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		<title>He gets this from his dad, I think.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas, from his room, where he is pretending to be Mario (from the video game that he hasn&#8217;t played in months).
T:  Mom!!  Peter the High King of Narnia and I are trying to defeat Bowser!
Me: Good luck!
T:  Thanks!!
A few minutes later, Thomas returns to the kitchen.
T (to himself):  Perhaps I didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=511</link>
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		<title>Ethical Question:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it wrong to hide in a dark, quiet room with a sweet baby on your lap long after she&#8217;s fallen asleep?
If so, for how long?
Would it be wrong to sneak out, pour a glass of wine, and then return to the dark, quiet room for a while?
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		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=507</link>
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		<title>Thomas, standing naked in our room:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;m hungry.  I want something healthy, so can I have a hot dog at Costco?&#8221;
I asked him why hot dogs are healthy.
&#8220;Well, they don&#8217;t taste sweet, so they are healthy.  And also, they are cooked, and some healthy foods are cooked.&#8221;
I asked him what other foods are healthy.
&#8220;Pizza is a healthy food.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=505</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday to Otto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we celebrated Otto&#8217;s eighth birthday.  Thomas was very sweet about it and insisted that we get Otto some K-9 custard from Madison&#8217;s famous Michael&#8217;s Frozen Custard (I would post a link to their website, but it appears to be under construction and is basically content-free at this point).  Anyway, they make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=503</link>
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		<title>Maggie&#8217;s most recent love affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maggie has started to be interested in toys, and her current favorite is the Lamaze Jacques the Peacock.  She was being so cute about it last night I had to take a video. 
Password: Jacques

Maggie and the Peacock from Andrea on Vimeo.
Nevermind that while I shot this video, the pizza I was baking in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=501</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conversation between Thomas and me ast night in the car on the way home from dinner with Will&#8217;s parents and out-of-town relatives.
Me:  Buddy, I&#8217;m so glad to hear that you had a great day at school today!  I&#8217;m very proud of you for doing such a good job.
Thomas: You&#8217;re welcome.  Did you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=499</link>
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		<title>Another side-by-side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thomas is about 9.5 weeks old in this photo, and Maggie is just over 8, so there&#8217;s a little age difference.  I don&#8217;t seem to have much of Thomas in the 8-9 week range.  They look more alike at this stage than they did earlier, I think.  Please pardon the recycling of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=497</link>
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		<title>Big Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re at the tail end of what has been a wonderful weekend.  We had lots of friends and family in town to celebrate Maggie&#8217;s baptism, and we all had so much fun!
Here are some photos of the girl of honor:

She&#8217;s wearing the same gown that my great grandmother originally made for my mom; it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=490</link>
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		<title>Back from the long hiatus&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And finally introducing Maggie!  (Though I doubt there are many people who read this blog who haven&#8217;t found out about her already.)
She&#8217;s a month old today.  We&#8217;re having a great time&#8211;she is a very sweet, easy baby.  She is well loved by her big brother (not to mention everybody else who meets [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=480</link>
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		<title>A few photos from last week&#8217;s snowstorm:</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some highlights from our outdoor excitement following the 18&#8243; of snow we had last week.

Thomas was unfazed and immediately set to work brushing off and climbing up his swing set.  

He got stuck in the snow about halfway down the slide.  No matter.  He repeated the process 20 or 30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://alwaysaniowan.com/blog/?p=466</link>
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