<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936</id><updated>2012-02-07T14:50:49.940-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The days are long, but the years are short...</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>350</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-7755326877506979753</id><published>2011-09-30T07:13:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T07:13:56.443-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Safe Search: ON.</title><content type='html'>&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:1}" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:3}" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Ella:  Mom, what if you googled "what is a weenie?" and the computer didn't  know you meant hot dog and it showed you pictures of boys' privates?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-7755326877506979753?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/7755326877506979753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=7755326877506979753&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7755326877506979753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7755326877506979753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2011/09/safe-search-on.html' title='Safe Search: ON.'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6109796357698788681</id><published>2011-02-25T06:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-25T06:51:57.567-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The Birds and the Bees</title><content type='html'>Grant: How do boys get babies?&lt;br /&gt;Mom: Well, they marry girls and the girls have the babies.&lt;br /&gt;Grant: Can I marry you?&lt;br /&gt;Mom: No, usually boys don't marry their moms. And beside, I'll be really old by then.&lt;br /&gt;Grant: Well, it's ok, 'cause I'm gonna be a PlowMan and PlowMans don't have any kids.&lt;br /&gt;Mom: They don't, why not?&lt;br /&gt;Grant: They just don't. They only have Plow Trucks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6109796357698788681?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6109796357698788681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6109796357698788681&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6109796357698788681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6109796357698788681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2011/02/birds-and-bees.html' title='The Birds and the Bees'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6465291733977962015</id><published>2011-02-03T06:58:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T06:58:33.057-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: I really like Tacos, especially the Mexican kind!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6465291733977962015?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6465291733977962015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6465291733977962015&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6465291733977962015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6465291733977962015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2011/02/e-i-really-like-tacos-especially.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-2484095760790079924</id><published>2011-02-02T18:56:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2011-02-02T18:56:31.304-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: I wish I was a girl so my private place couldn't get hurt. Mom, do you wish you were a boy so you could wear belts?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-2484095760790079924?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/2484095760790079924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=2484095760790079924&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2484095760790079924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2484095760790079924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-8783945897239795364</id><published>2010-01-21T18:29:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T18:29:54.421-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;e: what's for dinner, mom? ....and it better not involve chicken!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-8783945897239795364?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/8783945897239795364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-2742283655061124235</id><published>2010-01-21T18:03:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-21T18:03:21.711-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;m: Ella, so you want sauce on your noodles?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;e: NO WAY! Sauce makes me sneeze in the night&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-2742283655061124235?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/2742283655061124235/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=2742283655061124235&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2742283655061124235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2742283655061124235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-835730209461237201</id><published>2010-01-14T21:14:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T21:14:21.275-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;e: Shyla must be sniffing my shirt because it came straight from the North Pole.&lt;br /&gt;j: And you think she smells the reindeers?&lt;br /&gt;e: Yes, it smells like reindeers and Santa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-835730209461237201?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6722634347918408044</id><published>2009-11-30T09:28:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T09:28:57.073-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: grant, no more soda for today, please.&lt;br /&gt;g: (while holding a sunkist orange soda) mama, there is no soda in this pop!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6722634347918408044?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6722634347918408044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-8339422572954061703</id><published>2009-11-20T12:05:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T13:39:58.113-06:00</updated><title type='text'>giving thanks</title><content type='html'>g: mama, why this thing under my penis? (ie: scrotum)&lt;br /&gt;m: I don't know, that's just the way God made it&lt;br /&gt;g: Oh, thank you penis-maker-guy!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-8339422572954061703?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/8339422572954061703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=8339422572954061703&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8339422572954061703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8339422572954061703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/11/giving-thanks.html' title='giving thanks'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1208520600011108529</id><published>2009-11-10T10:18:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T10:18:45.533-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom, anyone can marry anyone-you know.&lt;br /&gt;anyone could marry someone with brown or black skin, you know.&lt;br /&gt;I am going to marry Eli, and he has red hair.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1208520600011108529?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1208520600011108529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1208520600011108529&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1208520600011108529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1208520600011108529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/11/e-mom-anyone-can-marry-anyone-you-know.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3659638803819008746</id><published>2009-11-07T21:53:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T21:53:49.898-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>(in regard to using the private changing room at swimming lessons)&lt;br /&gt;e: "We should go in there, some people might be allergic to seeing naked people"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3659638803819008746?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9011509074041195748</id><published>2009-10-14T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-14T20:04:04.162-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: Mom, I'm not Jack Clemons, I'm Grant David Albrecht.&lt;br /&gt;K, Mom? I'm not Jack Clemons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-9011509074041195748?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/9011509074041195748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=9011509074041195748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9011509074041195748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9011509074041195748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/10/g-mom-im-not-jack-clemons-im-grant.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9159224959097084402</id><published>2009-10-10T20:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-10T20:01:11.474-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: They don't have a car [the little's in stuart little] so they use a cabbage [cab]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-9159224959097084402?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/9159224959097084402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=9159224959097084402&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9159224959097084402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9159224959097084402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/10/e-they-dont-have-car-littles-in-stuart.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1917855576669407142</id><published>2009-10-09T13:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-09T13:59:07.574-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: (2:10 am) mommy! you have boobies!&lt;br /&gt;m: yes, grant, I do.... but you NEED to be sleeping.&lt;br /&gt;g: ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----&lt;br /&gt;Was that some sort of pre-pubescent dream about his mom?? eew.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1917855576669407142?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1917855576669407142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1917855576669407142&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1917855576669407142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1917855576669407142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/10/g-210-am-mommy-you-have-boobies-m-yes.