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barack celebrates me
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 30, 2009 NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH, 2009 - – - – - – - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION All children deserve a safe, loving family to protect and care for them. In America, thousands of young people are waiting for that opportunity. During National Adoption Month, we honor those families that have strengthened America through adoption, and we recommit to reducing th

new fave show
deacon’s new fave show is ‘dinosaur train’ on pbs. i love it because it teaches him words like ‘triceratops’ and hearing him try to say that makes me smile. i also love it because the main dino family is a multi-cultural (species?) family. description from pbs: Dinosaur Train embraces and celebrates the fascination that preschoolers have with both dinosaurs and trains. The series encourages basic scientific thinkin

i didn’t know he could do that.
deacon fell asleep by himself tonight. i didn’t know he could do that. if you will recall, that fateful day last spring that deacon hopped out of his crib was the last time he ever set foot in it again. since he wouldn’t sleep in his crib and we didn’t have a big boy bed yet, deacon slept on the couch for a couple of months. sounds weird, but it worked. then we finally got a twin sized bed, cars sheets and deacon took to his bed like a fish to water. but since night one, clayton or i have always laid down in bed with him until he was asleep. stop judging, it worked for us. not to mention that as a working mom, those 30 mintues whe

peoples!
deacon had a fun halloween in yoakum. he liked getting candy, but he loved giving the candy away. he’s a giver. in this video we were trying to entice kids to come to our door. it was funny.

not historically correct
we went to the renaissance festival near magnolia, tx last weekend. it was a whole family affair. even my sister’s super fun new boyfriend came. deacon didn’t terrorize him toooo much. i remember the renn fest from my childhood. we went every year. i remember funnel cake, turkey legs, princess hats, the big swings and riding the elephants. but… apparently, my innocent child mind blocked out the insane drunkenness, goth teenagers, scantily clad women and all around debauchery. and i don’t mind the wenches and cleavage everywhere. that seems very historically correct. (my knowledge of this era comes only from the three musk