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Friday night, while Emily and I were away at the Girlscout Swap-a-thon, Nate and Daddy were alone...some not so good things have happened when they've been left alone (like Nate sticking a key into an electrical outlet...) but I digress.


This particular story lets us find Nate playing trains in the den floor, he's gotten quite good at putting the track together and playing independently with this toy. He was lining his trains up and said, "Daddy, I need Gordon" (for those of you NOT in the know, Gordon is a pal of Thomas the Train...Nate currently has Toby, Emily, James, Scarlouey...thankfully for parents they have their names on the bottom of the trains).
Daddy said, "Well, go to your bedroom and get Gordon...". To which Nate replied...
"Gordon not in my woom...he's at Wal-mart..."

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Lynn Cross said…
When Karen was two all we had to ask her was, "where do you want to go?" and she would say, "Wal-Mart" It's a conspiracy!! Lynn
Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:06:00 AM EST
Amanda said…
Hi Loretta! Nice to "meet" you! I am happy to let you know that the new Salvation Army store is in the shopping center next to the old Twin Cinemas. It's near WOW Pets and the Mexican restaurant, not on the end of Sears and Big Lots. I hope you have as good luck as I did there!!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 8:21:00 AM EST
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