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  1. Rivka

    Just dropped Alex off at sleepaway camp for the first time. *sniff*

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      I mean, I was a camp counselor in my youth. I know she'll do fine. All of them do. But this feels DIFFERENT.

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  2. Rivka

    Just dropped Alex off at sleepaway camp for the first time. *sniff*

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      I miss her! And it's weird to think that I won't know whether she's doing okay or not. Even if she writes, it will take several days for the letter to get here.

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  3. Rivka

    OMG lice. Someone please hold my hand. Alex has waist-length hair.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Worked on the kids for almost eight hours straight yesterday. Electronic lice zapping comb, then medicated shampoo, then nit combing. Thank God for my regular babysitter who came over and did many loads of laundry while I combed.

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  4. Rivka

    I am ooooone like under a "popular" badge on page 1 of the "no school for two years" thread. Not that I'm so uncool as to keep track. *sulks*

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Hee! Enjoying my Sally Field moment now.

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  5. Rivka

    So how old do kids have to be before they catch on to "Daddy and I are going to take a nap now"?

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Right now I think they just feel super lucky that they get to watch a movie.

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  6. kubiac

    DS starts at Montessori school in three weeks. So excited for this new journey!

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Best of luck!

  7. Rainbow

    New here :)

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Welcome!

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  8. Avila

    Is it really tolerance if you are only tolerant of people you agree with? How we treat our enemies says a lot more about us and our character than how we treat our friends.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      The problem with that argument is that if you & I agree to disagree & kindly tolerate each other's opinions, when we walk away from each other you and your husband still enjoy all kinds of legal privileges that my friends and their families do not. "Let's all tolerate each other" doesn't work when one side has made laws that disadvantage the other.

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  9. Rivka

    Mean mom says: If you can't do schoolwork, you will have to do housework.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      "I finished the job. Can I please try school again now?"

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  10. sassenach

    Ds sees The Hobbit -> ds reads the Hobbit -> ds starts writing in dwarvish -> ds starts Fellowship of the Ring -> ds now does smeagol impressions and talks about LOTR for at least 2 hours out of every day. Is there anyway to stop this train?

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Sorry, you are doomed.

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  11. Rivka

    If someone gave your 3-year-old a harmonica, would you consider that an act of aggression?

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Swimmermom3, I know someone whose mother in law sent her 2 year old a drum set when his new baby brother was born. Can you imagine anything worse?

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  12. Roadrunner

    Just got done wrapping all the presents. I don't like Santa taking credit for all my hard work.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      That's why Santa only gives one present and the stocking at my house.

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  13. Rivka

    I just put away 45 of the 47 books we had on our coffee table. But I swear we don't have a problem. We can stop reading any time.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Beaners, zero. Zero books on the kitchen floor. (Don't ask about books on the service bar, the bar chairs, or the birdseed box.)

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  14. Rivka

    Anxiety dream last night that I forgot to wrap any Christmas presents and had to do it at 3am Christmas morning.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      I usually set aside an evening earlier in the week and settle down with all my wrapping, a nice glass of wine, and the old B&W version of Miracle on 34th Street.

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  15. Halcyon

    Debating whether to postpone school to keep reading the hobbitt. Kids love it!

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Keep reading!

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  16. Rivka

    Alex is going to play Imogene Herdman in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"!

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Christmas Eve at the First Unitarian Church of Baltimore! It's a fairly stripped-down version of the story, with a teenaged narrator providing most of the exposition, but Alex still gets a number of great lines.

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  17. Rivka

    I am accomplishing NOTHING at work this afternoon. NOTHING.

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      If only that was what they paid me for!

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  18. Rivka

    What happens if I type in this box?

    1. Rivka

      Rivka

      Wow, really?! Cool!

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