Archive for August, 2008

progress

August 7th, 2008

The golden rule of parenting is that it will happen when it is time. And it did happen when it was time with potty training, and interest in reading, and walking, and kicking the pacifier… It just seemed so improbable that my highly active, though incredibly coordinated son would ever sit down and write. But […]

his headache, my iphone

August 7th, 2008

I was supposed to get the old iphone when the new ones came out, but after 2 days of carrying the new phone, Doug’s head is suffering and I’m getting the new one. Say hello to 3G.

Willisms

August 4th, 2008

3 and 4 year olds are hilarious. When we read books, Will asks, “You think we can [something in the book], sometime?” The requests have ranged from, “You think we could do that? Ride a unicorn, sometime?” to “You think we could do that? Eat green eggs and ham, sometime?” So we ate green egg […]

can’t get too much of those ABCs

August 1st, 2008

My son is a smart kid. I know this because the day he could stand without holding on to something, he unlocked all of our baby locks. (10 mos). He’s never shown much interest in baby puzzles because he’s yet to meet one he can’t assemble in seconds. And as soon as he could walk, […]

summer reading list for the under-5s

August 1st, 2008

I’m always on the hunt for books that both the kids and I enjoy reading. I’ve learned that the kids will listen to any drivel if the character looks cool, but we’re all more excited if the entire story is engaging, even if it is simple. Here’s today’s list of good reads: (For the under […]

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