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Yeah. It was like the kids in The Shining. I turned around and they're just two twins standing. I didn't even hear him come down the stairs. Just jailbreak. Yes. And they're really into talking about our friends right now. Okay. So they'll be like, who are you talking? Are you talking to your friends? Or if we're FaceTiming one another. If I'm FaceTiming the kids back home, they'll say...
Yeah. It was like the kids in The Shining. I turned around and they're just two twins standing. I didn't even hear him come down the stairs. Just jailbreak. Yes. And they're really into talking about our friends right now. Okay. So they'll be like, who are you talking? Are you talking to your friends? Or if we're FaceTiming one another. If I'm FaceTiming the kids back home, they'll say...
If I was FaceTiming them right now, they'd be like, can I see your friends? Even if they had not met anybody in the room and they would have to say hello to everybody.
If I was FaceTiming them right now, they'd be like, can I see your friends? Even if they had not met anybody in the room and they would have to say hello to everybody.
Yeah. She's got me just. The floor around Gus's bed is like 30 stuffies. Yeah. And people just give them to you and they just keep giving them to you. And it's really hard to make them go away. And then he doesn't have a favorite one, though. So every night it's like, I want little bear. And I have now learned that little bear is the tiny white bear. There's 15 bears in there.
Yeah. She's got me just. The floor around Gus's bed is like 30 stuffies. Yeah. And people just give them to you and they just keep giving them to you. And it's really hard to make them go away. And then he doesn't have a favorite one, though. So every night it's like, I want little bear. And I have now learned that little bear is the tiny white bear. There's 15 bears in there.
You have to turn the lights back on, look under the bed. Yeah, it's a journey.
You have to turn the lights back on, look under the bed. Yeah, it's a journey.
Yeah. I mean, our kids are about to turn four. So it's weird to think that I wrote this book, I believe, before they turned two. I was coming home from a work trip and had been thinking about writing a children's book because I had asked around for books that looked like our family. Yeah. As you know, you read 15 books every night.
Yeah. I mean, our kids are about to turn four. So it's weird to think that I wrote this book, I believe, before they turned two. I was coming home from a work trip and had been thinking about writing a children's book because I had asked around for books that looked like our family. Yeah. As you know, you read 15 books every night.
So it would be great if just one of those books featured a family that looked like ours. And we came up short. There are a couple of good ones out there. And it was also important to me that, you know, the lesson in the book was just a family loves each other. Unconditional love for your child. It wasn't kind of punching you in the face with the morals.
So it would be great if just one of those books featured a family that looked like ours. And we came up short. There are a couple of good ones out there. And it was also important to me that, you know, the lesson in the book was just a family loves each other. Unconditional love for your child. It wasn't kind of punching you in the face with the morals.
Um, so, uh, I was on an airplane, uh, and, and the idea came to me, uh, how excited I was to get home and how excited my kids might be that I'm coming home. Uh, and that was it. I just wanted a, a nice sweet story, especially for bedtime.
Um, so, uh, I was on an airplane, uh, and, and the idea came to me, uh, how excited I was to get home and how excited my kids might be that I'm coming home. Uh, and that was it. I just wanted a, a nice sweet story, especially for bedtime.