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Birthday Girl gets a Skylanders “Purple Party”

Posted on May 28, 2013 by BrassyDel

Little Miss Pixie loves to watch anyone play Skylanders, especially if they’ll let her swap the figures on the portal for them. She also likes to steal all of the Skylanders figures and play with them in her little dollhouses. They like to have parties. So when I asked her what kind of party she wanted for her birthday she…

Dancin’ Girl

Posted on February 25, 2013 by BrassyDel

Pixie can stand unsupported again! Sort of. For a little while, if she’s feeling up to it, anyway. Her friend, The Perfectly Pink Princess, was over for a playdate recently and was doing somersaults and dancing like crazy, so Pixie inched away from the play table to stand up all by myself and wiggled her elbows. “I dancing!” Oh, she…

Apple Picking

Posted on January 7, 2013 by BrassyDel

Gramma’s backyard is on the small-to-average size as far as suburban American backyards go, but it boasts a small garden and a nice, big apple tree. Before Pixie’s first surgery in September, we had an apple picking party, which really just means all the grandkids were thrown together in the backyard and big people helped them pick apples. Or, if…

My Son, the Parking Attendant

Posted on December 28, 2012 by BrassyDel

Chappy is almost 2 now and has recently entered the part of his life where cars are everything. Now, Pixie likes cars, but what she really loves are trains. For Chappy, a train is merely an acceptable approximation of a car. You are far more likely to find him lining up every single car he can find on his sister’s…

3 o’clock

Posted on November 19, 2012 by BrassyDel

Every day around 3pm, the atmosphere at our house shifts drastically. There’s yelling, crying, and whining about dinner, plus the kids are pretty crabby. I’m trying to cultivate some patience, but it seems to just walk out the front door by mid-afternoon. Which is exactly what my 3 year old would do if I didn’t have a gate up….

A Mixed Pair

Posted on September 17, 2012 by BrassyDel

As difficult as handling two kids can be at times, I really do like having two. Which is good, since I don’t think they’re refundable. And having them two years apart, almost exactly, means that they can actually play together, which is pretty much the single greatest part of having multiple children. Except when they misunderstand “playing together” to mean…

Little Birdie

Posted on September 12, 2012 by BrassyDel

Little Pixie is a big fan of birds, probably even woodpeckers because 3 year olds are seldom known for discerning taste. Of course, 3 three year olds are often big fans of a lot of everyday things, and that’s part of what’s awesome about them. Can you imagine being totally bowled over because you saw an ant? Chappy is so…

Ride Cow! Harvest Moon Fanart

Posted on July 9, 2012 by BrassyDel

I’m pretty much in love with Harvest Moon, after picking up Harvest Moon: Animal Parade for the Wii for $15 after Christmas. I used to play FarmVille on Facebook, but Zynga’s privacy policies are fairly dystopian. So at the time, I would have itty bitty baby Hanners on my lap and we’d talk about the animals. She loved it, and…

Keep That Thing on a Leash!

Posted on July 6, 2012 by BrassyDel

Okay, so he’s not a “thing;” put down the angry emails! Being a terrible parent, I bought Chappy one of those toddler leashes to wear at the zoo. As much as I hate them, I also think they have their place. Chappy’s only 1, so he can walk and run and has zero discretion and zero concept of STAY. WITH….

Looking for Trouble

Posted on June 29, 2012 by BrassyDel

Somebody thinks that just because he is 17 months old he can do whatever he wants. Eat whatever he finds wants! Run around wherever he wants! CLIMB whatever he wants! Chappy pushes chairs and footstools across to wherever he needs them and then gets on up there all by himself. Looking out the windows doesn’t bother me, but getting on…

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