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In honor of never napping. I labeled her. 👁👁 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1w_FwQp1KRUPTtRLwL5rs8TPEwnpAXEg_L46g0/?igshid=ejo88xlhks3b

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GoGo starts preschool in a couple weeks. I am bad at these parent moments that require parenting. I am trying to prepare her for getting to know a whole new group of families. I met her teacher yesterday and made sure she knew how GoGo speaks about family and to let me know if she starts asking questions or gets upset with kids asking her questions. Because the truth is, we all read books about families looking different but she doesn’t know another kid with only one parent. (Statistically, folks aren’t getting divorced until the kids are older so we will keep the light on for you over here when you are ready.) Waldorf claims that in the first 7 years of life kids are operating from a place of “the world is good.” So I was very blunt with her teacher and I said “I have not felt responsible introducing the concept of abandonment this early. I feel stressing she is not alone and is safe is the job right now. So I answer any questions honestly but age appropriately and I use her language she has come up with. And truthfully she has rarely asked questions so they might be coming.” But... right now? GoGo really seems to got this, what the hell is your problem adults of the world? 🙄 https://www.instagram.com/p/B1nP0WjJMsqst3pRJB4Np_g_F9V6CaVzknw6bY0/?igshid=6ohwve35qmck

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Well... she almost made it a year... birthday itch to buzz it struck again... I get that, gurl. I get that. #fucknohairbrush #idonotlikehairtouchingmyface #buzzitmommy https://www.instagram.com/p/BxqhK-VpdaP5Yfzq2Zj46m1yAO28O7ZfW8xzjs0/?igshid=1dbr8cii0llfq

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Mother’s Day 2019: GoGo finally ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Requested we bike to a park to eat it. Held it the whole ride in anticipation. Screamed at the top of the play structure “Thank you, for making me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I need peanut butter and jelly!” I will not test my luck and will probably wait a year to make her another one. But there you have it, a tiny moment of surprise ease on a dark day. https://www.instagram.com/p/BxbsNB-AX5iGMJDmgfu89PNxiiTctTJhrBdgL40/?igshid=quoilon5wogq

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We got married. “So we can live together in the same house.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BxF7xB7AxvJ0l117q_8H8bq5k29RiW4nW15PHA0/?igshid=1l6oqgo8a3jqu

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“Family” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwz_SQ1gojGi4vGhYkMrSnRkNbOYmPvcSh6BP00/?igshid=j6qyoa81yzkf

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How you art direct going into the world if you are 3.75 years old and got 3 stitches in your chin at 1am. Respect, small human. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwkMKKEgEhbktP2V1iu83nAyepX9Z8I9JAjlrQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ukgv6h7l3gr3

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Sometimes you have to explain how much you love chocolate because you fear the adults do not understand. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvRvlxDg8Elg7lZIBuypqYSdB_ENWHq3qOlCns0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1sj9mrkpjieib

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While I do not handle the constant comments this way... she may have picked up on the spirit with which I dismiss such garbage interactions. 😂 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bukpz__AqXl7PWDCAvB1v3kXZflOjYbVhnjPLI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l98z6qe9wa80

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FREEDOM! https://www.instagram.com/p/BsKTFW9g_EgEAaQDEeuXGBdDdBphSFEgOtcFCM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lbqvwmacm4o3

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A suggestion for “how to get ready for bed.” https://www.instagram.com/p/BsHidclg4qbtEgp1iRcGccY-sisQ7q5uRxBHc80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bizdshly2wn9

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🐩 https://www.instagram.com/p/BqthEHTniaRKIRap_D2tCWRISpk9kkLNjtDyA00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vk88s9goyzm4

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Decided to lean in to the clarity of being what the world would label “overly sensitive” this season. This holiday is maybe the most F*CKED up (if it is all built on lies and moral perversion, upsets a population you keep sick on designated lands you still try to take, and every year kills at least one person trying to buy something in material frenzy—- grow-up already and let it go America) but here is a moment of Mung bean bun bliss. Mung bean!!!! Huzzah, globalization! We are truly thankful for the immigrants around us! Sigh. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqfl-kjhcxQikKtSrAuiMdf8K9YpDZlI1jPmZ00/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cc1cxa3orxva

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While doing the dishes. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp08b6AgBCWSG03KfpW5MGw8-3buiU_scK9TEE0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kn90ojh6cfrn

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I took no photos because holidays are hard and make me spin out... or because ballerina was just all business going up to houses on her own! Now, how much candy can I get away with throwing in the trash? https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpn7HlzHF8b_cmvjFNtbq-OR_41OB0Zb6hgews0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s29o9zvn1a4c

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Night rides to peep Halloween decorations are pretty rad. https://www.instagram.com/p/BpiiZylHm7VcpVFU-J9jj-Zs6aCtwenpBrtotU0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1agwloyklnuh4