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GOAL!!!!!!

For having a crappy night, the Gremlin had a great morning. She woke up at 12:30 SCREAMING as if the world were ending. So after 15 minutes I went in there. After I picked her up and listened to her mumble "daddy, daddy" over and over again, she settled down and eventually fell into a restless sleep in my arms, but every time I went to put her down, she woke up. And when I finally left the room (an hour later) she cried again for another 45 minutes. It was not pleasant.

So I figured I'd let her sleep in this morning... until 8:15! When she woke up she was in a good mood. As if last night never happened. So weird. And, her father will love this... we (and of course I really mean he) hung stuff in the kids' rooms this weekend, including a photo of female goalie, Manon Rheaume, in the Gremlin's room. This morning she pointed at the photo and said "hockey" a few times. And as I walked her closer to the photo she got more and more animated. I guess we need to invest in some skating lessons soon.


Our bilingual child also pulled out a new word this morning. As we were sitting eating breakfast, a car drove by and she pointed and said "carro". While I will admit that was an easy one, I was impressed. :)


Sadly, our good day ended when I handed her off to the nanny. She was still screaming when I left... poor, poor woman. She is a saint.
 

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