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1478846410088588843</id><published>2009-10-05T12:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-05T12:00:06.441-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: This is the worst day of my entire life! And, Mom, don't say this is the way life is!&lt;br /&gt;Emma didn't want to play with me--she is NOT my cousin anymore!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1478846410088588843?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1478846410088588843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1478846410088588843&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1478846410088588843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1478846410088588843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/10/e-this-is-worst-day-of-my-entire-life.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3933486446462055570</id><published>2009-10-01T16:32:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T16:32:30.500-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: ella, I have told you that I would rather you not watch this [hannah montana], please change the channel&lt;br /&gt;e: BUT MOOOOM! SHE'S FANCY! AND I NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BE THAT FANCY!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3933486446462055570?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3933486446462055570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3933486446462055570&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3933486446462055570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3933486446462055570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/10/m-ella-i-have-told-you-that-i-would.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3656432488899041092</id><published>2009-09-23T20:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T20:17:25.752-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: mom, do you like my butt-crack?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3656432488899041092?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3656432488899041092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3656432488899041092&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3656432488899041092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3656432488899041092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/g-mom-do-you-like-my-butt-crack.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3890772471296686089</id><published>2009-09-23T18:32:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T18:32:45.016-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: I tooted! It's in my butt-crack!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3890772471296686089?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3890772471296686089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3890772471296686089&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3890772471296686089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3890772471296686089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/g-i-tooted-its-in-my-butt-crack.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4775135626135041912</id><published>2009-09-23T18:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T18:32:24.438-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: ella, what are you doing?&lt;br /&gt;e: Not watching iCarly!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4775135626135041912?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4775135626135041912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4775135626135041912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4775135626135041912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4775135626135041912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/m-ella-what-are-you-doing-e-not.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3465708199140394570</id><published>2009-09-09T18:53:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T18:59:56.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom! I want to have my birthday party at the same place as we had it when I was 6. I really want Bella to be able to come and there are no stairs to the room--so she could come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(bella is in a wheelchair)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3465708199140394570?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3465708199140394570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3465708199140394570&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3465708199140394570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3465708199140394570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/e-mom-i-want-to-have-my-birthday-party.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-595223815847677913</id><published>2009-09-09T18:51:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-09T18:52:57.088-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom! eli is not just my friend anymore--he's my boyfriend.&lt;br /&gt;we really missed each other over the summer. we're going to get married.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-595223815847677913?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/595223815847677913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=595223815847677913&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/595223815847677913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/595223815847677913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/e-mom-eli-is-not-just-my-friend-anymore.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-2471226077375457223</id><published>2009-09-07T21:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T21:37:44.246-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The first grader:</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Apparently "first-grader" and "tenth-grader"&lt;br /&gt;mean the same things these days:&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SqXDZYJprsI/AAAAAAAAAxY/UifD6DQ0SkE/s1600-h/9734_1203051566145_1524293293_542349_4962760_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SqXDZYJprsI/AAAAAAAAAxY/UifD6DQ0SkE/s320/9734_1203051566145_1524293293_542349_4962760_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378920170711002818" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-2471226077375457223?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/2471226077375457223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=2471226077375457223&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2471226077375457223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2471226077375457223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/first-grader.html' title='The first grader:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SqXDZYJprsI/AAAAAAAAAxY/UifD6DQ0SkE/s72-c/9734_1203051566145_1524293293_542349_4962760_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1800253887419875170</id><published>2009-09-07T21:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T21:34:30.229-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: mom! I luff yeeeww!&lt;br /&gt;g: mom! Ellllla luffs yeeeew toooo!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1800253887419875170?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1800253887419875170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1800253887419875170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1800253887419875170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1800253887419875170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/09/g-mom-i-luff-yeeeww-g-mom-ellllla-luffs.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5977630791230224572</id><published>2009-08-25T20:33:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-25T20:35:02.193-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: ella, what are you doing?&lt;br /&gt;e: tickling my bom-bom&lt;br /&gt;m: why?&lt;br /&gt;e: my bom-bom likes to be tickled--it feels good&lt;br /&gt;e: grant! I'll tickle your pee-pee&lt;br /&gt;m: um, no, we do not tickle other people's privates.....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5977630791230224572?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5977630791230224572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5977630791230224572&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5977630791230224572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5977630791230224572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/08/m-ella-what-are-you-doing-e-tickling-my.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-985782337731701955</id><published>2009-08-08T20:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-08T20:02:48.830-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: I wonder why jesus made it rain so much today?&lt;br /&gt;g: where's jesus?&lt;br /&gt;e: in heaven.&lt;br /&gt;g: what cabin?&lt;br /&gt;e: no! not at the cabin--in heaven! He lives on a cloud and has wings.&lt;br /&gt;g: oh.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-985782337731701955?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/985782337731701955/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=985782337731701955&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/985782337731701955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/985782337731701955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/08/e-i-wonder-why-jesus-made-it-rain-so.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-648796256431455624</id><published>2009-08-07T07:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T07:43:06.511-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom, I should have a TV in my room, that way, when I'm in time-out I'll stop crying faster.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-648796256431455624?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/648796256431455624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=648796256431455624&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/648796256431455624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/648796256431455624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/08/e-mom-i-should-have-tv-in-my-room-that.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6676045407076418623</id><published>2009-07-29T10:42:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T10:46:00.597-05:00</updated><title type='text'>social stereotypes at their finest:</title><content type='html'>g: mama! I have an owie on my finner, I need a bin-DADE!