3 faces of sr lucas


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The freaks come out at night

Today was pretty low key. Lucas has been taking his naps at an earlier hour than usual, which has discombobulated my day. Now I think it’s later earlier. Does that make sense? It means that our afternoons are longer. They stretch before us in a sometimes imposing manner.
Lately Wade has [...]

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le secret love letter to google

O! How my heart sings the wonderful
praises of Google! The quick! The merry!
The honest Google. Her beauty is hidden.
Open only to deft English speaking hands,
but so powerful and so generous are
the spiders and robots of the Google-plex.
A few days ago inspired by my friend Regina, I decided that we would make Play Dough. DIY. [...]

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These are my scribbles.

Ever since Lucas could hold a pencil, crayon, or a pen, we have encouraged him to draw, write, and express himself. Sometimes he is totally into it and sometimes he just wants to eat the pen. He can draw a line and call it an ‘i’ or a circular thing and call it an [...]

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Recycled

I brought down the wizard (a puppet that Nanna & Nonno gave to Lucas for his birthday) & put it on my hand. Lucas was on one side of one of the upholstered chairs and I was on the other. The wizard popped over that top, said hello to lucas & told him a story [...]

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These are the days of his poop.

I have a few ideas for entries, but so many are thoughtful and require my focus for a few hours so I can pound out something more substantial. Judging from the title that inspiration typed out, this looks to be a typical slice of life entry from my prespective. Let’s see where I go. [...]

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