I am all for stating the rules in firm voices. People think I am odd for telling toddlers " shhh" or "no yelling " or " quite voice". . I don't really expect them to be quite - or really even understand the concept. but someone has to tell them.

Yes, and it's a process. They learn by association, and over time, and from your face and tone-of-voice, as much as from the words, themselves.

Dad is in the recovery room -- the angiogram showed that he had some blockage in his vein graft[1], near one of the first stents[2] that was put in, way back when. ([1] He had a quadruple bypass 6 or 7 years ago -- 3 of the bypasses were arteries and one was a leg vein. Vein grafts tend to re-block very easily, and his has, repeatedly. His 3 artery grafts, however, are wide wide wide open. [2] If you get a stent these days, they're coated with heparin to prevent clotting/blocking; however, some of the oldest ones in Dad's vein graft are so old that they pre-date the heparin-coated ones. If you add [1] and [2], you get a whammy.)

No heart attack, though, everything went smoothly. They're going to keep him overnight, because they gave him so much blood thinner that they want to make sure that he starts clotting properly. It looks bad when a hospital releases a patient who bleeds to death in the parking lot.

So, relief. But my autonomic nervous system is still thinking I'm stressed. Narf.

I thought haberdashers did hats.

Haberdashers do clothes. A "gentleman's haberdasher" sells suits, shirts, socks...

Isn't a milliner a hatmaker? (Maybe just women's hats?)

The funniest thing is when he gets mad and gives himself a time out

This is the cutest thing EVAR!

Glad the Emmett bully situation was resolved before anything more violent occurred. (I would kick ASS if anyone bullied my kid.)

I am so sorry about Polgara's mom. I can't do much, but if anyone wants to use the Teleflora gift certificate I have, it's good until the 30th.

The bob had a date Saturday. Today he gave me three new projects. Heh.

Jobma to Trudy and Anne. I hope things work out splendiferously for both of you.

I have pictures! Unfortunately they're not uploading properly, but here are the first two of our birthday girl: [link] [link]

She's modeling one of the shirts Auntie sj gave her; blowing out the candles she picked out for her cake.

Isn't a milliner a hatmaker? (Maybe just women's hats?)

Just women's hats.

Yay, Steph! So glad your dad is okay. Do they need to do anything about the blockage they saw? Or did they today?

Do they need to do anything about the blockage they saw? Or did they today?

Man, I was sure I put that in my post, but lo, I did not.

They put in a heparin-coated stent where the old one was, and that is that. Easy peasy.

Easy peasy

Wonderful!!

Steph, I'm glad your dad's okay. I hope your body soon figures out it can relax.

Every baby's different, but it sounds to me like you're doing it just right, Susan.

Aidan's first day of school, we had pizza for dinner, which is his favorite food (even without cheese!). [link]

Susan, Owen does the EXACT same thing. I handle it pretty much the way you do. Once he calms down a little he seems to handle that form of discipline pretty well. But man, does he ever HATE being thwarted.

Hec, gah! Rough kids scare me--if only because it brings back ugly childhood memories of my own (including being swung around the playground by the hood of my winter coat by three older girls). I'm glad you were there to step in.

cereal: Steph, I'm glad your dad is ok!