&lt;br /&gt;m: ok.... (mama goes to fetch bin-DADE)&lt;br /&gt;g: NO! NOT THAT bin-DADE!!!! THAT'S A GIRL bin-DADE!!!! (had snow white on it)&lt;br /&gt;m: a what??&lt;br /&gt;g: A GIRL bin-DADE!!! I WANT A BOY bin-DADE!&lt;br /&gt;m: well, what's a boy bin-DADE?&lt;br /&gt;g: spongebob one!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6676045407076418623?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6676045407076418623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6676045407076418623&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6676045407076418623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6676045407076418623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/social-stereotypes-at-their-finest.html' title='social stereotypes at their finest:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9083885664234914063</id><published>2009-07-23T22:04:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T22:04:54.213-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: boys have way more fun than girls, because they watch StarWars and StarWars is a really cool movie.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-9083885664234914063?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/9083885664234914063/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=9083885664234914063&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9083885664234914063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9083885664234914063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/e-boys-have-way-more-fun-than-girls.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-445704568310731666</id><published>2009-07-22T08:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-22T08:53:31.491-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: I have a tummy-ache on my back&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-445704568310731666?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/445704568310731666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=445704568310731666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/445704568310731666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/445704568310731666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/g-i-have-tummy-ache-on-my-back.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9112023401103760245</id><published>2009-07-21T19:36:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T19:37:08.298-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ride 'Em Cowboy &amp; Girl:</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfLEdFIII/AAAAAAAAAxQ/LnXRIqR_DXU/s1600-h/5850_103153466237_692341237_2241523_8308835_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfLEdFIII/AAAAAAAAAxQ/LnXRIqR_DXU/s320/5850_103153466237_692341237_2241523_8308835_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361077050210066562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfKzO-YzI/AAAAAAAAAxI/m55_ZvtjyIQ/s1600-h/5850_103153206237_692341237_2241517_3021778_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfKzO-YzI/AAAAAAAAAxI/m55_ZvtjyIQ/s320/5850_103153206237_692341237_2241517_3021778_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361077045587501874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfKdvEKJI/AAAAAAAAAxA/WAjL7Ozx--g/s1600-h/5850_103153196237_692341237_2241515_6105231_n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Girl:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SmZfLEdFIII/AAAAAAAAAxQ/LnXRIqR_DXU/s72-c/5850_103153466237_692341237_2241523_8308835_n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1383731412377894767</id><published>2009-07-21T19:32:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T19:34:36.039-05:00</updated><title type='text'>on a future career in advertising</title><content type='html'>m: are you excited to see bockie's new car?&lt;br /&gt;e: yeah, and I bet she got money back from it.&lt;br /&gt;m: what? what do you mean, money back?&lt;br /&gt;e: well, if you buy a car, you have to pay for it, but then you get money back.&lt;br /&gt;m: oh yes, of course.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1383731412377894767?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1383731412377894767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1383731412377894767&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1383731412377894767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1383731412377894767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-future-career-in-advertising.html' title='on a future career in advertising'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6890314221264283197</id><published>2009-07-19T16:11:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T16:12:37.290-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom, I want a big sister... she could teach me how to ride my bike with no training-wheels and how to do text messages. I'm going to ask jesus for a big sister.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6890314221264283197?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6890314221264283197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6890314221264283197&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6890314221264283197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6890314221264283197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/e-mom-i-want-big-sister.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4102863878268240174</id><published>2009-07-15T20:25:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T20:26:25.496-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: hey, we got &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;fraggle rock&lt;/span&gt; today in the mail! It's from when I was little...&lt;br /&gt;e: so it's really old then?&lt;br /&gt;m: um, yeah, sort of&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4102863878268240174?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4102863878268240174/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4102863878268240174&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4102863878268240174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4102863878268240174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/m-hey-we-got-fraggle-rock-today-in-mail.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-8089608833126747239</id><published>2009-07-13T21:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T21:41:49.386-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: can I squeeze your butt?? I just love your butt.&lt;br /&gt;e: no, you can squeeze my butt and kissy me on thursdays&lt;br /&gt;m: ooooooooh, I can't wait for thursday! Only three more days!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-8089608833126747239?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/8089608833126747239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=8089608833126747239&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8089608833126747239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8089608833126747239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/07/m-can-i-squeeze-your-butt-i-just-love.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4044433115418428442</id><published>2009-07-10T20:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T20:05:44.400-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: I need to send Breck a text message at nickjr.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4044433115418428442?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>m: what are you doing? (as ella quickly scoots in the door)&lt;br /&gt;e: just bringing something inside.&lt;br /&gt;m: like what something?&lt;br /&gt;e: you won't want to know.&lt;br /&gt;e: a pet.&lt;br /&gt;m: what kind of pet?&lt;br /&gt;e: a slug..... see?! I told you that you wouldn't want to know.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1058604268787557084?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1058604268787557084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1058604268787557084&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1058604268787557084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1058604268787557084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/05/m-what-are-you-doing-as-ella-quickly.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-8460077733571024719</id><published>2009-05-17T10:17:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-17T10:18:54.646-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>(Grant talking to Joie)&lt;br /&gt;e: Grant! Joie can't understand you. She doesn't speak english, she only speaks dog english!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-8460077733571024719?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/8460077733571024719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=8460077733571024719&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8460077733571024719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8460077733571024719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>4/20/09: Ella has her first loose tooth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4276605681949226861?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4276605681949226861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4276605681949226861&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4276605681949226861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4276605681949226861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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Like they wanted to say "calm-down" again or something....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4134961966232335083?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4134961966232335083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4134961966232335083&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4134961966232335083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4134961966232335083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-re-runs.html' 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type='html'>&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Grant, what do you want for your Happy Birthday?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"A snow-plow!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Ella, what do you want for your Birthday?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"I dunno.....maybe a princess dress like Chloe's"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3768982131835290251?