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Man, was that fun or what? First off, I was the Friday Night Speaker following Amy B. the creator of Mama Merit Badges which are so cool, by the way. It was sooo wonderfully noisy when I started speaking-babies fussing and mamas gently shushing, then suddenly stillness and sleep settled in (note to self, next time I do a speech between 6:30 and 7:00 pm, start with lowered lights and a lullabye first ;o) and I could really get going. I completely spaced a Q and A session after my speech and things were getting late and Amy still had a few mama merit badges to give away, so I called it a night after that, but laid in bed wishing I could have done it for hours, fun!

On Saturday, I worked my booth and ran a session called the Politics of Parenthood, and wow! what a vibrant discussion we had, huh? There were more than enough Qs and As and unanswered Qs and unanswerable Qs and ponderable As to more than make up for the night before. But, still I wanted to do about 4 more sessions. We drummed all afternoon with Steve of Giving Tree Music and if you’ve never drummed in one of his circles you are certainly missing out on a life affirming experience…and here is something I learned, if you are in a drum circle your baby is likely to curl right up and go to sleep, right in the middle of that beat.

That night we went to the super fun Pirate Bash with another drum circle…and yes, that sneering pirate is with me, and no, my littlest one didn’t nurse all the time, these are the only two times she nursed the whole weekend. She was off and so busy, sniff.

On Sunday I sat in on a couple of sessions with Dr. Laurence Cohen of Playful Parenting which reminded me, reread that book!

Anyway, it was lovely to meet everyone, and chat and talk, thanks for inviting me!

Love,
Heather