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It’s the weekend!

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Speaking of the kids (were we?), Sophia said the funniest thing today.

Darin stayed home today because he felt sick. Anyone who knows him knows how often that’s happened. So we’re all in various places in the house and Sophia told me she wanted something to eat. I said, “We’re going to have lunch with Daddy.”

She ran over to Darin and said, “Daddy, it’s the weekend!”

Because on weekends, you see, we have lunch with Daddy.

Darin explained to her about “sick days” and how he’d be going to work tomorrow (he hopes—now that he’s seen the house in full chaos mode during the day).

Maybe we won’t homeschool

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Today I dropped Sophia off at preschool and spent a little time talking to one of her teachers about how she’s doing, what she’s interested in, etc. Then I wandered around looking for Simon (who, every morning, gives me a look like, Yo, I get to stay here too, right?). Sophia came over to me and said:

Mom, can you leave? ‘Cause I need to play.

Ouch. Ouch.

Watch your mouth, Mom

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This morning I came downstairs to find Darin making a pot of noodles for the kids for breakfast. Sophia was in the kitchen, watching.

                     DIANE
         You're going to have noodles for
         breakfast?
                     SOPHIA
             (with hands flung out for
              emphasis)
         It's called pasta.

I can see I’m in for a very tough lifetime.