tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90188822789588257712024-03-12T16:40:15.100-07:00ToddleToots!An online community to "Toot" about your toddlers (and young children)!ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-61027750717928814332013-02-09T09:48:00.001-08:002013-02-09T09:48:22.246-08:00Let's Get 'er Going!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I won't bore you with all of the life stuff that's been going on that has taken me away from posting here, but all that to say... I'm getting inspired about posting here again! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you have stayed with me, I really appreciate it! I look forward to hearing all the hilarious things your kids have done and said! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I recently read some comments parents were saying about what their kids had to say about telephones. And no, not our cell phones, but good old jacked in phones, wall phones, or even cordless. Did you know some of them didn't even know how they worked, LOL. I love it! </span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I had 3 days off from work (woot woot) so I got to spend more time than usual with my Lil Toot :) We did some shopping and on the way there and back she talked non stop to her new “pet/friend” (not really sure what to call it). It was pretty cute and I wanted to share it with you. Only after the fact did I think about doing a voice recording of it (since I was you know driving and all... maybe next time ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Lil Toot </b>(2 3/4 yrs old): “Mama? I want those birdies.” she said cupping her hands holding them out towards the window and the birds. “Come here birdies. I want to hold you.” Pulling her hands together close to her chest, “I will take care of you and give you lubs (loves)... don’t be scared, I’ve got you. Mama? Do you got some birdies too?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Me</b>: “Um Yes, I have one too, but only one because I’m driving (that’s smart right?)” </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Lil Toot:</b> “I want some more birdies. Should we look for a big birdie? Do you see one? Can you get it?” holding her hands out once again.</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Me</b>: “I got one! I got a big birdie.” I was excited to play along until she changed the rules ;)</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>Lil Toot:</b> “Um nope, we have to get TINY birdies to hold in my hands... Oh! I got some,” clutching her hands close to her heart again. “I love you tiny birdies. I will keep you safe. You have to fly now.” She holds her hands out a bit so the birdie can fly off I imagine. “Fly high in the sky, birdie... Oh! you bonked (it’s head) I’m sorry birdie, are you alright birdie? I will take care of you and take you to my home, okay?” </span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So then, of course, I looked it up in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>...</span></div>
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<i><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">“Imagination helps provide meaning to experience and <span style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica;"><u>understanding</u></span> to knowledge; it is a fundamental faculty through which people make sense of the world,</span><span style="font: 11.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0745ad;">[1][2][3]</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> and it also plays a key role in the <span style="font: 13.0px Helvetica; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0225a3; text-decoration: underline;">learning</span> process.”</span></i></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>“Most famous inventions or entertainment products were developed from the inspiration of someone's imagination.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b>And then...</b> I read some <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/search/showResultsForContent.htm?cx=partner-pub-5908659995666945%3Ao0l6wl3rqks&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&scid=parentcenter_search&q=imagination" target="_blank">articles</a> on <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/" target="_blank">BabyCenter</a> (which I won’t bombard you with, but definitely worth a read if your interested there are several. BUT I loved this...</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">And when you use your imagination with him — "Look, I'm a tiger in the jungle!" "Let's pretend we're going to Grandma's house" — you spur his brain to forge "imagination pathways" of its own. ~~ BabyCenter article <a href="http://www.babycenter.com/0_how-to-raise-an-imaginative-child_11544.bc" target="_blank">“How To Raise An Imaginative Child”</a></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">‘Spur his brain to forge IMAGINATION PATHWAYS of its own’... LOVE this!! </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I know we are all busy, but try to make extra ‘imagination time’ with your little ones... to encourage and nurture their imaginations which lead to dreams which can lead to unlimited possibilities after all...</span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I love to play imagine with my girlie, maybe because I'm a fantasy writer and love to read I'm geared towards it, but I think it's important either way. What say you? </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">*Also insider info: Stay tuned for a fun event coming in June! (Oh also, there might be a contest, you know with a prize and everything ;) ;) </span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-27098975261971311812011-11-07T08:00:00.000-08:002011-11-07T08:00:11.834-08:00Did You Miss Me?<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello ToddleTootians! </span></b>Yes, that’s you, you like?;)</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I know it’s been a bazillion years since I’ve posted anything on ToddleToots and for that I do apologize. It’s been a crazy last 4 months for us-WOW is that all it’s been, I swear it has seemed longer! </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyway, I’ve missed ToddleToots, “hearing” the hilarious things your kiddos come up with, and of course YOU! </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What have you been up to? I want to hear all about it ;) And of course, I want you to share with me your Toots! Make sure to sign up for our email updates or join our networked Blogs via Facebook Page to stay up to date with all things Tootable (and yes, I make way to many silly and inappropriate tooting funnies here, but it’s ok it’s MY blog).</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">“What have I been up to?” You ask. Well, thanks for asking. Here’s a rundown:</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"></div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Shortly after I left you, Lil Toot turned 2 years old!! </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We decided to leave our home and family to move across the country from WA to TN.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Packed up our house at the end of Aug (lease ended) to move into my in-laws basement for a month until we were able to leave. Living out of a suitcase for a month, sleeping with Lil Toot for 2weeks while Daddy Toot was out of town scouting apartments, emotionally ready to leave but not yet able, made for a very long month at times. But we survived!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Beginning of Oct we hit the open road traveling for 5 days. My in-laws, aka the grandparents, joined us on our journey driving the Penske truck (or as Lil Toot dubbed it “grandpa’s big yellow truck”). PEOPLE 5 days in a car with my Lil Toot; to her credit, she did FANTASTIC! Anyone traveling for hours and days on end would have moments- I sure did, but she did better than expected:)</span></li>
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<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We are moved in, but still trying to get settled in our new place of residence and LOVING every bit of it!! We are excited for the new adventure we are on and expectant for all the opportunities to be had.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I’m excited to get ToddleToots back up in full swing, that said, with all that is going on in my life at this time my time is going to be a bit limited. So to get started I’m going to plan on regular Toots every other Tuesday instead of weekly at first. </span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Here’s where you come in...</b></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b>I want your Toots!</b> Send me your lil ones’ funnies and I’ll make sure you get credit and hopefully some press for your own blog. We are all about laughing and sharing here at ToddleToots! It’s easy, you can send me an <a href="mailto:toddletoots@gmail.com">email</a> via the link or even on our Facebook page.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can’t wait to hear from you!!</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MamaToots</span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-48485142035591494662011-06-21T06:00:00.000-07:002011-06-21T06:00:01.027-07:00Tuesday's Toots! #18<div style="color: #232323; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Tuesday!</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I'm back with some Toots! to share with you (hehe)...</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><br />
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It makes the light go on.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Smallgirl</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (4yo): "Um.... 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My 3 yr old son comes running in the house yelling, "mom, she has titties!! I love her titties! Mom, can I hold her titties? Mom, can we take her titties home? Mom!!!!" And my friend frantically looks to me for an explanation. As I'm dying of laughter I explain. He loves your KITTIES :) </span></span></span></div><div style="color: #232323; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jodey C.M.</span></b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After a discussion about my friend having a baby I ask 7yo son how babies come out of a mommies tummy. He replies ever so seriously... "out their butt mom... duh!"</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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I asked his name... she replied, "This is Granddad when we was a clown." Apparently, my father was once a clown.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Betty Sue</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kidzquotes"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@kidzquotes</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kesha</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> brushes her teeth with a bottle of Jack? I don't think her dentist would like that very much' A(7ys)</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Small Girl</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/smallgirltweets"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@smallgirltweets</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Smallgirl</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">:(4yo) The television's just said I'm watching bedtime. I'm not, am I? The television doesn't know everything! The television doesn't have eyes. Unless there's people with eyes on the television.