Blue Moon (Dip-di-dip-di-dip)

Do you remember where you were the first time you heard “Blue Moon”? The first time for Rique (and possibly Margo) was in Starbucks on Sunday morning. I was amazed at how much of the “baum-ba-bom-bom” stuff I remembered.
More importantly, it was another article of proof that that son of ours really, really [...]

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Imaginastics

Today was the last day of Margo’s Imaginastics class. She was absolutely in her element, and we had a blast watching her unabashed delight.
You really shoulda been there. I’m glad I was. It was the kind of afternoon that makes quitting my last job and taking a position close to home seem completely [...]

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Thank you, Miss Janice

Margo’s in Pre-K this year instead of ‘regular’ preschool, and she’s already growing up a lot.  Miss Janice, whom Margo pretty much actively feared at one time, appears to be a true teacher.  (And that’s not to say that Miss Donna isn’t, but her job description as the lady in charge of Creative Play doesn’t [...]

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Two days from now, in a galaxy not far away…

About a month ago, I asked you for your opinions on whether Dar was ready for Star Wars. I never got around to posting any kind of a decision, but it became clear that one of the only reasons I was hesitating was that I felt kind of weird about excluding Margo.  And that’s not [...]

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Quotes of the Birthday, 2009 Feb 04

Margo (at about 7am on her golden birthday):  “THIS IS THE WORST BIRTHDAY EVER!!“
Margo (at about 9am on her golden birthday):  “Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful day!”
[Sometimes it's a little spooky how much she's already begun to resemble her namesake.]

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Come, thou long-expected newsy-update-thing

[Note: I wrote this on several occasions over the course of the past month. I've tried to fix all the verb tenses and date references to make sense. Really, I've tried.
Also, please know that the timing of finally publishing this today is entirely coincidental. The following has nothing to do with [...]

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Quotes of the Day, 2009 Jan 10-11

(Sorry–there’s a lot of parentheses in this one already, but I feel I must add this note.  I thought I had finished up this post on Sunday before we went over to some friends’ house for dinner, but I had not.  I didn’t even look at it yesterday, and now it’s getting quite stale.  On [...]

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Quotes of the Day, 2009 Jan 08

I know there are millions out there waiting with bated breath for each QOTD installment, so I’m surprised that exactly none of you flooded my emails with demands to know why, in the name of all that is decent in the world, didn’t I post anything for yesterday?!
Since nobody asked, I won’t answer.  But today [...]

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Quote of the Day, 2009 Jan 04

Margo (asked which was her favorite part of The Tale of Despereaux):  “I loved the whole thing.”

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Here’s to starting over…again…

Happy New Year, dear readers!
I’m watching four little girls watching Horton y el mundo de los quién (actually, we’re watching it in English, but the fun thing is that we got a Mexican copy of the DVD for Christmas). We’re doing not one but TWO playdates today (one home, one away) with the same [...]

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