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The nap strike is still in full effect, but today I'm feeling marginally sane thanks to:

• Neil feeding the kids breakfast today so I could go running (and avoid the whole breakfast battle, my absolute least favorite part of the day)
• My darling grandparents sending an absolutely delightful package in the mail, full of goodies and treats, both of the chocolate variety and of the bamboo placemats and fun spices variety--they know me so well. :-)
• My friend Kathleen lending me her daughter Mia for a playdate this morning to keep Abigail occupied, and then hanging out with me for an hour afterwards when she came to pick Mia up so I could have some much-needed talk-to-friends time!

Almost the weekend...hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.

Oh, and here's the belated Easter pictures--nobody would ever look at the camera and smile, so they're not quite flattering.

Which actually, now that I look at them, is kind of indicative of how this whole week has gone...not very cooperatively. But at least the dresses are cute! (thanks G'ma and Papa for funding those--we had so much fun on our shopping trip, and Abigail picked hers out herself and was absolutely DELIGHTED. She adores pink).