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Small Girl </span></b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/smallgirltweets"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@smallgirltweets</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Where's your pencil sharpener, </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">smallgirl</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">? </span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Smallgirl (4yo): "It's in the kitchen bitchen." </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">#begyourpardon</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Preschool Gems</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/preschoolgems"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@preschoolgems</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Yep, I'm a hairy gingerbread man."</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mama Crass </span><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_416182771"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@</span></a></u></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><u><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">SassyPieHole</span></a></u></b></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: guess who's coming tonight</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4yo:Who?</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: miss erin!!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4yo: Hoo-RAY! We will paint our fingernails and our toe fingers!</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 27.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Kat B</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MyMuses"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@MyMuses</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">R(5yo)"Today we had baby Jesus class" <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me "Really? What did you learn about baby Jesus?" </span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">R(5yo) "I don't remember, I was drawing zombies!"</span></span></div><div><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="color: #0225a3; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Small Girl</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/smallgirltweets"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@smallgirltweets</span></span></b></span></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Smallgirl (4yo) is playing the piano. "Do you want it loud or quiet or miggle-sized?"</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #0225a3; font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Betty Sue</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kidzquotes"><span style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Times; letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@kidzquotes</span></span></b></span></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Went out one night all decked out & from 4 yr old got 'Mum, WHY are you wearing that halloween costume??'</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shawna T.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So, I am dancing around the kitchen and 6yo daughter looks over at me and says, "totally unprofessional"...... :) I think what she meant was “inappropriate” but she should know me by now.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kiersten W. </span></span></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@</span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kierstenwhite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">kierstenwhite</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Son, on the reasons he wants to be a peacock: "And I would get to eat dirty corn off the ground!" A sound and logical argument indeed<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rachel L.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RachelsRantings"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@RachelsRantings</span></span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My 4 yr old told my husband practice starts at 5pm bc "Daddy is always late so I told him an earlier time." Smart boy.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tyanna A.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My 2 yr old just yelled with her hands held high in the air "the word is my nemesis!!" Thank you 'Phineas & Ferb'. :)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mama Crass </span></span></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">via </span></span></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/SassyPieHole/147741771916519"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">SassyPieHole</span></span></b></span></a></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(FB)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"There's hair in my fingers!" (she says with a pretzel rod in her toes)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jodey C. M.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">me: that is a stinky diaper!</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3yo son: sorry mom I eat cacos (tacos)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">me: I missed you B (3yo son)!</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3yo son: mom I miss me too</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">me: how do you feel about that man that hurt all those people?(OBL)</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7yo son: I would punch him in the tummy and flush his head in the toilet.</span></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks for the smiles and laughs everyone! I hope you enjoyed. Remember: <b>"What words do your kiddos say that only you can interpret?"</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><br />
</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #444444; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MamaToots</span></span></div><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/lets-bee-friends/" target="_blank"><img alt="Let's BEE Friends" height="150" src="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/letsbeefriends.jpg" title="Let's BEE Friends" width="150" /></a>I'm linking up with Bees With Honey. Go check her out.ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-48761942381942348012011-05-11T21:23:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:28:43.297-07:00Tuesday's Toots! #15<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times;"><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, I am fully aware that it is Thursday. But on Tuesday, I was not apparently in my right mind enough to know that it was, well, Tuesday and I forgot (oh the shame!) to get the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Toots</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> out. Sad I know, but a recurring issue that I call "mama brain". I did have some memory issues before I had my lovely Lil Toot, but not near what it is now. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So get ready for Tuesday's Toots... on Thursday (at least they both start with "T's" right? ;)</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Real Life With Kids</span></b></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@</span></b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RealLifewithKids"><span style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #0225a3; text-decoration: underline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Real Life with Kids</span></b></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tip #462 from my 7yo son. "Mom? You NEVER hug someone with a machete." Then, "Mom, you do know what a machete is, don't you?"</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Linette S.A.</span></b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">when I was sick the other day, M(2yo daughter) "Mommy shut your eyes" she starting singing me the song from the movie Tangled. ... "let your power shine, let the clock reverse..." so sweet. We just might have a little singer on our hands.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #0225a3; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Megg J</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000000; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/meggjensen1"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@meggjensen1</span></span></a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My kids are signing Darth Vader's Imperial March with one word - butt. *Welcome to my house*</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 30.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Elizabeth H.</span></b></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 14.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 5.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While I attempted to correct J for hitting his brother, he corrected me. "Mom, I didn't hit him! I punched him."</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You let your daughter keep pulling the heads off your flowers bc well, she gets so excited to pick them and bring them to you.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You're looking for a napkin in the car and all you can find are diapers.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You start having choppy conversations bc your brain gets use to constantly being interrupted... no? so that's just me then? ;)</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You forego the things on your “to-do list” to read a book, play legos, or whatever it is that the little person pulling on your leg to get your attention away from your computer, Iphone, or whatever the case may be to do their bidding.<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You realize that you are about to go out the door and you got everyone else ready but your makeup isn’t finished or you forgot to brush your teeth or your hair didn’t get done.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your heart is so full of a love that you had never known before until you were "Mama".</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">~~~~~</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Your little on is sick and you pray that you could just trade places with him/her ~ Patty M.<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can’t close the door when you go to the bathroom, at least not expectin it to stay closed ~ Kimberly A.L.<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You get a snotty, slobbery kiss from your toddler and it doesn't gross you out as much as you thought it would BK (Before Kids). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Also, I never drank coffee until I had kids. Now I completely understand the need. ~ Not Just Another Jennifer </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/MidwestMomments"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">@MidwestMomments</span></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You start looking at diaper bags the same as you did those awesome leather purses currently hanging in your closet.</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333233;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You stop caring if people think your house is nice and you just wish they'd think your kids were nice.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You plan your day according to when Sesame Street is on.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You have signed a check with a crayon.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You find Goldfish crackers in the glove box of your car.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You wipe other kids' noses.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You have accidentally brushed your teeth with Desitin.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You leave for a date with your husband carrying a diaper bag instead of your purse.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You know your a mom when the weekend isnt really the end of your week. ~Rachael V.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You go outside in freezing temps to spray poop off of a diaper.