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The Big Man in Red

On December 10, 2012 · 4 Comments · In holidays, nora, toddlers

Ah, the annual trip to see Santa Claus at the mall.

On Friday night we realized that we are getting really close to Christmas already (how does it always sneak up?) and we better start thinking about taking Nora to see Santa. We decided to give it a try on Saturday morning, so we got […]

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I’m Mad

On November 7, 2012 · 3 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Nora is at a stage where she is obsessed with certain books. Like, we will go a week at a time reading the exact same three books at bedtime. Then she’ll latch onto another one, so we’ll continue reading two of the original books, but the third is a “new” one, and we’ll read THAT […]

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Dark and dreary. And too early.

On November 5, 2012 · 2 Comments · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

Ughhh… Monday. And day number eleventy billion 9? 10? 14? (I’ve lost count) without any sight of the sun. It is getting depressing all up in here, folks.

Add to that the fact that we just went through the time change? Miserable. I’m ready to hunt down and kill the person who invented Daylight Savings […]

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Documentation

On November 4, 2012 · 1 Comment · In child development, nablopomo, nora, toddlers

A few weeks before Nora’s second birthday, I started to become overwhelmed with how quickly she was growing and changing. Of course, she’s been on a fast track to adulthood since the moment she was born, but this was different—she was literally learning, doing, and saying new things ALL.THE.TIME. I started experiencing those knock-you-over-amazing […]

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Favorite Toddler iPhone Apps

On October 24, 2012 · 12 Comments · In nora, product reviews, toddler gear, toddlers

You’re in a store. Or a restaurant. Or, for the love of God, on a plane to somewhere wonderful. It would be peaceful, except… well, you brought your kid.

Your toddler, to be specific. And for some inexplicable reason, she starts to FREAK THE F*%# OUT.

Thankfully, this is the 21st century and we have […]

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