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	<title>Little m Long a &#187; Zander</title>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Going to Need Some Trophy Polish</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/09/09/im-going-to-need-some-trophy-polish.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/09/09/im-going-to-need-some-trophy-polish.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kids and School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school daze]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The phone rang about 12:45.  This is not particularly significant for our phone typically rings throughout the course of the day.  It&#8217;s but one of the many ways that we keep in touch with the world around us.  So the phone ringing at 12:45 caused little reaction in me other than the immediate thought that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Forget About Your Blends</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/30/dont-forget-about-your-blends.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/30/dont-forget-about-your-blends.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reading is fundamental]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Zane]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want to read this book!&#8221;  Zander emphatically stated his position to Maura.  &#8220;How do you read?&#8221; &#8220;Well, Zander.  You have to sound out the letters and put them together.  Ask your brother Zane how he learned to read.&#8221; &#8220;Zane, how did you read?&#8221; he asked in his most innocent little boy voice. &#8220;Uhm.  Well.. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maybe In French?</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/21/maybe-in-french.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/21/maybe-in-french.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The boy sings constantly. Zander. He sings Incessantly.  Little tunes he makes up in his head or a phrase he might pick up from a song on the radio that he puts on an endless loop.  He&#8217;ll sing, content in his own little world, completely oblivious to what&#8217;s going on around him .  Often times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Origin of Zander</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/11/on-the-origin-of-zander.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/11/on-the-origin-of-zander.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kids say the darndest things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kissing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lifeguard at the pool shared with me a very interesting conversation that she had recently held with Zander. Seems Zander struck up the conversation after noticing her shiny new engagement ring. Zander:  Ooh, that&#8217;s a pretty ring! LG:  Thank you, Zander. Zander:  Does that mean you&#8217;re getting married? LG:  Yes I am. Zander:  My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Ways with My Good Graces or Fess Up and No One Has to Get Hurt</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/09/bad-ways-with-my-good-graces-or-fess-up-and-no-one-has-to-get-hurt.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/09/bad-ways-with-my-good-graces-or-fess-up-and-no-one-has-to-get-hurt.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children behaving badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the raccoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=2501</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had visitors today.  Uninvited visitors.  I&#8217;m typically a pretty amicable host and will go out of my way to make sure that my guests are comfortable.  OK, so that may not be entirely true.  I mean, chances are you&#8217;re not going to get my last Izze and if for some reason I happen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks, Mel</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/03/thanks-mel.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/06/03/thanks-mel.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my kids probably aren't ready for Mel Brooks but I can't seem to help myself]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=2484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not quite sure how to file this little gem. Parenting fail?  Parenting success?  Oh dear Lord what have I done?  Another reason I should not be fully entrusted with the care and supervision of my children?  Or simply, a proud father moment? I suppose you could find arguments for all of them.  It warmed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raising the Bar&#8211;A Tale of Two Raccoons</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/02/raising-the-bar-a-tale-of-two-raccoons.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/02/02/raising-the-bar-a-tale-of-two-raccoons.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birthdays and Anniversaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[4 years old]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birth story]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthdays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[raccoons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it&#8217;s the magnitude of deeply significant events.  Could be my complete lack of mental capacity.  Maybe I&#8217;m finally manifesting the negative consequences of poor choices at an earlier age.  Or maybe I&#8217;m just forgetful. The raccoons, Zander and Zella, turned four years old yesterday.  Four.  Years.  Old!  Customarily on each childs&#8217; birthday  we recount the day of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What?  Do We Live in a Zoo?</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/26/what-do-we-live-in-a-zoo.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/26/what-do-we-live-in-a-zoo.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laundry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shaking the machine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=1868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dad!  Dad!  There&#8217;s a noise!  We heard a noise upstairs!&#8221; The twins, bright eyed and animated as ever came running into the kitchen.  They clutched my legs, trembling. &#8220;What do you think it was?