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WEEK 44 - DECEMBER 2002

Sears family homemade ice cream.

So my six-year-old Alex asks us today if the only reason that Joshua can't have ice cream is because it has cow's milk. We tell him this is so. He thinks for a minute, then says, "Well, maybe we could make some ice cream using your breast milk. Then Joshua could have some too."

I'll let you know how it tastes.

Diaper distraction.

Anybody with kids knows how much fun it is to change a squirming baby's diaper. I showed you pictures several weeks ago. Well, genius Cheryl does it again. She found a great way to distract him. She hands him a baby wipe, and this cold, wet curiosity keeps him busy for a while.

But wipes are expensive. Couldn't he be happy with a toy or something? It seems he only likes things that he isn't supposed to have. Anytime he's fussy, all we have to do is give him something expensive to play with and he's fine.

Everlasting Cheerio.

Cheerios have become Joshua's favorite snack. Anytime he's fussy, a handful of Cheerios is sure to give us a few minutes of peace. The only problem is that he downs them like they're water.

What we need is an Everlasting Cheerio. Like Willy Wonka's Everlasting Gobstopper.

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