Category: Mallory

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Bug bites + topple down the stairs = cro-magnon forehead

June 8, 2008

Holy huge! Mallory always gets some big welts and bumps from all bug bites she gets, but yesterday she got tagged by a swarm of something on her forehead and that sort of swelled up. Then today she fell down the concrete steps at the football building and got a scratch on her bug bites.
Her forehead is so puffy – poor kid. At least she isn’t scratching the bug bites anymore though.

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Mallory has watched us clean the dog off a few times…and yesterday she was CHASING him through the house with that little yellow rag and …

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Mallory started a craze

June 7, 2008

All of the daycare ladies think it’s so hysterical that Mallory gives everyone knuckles. And because Mallory likes to give everyone knuckles – including the kids who have no idea why she is offering her fist to them – the toddler room teacher started teaching all the kids to give knuckles.
This pisses me off a little bit. It won’t be so funny when Mallory does it if all the kids at school are doing it.
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A story about my dorky husband…
Last Saturday morning we could see sunshine streaming through our skylights in our bedroom. When Mallory woke up and …

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Friday Miscellany

June 6, 2008

Just some stuff I need to get on paper before I forget.
Mals & I were walking Cooper down the street the other day and came upon a family of geese. Mallory thinks all flying animals are ducks so I asked her if she saw the mama duck…”MAMA GUCK!”. Do you see a daddy duck? “GAGA GUCK!!”. Do you see a baby duck? “BABY GUCK!!!”
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Juice is a new word. So is boot – which means foot, boat or book.
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My photography class is going OK. All I want to know is how to take professional looking …

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Report Card

June 2, 2008

How happy was I to get this daily report from Mallory’s daycare Friday? See what it says in the lower right corner?

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It's Cousin Time

May 31, 2008

We got to babysit Mallory’s cousin Liam today and overnight. He is 13 mos old and a total sweetheart. Mallory is soooooo not a fan of sharing, especially me. Whenever I was paying attention to Liam or holding him, she turned into a clingy, whiny mess. Oy. But I learned that if I asked for her help with Liam (changing his diaper, getting him in his jammies, etc), she turned off the whinies and was willing to help. That was pretty sweet.
After dinner tonight we went for a boat ride and Liam was trying to launch himself over the …

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This is my life

May 31, 2008

I had to laugh yesterday. I was sitting in the backyard watching my daughter & my dog and realized that this is my life and it’s pretty funny. My kid was playing with her new Little Tykes car and the dog was trying his damndest to get a tennis ball out from under the deck. He turns his head & shoulders sideways and starts trying to sneak under the stairs. He never gets the ball but he does end up with a lot of cobwebs and dirt all over himself.
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My friend picked up the car for Mallory at …

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Ma-noh-ney & Boat trips

May 31, 2008

I’ve been feeling bad that Mallory is such a hard name to say and was worried it would take her 5 years to be able to say it. But this morning we asked her to say “Mallory” and she said “Ma-noh-NEY”!!!
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Seems I can’t remember to bring my camera on the first boat trips of the year. Last year & this year I only have pictures from our second boat trips of the year.
What a difference a year makes!!

Last year:

This year:

And I’ll say boating with a 6.5 mo old is easier than boating with an 18.5 mo old.

Just some …

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