Blitzen’s dad

Has, apparently, re-emerged.  From what  I understand, he has been missing for about 8 and 3/4 years.  But it is tpr time and so the agency found him (or maybe he was always found but now he wants in?!?).  There is talk of visitation and building a relationship. This is not necessarily a bad thing.  I mean, [...]

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Andrew’s tuckus

So…..the other day I walked into the kitchen and gave my wonderful husband’s adorable tuckus a playful swat.  This interaction was witnessed by Blitzen, who looked at me, quite shocked and declared: ‘Girls can’t grab boys’ booties’ Carrie – to myself, think fast, think fast.  Out loud, ‘Well, I think it is ok if the [...]

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Family movie at home

I went to brunch, with friends.  Grown up friends and we ate at a place where someone brought your food to the table and the napkins were linen.  Oh joy!  But that is not what the post is about.  Andrew and Blitzen spent Sunday afternoon together and had plans to watch the original Muppet movie.  [...]

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Creativity

I think that I have mentioned before what an incredibly creative child Blitzen is.  It is amazing that despite all the drama and trauma she has experienced, she is able see a world full of magic and wonder and possibility.  On Friday, Blitzen recieved a really cool book with photos of fairy houses out in [...]

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Funny Blitzen Quotes

‘You gotta work with me here, lady!’ is what Blitzen said to me this morning after noting that my shoes did not go at all with my dress.   Everybody is a fashion critic.  And for the record, they were just my walking to work shoes… ‘You never do anything around here but clean’ was shouted [...]

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a homemade baby stroller

Blitzen loves her babies, loves them, loves them.  And tries very hard to be a nurturing and loving mama to all 6 (Ginger Snap, Muffin Cupcake, Hello Daisy, Aurora, Joshua and one that I call Sacajawea because I cannot remember her real name but she has long ponytails tied with these fringy leather bands so…).   [...]

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The tea party

My mother-in-law, P, is helping us with childcare this week (woo-hoo – you rock, P!) while the NYC schools are weirdly closed for a week for winter break.  Not to get all old fashioned on you but when I was a kid, winter break was at the end of December and then you just had [...]

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The rewind

Blitzen has adopted and an adapted a habit of Andrew’s — the rewind.  When Andrew would like a verbal ‘do over’, he will say ‘rewind’ and then say whatever it is that he really meant to say. Blitzen has trouble speaking respectfully when she is sad, angry or frustrated.  She will often lose her temper, start yelling [...]

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A play date with Dancer

We had a really great play date with Dancer last night.  Blitzen and her sisters see Mom every other week.  On the off weeks, we’ve been picking up Dancer from her afterschool program, bringing her home for dinner and a little play time.  This gives Nana a much needed break and it gives the girls some ‘big girl’ [...]

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100 guppies

It has been a rough week at school for Blitzen.  She missed ‘rally’ for the first time since she started there in November.  Rally, from what I can tell, is a big, free-for-all, reward-for-good-behavior type thing on Thursday afternoons in the auditorium.  There are snacks, music and dancing, sometimes a video and just crazy, wild fun.  Blitzen LOVES rally.  [...]

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