Hmm. That broccoli article sways me the other way, Hec. Now I'd want to only offer my kids 34 different sorts of food for 4 1/2 years.

It doesn't talk about damage though. Just that kids given a limited choice balance things out in the end.

Hey Empress, any chance MM could hang out at our house tomorrow morning-ish? UPS left me a msg saying that the box containing Drew's xmas gift cannot be delivered without someone present to sign for it, and I'm freaking out a bit. They tried to deliver the first time today, apparently.

Kristin, you can also redirect it to another address. I ended up doing that more often than not.

It's incredibly insecure of them to let you, but I don't think I've been robbed that way. Yet.

ita thanks! I'll call tonight and see if I can do that. So A, the question becomes whether or not you mind me sending it to you...?

Hmm. That broccoli article sways me the other way, Hec. Now I'd want to only offer my kids 34 different sorts of food for 4 1/2 years.

It doesn't talk about damage though. Just that kids given a limited choice balance things out in the end.

We put out a plate of part of whatever we're eating (in toddler portions), plus at least some fruit or cheese and whatever Owen eats, he eats.

I'm less worried about how much/what he eats than keeping him in his chair at least part of the time and keeping him from stealing whatever is on Olivia's tray or in her sippy cup. I'm too busy "civilizing" him to monitor what goes in his mouth. Sometimes I think he goes without getting anything in him but he doesn't cry of hunger and he doesn't seem to be wasting away.

Of course, this doesn't count the tookie/banana discussion we had recently, either.

Hey Empress, any chance MM could hang out at our house tomorrow morning-ish? UPS left me a msg saying that the box containing Drew's xmas gift cannot be delivered without someone present to sign for it, and I'm freaking out a bit. They tried to deliver the first time today, apparently.

He won't - he'll be working.

If you want, you can change the address to my work address. Can you get email?

Awesome! Haunted Mansion!

Yeah, that's all I got.

...guys, my entire mind has been sucked up by this show. Seriously. I've seen it 3 times in the last 2 weeks, and I'm going again on Friday. Never have I loved something this much.

I know none of you have seen it or are fans (yet), but I'd love some intelligent input. I'm trying to start a message board / community for the show that isn't on MySpace or the Facebook (because... shudder). I would love if some of you people who have been involved in hundreds or dozens of boards would visit [link] and look for the implementation mistakes that I'm sure are everywhere.

If I can get it working well enough, I may be able to swing Official Board status, as I'm on speaking terms with at least 3 of the producers at this point.

Yes she can get email. Send the address to me and to her. I'm not sure what her plan is.

ND - sent to your wasted monkey account and K's mac account.

Excellent. Thank you and backflung.