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I’d forgotten until last night one of the primary reasons I had kids – to share my favorite books. Sure, there were many other reasons, but I’d been looking forward to building traditions around books like we’d had growing up. Yeah, yeah – I’m bookish. To this day, Christmas involves reading (and crying through) The […]
One of the greatest joys of parenting is seeing the world through the eyes of your child. Last year at this time, we were learning about relationship status – how “son” was ranked below “girlfriend” in the hierarchy of non-family affectionate statuses. One might have many “sons,” but only one “girlfriend.” Most recently, we’ve been […]
Probably topping the list of words you don’t want to hear together: “Poopoo! Everywhere!” Blurted at me by the potty training two year-old as she came running out of the bathroom this morning. I’d like to just fast forward a few months. May I? Please?
“Mom, I heard on the radio that some guy loves his wife to the moon. That isn’t enough, is it, Mom? I love you to the sun and back. That’s enough, right?” Swear I had nothing to do with this.
Will and Sylvie got Star Wars figurines for Sylvie’s birthday. For Sylvie, an Obie Wan; for Will, a Yoda aka Oda. Will has been active in play since the purchase. Apparently Obie and Oda used to be friends, but Obie Wan was a troubled kid and used to punch his friends. Now, Oda doesn’t like […]
Tonight the kids dragged me to the Lawrence Hall of Science Halloween fair. We were rather late getting up there, so we made it to only the juice table and the fortune teller before it was time for the Magic show. According to the fortune teller, Sylvie has a brother, is about 2, likes grape […]
Our kids are slowly becoming involved with this election as we’ve made them suffer through the conventions and then all 4 debates with us. Sylvie clapped happily everytime McCain or Palin spoke during the RNC – which I think says something about their demographic. And just like most Americans, Sylvie has stopped clapping for those […]
Look at those two boys. Will has always made his current age seem old. At 2 weeks, I felt like he’d been alive (and awake) for months. At 6 months, he had the speed and agility of a toddler. At 2, he seemed so self-assured and worldly. And now, at 4, when I turned around […]
It can’t help our society that once you have kids, it becomes more and more impossible to fit exercise into your daily regimen – what with the requisite weekend morning activities that every good parent drags their kids to. Since Will has not been enjoying soccer, we skipped out Saturday, took the kids for a […]