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Dibbs
We had two girl names picked out for Alleke when she was born. April had her favorite, and I had mine. Neither of us was willing to give up our name right up until the very end, so we did what all indecisive people do, we decided not to decide. Well, actually, we agreed to [...]
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MORE ON: aunts and uncles, baby names, pregnancy
Sand Toys
Empty Bucket at Punta Del Este by longhorndave. Alleke stood at the entrance to the playground swinging her bucket of sand toys. “Where would you like to play?” I asked, pointing out the various groups of kids busy raking and scooping sand into buckets. Alleke hesitated, then ran across the playground and sat down in [...]
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MORE ON: alleke, city life, parenting, park, play
Calling all Cheerleaders
If you’re feeling unusually generous today, I could actually use a favor. I’m participating in a blog contest over at 20 Minutos, a local newspaper in Madrid. I think I have a good chance of winning in the category of “blogs from Spain, but not written in Spanish.” Although you can’t directly vote for my [...]
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Sunrise
I rubbed my eyes and looked at the alarm clock. Three minutes. I had three minutes before the clock would automatically turn on the radio and my day would officially begin. These few moments were like a gap in time, where even time itself had been caught dozing off. April lay next to me in [...]
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Athens
I set down my knife and fork and turned around in my chair to watch Alleke and the handful of other kids who had come with their parents to dine at this restaurant, which amounted to a few checkerboard tables in the corner of an empty square at the end of one of the tiny [...]
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MORE ON: alleke, athens, greece, parenting, toddler, travel