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I'm actually starting to feel envious that my mind never worked that way

When your 2 3/4 DD considers it her responsibility to organize who will be doing what household chores and when, and she does a good job at it. She is also not afraid to jump in and lend a hand when and where she is needed, but is smart enough to not help when she knows she is too small or otherwise unable to be helpful. She is the type of supervisor for whom I really enjoy working.

morning everyone - just want to say arrrgggggggghhhhhhhhh

Your 4 year olds reads notes better than you do and plays Bach on piano with more musicality and nuance than you ever did.

Aww, hugs all around.

Your 2 year old is reading a book and the words come out all mumbled because she has a nipple in her mouth.

your 2 yo ask for a Philips screwdriver and you realize your smartest course of action is to provide the screwdriver, so that you can supervise her disassemble her tricycle rather than wonder how the tricycle became disassembled, and your screwdriver became missing. (Please do not believe that we have not attempted to child proof our house, but what good does that do against the child who asks for a Philips screwdriver to take her tricycle apart? We do as well as we can.)

Yes!! We have a name for the language spoken mid-nurse! Meals are a time for social conversation and reading!

Miss Phillips Screwdriver, a please allow me to introduce your future soul mate, DS3, aka Mr Robertson Screwdriver.

Love his inner spark, Portia!