Invisible

Blitzen loves to play the game ‘invisible’.  She will hide under the covers while we search and search and search for her.  Finally, we find her and we are so delighted and relieved and she is happy and giggly.  We play this game at least once a day. And it is so fascinating. It is [...]

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May I have a glass of water with that side of crazy, please?

Blitzen has been having a very emotional week.  She has become convinced that I love only Dasher and Dancer and do not love her.  That I want those girls to live with me and I want her to move out.  You may ask yourself why she thinks this?  Well, I hold Dasher’s hand when we [...]

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the wading pool arrived

And it is way to big for our tiny tiny little balcony. This has not stopped Blitzen.  A photo of her filling it up.  You will note the creative, wiggly-side construction.  We’ve duct taped it into this shape so it fits.  How many spaghetti pots of water does it take to fill a wading pool, anyway?

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Moonlight

On Saturday, we were in the park, playing.  Andrew ran home to get some sandwiches so that we could have a picnic.  When he returned with his bag of yummy lunchtime treats, I sat down on a sunny park bench.  Blitzen looks at me, looks at the sun and announces that she is moving over to [...]

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Blitzen’s Bio Dad, the meeting

Blitzen met her biological father this weekend.  This was not planned or controlled or well thought out.  He just showed up at the family visit, apparently.  I guess bio mom invited him and he crashed the party.   Our agency had been very clear that if he wanted in, he needed to do a few things [...]

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Wading Pool Party

Since beginning to learn to swim and getting two mermaid tails, Blitzen has been obsessed with pools.  She saved her allowance for several weeks and purchased a very cheap kiddie wading pool.  She then informed Andrew and me that she wanted to have a pool party for her school friends.  We talked a lot about this.  [...]

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Fairies, resuscitated and school, explained

Ok, so last night, as Blitzen was falling asleep, she carefully laid out her argument for why Therapist V is incorrrect about fairies. 1)  Fairies are in lots of books 2)  There are fairie sized plates and other household objects in the fairie house and SOMEBODY has been using them 3) Some mornings, when we [...]

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Fairies, RIP

Andrew was at the new therapist with Blitzen. Our email exchange: Subject: Fascinating shit going down Therapist V started by calling fairies fake.    Blitzen is furious at me.   ”Everything I believe in is a fairy tale!   Is that right?!” Love, A >>Subject: RE: Fascinating shit going down How helpful of Therapist V. Carrie >>> Subject: Re: Fascinating shit going [...]

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School, sigh

So, my kid that doesn’t do change well is being transferred to a new school. I know that most children do not like change but with Blitzen, it is a HUGE deal.  It took like two weeks for her to process that Andrew is now her ‘tuck into bed person’.  Keep in mind, people, that [...]

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More about the move

So, we’ve begun talking to Blitzen about the move.  Over dinner the other night, she said very thoughtfully, ‘If we move, you’ll need to take my bed.’  To which I replied, not really getting it, ‘Of course we’ll take your bed.’  Blitzen, still serious, ‘And my toys?’  Lightbulb beginning to go off in my brain, [...]

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