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Life these days is like a blur.  A chilly-toed, getting better blur.

Thinking

I swear that this is an actual conversation that Tae and I had in the car this morning.

T:  "Mommy, how do you stop thinking?"
M:  "What are you thinking about now?"
T:  "Barack Obama.  How do you stop thinking?"
M:  "Well, you can try thinking about nothing."
T:  "I can't turn Barack Obama into nothing.  It's not magic."
M:  "You can try thinking about something else."
T:  "Now I'm thinking about John McCain!"

Tae shakes her head vigorously.

T:  "Now I'm thinking about dirt.  Mommy, how do you stop thinking?"

At gymnastics (or my unique daughter)

At gymnastics class today, the group was sitting in a circle sitting in butterfly positions, everyone flapping their pretend wings.

"Where do you want fly to today?" the teacher asks all the kids.

"Disneyworld!" says one little boy.

"New England University!" says my daughter. 

Who won? Tae vs. the Bath

I'm not really sure who won tonight - me or the four year old.

Before bathtime, Tae and I always read a book together.  Tonight, after reading one book, Tae tells me that she's not ready for her bath.  She asks for one more book, to which I tell her, "Fine.  One book, and then straight in to the bath."  In my head, I'm thinking, sure, reading one more book is worth it if she gets straight into the bath.

We got about a third of the way in to Madeline, when she suddenly is lying down in my lap.  I ask her if she wants to get in the bath now, and finish Madeline in bed.  Tae says no.  A couple of pages later, she's looking really sleepy. 

"Tae," I say, "I don't care if you're asleep, you need to get in the bath after we finish this book." 

Her response, "Fine.  I'll go to sleep in the bath."

I finish the book, and Tae is still awake.  She marches straight into the bathroom, strips off her clothes, and climbs in to the bath.  She sits up in the bath for all of 10 seconds, and then is lying down in the bath tub.  She tells me to keep the water on.  (I do because I think we need to heat.)

Then, she proceeds to FALL ASLEEP.  In the bath.  With the water over her ears.  I proceed to wash her, and then try to take her out of the bath.  Have you ever tried to pick up a slippery rag doll sleeping four year old?

NOT easy.

And I got her half way out of the tub and she wakes up for just long enough to say, "No, Mommy.  I want to sleep in the bath a little longer."

About five minutes later, she was out of the tub.  I have still yet to face the challenge of getting her in her pajamas.

So the question is, did I win because I got her in the bath?  Or did she win for actually sleeping in the bath?  Or did we finally find a win-win situation? 

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