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i've been bitten

and not by a vampire, for all you twilight fans....by a three year old. who threw a tantrum so bad he needed to be restrained. and while said restraining was taking place, i was bitten. and head-butted in the chest. 20 minutes later....the kid is a normal 3 year old again. we have 4 or 5 kids in our room who routinely create this kind of chaos (well, not the biting...). for a couple of them, it lasts 30 minutes and they wear themselves out. for the others, it's not so quick. it's an all day "what can we do about this?" process.
love the kids completely....despise the situations.

on another, less depressing note...tonight i got to hang out with 4 awesome kids for a little while. after we played for a bit and ater supper, the kids decided to watch a movie. so we watched an animated Bible classic of the christmas story that anna and i had when we were kids (and, as a matter of fact, still do...). and then we watched part of prince of egypt. it was cool to re-watch both after so many years. it's hard to explain what i was thinking, so i won't try because i'd probably confuse you, but it was a really great experience to see those movies in a new way now.

love to you...

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Anonymous said…
1. Did you get your shots?
2. Which movie? We had so many...
December 4, 2008 at 7:57 AM
Anonymous said…
Brooklyn!
You always leave the cutest blog entries, but I guess that's because you're the cutest.
I finally gave in and created my own blog. Check it out if ya want!
Love,
Lauren
December 5, 2008 at 3:54 AM
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