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The month of gratitude: day 21

Day 21

I'm grateful (and a little in awe) for The Boy's sense of responsibility about his unfinished homework. I was going to wake him up at 6:30am to finish his work before school, but he wasn't in bed. 

Turns out he'd gotten up at 3am to do it himself. Who IS this kid?

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The month of gratitude: day 20

Day 20

I'm grateful for the baby room at TwoBoo's day care, especially on my Shouty Mommy mornings. I drop off TwoBoo at kindergarten, then stop by the baby room window and forget my aggravation.

I coo at the newborns, smile at the crawlers and the ones just learning to stagger/walk -- and then I saunter away when someone's diaper needs changing.

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