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3768982131835290251/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3768982131835290251&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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households.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3019628045412863549?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3019628045412863549/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3019628045412863549&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3019628045412863549'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3019628045412863549'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/famous-girl.html' title='The Famous Girl:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScujAtGW2vI/AAAAAAAAAtg/2_zDHwc61Cc/s72-c/ella_orono.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-519270495942056614</id><published>2009-03-25T20:45:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T20:51:52.708-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Pinkie Toes? Who needs 'em?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScrfjPda3lI/AAAAAAAAAtY/s6G2f7pNkU8/s1600-h/IMG_2530.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 169px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScrfjPda3lI/AAAAAAAAAtY/s6G2f7pNkU8/s320/IMG_2530.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317308106602634834" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;3 Lacerations on left pinkie toe? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Pools of blood? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Parent's freaking out? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Urgent Care? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Glue? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Steri-strips? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;Antibiotic? CHECK!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScrfIT6K73I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/m1XIuHzxGyQ/s1600-h/IMG_2536.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScrfIT6K73I/AAAAAAAAAtQ/m1XIuHzxGyQ/s320/IMG_2536.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317307643940499314" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-519270495942056614?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/519270495942056614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=519270495942056614&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/519270495942056614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/519270495942056614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/pinkie-toes-who-needs-em.html' title='Pinkie Toes? Who needs &apos;em?'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ScrfjPda3lI/AAAAAAAAAtY/s6G2f7pNkU8/s72-c/IMG_2530.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5000025340494709012</id><published>2009-03-25T20:25:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-25T20:37:46.630-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring [boring] Break:</title><content type='html'>Dear Ella,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am aware that you are the only [or nearly the only] child from your Kindergarten class that is in Minnesota this week. The others are visiting exotic places, building sand castles or skiing on mountains. I realize this. I also realize how incredibly challenging it is to write in your "Spring Break Journal" each day, when the highlight of your day is a trip to Costco or going through the carwash with the cool rainbow soap.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm hoping that someday you'll look humbly back on these experiences and realize that a trip through the carwash playing I-spy with your Mom in the minivan IS actually a priceless moment, sure, it's not hand-picking bananas in Costa Rica.....but I &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;did&lt;/span&gt; let you pick out gum at Target on Sunday.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Someday, I promise, we'll go on a vacation as a family....it might not be until your senior year of highschool, but it will come. In the mean time, I pray that you don't notice the kids with the sun-kissed faces on monday morning....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love, Mama (who thinks the rainbow soap IS quite awesome)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5000025340494709012?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5000025340494709012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5000025340494709012&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5000025340494709012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5000025340494709012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/spring-boring-break.html' title='Spring [boring] Break:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-11422668773801202</id><published>2009-03-18T20:58:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-18T21:02:24.983-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"The Wish"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-a8078ed708143b85" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da8078ed708143b85%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331275868%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5BB814F597871C1F8686D312388026C2E8B6D368.4A280AAB7EC08E44D4FA5E692EF577D2FD21FFB5%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da8078ed708143b85%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DNR30xOU69tJjlu9EulJxoqBVYsw&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Da8078ed708143b85%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1331275868%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5BB814F597871C1F8686D312388026C2E8B6D368.4A280AAB7EC08E44D4FA5E692EF577D2FD21FFB5%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da8078ed708143b85%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DNR30xOU69tJjlu9EulJxoqBVYsw&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"We wish peace, food and happiness to all the children in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thank you! Gracias, gracias, gracias, gracias, Danke!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-11422668773801202?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='enclosure' type='video/mp4' href='http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=a8078ed708143b85&amp;type=video%2Fmp4' length='0'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/11422668773801202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=11422668773801202&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/11422668773801202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/11422668773801202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/wish.html' title='&quot;The Wish&quot;'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4328009992673257478</id><published>2009-03-17T20:48:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T20:49:54.449-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Panda Daily Record: 3/17</title><content type='html'>".....I am working on using my hands to take off my snowpants to avoid meltdowns."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4328009992673257478?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4328009992673257478/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4328009992673257478&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4328009992673257478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4328009992673257478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/panda-daily-record-317.html' title='Panda Daily Record: 3/17'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1683576918108459412</id><published>2009-03-17T09:19:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-17T09:21:07.564-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Correction:</title><content type='html'>g: SHUT-OUT!!! SHUT-OUT!!!!&lt;br /&gt;e: Grant! It's SHUT-UP!, not SHUT-OUT!!&lt;br /&gt;m: Ella!! No! Do NOT correct him. We don't say that anyway.&lt;br /&gt;e: Why? he was saying it wrong!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(ugh.)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1683576918108459412?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1683576918108459412/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1683576918108459412&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1683576918108459412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1683576918108459412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/correction.html' title='Correction:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-703959842779971305</id><published>2009-03-11T18:52:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-03-11T19:57:15.868-05:00</updated><title type='text'>advanced public school vocab 101</title><content type='html'>e: blah, blah......I swear, mom.&lt;br /&gt;m: you what?&lt;br /&gt;e: I swear&lt;br /&gt;m: please don't say that&lt;br /&gt;e: why?&lt;br /&gt;m: because it's like saying you are going to say a swear word&lt;br /&gt;e: what's a swear word?&lt;br /&gt;m: it's a bad word, like damn, for example&lt;br /&gt;(which, thanks to boppy dan, ella is quite familiar with the term damn)&lt;br /&gt;e: yeah, and damn-it&lt;br /&gt;m: yes, that too&lt;br /&gt;e: and the S-H-word&lt;br /&gt;m: the what??&lt;br /&gt;e: the S-H-word&lt;br /&gt;m: What S-H-word exactly??&lt;br /&gt;e: (whispering) shut-up&lt;br /&gt;m: oh, yes, that one too.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-703959842779971305?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/703959842779971305/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=703959842779971305&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/703959842779971305'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/703959842779971305'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/advanced-public-school-vocab-101.html' title='advanced public school vocab 101'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6613217630152619390</id><published>2009-03-06T15:53:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-06T15:57:54.321-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Whooooooops!</title><content type='html'>What happens when it's supposed to be winter, but just one day it's 45 degrees causing the snow to melt.....followed by an evening of below 30 causing the melted snow to freeze?? Well, this morning we woke to this surprise:&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SbGb2Y0aZ1I/AAAAAAAAAtA/Xy92Oowynjk/s1600-h/IMG_2497.