Year: 2011

It’s no secret that we let Mallory fall asleep in our bed (like almost every single night). The deal is that Rick moves her to her own bed when he comes to bed, and she usually makes that transition without waking up (but it’s pretty funny how she sometimes stirs when he goes to move her and then she ends up just staying in our bed all night).
Anyway.
So – we (or rather I) let her fall asleep in our bed at bedtime because I feel it is the lesser of two evils. I LOVE sleep, and I sort of want …

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Mallory was BEYOND EXCITED to run her first race yesterday – she did the Kids Dash in the Conor O’Neill’s “Shamrocks & Shenanigans” race. I think Rick & I spent some time in Conor O’Neill’s back in the day, so it was hysterical to be in there with the kids before the race. Mallory asked where the crayons were and I assumed that my old haunt would *never* have crayons, for God’s sake, it’s a BAR! But, I guess they get kids in there now (probably because it’s non-smoking?) and they did have crayons. Phew.
Anyway, Mallory was running the race …

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Short-sleeve brown shirt, pink satin-y princess vest, purple fleece vest, paired with a tiered fuchsia skirt, footless cream-colored tights, white socks and brown shoes. Pure fashion, I say.

I am playing hockey tonight. Of course Mallory said she wants to come watch. Seeing as how the game is almost too late for me (9.15p usually finds me heading upstairs for bed), it was really too late for Mallory.
But Mallory asked me why I always put my water bottle in my mitten for the back of the net.
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Also, any conversation about sports almost always morphs into “who would we root for?”.
Like – “If the Hawkeyes and Ohio were playing, we would want Hawkeyes, right?” and “If Ohio and Michigan State were playing, then we …

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