Once in a While: Archive

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Echo . Romeo . Kilo: sleep. →

Thinking about resurrecting this. My old, other blog. I feel like half of my followers on my parenting blog meant to follow this other blog. Because it’s not about parenting. And that half of followers doesn’t seem to be about parenting either. I just can’t remember my password, or the e mail i used to set it up. Rats. echoromeokilo: Every night around 7:30pm, I get...

Jan 26th

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Play DOH!

I bought Indy one of those 4 color Play Doh sets today. This is his first journey into that mushy, strange smelling, textural, stick-to-the-bottom-of-your-socks world and so far, he loves it. Nevertheless, I find myself glancing over at him (in the foyer of our apt- per my rules- NOT ON THE CARPET!) wincing because he’s MIXING THE COLORS TOGETHER. Isn’t that like a cardinal sin?! ...

Jan 25th

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afterglowofamiracle asked: You named your kid Indiana? Indy? You're awesome. Some day he'll thank you. Someday.

Jan 25th

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The Ants Go Marching

I’m pretty sure I’m the only mom in the world who sings “The Ants Go Marching” with 3 modulations and a picardy 3rd at the end. Anyone? Anyone?

Jan 25th

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“Mom!”

– For some reason, Indy has dropped the “..my” of Mommy and is calling me “Mom” now. My heart is breaking a little…but it’s also super adorable.

Jan 24th

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*sqawk sqawk*

Oh no. I think Indy loves slapstick. He watches “Pingu” and dies laughing every time. Just replace the penguin and his family with the three stooges and you’ll have the same incomprehensible muttering accompanied by ludacris situations as “Cash and Carry.” Nevertheless, even though I hate slapstick comedy, and I can’t see any real reason they decided to have...

Jan 21st

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Jan 18th

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Anonymous asked: you a milf?

Jan 17th

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Good Toddler Eats.

I know we like to joke about it from time to time- our children go through a 3 or 4 dish cycle of foods that they’ll actually eat. For Indy, it’s either chicken or steak with some sort of pasta or rice and black beans accompanying…oh, and Mac & Cheese. He’s only recently started eating fruit & veges again but once in a while he is impossible to feed. When he was a...

Jan 17th

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Jan 14th

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World's Best Man

Wanna know how awesome my man is?! He’s giving me a weekend in Richmond all to myself. THAT’S RIGHT. Well, it’s kinda for the opera and it’s only 1 night, but still, I get to go by myself. I’m staying at The Jefferson which looks like a castle. See for yourself. He said, “Why don’t you go ahead yourself and me and Indy will stay here and you can go...

Jan 13th

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Jan 13th

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A Turd in the Forest.

 During our 25 minute commute home.
Indy: Owie, Mama!  I got an owie in my belly!
Me: Are you okay?  Do you have to go poo poo on the potty?
Indy: Yes...
 *from the car window, he looks out at the trees in the field next to our intersection.* 
Indy: That's a big tree....that tree isn't a potty.  
Me: ............
 *Thinking about all the times that the child's father has told me he's had to RESIST the strong and almost "animalistic" urge to pee on trees whenever he's in the wilderness...*
Indy: I can't go poo poo on that tree...
Me: That's right, you should wait until we get home and you can go on the potty.
Indy: ......I can't pee on that tree.  I can't poo on that tree.

Jan 12th

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millionmiles: Anyone care for an overly passionate one sided debate? Didn’t think so, just push like and move on. Oh. My. CUSS!

Jan 12th

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Jan 12th

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Jan 10th

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The Past Week.

In bullet points. - My in laws were in from Tuesday through Sunday. They flew in to visit and to see me in the Lyric Opera VA’s production of the King and I which opened on Friday night. It was awesome to see them, even though I think I only had the chance to spend at total of 10 hours with them during the entire time they were here. I was just that busy. - Each time my in laws come...

Jan 10th

Anonymous asked: 209-605-5619 call me

Jan 9th

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Jan 8th

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Jan 7th

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Jan 5th

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CORRECTION! (thank GOD)

My first post for the new year ISN’T about poop, rather it was a video of me and my family attempting to sing Auld Lang Syne in 4 part harmony without practice. Here it is if you missed it- Still kind of about crap.

Jan 3rd

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Playing Dirty!

Indy: Daddy, Let's play a game.
Keith: Okay...what game?
Indy: Uhmmmm....(thinking for a second) Let's play POOP!
Keith: You wanna play "Poop"??
Indy: *sits on potty and goes poop* YAY! I POOPED!
 Keith told me about this conversation via text message while I was in tech rehearsal for The King and I.  I totally LOL'd in the dark while sitting in the house seats with my fellow cast mates.  
 My first post of 2012 is about poop.  New Year's resolution #1...check.