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SbGb2Y0aZ1I/AAAAAAAAAtA/Xy92Oowynjk/s320/IMG_2497.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310196794324051794" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The truck was at the TOP of the driveway when we went to bed....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6613217630152619390?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6613217630152619390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6613217630152619390&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6613217630152619390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6613217630152619390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/whooooooops.html' title='Whooooooops!'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SbGb2Y0aZ1I/AAAAAAAAAtA/Xy92Oowynjk/s72-c/IMG_2497.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1853213848583493901</id><published>2009-03-04T11:46:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T11:54:23.710-06:00</updated><title type='text'>BFF's</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/Sa6-sOtl7aI/AAAAAAAAAs4/XhjEDMhv5Qw/s1600-h/bffs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/Sa6-sOtl7aI/AAAAAAAAAs4/XhjEDMhv5Qw/s320/bffs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5309390677789240738" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;chloe &amp;amp; ella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;wild game february 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1853213848583493901?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1853213848583493901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1853213848583493901&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1853213848583493901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1853213848583493901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/bffs.html' title='BFF&apos;s'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/Sa6-sOtl7aI/AAAAAAAAAs4/XhjEDMhv5Qw/s72-c/bffs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-584574546537754090</id><published>2009-03-04T10:39:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T10:43:47.463-06:00</updated><title type='text'>4:18am</title><content type='html'>g: GET ME MY SNACK AND MILK!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;MOM, GET UP!!!! GET ME MY SNACK AND MILK!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;m: Grant, it is NOT morning yet, you need to go back to sleep.&lt;br /&gt;g: Cock Say?&lt;br /&gt;m: 4:18, that means ni-night time, NOT morning.&lt;br /&gt;g: ME POTTY'S COMING OUT!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;m: ok, let's go potty, but then we're going back to sleep.&lt;br /&gt;g: ok, sure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Hmmm, can you say bipolar disorder?)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-584574546537754090?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/584574546537754090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=584574546537754090&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/584574546537754090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/584574546537754090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/03/418am.html' title='4:18am'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4008058810679746816</id><published>2009-02-23T21:11:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T21:13:09.536-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Via phone:</title><content type='html'>e: hello?&lt;br /&gt;m: hi honey!&lt;br /&gt;e: mom! buddy is getting into mischief and he spilled bockie's salt all over and it's a total disaster&lt;br /&gt;m: oh no!&lt;br /&gt;e: yeah, and I wrote on your facebook, mom! yeah, I wrote, "I love you to the stars."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4008058810679746816?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4008058810679746816/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4008058810679746816&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4008058810679746816'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4008058810679746816'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/02/via-phone.html' title='Via phone:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9015747165686010727</id><published>2009-02-23T12:16:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-23T12:18:51.407-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Be sure to check out the "translating grant" portion of the blog (down and to the right)...the "Cock-Say" and "Snake-poopie" entries are sure to bring a chuckle....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-9015747165686010727?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/9015747165686010727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=9015747165686010727&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9015747165686010727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/9015747165686010727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/02/be-sure-to-check-out-translating-grant.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5918944116771380260</id><published>2009-02-18T19:19:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-18T20:21:22.881-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SZyzrbod01I/AAAAAAAAAsY/QWPSm4GyqtQ/s1600-h/IMG_2456.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SZyzrbod01I/AAAAAAAAAsY/QWPSm4GyqtQ/s400/IMG_2456.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304312019868832594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;"you are the best person ever! from olivia"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;m: ella, who's this from?&lt;br /&gt;e: oh, olivia from my bus&lt;br /&gt;m: is she your new friend?&lt;br /&gt;e: she wants to be my friend, but I don't want to be her friend&lt;br /&gt;m: why? she seems so sweet to have made you this nice note&lt;br /&gt;e: because she smells.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seriously, so blunt. I remember smelly Neil from elementary school, and it is true~it's hard to hang with the smelly kid. Olivia dear, I don't know you, but my guess is, you don't really smell.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5918944116771380260?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5918944116771380260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5918944116771380260&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5918944116771380260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5918944116771380260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/02/you-are-best-person-ever-from-olivia-m.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SZyzrbod01I/AAAAAAAAAsY/QWPSm4GyqtQ/s72-c/IMG_2456.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-9122774703670514956</id><published>2009-02-14T21:26:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-14T21:30:34.075-06:00</updated><title type='text'>At dinner (at a restaurant):</title><content type='html'>e: mom, what does HELL mean?&lt;br /&gt;m: What does what mean?&lt;br /&gt;e: HELL! What does HELL mean?&lt;br /&gt;m &amp;amp; d: um.....................well.................it's just not a really great word. Where did you hear it?&lt;br /&gt;e: on Home Alone, the guy says "get your hell out of here!"&lt;br /&gt;m: oh..........yeah...........about that.............&lt;br /&gt;let's just not say that word. Just because it's in a movie, doesn't mean we repeat it.&lt;br /&gt;m: and we really should never say it at school.&lt;br /&gt;e: yeah, like I should just say it at home-right?&lt;br /&gt;m: no, not really. you really shouldn't say it ever. k?&lt;br /&gt;e: just in private?&lt;br /&gt;m: well, not really there either........it's really not a good word to say ever. ok?&lt;br /&gt;e: ok.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-9122774703670514956?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/9122774703670514956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=9122774703670514956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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is clear.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1411198396290642949?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1411198396290642949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1411198396290642949&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1411198396290642949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1411198396290642949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/02/e-mom-my-new-favorite-color-is-clear.html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5508870476612671193</id><published>2009-02-05T09:41:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-02-05T09:43:32.298-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Sibling Rivalry?!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYsIyC2OcxI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/VoB3w7uUxLc/s1600-h/IMG_2437.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYsIyC2OcxI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/VoB3w7uUxLc/s320/IMG_2437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299339042382312210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYsIx6QIA4I/AAAAAAAAAsI/M7E-MGvEwIM/s1600-h/IMG_2438.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYsIx6QIA4I/AAAAAAAAAsI/M7E-MGvEwIM/s320/IMG_2438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299339040075023234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5508870476612671193?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5508870476612671193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5508870476612671193&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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type='html'>e: Mom, I have a GAP shirt too!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6874475072072943866?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6874475072072943866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6874475072072943866&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6874475072072943866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6874475072072943866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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Not a memorized book, a new book that she actually sounded out and read the words... no turnin' back now.....here she comes!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1203931206244720374?