As I’ve mentioned before, one of Breanna’s favorite things to do is to rush over if you’re pretending to cry (or doing it for real) so she can rub your arm and say “don’t cry! Okay! Don’t cry!” Even today, she did it to me and I wasn’t crying at all. My glasses are busted and they are a bit wobbly so they make me especially nauseous when they move while I’m trying to work on my computer. I was sort of hunched over, moaning and whining (yes, my plans for the week include going to get them fixed or replaced, whichever is cheaper and more likely) and Breanna thought I was crying so she reassured me.

She took it to an extreme the other day though. She saw that I was sweeping my kitchen so – as she frequently does – she went and grabbed my Swiffer. She pushed it all around the apartment, then went to town with it in my living room (there’s just no explaining to a toddler that Swiffers don’t work on carpets). At one point she accidentally banged it into the couch and she immediately dropped to the floor, hugged it close, and said, “Okay, don’t cry!” over and over again, like she was terrified she had hurt her delicate little Swiffer.

She is a loon. But we do share a love of Swiffer products.

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I never wrote about Hayley’s birthday party last weekend. It was nice and calm. We had a home full of people, we were pretty well packed. Everyone was able to make it, including my parents, and everyone seemed to have a good time. We did up cheese and pate and cracker platters, vegetables with dips, fruits with chocolate sauce, chips and whatnot, and of course I made lasagna and a birthday cake. This year’s request by Hayley was a re-run, she wanted another ladybug cake. Okay then!

You can see the full set of party photos here, though there aren’t a ton since I was too busy to take photos. She got a nice mix of toys and clothes and it was all good.

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This weekend consisted of her friend’s birthday party on Saturday and then Thanksgiving dinner last night. Today was A LOT OF FUN since both girls were ridiculously tired. Neither could settle down and sleep until almost 10 last night, then Hayley inexplicably woke up from 1 am until 5 am. They were both cranky and fussy, Hayley has a dry cough and Breanna is teething with her two-year molars, so in general it was just a frickin’ great day here. At least they were both exhausted enough to fall asleep relatively easily tonight so hooray for that.

Hayley refuses to admit she’s tired even when she is, and she even manages to pull off looking awake in the picture she requested tonight. How does she do that?

And then tomorrow school’s back in (holiday today since today is technically Thanksgiving), and we’ll be back to our normal routine. Whatever “normal” means.

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Today, for the first time in years I made myself a big old omelet. I’ve documented my hatred of coming up for things for lunch if there are no leftovers to be had but today I just had the urge once I saw some vegetables and ham in our fridge. I sauteed some mushrooms, chopped tomato, cubed ham, onion, and garlic, then cooked up an omelet with melted cheese and folded the other things inside.

It was frickin’ insanely good. Good enough that I just might make myself another one tomorrow, dammit.

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I am full into prime time TV again now that everything is back on (except Lost, dammit). I am loving all my usual dramas (Criminal Minds first and foremost and still the show I would choose if I could only watch one, CSI, CSI Miami, and CSI NY). I’m slowly getting back into Grey’s Anatomy although it’s lost a little something or other. Even Desperate Housewives has sucked me back in. Reality TV is quiet with only Dancing With the Stars holding me in, but that’s mostly because I’m interested in watching Jennie Garth (from my once beloved 90210) and Cameron Matheson (who plays a character on my one soap opera, All My Children). I also started watching two new shows – Big Shots which is okay but not awesome, and Dirty Sexy Money which is so good I nearly burst an artery watching it. I tried Gossip Girl and loved it, but it airs at 7 pm here which is just stupid and not do-able for me so maybe I’ll catch it in the summer instead.

What are you watching this season? Let’s discuss!