</span></span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You can't remember when your last shower was but you can remember what the kid had for snack three days ago. ~Catherine S.W.</span></span><br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">I'm linking up today with Bees With Honey's blog hop click the cute badge for more fun! </span></div><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/lets-bee-friends/" target="_blank"><img alt="Let's BEE Friends" height="150" src="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/letsbeefriends.jpg" title="Let's BEE Friends" width="150" /></a>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-78285075993474815362011-05-05T08:05:00.000-07:002011-05-05T08:05:44.585-07:00Guest Post: The Small Things<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today I have a special guest post from wonderful Mama of 3, Nicole G. Please welcome her as she shares from her own experiences that I know we all can relate to as "Mama".</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPeaE8jXwZmDml0ItGki2GQ4sB3RMLlzLt-Kizp9JNbCKd23Yp9L0U7MCznoKt84KvpSYu6AlZRPwIau7ztBaV74xOXLjqa_DaIKfe5L8kFm-a88cNkqB4uPCwKS7ps61-1f-tbRU6BlG/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPeaE8jXwZmDml0ItGki2GQ4sB3RMLlzLt-Kizp9JNbCKd23Yp9L0U7MCznoKt84KvpSYu6AlZRPwIau7ztBaV74xOXLjqa_DaIKfe5L8kFm-a88cNkqB4uPCwKS7ps61-1f-tbRU6BlG/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 36.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sometimes as moms and dads we are so wrapped up in making sure that everything is “done”. We get up early to make sure the lunches are made and the hair is fixed and breakfast is eaten. We rush around yelling and screaming and grabbing last night’s homework and buckling in the car so we’re not late for school. Then we either go on our way to work or back home to a mountain of laundry that awaits us. We try to fit in our daily workouts and remember to take out the frozen meat for tonight’s dinner. Dinner, baths and bedtime are a blur…and it’s a great night when we don’t get woken up a couple times for drinks or potty time. We do it all day after day. Week after week. Month after month. It’s like a well oiled machine…But there are those times in our lives when we feel like we may have run out of oil. The machine is not running so smoothly and it all needs a quick trip to the mechanic. In those times when everything is falling apart that’s when I remember the little things that mean so much to me, the small miracles that make me smile.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I’ve hit the snooze button too many times and now we’re all running around and screaming at each other like crazy chickens, I think of the way my three babies smelled last night after their baths. There is nothing like the smell of baby lotion on clean babies. Nothing. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I’ve realized that I left a wet load of laundry in the washing machine for three days and now it all smells like a wet dog. I think of the sound of my kids giggling while their dad wrestles with them on the living room floor. That little child like giggle that makes you think that all is right in the world. Where they laugh so hard, you’re sure they’re either gonna throw up or pee their pants. Then they beg him to stop tickling them, only to say, “Do it again, Papi”. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I’ve had “one of those days”, and I’ve yelled at my two year old so much that my throat hurts and Sesame Street isn’t even over yet. I think of the way it feels when he falls asleep in bed with me. When I can hear his still small breath and feel his heart beating next to mine, and know that he’s dreaming of dump trucks, superman costumes and Toy Story fruit snacks. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I get the urge to be brave and try something new for dinner. I rush to the store, work for hours, only to find out that none of my family liked it, I throw it all away and end up crying while I’m doing the dishes. I think of the way my daughter looked after school as she ran to the car when I picked her up. How she had the biggest smile on her face and waved at me from across the parking lot like I was her most favorite person in the world and she’d been dying to see me. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When I finally get my kids’ jammies on and teeth brushed and they’re in bed, and I feel like this day was never going to end, I pray with them. And I hear their sweet little innocent voices saying, “We love you Jesus, Amen” I realize that this is why I do it. This is why I get up in the middle of the night when someone is thirsty. This is why I gave up sorority parties and college dorm room experiences. This is why I choose to forgo luxurious things in exchange for diapers, nursing bras, and footie pajamas. </span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am a mom. Things aren’t always going to be smooth and easy. I will have my fair share of bad days. But everything will be alright as long as I remember the little things that make me get up in the morning and want to do it all over again.</span></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>What are the little things in your life that make you smile?</b> </span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">~~~~~~</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you Nicole! It's so important to remember 'the small things'. I often find myself getting caught up in the "to do's" for the day or in the "how I think things should go" which usually don't, but then I take a deep breath and look at the "bigger picture" or in my case my Lil Toot. Even now as I'm trying to get this post ready she's pulling at me to go play, trying to sit in my lap, and wanting to "help" type. So I took some time to play. Yes, it took me longer to get this out, but her shriek of excitement made it worth it :)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b> </b></div><b><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Smallgirl (4yo): "Daddy! The fingers are dancing on your head! They're dancing on your gap!"</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 30.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Smallgirl: "I'm a star. You can sing Twinkle Twinkle at me if you like."</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Eliska </b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/eliskacounce">@eliskacounce</a></span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Me to five year old son: Your brother wants to be a detective when he grows up. What do YOU want to be? </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Son to me: a refrigerator. Of course</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 30.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 16.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><b>Allison S. </b><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/aswinn">@aswinn</a></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Just got upset at 4 yo over her behavior. She looked at me, put hands into the air and said, "No worries, mom."(<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">4 going on 14)</span></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><b>Julie</b> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/BalancingMama">@balancingmama</a> (More from this post at <a href="http://three-moms-in-one.blogspot.com/2011/04/taste-of-peace.html">3MomsIn1</a>)</div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">(Easter Morning) Later that morning, we tested her patience at church. We attended a service with family, at a church we had not previously visited. The sermon was a bit long. For us, and especially for Amelia (3yo). </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><i>"Mommy!"</i>, she exclaimed mid-sermon (not quietly), <i>"He is talking too much!"</i> I could see a couple grins and stifled giggles from the people directly in front of us. </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 18.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">And a bit later, questioning the screens that only showed song lyrics and bible verses, <i>"Where is the bunny movie?!? I don't like this show!" </i>The poor kid thought we were at a movie.</span><span style="font: 15.0px Arial; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span></div><div style="font: 15.0px Arial; line-height: 21.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 17.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18.0px; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px;"><b></b></div><b><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal 'Times New Roman'; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b></b></div><b><div style="display: inline !important; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Helvetica Neue'; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font: 16.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><b>Betty Sue</b> <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/kidzquotes"><span style="font: normal normal normal 14px/normal 'Helvetica Neue'; letter-spacing: 0px;">@kidzquotes</span></a></span></div></b></b><br />
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</b></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-42679638674335462612011-04-12T00:01:00.001-07:002011-04-12T00:01:00.848-07:00Tuesday's Toots! #13<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hello Tuesday! Welcome to another Tuesday's Toots! A place to share the funny things kids say and do, to give us a laugh and make us smile :)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(this 1st one was suppose to be included in the <a href="http://toddletoots.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesdays-toots-11-innocent-insults.html">Innocent Insult</a>s post, but it got overlooked and I apologize to Mary)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Mary Quite Contrary</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/LincolnAndMe">@LincolnAndMe</a>)</span></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">20month L calls every old or graying person with long(ish) scruffy hair "Scrooge".. He shouts it and points at them laughing out loud! He thinks they are Scrooge! Has been doing it since christmas! Men AND women. Anyone with gray/scruffy hair! He just points and goes "Scrooge!" Or "humbug"!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Michael C.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: "Hey M, are you sure grandpa has a toothbrush at his house for you?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8yo Son: "Yeah dad, I'm 100% sure. Every time I go over there grandma pulls out a toothbrush from my childhood for me to use." <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: "Your childhood?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">8yo Son: "Yeah that means from when I was a little child."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">MamaCrass</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole">@SassyPieHole</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me:(where'd you put you're socks) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo daughter: "Where'd you put you're socks?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me:(stop it) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo: "Stop it!”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me:(where are your socks) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo: "Where are your socks?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me:(stop it) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo: "Stop it!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me:(you're really frustrating me) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo: "I'm really frustrating myself!"