Jan 3rd

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Look at what a little champagne, a kettle ball and some pans can do for your new year! Indy was fast asleep by 9:00 and us adults stayed up and talked and ate and talked some more. My mom said that you’re supposed to wear polka dots on NYE for good luck and my dad says you’re supposed to go around the house banging pots and pans together to scare away the evil spirits of the last...

Jan 1st

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Morris Lessmore →

If you were lucky enough to get an iPad 2 for Christmas as I was (THANKS MOM!) you MUST download the The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore app. It’s interactive, allowing you to sort of control some preset things that happen in the story and the story itself is really, really heartwarming. I got a little misty eyed. Indy doesn’t quite pick up on the sentiment of it, but...

Dec 27th

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Midway post

We are midway (or so) through our Winter Break so I thought it would be an appropriate time to blog about what we have done thus far. As you may have read, we all got extremely sick on Christmas eve. It was really strange. Indy had been sick a few days prior with a mystery fever that lasted almost exactly 24 hours, he was completely happy afterwards, just had a bit of a cough. The cough turned...

Dec 27th

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Dec 27th

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Dec 26th

Guess who’s ill on Christmas All of us. Indy has an ear infection, Keith has a mystery fever and I’m just feeling really strange. This is a huge bummer because of all the plans we had in place. They involved going over to my parents’ house with the rest of my awesome family, eating a ton of delicious food, opening gifts from our “secret Santas” and then going to...

Dec 24th

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Dec 23rd

frases-versosfv asked: rebloga um texto meu ??? Mt grato !!

Dec 23rd

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Dear Tumblr...

juliagirl: I’M GONNA BE A MOMMY! That’s right. My little sister called me a few days before Thanksgiving (YES, I’VE BEEN HOLDING IN THIS SECRET FOR THAT LONG!!) and said, “Hey…I have to tell you something…” I immediately said, “YOU’RE PREGNANT?!?!?!???!??!?” “WHAT? HOW’D YOU KNOW?!”...

Dec 22nd

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Christmas is in 6 days!!!

Dec 20th

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Can't stop buying Indy gifts.

It’s getting bad. And what’s worse- I keep forgetting to buy wrapping paper! I’ve got gifts shoved in every hiding spot in the house!

Dec 16th

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Dec 14th

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Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who has been sending their well wishes to Indy. He kind of has the runs…still eating and drinking, so I don’t know if this is because of his fever or because he has some sort of stomach bug. This has been his only symptom of illness besides fever. His temp is down to 100.8 and he seems to be feeling better! Thank God!

Dec 14th

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Dec 14th

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Insult to Injury

Got a text from my sister that Indy has a fever. Rushed home to be with him. The boy is ill. Super Extra Guilt trip.

Dec 13th

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10:00pm on a Monday night

I’m gonna go ahead and confess- I feel like a crappy mom. I am a crappy mom. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and I really do feel like a terrible mother. This culminated in me losing my head at Indy tonight during his night time routine. Every Monday and Friday, we bring him to my mom’s house for daycare instead of my sister’s house. He loves being over there...

Dec 13th

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Real Life

This actually happened: Yesterday, I went to pick up my opera contract from their office and to meet the director who wanted to meet each member of the cast personally- which is really awesome. Through a series of events, we informally met while we were both getting into the elevator with his assistant and the company’s general manager. He looked at me and said, “You are beautiful!...

Dec 8th

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Dec 7th

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“All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one’s heart has...”

– Cormac McCarthy- THE ROAD

Dec 7th

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Dec 7th

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Anonymous asked: Are you online now?

Dec 4th

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Stephen Spender

To My Daughter by Stephen Spender Bright Clasp of her whole hand around my finger, My daughter, as we walk together now. All my life I’ll feel a ring invisibly Circle this bone with shining: when she is grown Far from today as her eyes are far already. I may have posted this on here before, but it’s been a while. This is my favorite poem about parenting. It’s titled...

Dec 3rd

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Dec 1st

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Nov 29th

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Indiana is 3! This video was taken during Thanksgiving dinner, his real birthday is today (Nov 27th) but like I said in a previous post, it was a bit too much this year to have Thanksgiving and then turn around and do a big party for Indy. As you can tell, he didn’t mind. We had such a great Thanksgiving weekend! Lots of family, lots of good food and our sweet boy is 3! I can’t...

Nov 27th

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Nov 22nd

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