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What I Love About My MJ, Holiday Edition

Beth — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:25:23 +0000

So, it's been a long, long, loooong time since the Bunker has been updated; so long, in fact, that the people at BlogHer knocked on my e-mail inbox last month to inquire if everything is OK. Yes, well, I've been fine, but the kids? Not so much. It's been one long string of illnesses since...

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The softest post you’ll ever read

Beth — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:21:48 +0000

My MJ has really advanced this fall in her badgering skills. Or maybe it's just the content of her badgering. You see, back in September, if you were to be plunked down in the middle of our living room -- first of all, heaven help you, for who knows what you might have landed on -- you might have...

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Skull Cruncha in da House

Beth — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:34:25 +0000

So a fellow Beth over at The Couch Confessional sent me this little tag in which I get to talk about myself, and not my kids! Sweet. And because not one, but two, doctor's offices laughed at me today when I called to see if someone, anyone, would see me to get this large boulder off my sinuses...

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Kids Who Smell Like Parsley

Beth — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:13:21 +0000

When you've been gone for a month, you have to come back with a strong headline ... MJ and I have been having some interesting conversations lately, and I kind of have to make time to share at least one of them, even if both my children are trading fevers of 102 degrees every other day at the...

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Potty Mouth

Beth — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:23:21 +0000

Take one silly, teething baby ... Add one dollhouse potty WITH ATTACHED BOWL BRUSH ... Laugh heartily. (At least it's not a real toilet brush):

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When an Engineer Marries a Journalist …

Beth — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:15:05 +0000

... they might have conversations like these: I walk into the family room, where there are people wearing what looks like 18th-century garb on my television set and a deeply portentous narrator's voice filling my entertainment space. Great. Educational crap. Me, exasperated: What are we...

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Pronouns Are Hard

Beth — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:50:01 +0000

As previously mentioned on this blog, the biggest little person in our house has a problem with the pronouns. So, "he's" are "she's" and "she's" are "he's" and "I" or "me" is almost always third-person "MJ." (Although, she has a very fun ongoing joke right now in which if you tell her she's a silly...

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At Least She’s Trying

Beth — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:37:55 +0000

While I was at the gym early this morning, Randy was awakened by an MJ who was completely soaked from the waist down. "I peed, Daddy," she told him -- which is really the way you want to start your day: being notified of preschooler potty activities gone awry. And then she handed him one of her...

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She’s a Sympathetic Soul

Beth — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 14:19:46 +0000

My poor peanut had a rough day at preschool last Thursday. It was rainy and yucky, and that just about summed up her mood, too. They were having a "Fancy Nancy" ice cream party that Little L and I went in to help set up for. At the appointed time, MJ shuffled in with her class with her fancy bead...

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Out of Vogue

Beth — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:57:24 +0000

I went to the dentist a few days ago, lugging both little people there with me (hey, the dentist said I could, so why not). Shockingly, they both behaved like their toy privileges depended upon it, which they kind of did. But here's the best part of the trip: As I was leaving, walking down a very...

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