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday I put Lil Toot (21mo) down for a nap which she was more than ready for, but amazingly (since she had gotten up for the day at 5AM) got a 2nd wind. She didn't fuss, but began her personal monologue that I was privy to via my video monitor (probably my favorite baby gadget of all FYI). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">To set the scene, she began playing with a couple of her favorite little stuffed animals that are in her crib for such occasions as this. Realize what is about to take place occurred over a period of about 30 min. She was talking to Elmo and then to her other 'guy' and laying each down for their own "nigh nigh" time. She then would jump up and play with them along her crib's edge. This of course made me nervous as I could see them plummeting to their pretend death and then nap time would be ruined because she simply must have Elmo! Phew all were safe. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">She would then lay down for a very brief moment and somewhere during all this she misplaced her binky so she was talking extra loud.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now she was zooming around the inner perimeter of her crib like a race track, "Elmo! Boo! (the name of the other 'guy') Mama... Daddy... A says 'Ah', B says 'buh' 'buh', C says 'Kuh'... Out!... 18,19,20... T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z... sing with me...Yay, good job! (clapping)" all the while never fussing just getting louder and louder until she was simply shouting. -She tends to use counting and the alphabet as a self-soothing tool- Once again back at the edge making her guys play on the edge until the unthinkable happened and I hear, "Oh no, Oh no... Boo dropped!" and she remained looking out over the edge but to my surprise still not upset. She made another lap around the 'track' then stopped back to mourn her lost friend, "What happen Boo?... Boo fall down." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Moving on she sat with Elmo and shouted, "MAMA! MAMA!" again not upset just shouting wanting me to come save Boo. Quickly detoured she saw her little squishy book in her bed and gave a surprised intake of breath (it's <i>always</i> in there, but you'd think it was something brand new), "Book! Read Elmo," and she sat opening the book for Elmo. Then up again around the 'track' once more for the grand finale, flopped to her tummy, and was instantaneously asleep as if hit by narcolepsy. </span><br />
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</span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-58626401181352251302011-04-05T00:01:00.000-07:002011-04-05T00:01:03.335-07:00Tuesday's Toots! #12<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Welcome to Tuesday's Toots!</span></span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The place where we post the funny things our little ones say and do. Thanks to everyone who shared with us last week for our <a href="http://toddletoots.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesdays-toots-11-innocent-insults.html">Innocent Insults themed Toots!</a> I thought that was a fun post and would love to do it again, so if you find yourself embarrassed by something your kiddos say in public or to someone else, please share it with us! </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mama Crass</span> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole">@SassyPieHole</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo daughter:"Mommy LOOK! He's NAKED!" </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: who's naked </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo:"That guy! He's not wearing a shirt... someone will see his boobies!"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: put your shoes on </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Same 3yo:"NO putting my shoes on!" </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: I give up today </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3yo:"THAT'S the SPIRIT!!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Small girl (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/smallgirltweets">@smallgirltweets</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">smallgirl</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: (watching The Wizard of Oz) "I like why the Cowardly Lion wipes his nose with his tail. Cos lions don't really have tissues, do they?"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">smallgirl</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: "I'm the Good Witch Glenda, Granddad." </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">AgedGP</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: You'll be the star of the show!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">smallgirl</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: "Oh Granddad. Good Witch Glenda doesn't make a show. She just goes in a bubble".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Ally</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1271098805">@</a></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/allycondie">allycondie</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">: My 4-year-old niece ate her first cotton candy & said, "it's like eating a nice fluffy kitten!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Janelle (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/renegademama1">@renegademama1</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Mama, the lady at the store said this crystal is magic, but I just asked it to turn me into a Transformer. And I'm not. So she lied."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px; line-height: 22px;"><b>Bridget R. (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/imade4babies">@imade4babies</a>)</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 22pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">I have 2 sets of twins. When the boy in the older set was 4 he walked by my mother's dryer and saw her bra laying on top of it to dry. He said, "My mommy has those, only hers are bigger."</span></div></span></span></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">Happy Tuesday!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 22px;">MamaToots</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-32752873098846465792011-03-29T00:01:00.000-07:002011-03-29T00:01:02.364-07:00Tuesday's Toots #11 Innocent Insults<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">After a brief interlude... the Toots are BACK!!</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b><u>Martha</u></b> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1337287813">@</a></span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheNextMartha">TheNextMartha</a></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Tonight 3 y/o son RIPS ONE in Target and then says out LOUD "Mommy, who tooted?" Then he chuckles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--> </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"><b><u>Misty R</u></b><u>.</u></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Sitting in the doctors office waiting room... Son (4yo) LOUDLY announces "mom you have a wart on your face!" No son, it's a zit, and thank you for pointing it out to the whole waiting area. Then he asks "mom why are all these women pregnant??". Not one of them is. I can't take him anywhere without being embarrassed lately!<o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><b><u>Rachel</u> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1337287808">@</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/RachelsRantings">RachelsRantings</a></span>)</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Son (3.5 yo) insisted that my father-in-law (his grandpa) was pregnant because he has a belly.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;"> My FIL laughed and said it was a good question but no, he just needed to start exercising.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><u>Shawna T.</u></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">My daughter (5yr.) said to our sweet neighbor lady (who looks quite amazing for her late 60's): "So why is it that some grandmas have turkey necks?" </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">Neighbor: "well..... I don't know but good question." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">5yo: "hmmm, I was just wondering, did I tell you that you look my teacher? but she's skinnier than you." </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">So my neighbor lady tells me this and of course I was MORTIFIED but she was laughing saying that she didn't mind at all, kids just tell you what is on their mind. She thought it was funny..... (Thank goodness) :)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 17pt;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Betty Sue</b> (<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/kidzquotes">@kidzquotes</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">A (7yo): "Mum I can't sleep cuz I can't decide if I want to be a rock star or a candy store owner when I grow up"<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 21px;">X(5yo son): "Daddy! You're in love with some one else! (meaning mama) You can't go on a DATE!"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">( I don't know weather to unplug the cable or get him hearing aids.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Jessica W.</b> (<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheLeakyBoob">@TheLeakyBoob</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">DH to 8YO: I can't move the sun, I'm very sorry. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">8YO: It's not fair! I need a daddy that can move the sun!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Crayon Wrangler</b> (<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/CrayonWrangler">@CrayonWrangler</a></span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">My kid loudly in crowded Walmart line: "Mom. How many VDs do you got?" (The word she's looking for is DVDs)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: LucidaGrande; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Mama Crass</b> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1601581914">@</a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole">SassyPieHole</a></span></span>)</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">3yo daughter:<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">"There's no more milk!" </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">(all you gotta do is say "Mommy... may I have some more milk, please?") 3yo: "Shoe off! Shoe OFF!" </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16pt;">(you mean "STEP" off?)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>Michael C.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">M (8yo son): "This mouthwash is supposed to taste like Ocean Berry. What the heck is an Ocean Berry? I don't think they exist. This stuff isn't very good."...."I like grape M&Ms, the kind that are made with real grape juice".<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16pt;"><b>Small Girl</b> (<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/smallgirltweets">@smallgirltweets</a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 16pt;">"You come in my shop Mummy and you buy things you don't want, but you haven't got. OK?" </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=9018882278958825771#!/search?q=%23smallgirl"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">#smallgirl</span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> gets capitalism.</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-65878218642771778182011-03-11T06:00:00.000-08:002011-03-11T06:00:03.318-08:00Tips&Tricks~ Thinking Outside the Box... Even with Laundry!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5vEPkTdzIa-cSJaQ4vDBcdVPVTgNbfE_O57Yq85SBFVSZ56JqQVxskZjEO4KAlGfWrurIzgxsvSh1a9iA8oCjIVa1xab2D-uMC4qLyjTyQMyEdSJWExP22vXJ_FKgD5ucqJ9hmlXGC0D/s1600/laundry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5vEPkTdzIa-cSJaQ4vDBcdVPVTgNbfE_O57Yq85SBFVSZ56JqQVxskZjEO4KAlGfWrurIzgxsvSh1a9iA8oCjIVa1xab2D-uMC4qLyjTyQMyEdSJWExP22vXJ_FKgD5ucqJ9hmlXGC0D/s200/laundry.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a special guest post from a mom of 3 who has some great practical and creative ways of simplifying the daily pain in the you-know-what chores that must get done. Especially, when we have little ones running around making everything a little more complicated or taking a little more time than it would have sans kiddos. She is a special friend of mine. She likes to think outside the box to come up with creative and resourceful ways of doing even the more mundane things to help make life more practical and simple enabling her to have more focused family time. Please meet Nicole A! You can find her over at <a href="http://thingsonlyparentssay.blogspot.com/">ThingsOnlyParentsSay</a>...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exaggeration! (not really Nicole's laundry problem,<br />
