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A New Era?

 So our 'almost 5' year old daughter is about to have her second-only sleep over next weekend with her 'Aunt' Tanya. Could this be the beginning of a new era!? We sure hope so. We are more than ready for her to start having sleep-overs with some of her relatives. Just the idea that her mom and I could have 24hrs. alone is a picture that brings a little 'shock' with it. Not a 'bad' shock by any means, but a definite shock of surprise. What are her mom and I going to do?? Oh wait! I think that we can figure this out. Haha.

Anyway, we are pretty excited at the forward developing momentum of our child, and this is one instance, for sure, where we say "God bless time and her holy processes!".

 

The Zilker Christmas Tree of Lights-2011!!

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We're here with Grandma Joan, Shayla (Of Course!!), Christina, and myself. Surprisingly it's not crowded here tonight.
 

A Toddler's Real-Time Updates from the Bathroom...

 Why does my daughter at 4 1/2 years old still announce out loud in this day and age from the bathroom a declaration that she's had a BM?! I don't understand this need. It's perplexing. We've schooled her over and over that this is not necessary, however she still does it with a penchant for dedication to the process. In one sense it's impressive, and in another totally unnerving. She doesn't need Twitter; she is Twitter. She is a Twitter Megaphone walking around on two legs: a verbal tweet box that doesn't even take a breath between updates.

.....She calls out from the bathroom as if in distress. We are older and the bathroom is far away and so we never hear exactly what she is 'tweeting' about and so of course we get up to go and see what the issue is, only then to find out that it was a declaration of achievement. Yay? Okay, well that's great and all, but can you wait until you're done and come back to us in the living room to let us know of your success??

Thankfully we're done with the course on "butt wiping", but now we're onto the course entitled "unnecessary verbal declarations of very personal successes: the when and where of personal revelation and disclosure".

I assure you, there's never a dull moment. That is a rock solid and dependable certainty. Laughing and crying simultaneously is really not quite as hard nor as contradictory as it sounds. In fact, I've become quite adept at it. Primal Scream Therapy sounds good in a book, but in real life it doesn't work so well. People would look at you weird and wouldn't understand if they heard it, and so you generally have to make appointments to do that kind of thing and preferably in a remote location and/or well insulated enclosure. However,...simultaneous crying and laughing is something that other people can handle and deal with and that doesn't look like a societal aberration when out in public. ...You can see I've worked this out. I have. "Necessity is the mother…" and all that. Ha ha.

Parenting is a real joy and unparalleled in so many ways. For me, it makes life so incredibly full and that's no exaggeration. It's certainly going to make a better human being out of me; that I can clearly see.

 

Shayla Today in a 'Princess Mood'

I swear we must do this kind of thing at least once on most days. She's 4 and 1/2 and is already learning how to manage noticeably well in high heels. I've tried to dissuade her. So far, she's not being deterred. :)
 

Sick Day for Shayla

 My little girl woke up this morning with nausea and threw up as she was walking down the hall--twice. Poor baby. This is no fun. Well, school is out of the question and daddy, who was going to be relieved by grandma to go to a dental apt. in San Antonio may well just decide to reschedule that apt. and stay here with my little girl.
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