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1203931206244720374/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1203931206244720374&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1203931206244720374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1203931206244720374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' 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height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUq6pPPF0I/AAAAAAAAArg/SRitUxGJHdk/s320/ella-flower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297687723661793090" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUqqTkAmhI/AAAAAAAAArY/0Bn87ltud34/s1600-h/ella+pink+swimmy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUqqTkAmhI/AAAAAAAAArY/0Bn87ltud34/s320/ella+pink+swimmy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297687442965436946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUqIxBpNTI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UVGsezdlN-c/s1600-h/DSCN1352-bw.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUqIxBpNTI/AAAAAAAAArQ/UVGsezdlN-c/s320/DSCN1352-bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297686866758808882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUrN6DiD8I/AAAAAAAAAro/brWzIO5Ro-c/s1600-h/DSCN1275.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUrN6DiD8I/AAAAAAAAAro/brWzIO5Ro-c/s320/DSCN1275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297688054593621954" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4333942652988965062?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SYUq6pPPF0I/AAAAAAAAArg/SRitUxGJHdk/s72-c/ella-flower.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-149326223724360406</id><published>2009-01-28T10:38:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T10:40:11.419-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Celebrity Recognition</title><content type='html'>holding up the cover of this month's people magazine:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;m: Grant, who's this?&lt;br /&gt;g: BOK-OBAMA!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(m: That's m'boy!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-149326223724360406?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3828209777648507532</id><published>2009-01-28T10:35:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-28T10:36:12.899-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: you yike me mommy?&lt;br /&gt;m: grant, I love you.&lt;br /&gt;g: no, you YIKE me mommy?!&lt;br /&gt;m: yes, grant I like you.&lt;br /&gt;g: oh-kay!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3828209777648507532?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3828209777648507532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3648852264373193444</id><published>2009-01-20T19:26:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T19:27:18.330-06:00</updated><title type='text'>sweet thang</title><content type='html'>g: you pick-a up-a me, mommy?&lt;br /&gt;m: yes...grant, I picked you up today.&lt;br /&gt;g: mama, me miss-a you today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3648852264373193444?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3648852264373193444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4861080339113633678</id><published>2009-01-20T19:25:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T19:26:27.873-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Stereotypes at 30 months:</title><content type='html'>g: (with toy vacuum in hand) Me the Mama!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4861080339113633678?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4861080339113633678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4861080339113633678&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 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type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: mom, what does nickelodeon mean?&lt;br /&gt;m: it's a channel on tv&lt;br /&gt;e: there's a person in mr.nelson's class named nickelodeon&lt;br /&gt;m: no, probably not honey, there are no people named nickelodeon&lt;br /&gt;e: yes....a boy, his first name is "nick" and his last name is "lodeon"&lt;br /&gt;m: (hmmmmmmm)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4469775407343232395?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4469775407343232395/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4469775407343232395&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' 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italic;"&gt;Monday:&lt;/span&gt; Ella has itchy head, hmmm...might just be dry skin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Wednesday:&lt;/span&gt; Ella has bugs, hmmmm....&lt;br /&gt;Look on internet, find what to do. Learn it is NOT ok to douse head in kerosene, move to plan B. Call dad to stop at drug store--instruct to buy entire lice aisle. Call all playdate families from the past week, alert them of the epidemic. Apply lice treatment to both ella and mom since we share a brush....wait 12 minutes, rinse. Apply "nit gel" and comb. Pick out live bugs, try not to vomit. Douse hair with olive oil, cover in shower cap. Strip all beds and couches of all things that can go in washing machine. Spray "bedding spray" to entire house. Find it funny that bedding spray indicates "do not spray on pillows, sheets or clothing"....hmmm...keep spraying. Cram washing machine with infested bedding, hats, mittens, jackets, stuffed animals. Follow with drying cycle. Learn that many hats and mittens were wool and now have mini winter accessories. Look on internet to see if there has been anything forgotten. Learn one mom buzzed her daughter's hair to rid the creatures....hoping that is not our path. Slam glass of wine. Try to sleep, feel bugs everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Thursday:&lt;/span&gt; Call school, talk to nurse. Rinse olive oil. Find a few additional buggers. Go to drug store to buy the "better comb" Follow directions, comb one inch sections of wet hair until all hair is combed and nit free. Try to convince 5 year-old that she should hold still and stare at the toilet so that mom can rid her head of the blood suckers, scare her into holding still by telling her that she'll never go back to Ms. Elling's class unless all the lice are gone. Spray bedding again with the do-not-spray-on-bedding-bedding-spray. Clean house, vacuum, vacuum again, and once more. Bathe daughter, wash hair for last time for next 7 days (learned on internet that lice don't like clean hair) comb hair diligently with nit comb once more.....only find one nit. Slam glass of wine &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;while&lt;/span&gt; watching Grey's.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5141163513165670402?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5141163513165670402/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5141163513165670402&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5141163513165670402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5141163513165670402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/01/lice.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5200635295591178121</id><published>2009-01-05T19:53:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-05T19:53:46.519-06:00</updated><title type='text'>on augmentation:</title><content type='html'>e: mom, look! my boobies are getting bigger!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5200635295591178121?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5200635295591178121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5200635295591178121&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5200635295591178121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5200635295591178121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-augmentation.html' title='on augmentation:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-2418188600968888204</id><published>2009-01-03T08:03:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-03T08:04:08.494-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SV9wS4CpPqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/XH216eznzDg/s1600-h/n1219737605_2069101_1439.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SV9wS4CpPqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/XH216eznzDg/s320/n1219737605_2069101_1439.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287067957139685026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-2418188600968888204?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/2418188600968888204/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=2418188600968888204&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2418188600968888204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2418188600968888204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SV9wS4CpPqI/AAAAAAAAAp8/XH216eznzDg/s72-c/n1219737605_2069101_1439.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6398109640516049694</id><published>2008-12-25T11:17:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T11:20:58.734-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Jewish families, do you have room for one more?</title><content type='html'>e: How many days is Christmas?&lt;br /&gt;m: Just one, we have celebrations Christmas Eve too, but Christmas is really only one day.&lt;br /&gt;e: How many days is Hanukkah?&lt;br /&gt;m: eight&lt;br /&gt;e: [california surfer cool guy tone] Oh, Yeah. Sweet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6398109640516049694?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6398109640516049694/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6398109640516049694&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6398109640516049694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6398109640516049694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/jewish-families-do-you-have-room-for.html' title='Jewish families, do you have room for one more?'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1514388142645322028</id><published>2008-12-23T08:27:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-23T08:29:49.185-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Graduate School</title><content type='html'>e: daddy, can you put a pony in Julie's [doll] hair?&lt;br /&gt;r: yeah, here.....&lt;br /&gt;[making pony]&lt;br /&gt;e: dad, that's not a very good pony&lt;br /&gt;r: I did the best I could, Dads aren't usually very good at that sort of thing.