but obviously somebody's)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>My solution to our Laundry problem:</b></span></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laundry is not my favorite chore. Yet, I was keeping up with it well enough until I got pregnant with our 3rd child. First, you should know that our laundry room is in the basement, while all of our bedrooms are on the second level of our house. Secondly, I was a new stay at home mom with a 3 1/2 year old, a 4 </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">month</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">old and PREGNANT! We were shocked to say the least. (I am one of those not-so-lucky ladies that throws up for all 9 months of pregnancy too.) Well, once the sheer shock and slight terror wore off a bit, I took a look at a few things in my life. I realized pretty quickly, that some changes needed to be made in order to accommodate where we were at in life. I needed to simplify and mainstream as many things as possible. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One of the biggest frustrations I was having was laundry - it felt like it was everywhere. Some was in our closets and dressers, dirty laundry was on the floor in all of our rooms, we had baskets of clean clothes on the floor in our rooms as well. Of course, we had clothes in the laundry room too - some dirty in piles, others clean but unfolded, etc. Getting myself dressed in the morning was a chore (running up and down the stairs searching for different items) - let alone trying to get the kids all dressed. I was finding myself more & more frustrated by the day. I felt like I could never find ANYTHING! </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">So, one day I asked myself why I was continuing the lunacy. What I was doing wasn't working - that much was clear. So, I needed to think outside the box. I finally came up with something that would work for me and my family. I didn't have a name for it for a long time, but over the years, I've come to realize that I am not the only one out there to do this. This crazy thing that I decided to do is called a 'family closet'. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I decided to have all of our clothes stay in the laundry room. I set up dirty laundry baskets on one side. Then on the other side of the laundry room by the dryer, I set up a series of baskets for our clean laundry - every person in our family got their own basket (or baskets for those of us adults with more clothes). I set these baskets on a table like thing, so the clean clothes stay off the ground & to give the opportunity to utilize the space under the table. We also have a closet for hanging clothes. (I call our set up the ghetto version…if you google 'family closet' you will see some pretty sweet set ups, but you can do it on the cheap & just make it functional too.) I also decided to hang bags (like grocery bag size) off the outer edge of each basket for everyone's socks & underwear. There are containers you could buy for this kind of stuff too…but mine was built out of desperation, so I used whatever I could find. I also quickly realized that I needed a separate bin for the clothes the kids have grown out of. (I find myself going through that bin about ever 4 to 6 months - to separate out by gender and donation vs. keep, etc.) </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Here's the beauty to this set up:</u></b> </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. I can go down to the laundry room and get clothes for myself & all of my children in one fell swoop. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. It made it way easier to fold laundry right away & set it in each person's basket and be done with it. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. When my hubby wakes up to go to work - he doesn't wake me up by bumping around our room. Now, he can just wake up and go down to the laundry room to get dressed. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4. He can also just toss his dirty laundry in the appropriate baskets right away. Which makes doing laundry easier because I rarely have to go around to each room gathering huge piles. (I occasionally have to gather socks from rooms, but even that is really is not all that often.)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5. The grow out bin is nice to have right there, because I can toss the freshly laundered & folded clothes right into it, and I don't have to do a grand sorting - I can just do it easily while doing laundry. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6. Even as our kids get a little bit older, their rooms don't get messy with clothes & dirty laundry. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Here's the weaknesses of this set up (full disclosure):</u></b></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1. Clothes in the baskets can become messed up pretty easily (especially when in a hurry), so I do need to take a little bit of time every once in a while to re-organize each persons area. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2. When life is really crazy, I sometimes settle for draping each persons clothes in their baskets or areas rather than folding them…not as organized looking, but still functional. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3. You don't really have room for other seasonal clothing, so when the seasons change, you have to do some swapping out.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overall, the positives SO far outweigh the negatives. ESPECIALLY early on. Even though, it's not the traditional way…it really is a system that works for us. It instantly lowered my stress level in that department. Now, it's hard to imagine doing anything else. Laundry is just so streamlined, that changing it to be more 'normal' feels like an act of stupidity and making our life more complicated. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I guess more than anything - this is me encouraging you to give yourself permission to think outside of the box and do what works for you and your family. :-)</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">~~~~</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank You <a href="http://thingsonlyparentssay.blogspot.com/">Nicole</a> for sharing with us one of your tips & tricks! If this inspired you, or you have a tip that has simplified your life with kids (if it's short go ahead and leave it in the comments, but if it's longer submit it for a post similar to this one), please share it with us.</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Enjoy your weekend,</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MamaToots! </span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-32270719403205107392011-03-08T06:00:00.000-08:002011-03-08T06:00:02.266-08:00Tuesday's Toots! #9<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: 16pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoy reading the funny and cute things that our little ones have been saying. I love putting them together every Monday night, they make me smile and I hope they make you smile too...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Mama Crass</b> (<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1925682887">@</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole">sassypiehole</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3yo daughter: "I have something in my belly button!" (stop playing and eat your supper) "It's just an egg in my belly!"<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">at Ikea: 3yo: "Hey... that looks just like ME in the mirror!" (honey, that IS you in the mirror)</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b>Alicia</b></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">(</span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_889283019">@</a></span></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/aggraygate">aggraygate</a></span></u></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">)</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">J (4) to his little Sister (2)): Can you hurry up and push out some babies so there are some more people to play with around here.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">5 </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">yr old just told me that they are goin on a trip 2 church tomorrow and he thinks god will be there to show him round. How innocent.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Betty Sue</b> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/kidzquotes">@kidzquotes</a></u></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">E (4yrs) 'Mum, your hairdude (hairdo) looks like a carousel'<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">7yrs: 'I love this song. It's by Ribena & M & Ms' (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rihanna </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">&</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Eminem</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">'I'm singing in my best </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oprah </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">voice' (C 7 yrs.) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Uh... do u mean</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Opera</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Rachael U.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">>kids just went to bed< </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">L (4yo son): MOM!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Me:*sigh* yes L? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">L: I had a nightmare!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Me: You haven't fallen asleep yet... <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">L:....um..yes I did...and and...I had a nightmare!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Me: No buddy...ya didn't! Go to sleep!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">L: Yes I did...it was about...about..(giggle)..OK mom, you're right I didn't!! Goodnight!!</span></span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you to everyone who shared!! Keep us in mind next time your kids do or say funny things. Please feel free to comment if something strikes you funny or reminds you of something your own kids said. We LOVE comments!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">MamaToots!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-16895409142400371002011-03-03T00:01:00.000-08:002011-03-03T00:01:06.685-08:00Guest Post ~ Day At the Zoo Through the Eyes of a 3yo<!--StartFragment--> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: ArialMT;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><!