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Got a “This is a college town” reality check while putting some storage into the new rental house this week. The landlords have a strict no smoking policy and there was an empty cigar wrapper inside the shed and a broken bong behind it.

Refuse thrown there by disrespectful neighbors? Rules cast aside by uncaring former tenants? Leftovers from before the current landlords purchased the property that no one has bothered to clean up? Anyway you slice it, it shouts “youthful miscreants” to me.

Bah humbug.

(but no really it’s an awesome neighborhood and a super town and I’m so excited to be moving in fully in the next couple days! it’s actually a really family friendly area! I can’t wait!!!) 

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I can’t sleep because of this post

edit: it’s now over 2:30am and I still can’t sleep.

I have church in the morning

me: *getting ready to sleep*

the demons in my head: cat.(ding ) I’m a kitty cat. and I dance dance dance.

me: what year am I in

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I still have to unlock my front door for everyone who comes by to visit (including my parents). Baby/toddler/kid proofing is a trip. 

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“then no one in the house sleeps ever again” lol too true

painfully true

Happy Wednesday! I brought you a cartoon to celebrate babies!

Also, my Kickstarter campaign is halfway through. Please support the babies!

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Are pregnant ladies then the ultimate manipulators?

Your lie will be more convincing if you have to pee when you tell it. Because of a phenomenon called the ‘inhibitory spillover effect,’ the need to control your bladder also forces your brain to activate more self-control, which helps hide the tells you have when fibbing. Source Source 2

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Negotiations with a toddler who loves baths and doesn't understand time

4yo: Take a bath?

Me: We still have 1 hour before bath-time

4yo: 1 hour

Me: Yes

4yo: 15 minutes

Me: No

4yo: 10 minutes

Me: No, 1 hour

4yo: 1... minute

Me: That's not how this works

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prec

A 98-year-old mother moved into an assisted living home to help look after her 80-year-old son. When Tom Keating moved into a Liverpool assisted care home for more day-to-day support, his mom followed a year later. Ada visits Tom’s room every morning and evening to check in on him, because she says “you never stop being a mum!” Source Source 2

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At what age to kids stop mixing all of their playdough colors together?

My guess is the age when they stop playing with playdough. 

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after days of trial and error, we’ve discovered 2 ways to calm Alice down when she’s upset over nothing

Let her spin our desktop globe

Sing and play Hej Monika but change Monika to AliCat

we’ve got weirdo kids

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Between Tall Cake and the kids we’ve made 9 visits to medical facilities (ER, Pediatrician’s office, Walk-in-Clinic, etc) in 3 weeks. 

What a winter. 

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The flu vaccine may not always prevent you from getting the flu, but recent studies show it significantly reduces your chance of dying from it. Source Source 2 Source 3

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every time I’ve thrown up I’ve either managed to hold it in until hubby was out the door or I’ve been able to ask him to put on headphones on max volume just before

because I imagine this is too true

Staying married “in sickness and in health” sounds good in theory but my wife just threw up so now obviously the kids and I have to move out, start over and try to put back together the pieces of our shattered lives.

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can I just say that it continues throughout the first few months after pregnancy due to sleepless nights and the overall sense of ‘I have no idea what I’m doing or what time it is or what day it is or what is happening’

“Baby brain” is a real thing. Studies show that when women are pregnant, their memory and cognitive function is noticeably worse than non-pregnant women. Source Source 2

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cuddled in bed with my sick little boy and we’re playing his account on Animal Crossing Pocket Camp. He keeps asking for the Blue Butterfly and I’m trying to explain that it’s really rare and we can’t find it but he keeps saying “Blue butterfly though, please mama...blue butterfly please mama please” and it breaks my heart T_T I’d give him all the blue butterflies if I could!!

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super interesting! getting all prepared for kiddo’s 4th b-day party 

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Today is one of those days

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Husband said "whoa what the heck" 5 minutes ago and 3 year old has been saying it every 3 seconds since. -_-