if I could guarantee the kids would sound like this…
October 5th, 2009there would be violin lessons in their future. Instead, I think I can only muster enough enthusiasm to promise them guitar lessons.
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there would be violin lessons in their future. Instead, I think I can only muster enough enthusiasm to promise them guitar lessons.
The thought crosses my mind when I scan the sushi bill and my 5-year-old son’s salmon sashimi is more than half the cost of our dinner for four, “Am I raising a foodie?” Is it normal for a child to request carrots and hummus as a snack. To snub tootsie rolls in favor of a […]
I’m certainly enjoying what different people my littles are. Where Will is sweet and thoughtful – the child that, knowing I wasn’t well this week, fought the urge to run ahead to the playground on our hike up to his school instead staying back to hold my hand; Sylvie is adventurous and independent – the […]
Overheard Sylvie get reprimanded at school for jumping off the loft stairs into the arms of a teacher. When he told her that he wasn’t going to catch her again, she stubbornly responded, “Well, I’ll fall.”
We delivered our first into the hands of the public school system Tuesday. The event has been long in preparation in our neighborhood and our household beginning with the drama around registering for our over-filled school – it was like getting precious concert tickets! Next came the assessment, Will’s first job interview, where he met […]
Wired collected and posted a list of 30 outdoor games we all used to play before we had kids. For those who have forgotten the rules, they’ve even provided instructions. Who says you have to have kids to enjoy these games? Step away from the computer, and go out to play.
We’re having our first sleepover as parents. Will and Matthew, his bestie, have been planning this event since they were barely able to talk, debating why they each had to go to their own houses at night and couldn’t just spend the night together. The pressure for a sleep over climaxed around Will’s birthday. He’s […]
We spent a short weekend deep in the woods of Eldorado National Forest with our good friends/neighbors. The Bay Area has a Mediterranean climate that keeps us warm and dry throughout the summer and blows the mosquitoes to far away regions. We confirmed before leaving that the weather in our destination was warm and dry. […]
We fell asleep last night to the sulphuric smoke of brightly colored cloud bottoms wafting into our open windows. Ah, July in the Bay Area! As is customary, Big Tow is driving WWII military vehicles in the Novato parade, this morning. As you can tell, the kids don’t find this exciting at all: (the blue […]
We just dropped the kids at school. Sylvie’s first day. Will lectured Sylvie all morning on what to do, where to sit, how to act. I think he may be the most excited. We got donuts for breakfast in hope that the alcohol released during the digestion of the sugars will make Sylvie more friendly. […]