--StartFragment--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have been thinking about how fun it would be to do some posts from a child’s perspective and I cam across this post of a 3yo’s commentary on her day at the Zoo. I LOVE this! I also love how she captured it with her pics! </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please meet Amelia via her mom, Julie. Julie is a part-time WAHM sharing how she is learning to balance work, life, and adventurous 3 year old Amelia over at her blog: </span></span><a href="http://three-moms-in-one.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3Momsin1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. Enjoy!...</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPApHzO_FSu6Kafkssfa5BQqxRaN1XJLsIpyvaNf3RlU85I7nQfEZrYchyJwbIbVp_fc-sCNmsHcxyXf5gIvRr7Rd_aEwo_mPCYhqnBHvCvWhZnFvx3YpUwJORQORTufkvJzzD7hf96NOf/s1600/sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPApHzO_FSu6Kafkssfa5BQqxRaN1XJLsIpyvaNf3RlU85I7nQfEZrYchyJwbIbVp_fc-sCNmsHcxyXf5gIvRr7Rd_aEwo_mPCYhqnBHvCvWhZnFvx3YpUwJORQORTufkvJzzD7hf96NOf/s200/sun.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 19.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span style="color: #7f1a50; font-size: 24.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> <a href="http://three-moms-in-one.blogspot.com/2011/01/zoo-riffic-adventure.html">A Zoo-riffic Adventure!</a></span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 24.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 20.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15.0pt;">After more than a month of cold temperatures and gray skies, the SUN CAME OUT!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15.0pt;">The forecast predicted a high temperature of 64. They were wrong... it ended up reaching 70 degrees! What a wonderful, gorgeous day.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15.0pt;">The Atlanta area doesn't get much bad winter weather (our January snowpocalypse was shocking!), but our months are very gray. Clearly, the sun has a winter home in south Florida. After weeks of depression-inducing weather blahs, when that first sunny day hits Atlanta, the people head outdoors. The nearby parks were so crowded, it looked like ants pouring out of an anthill. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 15.0pt;">We knew we had to relish the incredible day as well. We took Amelia on her very first trip to the zoo! This was a huge event for such an animal lover. And she was at a perfect age. She kept her eyes wide with wonder and a spring in her step as we discovered meerkats and lemurs, snakes and gila monsters, panda bears and lions. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank You Julie over at </span></span><a href="http://three-moms-in-one.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">3Momsin1</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> for sharing this post with us! Please show her some love and visit her site. Another of her posts you might enjoy is her finale to her </span></span><a href="http://three-moms-in-one.blogspot.com/2011/02/potty-training-part-3.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Potty Training</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> with Amelia, it's funny and has some great tips. Congrats Amelia!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting today! If your little ones are non-stop commentators or have a funny conversation with you, please send it in </span></span><a href="http://toddletoots.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> or straight to our </span></span><a href="mailto:toddletoots@gmail.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ToddleToots email</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. I think there is something healthy, not to mention just down right cute and sometimes hilarious, to view things from a child’s perspective. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<!--EndFragment-->ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-56344542528039254872011-03-01T06:52:00.000-08:002011-03-01T06:52:13.239-08:00Tuesday's Toots! #8<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy March 1st! It's Tuesday and you know what that means... So without further adieu, let the "tooting" begin ;)</span></b></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Heidi</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (</span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/lilmommyfoofoo"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@littlemommyfoofoo</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Funny Bunny 1 (6yo) came in the kitchen as I was doing dishes, came up to me and said, "Mom, I totally craughed when I banged my knee in the wall."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"You what?"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I craughed. You know, when you do something that hurts but it's so funny that you have to just cry and laugh at the same time."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"I didn't know that. I am glad you didn't only cry. Are you okay?"</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"Yep. I told you I was craughing." (see her </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="http://lilmommyfoofoo.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-craughed-all-way-to-old-lady-friday.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Friday Funnies</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> post for the full story)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=9018882278958825771#!/search?q=%23smallgirl"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">#smallgirl</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">: "The doors used to squeak and now they don't. Maybe they gave their squeak to a mouse."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mama Crass</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (</span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_188480339"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@</span></span></a><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/sassypiehole"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sassypiehole</span></span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(if you can't use your manners, we'll just go home and you can sit on the naughty spot) "Let's go!” -3yo daughter<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nicole G.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When my daughter was three and I was pregnant with my son, we would lay out in the sun together. One afternoon I got up to fill my glass with ice tea and my daughter says, "Mom, when you walk your buns jiggle. I like that mom. I hope my buns jiggle too when I'm a mommy." Gee, thanks Sugar! I think...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jodey M.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When E (6yo) was little he used to have a fascination w/ his wee wee... i would catch him flexing it and doing other boyish things after he got outta the bath. when he got to the age where he would understand what i was telling him, i told him that if he wanted to look at that and poke at it, he could do it by himself behind closed doors. private parts equals private area. i thought this would solve my problem. but instead he marched himself into his room. after some silence i went to investigate only to find him naked from the waste down jumping up and down in front of the mirror, laughing! (he was like 4). but as long as he was doing his thing on his own time alone, i figured no sense in giving him a complex. a couple years later, when he entered kindergarten, the class was having a talk about private parts and good touch bad touch. since E attended the school i work at, the counselor approached me to inform me that he had something to tell during their discussion. apparently he had raised his hand in class and when called on proceeded to tell he counselor, his teacher and all the other kids in his class that "it is ok to look and poke ur privates as long as u do it by yourself behind a closed door!" of course i was horrified! at the end of the week when they wrapped up the lesson, another little boy raised his hand to tell what he had learned.... i am sure u can guess what it was!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Amy</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> (</span></span><b><u><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/The_BMG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">@The_BMG</span></span></a></u><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">)</span></span></u></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My daughter (2 1/2yo) just said, "Bye-bye may-to. Tanks yet me eat you." (Bye-bye, tomato. Thanks for letting me eat you.)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Michael C.</b></span></span><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Son (8yo): "Dad, when you were little what did you want to be? Paleontologist? Archeologist? Physicologist? I think I made that last one up.".....<br />
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"Everyone in my class wants to be a Dr but I want to be a Paleontologist. Those are hard jobs to get. They don't just put them in the paper."</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MamaToots</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other day, my hubby (AKA BigToots) was playing with our daughter now 19 months. They were getting all excited and worked up about something they were playing with and BigToots shouts out "it's AMAZING!" and lil toot got so excited (now what you need to visualize when she gets excited is that her entire body gets involved- she shakes: arms up in the air, feet outstretched if sitting which she was, and head tensed as if the excitement might explode out of her little body) she shouted, "AMAYONAISE!!" and continued to shout it every time she said it bc of course our laughter gave her the reaction she loves to get.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Thank you for sharing! Keep thinking of us when your little ones say funny things. And if you enjoy what you've been reading, pass the word along - we love new friends!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Tuesday,</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">MamaToots</span></span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-86476895117864663392011-02-22T00:01:00.000-08:002011-02-22T00:01:04.908-08:00Tuesday's Toots! #7 "Potty Time": Where's the Poop?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0060530898" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguerZhK2zfeI0OgfVsKNPb3FZhyphenhyphenJB4vs4R_dK9avDYoLoCnCtPY3A18h-tjGQkdy5mxXk4sPRGmLRK5Dw_7ALEeMYW9Z1R_kIFNxIhV0YRIapmk6M9frDjsjCwCdNm0aRFTZtaCGhO0o7x/s1600/images-1.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's Tuesday's Toots! again, but today I decided to go with a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">theme</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. That's right it's "Potty Time". One of my readers sent in their funny story and it inspired what you are about to read. And as everyone does poop (along with many other "potty time" situations - regarding the kids, of course ;) I'm sure this could be a recurring theme. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.bethszimmerman.com/">Beth Z</a></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/BethZimmerman">@bethzimmerman</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18.0pt; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(At a restaurant- Click </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.bethszimmerman.com/2011/02/15/6-year-old-logic/">6-year-old-logic</a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> to read entire post</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">) I don’t remember what prefaced it but I told M (6yo) she could have a piece of Key Lime Pie for dessert when we got home. The child loves Key Lime Pie and tries to sneak it onto every grocery list! This time though she looked at me and sadly said that her tummy was too full. I responded, reasonably I thought, that was okay, she could have some later. To which she replied,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“Oh yeah! My tummy will be empty later” </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">… volume increases … </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">“because”</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> … another notch up in volume …</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> “<b>I’ll POOP it out!