We have just returned from the long anticipated trip to Disneyland and San Diego. What a time we had and I can't wait to go there again when the girls are older. It was lovely seeing Disneyland through their eyes and I hope it was not as much of a blur to them as it was to me. I hope they enjoyed every minute as much as I did. First of all, as much as Disneyland is all commercial and certainly not the road less travelled, the place is designed flawlessly to make you feel happy. It's...

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Oh it has been a wonderful week. As you all know, Elise has her "little" anxieties. One of these has historically been a wariness of the water. This time last year, I took her to Sunnyside Pool and it took 45 minutes to get her in the water. When I finally did, she clung to me like a barnacle until I took her foot and placed it on the bottom of the pool so she could see she could touch. To her, you see, the big size of the pool meant that it was also too deep for her. It is...

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Sonnet I

To a Preschool Teacher

Let us not to the preschool day Admit a bound’ry. Art is not Art which declares that a cat cannot be pink, Nor that flowers do not grow on clouds. O no! It is the place where little hands Are free to squish, to splash, to make great messes. It is the place where every 3 year old child, Whose mind stays free, although we try to box it, Can mold play dough to rainbows, trees and snakes That, sadly, adults cannot recognize But in their eyes is a perfect...

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I've said it before and I'll say it again: I am so overwhelmed by the mess in my house. I keep trying to remind myself that it looks like this because I choose to play with my kids instead of cleaning. I know that one day down the not so distant road when Elise and Daniella are older and don't play with toys anymore, I'll be able to sit in a nice tidy living room and wish I could have this time back.

Every day I say, "Ok today I will try to leave each room tidier than when I...

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