Nathan was in his room playing happily. He was singing “Oh Christmas Tree” in Nathanspeak, happily playing with his trains and Hot Wheels. Or so I thought. After only a few minutes of listening to him as he played in his room, I heard an unfamiliar sound. That’s never good. It sounded like something being …
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I discovered quite a few bright orange fibers in Nathan’s toothbrush. After some sleuthing, I discovered that he had used his toothbrush to brush the fur of one of his stuffed animals. And then he had put his toothbrush back, thinking he would never get caught…
So it turns out that my ninja-warrior antibodies aren’t so ninja after all. Yeah, I got sick. That sore throat morphed into a head cold. But on the bright side, I am doing exponentially better today than I was yesterday. I still have some cold symptoms but I don’t have a fever or that feeling of …
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Nathan has a bad habit of reaching his greedy little hands up onto the kitchen counter, groping for whatever his little fingers can touch. Paul had been cutting limes (fortunately, we keep knives out-of-reach) and Nathan grabbed one of the lime slices and put it in his mouth. “Mmmmm sour,” he said as he sucked …
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Yesterday evening, Nathan was being super sweet. My mom had gotten him a 10-pack of his favorite cars, Hot Wheels, and he had been playing with them all day. Paul and Nathan were watching Blue’s Clues together as Nathan played with his new cars. When Paul looked up, he noticed the show was about to …
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