</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Martha</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1166794891">@</a></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TheNextMartha">TheNextMartha</a></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tonight 3 y/o son RIPS ONE in Target and then says out LOUD "Mommy, who tooted?" Then he chuckles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Nicole G.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Using a porta potty is always an interesting experience, but add to that taking your 2 yr old son with you while you have your 3 month old baby in a front pack...and that's a circus act! It's a good thing they had a handicapped one so we could all fit. My 2 yr old (Q) has a new found appreciation for urinals. Which is fine with me, since that means his dad must take him potty all the time being we don't have those in women’s restrooms. But this time, I was flying solo. And in the porta potty we were </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">so</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> "lucky" to have one. So after I helped him go potty, (standing on the seat so he could use the urinal), I realize that I really need to use the restroom as well. Q, not exactly knowing the anatomical differences between boys and girls yet, says, "Mom, you better not use the urinal." <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"Why not, Son?" wondering where this was going...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"You better sit down, because you only have buns!" <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Amy S.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">(In regards to potty training): Cheerios.....in the toilet.....that's what I did for my little guys.... made a game out of it..... if you can hit the cheerios you get a sticker!!!!!.....I have one great “pee'er” and one not so good......so who knows, but it seemed to help.....<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I saw E (6yo) crying in the library at school...I asked him what was wrong. He said his butt is all sweaty and it itches! I try to hold back the laughter cause it is very apparent that he was uncomfortable. I asked him how his tush got so wet (his pants were soaked) to which he replied, "running at recess... so my teacher told me to go to the bathroom and wipe it with a paper towel!" He had shoved a soaking wet paper towel down his pants to wipe his sweaty booty which is how his pants got so wet and why he was so itchy! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Come to find out later... While he was in the bathroom he got locked in the bathroom stall! 2 of my co-workers passed by the bathroom and heard him yelling, "help I am trapped in here and I can’t get out!! So not only did he have an itchy wet booty, but he also was traumatized from being locked in the bathroom stall! We agreed next time that he should use a dry paper towel and not to lock the stall:-) Luckily, i had an extra pair of pants and unders in my car!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wendy M</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When Brother Rootbeer was about 22 months old, we were in the beginning stages of potty training. He had his little potty that he would often sit on and read books as I changed the laundry and picked up upstairs. One day he yelled at me from his little throne, "I poop a square! I poop a square!"... I ran in there to see what he was talking about and there in the little potty was a perfectly formed "triangle"... Like any first time mom, I was pretty impressed that he recognized that he had pooped a shape. So impressed that I took a pic of it! ;) What a little genius I must have on my hands to be able to poop shapes! </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu34nitfHZSIHSCvvNVSKoCnACI_MvbWNsQJYrjGO9tN3l4rkZA-428Fx1F0dMd70rIiGhIbbW_anBW_GXDCrR6oOLTykNvgWMWtj-PTaKfqjv2W-XeYFFSuPnlHfY7yNbDOq6nFHuhIWD/s1600/kidpooppic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu34nitfHZSIHSCvvNVSKoCnACI_MvbWNsQJYrjGO9tN3l4rkZA-428Fx1F0dMd70rIiGhIbbW_anBW_GXDCrR6oOLTykNvgWMWtj-PTaKfqjv2W-XeYFFSuPnlHfY7yNbDOq6nFHuhIWD/s1600/kidpooppic.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So you don't miss at night! (clean much?)</td></tr>
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border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://improperlyforward.wordpress.com/">Keli@ImproperlyForward</a></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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</span></div>ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-34836155019594320062011-02-15T00:01:00.000-08:002011-02-15T00:01:04.664-08:00Tuesday's Toots! #6<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy (belated) Valentine's Day! Enjoy...</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://ow.ly/i/84TT"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigUC1Gr4NJmZd9cj2n3R_ws5M4VF4BJ7-NFD2p2_tjVg6-Aja1DFlxY0MHWXI6nXXUVtOwLFmo11mz6rQTUbvGQjpmFuRE2QWPhtz0GjMTPSTrRF4KzPoQsEelASBK8VrqBlzJ87-kYrBM/s200/84TT.jpg.gif.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">"My pajamas have curtains!"</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Nicole A.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">As the kids are eating breakfast J (9yo son) was practicing writing in cursive. Then N (5yo son) says, 'quick R (6yo daughter) - say something in cursive!' R looked at him and said very dramatically 'ohdoligwe'. Apparently, she's quite fluent. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><b>Keli B.</b> (<u><b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/improperlykeli">@improperlykeli</a></b></u>)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14pt;">I'm just sitting at the dining table on the internet while the little man (5yo) eats some cheetos when suddenly he looks at me and says, "I know, Mom. These Cheetos are totally calling your name aren't they? They don't know you're working out at the gym now."<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Toots! Toots! Toots! It's time for Toots!...</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Dawn M.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/dawnmetcalf">@dawnmetcalf</a>)</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Reasons why I love my daughter: "Mom! Listen to this little tune! ♫ doo-diddle-ooo-doo-doo! ♫ Do you know where that came from? My brain!"</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Misty R.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday MORNING at 6:45 I hear 4yo screaming from the kitchen. After running in there to see what's wrong I realize he had climbed </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">into</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> the fridge and fallen and cut his chin. I comforted him of course but asked him what he was doing in the fridge. His response? "I was just getting you a beer mom!" apparently beer is the new coffee.....<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Amanda G</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. (</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/caffeinated_mom">@caffeinated_mom</a>)</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">4y/o: "I want to make a snowman, can you get me some milk mommy?" <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Brittany G.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/barefootfoodie">@barefootfoodie</a>)</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Son just pulled open the front of his pants and was all, “Jesus, are you in there?” Catholic School is hilarious. Totally worth the money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Drama Mama</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/poopscoopinmama">@poopscoopinmama</a>)</span></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Things you dont want to hear from your 3yo before that 1st cup of joe is gone: "Mommy my wee wee's hard." Thanks, son. Go tell your daddy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Michelle</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> (</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/boytrapped">@boytrapped</a></span></u></b></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: Son, quit biting your nails. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Son: I'm not, I'm eating toothpaste. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Me: Don't eat toothpaste. – why does this need to be explained?</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <!--StartFragment--> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>Jennifer B.</b> (</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Jennifer_Brandt">@Jennifer_Brandt</a></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Tonight 3yo grabbed paci and blankie and said "Ahhh, its just so nice after a long, long day." Where does he come up w this stuff! So cute.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">MamaToots!</span></span></div><!--EndFragment-->ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-17308559473357043242011-02-06T20:59:00.000-08:002011-02-06T21:08:20.481-08:00MamaToots Personal Ramblings- Sillynesses<div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://toddletoots.blogspot.com/2011/02/mamatoots-personal-ramblings.html"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-5i8CkFczSTjQ6lzJsOnJe13jgMX6Z4mVmCvQ5PsaZbhOOH7tvLWy-COKO3wngRGUREic-ZccvCUW6icyF3TL_mtd2sznEb2Jd7_KysoaPKP8QLtCqfMATyn3pnHw7BLCer_1f5fRuT3n/s200/funny-faces.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br />
I had an idea that when I became a mama that I would go to great lengths to make my child smile and laugh, to keep the entertained, to keep them from crying, or stop them from crying. After all, I watched two sisters and multiple friends create all kinds of "sillyness" to accomplish the same thing.<br />
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The other day I had a very prominent "sillyness moment" (one of many to be sure). My daughter is 1 1/2 and I have only on rare occasions been able to get her from the carseat to her bed for nap time without waking her up; or at the very least, being able to get her to go back to sleep. I go to ridiculous measures to keep her awake when I know we are getting close to nap time and we are out in the car. <br />
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This is how it unfolded: We had just left a play time at a friend's house and I could sense -as I am quite intuitive- the quiet blanket of sleepiness start to fall upon her (also known as restlessness, eye rubbing, and yawning). We were about 15 min away from our destination and hopefully a long satisfying nap. So, of course, we hit about every red light possible. And of course, being the good driver that I am, weaving through traffic and taking the most direct routes I can think of ahead of time while still obeying all traffic laws. All the while trying to entertain my daughter by singing her favorite songs (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Your Boat, If Your Happy and You Know It Clap Your Hands, ABC's), counting from 1-10 with her, and pointing our every landmark that I think she would find interesting as she pointed at every big truck calling them "tractors" (except for some reason she knew "bus") along with all their colors. She was close enough behind me in our sedan that I could clap my hands on her feet (safely while driving, of course) and try to keep her excited about life as we approached our destination. Her eyelids slowly drooping then she would look at me and giggle as if she knew the ploy all along. <br />
