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    Songs by The Smiths or Things My Three Year Old Said Today?
    jdettmann
    • Jun 22, 2016
    • 1 min

    Songs by The Smiths or Things My Three Year Old Said Today?

    Portrait of Garnet by his sister or Smiths album cover? In lieu of a proper post, today I have a fun game for you, dear readers. It’s...
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    How Funny? Pants-Off Funny
    jdettmann
    • Apr 15, 2015
    • 2 min

    How Funny? Pants-Off Funny

    Benny Hill is a cultural reference that is on its last legs, I’d say. I only recall it vaguely from my childhood, mostly because it...
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    20 Things I Should Probably Have Explained To The New Babysitter
    jdettmann
    • Apr 7, 2015
    • 2 min

    20 Things I Should Probably Have Explained To The New Babysitter

    When Garnet says he wants to wear a dress, he means it. Unless he is talking about a T-shirt, which I have taken to calling dresses in an...
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    Shut Up, If You Please
    jdettmann
    • Feb 17, 2015
    • 3 min

    Shut Up, If You Please

    One night I let things escalate horribly. I was so tired of being shouted at and told I was very, very mean, when really I am only a bit...
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    Spread Joy Up To The Maximum
    jdettmann
    • Aug 18, 2014
    • 2 min

    Spread Joy Up To The Maximum

    While Garnet was sick all he has wanted to do was have me read him books while he languished in my lap. Once day I dragged out a Play...
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    The Son Also Vomits
    jdettmann
    • Aug 8, 2014
    • 3 min

    The Son Also Vomits

    My daughter has a remarkable grasp of phonetic spelling. This week has indeed been totally phykd. Gastro. Again. You’re going to start...
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    We Sneeze In The Face Of Danger
    jdettmann
    • Jul 4, 2014
    • 3 min

    We Sneeze In The Face Of Danger

    May Blossom’s Self-Portrait With Gastro It’s winter here, and with each new and sparkling dawn comes a new illness. I’m quite serious:...
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    Games for Rainy Days
    jdettmann
    • Mar 5, 2014
    • 2 min

    Games for Rainy Days

    Others are more prosaic. Take ‘Molly Drops Her Phone’. In this game, May Blossom is Molly. Molly takes my phone, puts it in her handbag...
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    When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake
    jdettmann
    • Jan 15, 2014
    • 3 min

    When You Think He’s Fast Asleep, He’s Always Wide Awake

    Why the italics, you might ask. What has Gusto done to merit that? Nothing. Gusto is being an exemplary feline. It is the jellicle cats...
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    The Trials of Motherhood
    jdettmann
    • Oct 2, 2013
    • 2 min

    The Trials of Motherhood

    He wasn’t a bad baby to begin with, but about six months ago I began to hear tales from his mother about various crimes and misdemeanours...
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    Things Are Good When Things Are Good
    jdettmann
    • Sep 20, 2013
    • 3 min

    Things Are Good When Things Are Good

    Thing 1: Since one or other or another of his or my recent colds or ear infections or other random maladies that have blurred into one...
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    What’s Mine Is Mine and What’s Yours Is Mine Too
    jdettmann
    • Aug 28, 2013
    • 2 min

    What’s Mine Is Mine and What’s Yours Is Mine Too

    Every Tuesday, she will go to a fantastic home daycare, which is, happily, run by my parents’ neighbour. She will be one of five small...
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    Upstairs Downstairs
    jdettmann
    • Aug 23, 2013
    • 3 min

    Upstairs Downstairs

    The state of the carpet on the stairs is too shameful to photograph, so here’s a picture of Garnet in a massive hat instead. Our new...
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    In The House
    jdettmann
    • Aug 9, 2013
    • 3 min

    In The House

    Remember when I used to write things on this blog? Those were the days, eh? Well, those days might be returning. Things are finally,...
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    Make ‘Em Laugh
    jdettmann
    • Mar 7, 2013
    • 4 min

    Make ‘Em Laugh

    May Blossom at work in her office. A month or so ago we let May Blossom watch Singin’ In the Rain. We were on the hunt for a movie that...
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    This Is Just To Say
    jdettmann
    • Dec 24, 2012
    • 2 min

    This Is Just To Say

    Our little boy was born ten days ago. Sorry it’s taken me so long to put him down and write a post to announce it. But if you smelled his...
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    We Sleep The Sleep Of The Furious
    jdettmann
    • Dec 9, 2012
    • 2 min

    We Sleep The Sleep Of The Furious

    Whenever May Blossom wakes up these days, the first thing she says is, in a very irritated tone of voice: ‘I didn’t want to go to sleep.’...
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    You Give Me Fever
    jdettmann
    • Dec 4, 2012
    • 1 min

    You Give Me Fever

    In the event of finding yourself over thirty-eight weeks pregnant and suffering from a virus that makes you burn with fever and shake...
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    Not What It Looks Like
    jdettmann
    • Nov 30, 2012
    • 2 min

    Not What It Looks Like

    Also not what it looks like: this image of May Blossom checking on her sibling in my tummy illustrates why late pregnancy, maxi-dresses...
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    My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me
    jdettmann
    • Nov 27, 2012
    • 3 min

    My Patience Is The Only Thin Part Of Me

    But, weirdly enough, it was one of the loveliest nights I can remember. Partly because nights in general, in my opinion, are for sleeping...
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