Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / December 2004

Well, this Sunday it was St. Nicolaas Day, also known as Sinterklaas. As
I told you all before SIL was far from cooperative and tried her best to
keep my parents and I as far from the celebration as possible.
In the end brother and SIL  would do a celebration with the kids on

What is that stupid yellow fish's name???
It is driving me NUTS

Ok my great grandfather used to say this I have know Idea what it is. He is
from romania but this sounds German.  I'm not even sure of the spelling but
maybe you can help... Octaleba or Oktaleba  I'm not sure pleaaaasse help!
Thanks

His due date was on December 13, I think, but at my last prenatal
appointment, doc decided a Caesearean delivery was in order, because
baby was in a breech position and thought to be about 8#; pelivimetry
determined a vaginal delivery would not be a good idea.  Surgery was

Hi all :)
the sun is shining, Katherine slept though all night and Im about all
caught up on 'have to dos' for the moment. Hooray for life!
Sarah

Had the fright of my life at kindy this afternoon.
Some f*cking moron KNOWINGLY let Tyler out the gate (duh, they're childproof
for a reason) while I was talking to his ESW way up the path...
We looked towards the gate as we were talking and there this guy was opening

Hey Guys,
I made it home!!!  The trip back wasn't bad at all and Charles was an
absolute angel!!  He only slept about an hour, but we stopped shortly
thereafter and had some lunch at McDonald's and I let him stretch his legs

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He seemed like a really nice guy.  There are too few of those around to be
able to afford to lose even one.  He'll be missed.

Can you email me at froggy1030 @ earthlink . net  I tried to email you a
response but it bounced.  Thanks

We're off for the afternoon, gallivanting over hill and through
dale to collect our annual Charlie Brown replica -- a scraggly,
branchless, needle-shedding weed that we can then over-load with
fifteen years of collections.

There seems to be a lot of poeple feeling down/going through the mill at
the moment here. Hugs to you all my friends.
Its an oldy but a goody
/steps on stage

The Toddler woke up from her nap ... I could hear her in the nursery singing.
I opened the door and was hit in the face with a VERY strong odor.
The Toddler said:
"OHHHHH BABY! I STINK"

I am looking for a very healthy oatmeal cookie ... high fiber, low sugar, low
fat and ... I would like it to taste GREAT :)
Anyone have a recipe they would like to share?
I will be making these for The Kid's school lunch.

...what the people in the path of the tsunami felt as they saw that massive
wall of water heading towards them- knowing full well that they were highly
unlikely to survive such a humongous surge. It makes me physically ill. I
feel so incredibly sorry for the families of those who ...