&lt;br /&gt;e: well, you'd better go back to college and learn how to do ponies then!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1514388142645322028?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1514388142645322028/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1514388142645322028&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1514388142645322028'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1514388142645322028'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/graduate-school.html' title='Graduate School'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1944736446861213087</id><published>2008-12-20T12:24:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T12:58:18.431-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Honestly, I tried:</title><content type='html'>The plan: get big-boy-bed, take down crib. So.....while daddy was shoveling (would have been nice to know it'd be 34degrees the next day and the snow would have gracefully dripped off the driveway..oops) I was busy taking the crib apart....or a least trying. Took out the mattress, emptied the drawer, took off the sliding side.....and then it happened. I cried. I couldn't do it. Soooo.......I didn't. G now has a $600 stuffed animal shelf.&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SU01RGDPR1I/AAAAAAAAApU/i13dS2RGbjQ/s1600-h/IMG_2102.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SU01RGDPR1I/AAAAAAAAApU/i13dS2RGbjQ/s320/IMG_2102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281936505773705042" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SU01RmPyCqI/AAAAAAAAApc/ioFHn4VU9o4/s1600-h/IMG_2106.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SU01RmPyCqI/AAAAAAAAApc/ioFHn4VU9o4/s320/IMG_2106.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281936514416249506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1944736446861213087?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1944736446861213087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1944736446861213087&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1944736446861213087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1944736446861213087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/honestly-i-tried.html' title='Honestly, I tried:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SU01RGDPR1I/AAAAAAAAApU/i13dS2RGbjQ/s72-c/IMG_2102.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-2047339137264245025</id><published>2008-12-18T09:43:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-18T09:43:59.494-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>6:15 am: G: Mama, me luffff eewwwww!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-2047339137264245025?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/2047339137264245025/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=2047339137264245025&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2047339137264245025'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/2047339137264245025'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/615-am-g-mama-me-luffff-eewwwww.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-1291434741897102427</id><published>2008-12-16T11:01:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T11:20:24.349-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Where's #100?</title><content type='html'>. . . Copy and paste this to your blog and bold the ones that you HAVE done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Started your own blog&lt;br /&gt;2. Slept under the stars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;3. Played in a band (does jr. high count??)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Visited Hawaii&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;5. Watched a meteor shower&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Given more than you can afford to charity&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;7. Been to Disneyland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. Climbed a mountain&lt;br /&gt;9. Held a praying mantis&lt;br /&gt;10. Sang a solo&lt;br /&gt;11. Bungee jumped&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;12. Visited Paris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. Watched a lightning storm at sea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;14. Taught yourself an art from scratch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;15. Adopted a child&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;16. Had food poisoning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty&lt;br /&gt;18. Grown your own vegetables&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;20. Slept on an overnight train&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;21. Had a pillow fight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;22. Hitch hiked&lt;br /&gt;23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;24. Built a snow fort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;25. Held a lamb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;26. Gone skinny dipping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;27. Run a Marathon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;29. Seen a total eclipse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;30. Watched a sunrise or sunset&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;31. Hit a home run&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;32. Been on a cruise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;33. Seen Niagara Falls in person&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;35. Seen an Amish community&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;36. Taught yourself a new language&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;39. Gone rock climbing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;40. Seen Michelangelo’s David&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;41. Sung karaoke&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt&lt;br /&gt;43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant&lt;br /&gt;44. Visited Africa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;45. Walked on a beach by moonlight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;46. Been transported in an ambulance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;47. Had your portrait painted&lt;br /&gt;48. Gone deep sea fishing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;52. Kissed in the rain&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;53. Played in the mud&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;54. Gone to a drive-in theater&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;55. Been in a movie/commercial/tvshow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;56. Visited the Great Wall of China&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;57. Started a business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;58. Taken a martial arts class&lt;br /&gt;59. Visited Russia&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;60. Served at a soup kitchen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;62. Gone whale watching&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;63. Got flowers for no reason&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;65. Gone sky diving&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;67. Bounced a check&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;68. Flown in a helicopter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;69. Saved a favorite childhood toy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;71. Eaten Caviar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;72. Pieced a quilt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;73. Stood in Times Square&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;74. Toured the Everglades&lt;br /&gt;75. Been fired from a job&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;77. Broken a bone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;78. Been on a speeding motorcycle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;80. Published a book&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;81. Visited the Vatican&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;82. Bought a brand new car&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;83. Walked in Jerusalem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;84. Had your picture in the newspaper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;85. Read the entire Bible&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;86. Visited the White House&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;88. Had chickenpox&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;89. Saved someone’s life&lt;br /&gt;90. Sat on a jury&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;91. Met someone famous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;92. Joined a book club&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;93. Lost a loved one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;94. Had a baby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;95. Seen the Alamo in person&lt;br /&gt;96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;97. Been involved in a law suit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;98. Owned a cell phone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;99. Been stung by a bee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-1291434741897102427?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/1291434741897102427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=1291434741897102427&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1291434741897102427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/1291434741897102427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/wheres-100.html' title='Where&apos;s #100?'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-7040509465920578956</id><published>2008-12-14T19:15:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T20:59:27.984-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>m: ella &amp;amp; grant, why is it so quiet up there?&lt;br /&gt;e: Because! We're just goofing around like an elephant in a big butt-crack!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(I swear I don't make this stuff up)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-7040509465920578956?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/7040509465920578956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=7040509465920578956&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7040509465920578956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7040509465920578956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/m-ella-grant-why-is-it-so-quiet-up.