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And Then I Ran From the House Screaming

by Monica on June 7, 2010

It’s naptime at the Peapod Palace. I’m sitting here with my laptop trying to crank out some articles for my writing gigs and in shuffles Split Pea.

Split: Mom, I have a weally good question.

Me: It needs to be a good one since you’re supposed to be in bed right now.

Split: What are people called who are like triplets but instead of three of them there are four of them instead? That’s a good question, right Mom?

Me: They are called quadruplets. Two are twins. Three are triplets. Four are quadruplets.

Split: Wow! It would be even way cooler if you had quadroopulets, Mom. There could be us and another girl like Sweet! Wouldn’t that be the most awesome thing ever, Mom?

Me: Oh please. Please just go to bed. Mommy has a horrible headache now.

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I can’t even imagine it. Nope. It looks adorable in a picture, but it sends terrified chills down my spine.

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Not a bad coping mechanism, Snap

by Monica on June 21, 2009

snap hiding from the craziness

The road trip home from Florida took 3 hours longer than it should have. We seemed to require endless breaks; and everyone (grown-ups included) was getting fussy, whiney and just plain annoying. Snap was the least patient with all of this foolishness. I can’t even tell you how many times he desperately moaned, “It’s taking foreeeeeeever!”

Then he discovered a brilliantly simple way to block out the reality of his day-in-a-car. He quietly pulled his precious blue blanket up over his head and just stayed that way. If the car was moving, he was under the blanket. He wasn’t sleeping…he’d stick out his little hand and wave if we talked to him. But he was hiding out from it all. Just chillin’ out in a shroud of blue satin and fleece.

I wish I had his knack for finding the calm way out of a stressful situation. Maybe I need a big (yeah, it’d take a huge one) blue blanket.

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