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Entries for November, 2006

Potty training 60 seconds at a time

Pookie is still undecided about the benefits of potty training. We have a series of pictures above the toilet that explain each step and now he will happily go through the steps, but only sits on the toilet for a couple of seconds before saying that he is done and moving onto the next [...]

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The most popular kid in the playground

Geetle is starting to make friends like crazy. A few months of preschool have really helped her learn to play with kids. We were at Menards yesterday and stopped in their little make shift playground of Little Tykes and Stage 2 back yard play toys. Geetle made a friend right off the [...]

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Cindy Margolis is an IVF mother

I just found out that Cindy Margolis is an IVF mother. I asked my wife and she said that she knew that. I spend a lot of time under a rock apparently.
The USA Today had a neat article way back in July 2002 where Cindy Margolis talks about her many failed IVF cycles and [...]

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The best part of sick days

So, the Pookie is sick again. He has a fever and threw up after dinner last night. We were eating out at a Pizza restaraunt. He refused to eat anything, but he did drink some milk that curdled and ended up all over my shirt and pants when he chucked while cuddling [...]

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Waiting for Christmas is so hard

Geetle has a seriously strong desire for today to be Christmas. She tells us every day that “It is so hard to wait for Christmas.” She wants baby dolls for Christmas. Not just any baby dolls, she wants twin baby dolls that she saw at Kohl’s…or maybe the twin baby dolls she [...]

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