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-7726378266688626876</id><published>2008-12-11T08:41:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T08:41:26.636-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>e: when is going to be christmas? I really feel like having presents in my stocking.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-7726378266688626876?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/7726378266688626876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=7726378266688626876&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7726378266688626876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7726378266688626876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/e-when-is-going-to-be-christmas-i.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-8943768823398391064</id><published>2008-12-10T12:43:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T12:49:21.068-06:00</updated><title type='text'>G-Man:</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOpYzveGI/AAAAAAAAAow/R586b60CYTI/s1600-h/IMG_2092.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOpYzveGI/AAAAAAAAAow/R586b60CYTI/s320/IMG_2092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278234867475118178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"yeah...you know it"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOonWlMoI/AAAAAAAAAog/W46v1SkFecY/s1600-h/IMG_2094.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOonWlMoI/AAAAAAAAAog/W46v1SkFecY/s320/IMG_2094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278234854199472770" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"this is the very worst day of my life"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOpDv2y0I/AAAAAAAAAoo/alILHjVKhfs/s1600-h/IMG_2091.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOpDv2y0I/AAAAAAAAAoo/alILHjVKhfs/s320/IMG_2091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278234861821676354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"me football guy!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-8943768823398391064?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/8943768823398391064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=8943768823398391064&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8943768823398391064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/8943768823398391064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/yeah.html' title='G-Man:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SUAOpYzveGI/AAAAAAAAAow/R586b60CYTI/s72-c/IMG_2092.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-5120753519899759427</id><published>2008-12-09T06:18:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T09:21:14.299-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>g: mmmmm! nummy in me belly button!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-5120753519899759427?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/5120753519899759427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=5120753519899759427&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5120753519899759427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/5120753519899759427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/g-mmmmm-nummy-in-my-belly-button_09.html' title=''/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-6932451753920041253</id><published>2008-12-08T14:33:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T11:52:09.843-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Mama got a brand new title:</title><content type='html'>....I can now add "Award Winning Blogger" to my resume. Thanks Jules, for making me more marketable during these tough times....I'm sure the nomination will land me a stellar job in lane 7. &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;(link to award through logo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://othejoys.blogspot.com/2008/12/november-rofl-awards.html"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 115px; height: 52px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ST2E5k0fAYI/AAAAAAAAAoY/rGwDOyK_dYg/s200/nov-08-button.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277520463019311490" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-6932451753920041253?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/6932451753920041253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=6932451753920041253&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6932451753920041253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/6932451753920041253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/mama-got-new-title.html' title='Mama got a brand new title:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/ST2E5k0fAYI/AAAAAAAAAoY/rGwDOyK_dYg/s72-c/nov-08-button.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-3138869948130595728</id><published>2008-12-02T19:23:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-02T20:37:22.989-06:00</updated><title type='text'>The true meaning of Gynecologists:</title><content type='html'>Around Christmas 2005 I paid a routine visit to my OB/GYN, Dr. Junnila at Park Nicollet/Carlson...I was pregnant with Grant at the time so I got out of the all too uncomfortable downstairs exam. I was there to listen to the baby's heart, step on the scale and get my belly measured. As per usual Dr. Junnila and I talked about all things unrelated to women's health; politics, weather, the kids, the dogs, his latest travel adventures (he's always tan)...etc. This particular visit he asked me what my favorite Christmas movie was. That was easy, One Magic Christmas and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation of course. He said he loved One Magic Christmas as well....we talked a bit about the film as he was probably the only person I knew that actually knew about or liked that sappy movie. I shared my disappointment that my only copy was VHS and I had watched it so many times the tape was worn out and I couldn't share it with my kids. Dr. J said that his son could maybe get me a copy on DVD, that he was 'young and into all that technology stuff.' That Christmas passed, as did Christmas 2006 and 2007. Here we are, three years later and in today's mail was an envelope addressed to me, with no return address and no postage. Inside was a homemade DVD labeled 'One Magic Christmas' and a post-it note that read "Merry Christmas from Santa." Three years later, Dr. Junnila took the time to not only think of me, but to drive to my house and prove to me that there really are a few good people left in this world....even if they are the same people that look at your cervix one a year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-3138869948130595728?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/3138869948130595728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=3138869948130595728&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3138869948130595728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/3138869948130595728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/true-meaning-of-gynecologists.html' title='The true meaning of Gynecologists:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-533118293788030556</id><published>2008-12-01T11:15:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-01T11:15:59.468-06:00</updated><title type='text'>dirty boy</title><content type='html'>g: mama, me likey to dig in me butt!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-533118293788030556?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/533118293788030556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=533118293788030556&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/533118293788030556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/533118293788030556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/12/dirty-boy.html' title='dirty boy'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-4164445437623982274</id><published>2008-11-26T22:51:00.016-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T22:55:07.730-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Any chance you could make room for mommy??</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SS4nfxPvA8I/AAAAAAAAAgs/HYvKaB3jAPo/s1600-h/IMG_1994.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SS4nfxPvA8I/AAAAAAAAAgs/HYvKaB3jAPo/s200/IMG_1994.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273195640446190530" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;is this what I get for "going out" on a wednesday night??&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-4164445437623982274?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/4164445437623982274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=4164445437623982274&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4164445437623982274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/4164445437623982274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/11/any-chance-you-could-make-room-for.html' title='Any chance you could make room for mommy??'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SS4nfxPvA8I/AAAAAAAAAgs/HYvKaB3jAPo/s72-c/IMG_1994.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5976488187193194936.post-7530536219950263957</id><published>2008-11-25T12:41:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-25T12:59:34.408-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Potty-Training Report:</title><content type='html'>First day at school with underpants: No accidents! (yet)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5976488187193194936-7530536219950263957?l=theminnesotamama.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/feeds/7530536219950263957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5976488187193194936&amp;postID=7530536219950263957&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7530536219950263957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5976488187193194936/posts/default/7530536219950263957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://theminnesotamama.blogspot.com/2008/11/potty-training-report.html' title='Potty-Training Report:'/><author><name>mama</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09398651574559189377</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ofnGuuzehFo/SMH_Jf55XsI/AAAAAAAAAac/0UMtV7HTmM8/S220/n692341237_9208.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
