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Every time I see my little girl dance, I well up with tears. Doesn’t matter if it’s observation day at her class, or if it’s the rehearsal, or the actual recital. There’s something about the sight of her on-stage, so grown up and so confident – doing something all on her own, not involved with …

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Just in case anyone was keeping track. I think just getting out of the house helped. I’ve got a busy and fun weekend planned, Sam and I are going out with my mom tomorrow – we’re going out in search of yard sales. The last thing I need is to get MORE stuff… but I …

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Honestly? It’s amazing and wonderful and exactly what I always wanted to do. I’m right there for everything, every little first milestone, the big ones like first step, first word, but the big ones took, like the first time Jess changed a diaper by herself, the first time Sam worked up the courage to jump …

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I’m sunshiney happy today (yes, I’ve had my requisite two cups of coffee this morning). Sam’s off, something’s not right there, he was up A LOT last night, and slept in until around 8:30 this morning. He left eye was really puffy last night as well, which is odd, but seems to have gone down …

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Apparently that a huge insult in toddlerland. Sam was complaining about Jessie, she had the audacity to ask for the last hot dog before he did, resulting in an unimaginably difficult two minutes that he had to WAIT while I bubbled up one more (poor Marc gets only two hot dogs tonight). Luckily, Jess was …

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It’s a different topic than being a stepparent. Because being a second wife is all about your relationship to a woman who used to call your husband hers. And it’s a completely surreal experience – it bears no relationship to anything I’ve ever done before, and it’s one of the hardest things I do. I’m …

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Just got back from Jessie’s Race For Education. It was her school’s big fundraiser this year, they sent out letters to everyone we knew (we had to provide the addresses), asking that people sponsor the kids. But it was odd, somewhat like the Relay for Life in that the actual fundraising is all done ahead …

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Last night, I went to bed early, and took my book to read. I also had a granola bar and a glass of milk. Sam and Marc were on the computer watching Superfriends cartoons on Youtube. Eventually Sam came in and noticed that I had just finished my granola bar, and went back out to …

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Well, except for the excruiating sinus infection. But once the drugs kicked in (azithromycin plus sudafed), I was much, much better. Saturday, we had Lilli, Sarah, Glennys, plus my two for the day. Marc took the three older girls to Hebrew School and I kept the other two home here. Then we had all five …

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