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If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want. ~Oscar Wilde

1. Smallpox

2. X-ray vision

3. Ingrown toenails

4. Cottage cheese

5. Vericose veins

6. Facial hair

7. Being stalked by Dr. Phil

8. Tarantula infestation

9. All-expense paid vacation to Delaware

10. My picture under BEACH DON’TS on the cover of National Enquirer

11. Pro wrestling tickets

12. Black licorice

13. Belly button fuzz

14. Ownership of professional sports team

15. Allergic reactions to chocolate

16. Being elected to anything

17. Cicadas

18. Omniscience

19. Giant scary parrot living on a perch in my living room

20. Collection of straw-hat-wearing geese knick knacks

21. Time machine

22. Lobster dinner

23. A pierced tongue

24. Blue cheese in any form

25. Ownership of a Yankee Candle store

26. Fame

27. Victoria’s Secret catalogues in the mail

28. Prescription for low testosterone

29. Wolf whistles

30. Nauseated at amusement parks

31. HBO

32. The scorn of Anna Wintour

33. A Grammy

34. Spidey-sense

35. Sudden nosebleeds

36. A reputation as a pool hustler

37. Spontaneous urges to eat Greek food

38. More cowbell!

39. Vocal scrutiny from a roomful of southern women with big hair

40. A comprehensive understanding of how sausage is made

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New at the Zoo

The last time I went to the zoo, Ollie was riding around inside me. It was so hot, I took shelter in the air-conditioned gift shop, a place I normally avoid. Kids and gift shops need validation from each other. One needs tacky personalized souvenir license plates. The other needs allowance money.

Yesterday, we returned to the zoo. This time, it was unseasonably warm for winter. It was bright and clear. We ate a picnic lunch outside as a peacock stalked crumbs. It was a perfect mix of nice weather, small crowds, and active animals.

He won’t remember his first trip to the Denver Zoo, but I will.

Ollie ~ 3 months

He may have seen this

He may have seen that

He was asleep when we saw these...

...and these

Someday he will run the bleachers...

He will spy a polar bear who is thankful it's winter

He will get to know and love big brother Joel's favorite animal

In winter, the giraffes are made of ice, too

He wasn't the only baby at the zoo.

Boy genius, boy genius, boy genius

When I was little, a friend of my mom’s gave a box of her kids’ outgrown clothes to us. I misheard during the exchange, thinking they were called “handy-down clothes.” This mistake persisted embarrassingly long into my adulthood. But my innocent take on the act of kindness makes sense. Hand-me-downs are handy.

After Teddy outgrew his little dude clothes, I gave them away to a friend and my sister-in-law. Both were expecting boys. It was perfect. I held back a few keepsake items, like the sleepers they wore home from the hospital and a few of my favorite tiny t-shirts.

Like this one.

Because of my sentimentality, my three youngest geniuses have something in common.

Archie

Teddy

Ollie