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Thanks to the suggestion of a friend from a previous conversation on this very matter (the same friend we had just left, in fact) I resorted to my final tactic: window rolling. I would roll down random windows in the car to let the breeze in -now people, it was 26 DEGREES today so this was a blast of arctic air which led us to the "Oooo's" rising to high pitches then ending with "BURRR, COLD" which she would laugh and say "Cold" (now of course I let the car warm up before I did it again, I'm not cruel ;). She would then say, "Again! Again!".<br />
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It WORKED! We made it to our destination awake and even more ready for her nap. Looking back on the event, because it <i>was</i> an EVENT, I wondered what it must have looked like to the car next to us: Sillyness that's what!<br />
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To me, these new "sillynesses" (yes, that's a new word I just made up) that I have incorporated into my life are part of what makes life fun. It's the childlike "sillynesses" and fun that I can enjoy with my little girl that makes me smile and brings joy to my heart. <br />
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There are many, MANY "sillynesses" that we as parents do (Don't even deny it, I know you do it too) ;) and this was only one of mine. Whether it be weird or crazy voices, funny faces, silly dances (I do my fair share of these too), or something of your own creativity we want to know! What are yours? Please <a href="http://toddletoots.blogspot.com/2011/02/mamatoots-personal-ramblings.html">share with us</a>...<br />
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MamaToots!ToddleToots!http://www.blogger.com/profile/03887277345354489734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018882278958825771.post-54747438272370983782011-02-04T00:01:00.000-08:002011-02-04T00:01:01.751-08:00Guest Post ~ Story Time with Mama B.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One of the fun parts about being a Mama for me, is hearing experiences from others and the things they love about being “Mama”. We have a special guest post from a Mama who combined 2 of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">my</span></span></i></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> favorite things: snuggle time and reading. </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">* Love * </span></span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Meet Bruna. She is an elementary school teacher in Vancouver, BC where she lives with her husband and 3 daughters. She has a blog </span></span><i><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bees With Honey</span></span></a> </i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>“I took up blogging because I enjoy writing and blogging provides me a venue through which I can share my journey through life. I love to share what inspires me, what I enjoy, what I’m up to ~ at the same time ~ also sharing the challenges I face trying to balance a career and a home life.”</i></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/librarybooks.jpg"><span style="color: #de533f; text-decoration: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please Welcome Bruna!</span></span> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/2011/01/story-time-with-mama-b/"><img border="0" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEje-TsCn3GZTqEAA2IO3YjIo54jrjM0No20FlE0-X3KnvIpDm37kqQMsRy0q43P38a1e51C7gv9CQPcxHxbQ5rYmYD-UHhoun1Ve3BHKGYkJnhWdrXhEwwV46mfxi4fHtxpCpN07ct-j/s200/librarybooks-300x215.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i> As a mother and a teacher, I love any time I spend reading stories to children. I love books and have been collecting my favourites since I began my Teacher Education training many years ago.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>At home, I love it how my girls get as excited about books as I do. We can never go to bed at night without having Story Time. No way! They will run to our “quiet room” (a room for just sitting, socializing or reading) and go through our mini-library to choose the books they want to read with either their Dad or myself. Sometimes, big sister B sits and reads with them too and they really *love* it!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>My favourite part of the whole Story Time experience is how the girls sit one on each side of me and cuddle into me as closely as possible. They love to snuggle when we read books and so do I. Sometimes, I will even read an extra book just to keep them snuggled up to me for a few minutes longer.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>Now, being a teacher, I always do Story Time the same way whether I’m reading to my students or my own children. Habit, I guess. I want to make sure they’re getting the most out of their reading experience.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>So I’m dedicating this post to all of my Mommy friends and readers out there who read with their children on a daily basis. I want to share with you the steps I follow when reading with my girls. Keep in mind that my girls are 2 and 4 years old. I might vary what I do with older children but the framework remains the same.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>I hope you find this helpful!...</i></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: center; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><b>Making Story Time Meaningful</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">1. <b>We look at the front cover of the book and we read the title of the story and the name of the author and illustrator. </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">It’s important to point these things out to children. They need to know how a book works and understand that a book is written and illustrated by people who have names. We might talk about how you open a book, hold it and how you turn the pages, specifically how we go from left to right.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">2. Before commencing our reading, <b>I will always draw the girls attention to the front cover of the book and ask them to look at the illustration.</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"> I will then ask them to guess what the story inside the book might be about. The girls love to share their predictions and in doing this, I’m getting them thinking and wondering and igniting their imaginations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">3.<b> I always use my finger to track the words when I read</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"> so that the girls know that each word I touch on the book represents a word I say aloud. By doing this, they will see that my finger goes from left to right and back again and repeats this pattern as I read. They will eventually learn that a letter represents a sound, a collection of letters represent a word and a collection of words represent a sentence, all of which are concepts of print.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">4. While reading, <b>I will always draw attention to the illustration on the page and ask the girls to point things out to me. </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">Where is the kitten? Can you see the little mouse? By doing this, I’m showing the girls that the illustrations offer a lot of valuable information that we should also pay attention to. When kids begin reading themselves, the illustrations are often where the kids will look to for clues when unable to read a word. We teach this strategy in school. By encouraging them to engage in the books’ illustrations at a young age, we’re equipping them with a useful reading strategy that they will most definitely come to use over and over again once they begin learning how to read on their own.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">5<b>. At different places in the book, I will often stop reading and half-way close the book.</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"> I will then ask my girls a few questions like, ” What do you think will happen next? Will Bear find his way home or be lost forever? What would you do if you were Bear and were lost?”. By asking these types of questions, I’m inviting the girls to engage and connect with the characters and to relate to them by drawing on their own personal experiences. It’s amazing how much learning we do as people simply by relating to things based on our own personal experiences. By asking children questions, we are better able to assess their overall understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">6. Once we’ve finished reading our story, <b>I will usually encourage the girls to share with me their favourite parts.</b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"> Each of us will take turns sharing our thoughts. I sometimes will ask them to re-tell what happened in the story along with listing me the names of the characters. My 4 year-old *loves* re-telling any story in her own words. This gets everyone talking about the book so that I’m able to see just how much each of the girls understood the story’s main elements.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">7. Before we move on to our next story,<b> I always ask the girls to rate the book according to how much they like or disliked it. </b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">Two thumbs up means they loved it. Two thumbs down means they didn’t like it. Two thumbs turned side-ways towards each other means the book was just “okay”. I think it’s important for children to voice their opinions about books they read and it also provides me with a better idea of the types of books I should be looking to buy or borrow from the library. We always need more books!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24.0pt; margin-bottom: 24.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>If we’re reading a story during the day, I may ask the girls to draw me a picture of their favourite part of a story once we’re done reading. They love doing this and it gets them using words we’ve learned from reading.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i>This Mama will do anything to turn an activity into an educational experience. It’s a gift, I know.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; line-height: normal;"><i>Or maybe, it’s just the teacher in me that never goes away:)</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; line-height: normal;"><i></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; line-height: normal;"><i>~~~~~</i></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">LOVE</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> this post and am </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">INSPIRED</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to try new reading techniques with my daughter. Thank You Bruna! Please show some love and visit Bruna’s site </span></span><i><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bees With Honey</span></span></a></i></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> to see her original post </span></span><i><a href="http://www.beeswithhoney.com/2011/01/story-time-with-mama-b/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Story Time with Mama B.</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></i></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and much more. You can find her at her blog, Facebook, and Twitter by clicking on her cute “button”.</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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