&#8221; (I knew exactly what it was.  I had overloaded the washing machine&#8212;again&#8212;and as it tried to start it&#8217;s spin cycle began [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 + 4 =</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/06/4-4.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2010/01/06/4-4.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Kids and School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Be Smart Kids"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zella]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=1097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a learning game we bought for the kids years ago.  We started with Zoë and it&#8217;s worked its way through the ranks having finally reached Zella and Zander.  Zia will still fight for her computer time though Zane and Zoë seem to have moved onto meatier things like books and such. The twins will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Kid Talks to God</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/30/my-kid-talks-to-god.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/30/my-kid-talks-to-god.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Little Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[god]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[He surprises me. He&#8217;s a happy-go-lucky little boy that lives in the now.  And the now is usually happy.  Except when it&#8217;s not. Fortunately, a return to happy is but a tickle away.  His days are filled with smiles and laughter, intents typically on nothing more than sharing that joy.He is not the least concerned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Super Cool</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/19/super-cool.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/19/super-cool.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[share. peace.]]></description>
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		<title>Little Moments</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/12/little-moments.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/12/little-moments.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Little Moments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordless Wednesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s the small things, the seemingly insignificant acts, totally random and unplanned that make for the the most lasting of memories. I mentioned that the flu has paid our home a little visit. Now while I love house guests and appreciate the thought, it&#8217;s definitely overstayed it&#8217;s welcome. Zander sounds the worst, his little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Think I&#8217;m Gonna Take a Personal Day</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/05/i-think-im-gonna-take-a-personal-day.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2009/11/05/i-think-im-gonna-take-a-personal-day.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kid Logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://edlamaze.com/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thirty minutes makes a huge difference. Huge! What am I saying? Five minutes makes a huge difference. Fall back. We got to set our clocks back this past weekend and for some inexplicable reason, I only fell back 55 minutes. I gained and hour and couldn&#8217;t figure out for the life of me why I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>No Sucker for You</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/20/no-sucker-for-you.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/20/no-sucker-for-you.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conversations With Little People]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><font size="4">She walked quickly and looked behind to her left.&#160; He followed, silently, just behind.&#160; Quickly, she changed
course, switched hands and looked behind to her right.&#160; And just as quickly he was there, right behind her.&#160; I could feel the tension mounting, see it in her face.&#160; Frustration
building.<br />
<br />
"Zia, what seems to be the problem?" I asked.<br />
<br />
"Zander keeps following me!&#160; He won't stop," she exclaimed.<br />
<br />
I looked down at Zander who was intent on Zia and focused squarely on her hands.&#160; Zia shifted hands and turned left to right and back again as Zander followed her every move.<br />
<br />
"Zia, he's not following you," I said pointing to the object in her hands.&#160; "He's following the sucker!"<br />
<br />
"Oh."&#160; Then to Zander, "Do you want ...</font></span>
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		<title>It Looked More Like a Pyramid</title>
		<link>http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/02/it-looked-more-like-a-pyramid.aspx</link>
		<comments>http://edlamaze.com/2008/09/02/it-looked-more-like-a-pyramid.aspx#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dead bunnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zander]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Most mornings, I let the twins sleep in.&#160; I suppose I could go in and wake them when I get Zoë and Zane up for school.&#160; (Starting tomorrow that will be Zoë, Zane and Zia.)&#160; But then, what would be the fun in that.&#160; I mean, left to their own devices, the unsupervised moments just after rising provides a most interesting period of creative expression.&#160; </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS">Take for instance, this morning.&#160; </SPAN></FONT><br /><FONT size=+1><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Comic Sans MS"><br />Upon hearing my little raccoons awake, I ventured upstairs and tentatively opened the door in anticipation of what I might find.&#160; <br /><br />Zella, sitting on her bed, proudly announced, "It's a castle!" pointing to the mound of fluff she had been meticulously arranging.<br /><br />"Where did all that stuffing come from?" I asked attempting to follow the fluff trail to ascertain it's origin.<br /><br />It didn't take me long to find it, a little rabbit, fluff free lying in a clump on the floor between their beds.&#160; "Guys, what happened to little bunny?"<br /><br />"He's dead," Zander flatly stated.<br /><br />And surely he was.<br /></SPAN></FONT> ...
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