– I’m making dinner. The salad is ready and I’m busy with the potatoes. The Dandelion enters the kitchen, pushes a chair, climbs on it, and standing on the chair starts munching on the salad. THE SALAD. He ate the salad out of free will. No coaxing, no cajoling. He wanted the salad so bad he actually climbed on a chair to get to it. In my world, my chocolate-is-my-only-food Ulysses-centered world, we call it a miracle.

– Ulysses is finally 100% potty trained, after relinquishing the night diaper. A week and a half with no nightly accidents, and counting. Hall of fame moment: waking up at 4AM to hear Ulysses climbing into our bed after going to the bathroom, and A. whispering to him “I’m so proud of you.”

– Going to the swimming pool for the first time with the kids. Ulysses asks: “mommy, are there sharks in there?”

This mom thing, I think I’ll keep at it.

Photo credit: Frank Hebbert

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