wearing what looks like 18th-century garb on my television set and a deeply portentous narrator's voice filling my entertainment space. Great. Educational crap. Me, exasperated: What are we...

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Pronouns Are Hard

Beth — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:50:01 +0000

As previously mentioned on this blog, the biggest little person in our house has a problem with the pronouns. So, "he's" are "she's" and "she's" are "he's" and "I" or "me" is almost always third-person "MJ." (Although, she has a very fun ongoing joke right now in which if you tell her she's a silly...

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