My birthday is coming up soonish, so M has been making me n-billion little cards with cheering birthday messages to distract me from my impending dotage. I am compelled to
Category: Kid stuff
Attn: NASA
M: Who was the first person on the moon? Me: A guy called Neil Armstrong. And he said something like, “one small step for a man, one giant leap for
Ballet recital
Ballet recital Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Another hilarious ballet recital. They all had a great time and actually did some dancing, in between tugging on their clothes, picking their noses,
Doodles!
Yesterday I bought myself this book, which is 400 pages of doodly goodness: The concept is that there’s a little something on each page and an idea (“draw the people
Snowpeople!
Snowpeople! Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. Finally a day with suitable snowman snow!
Marriage
It’s Freedom to Marry week in the US, so I offer the following conversation: M: I’m going to marry Daddy when I grow up! Me: You can’t, honey. Daddy’s already
White, like the snow in my brain
M: I have to wear my plain nightie to school today so the light can shine all the way through. Mr B said so. D and I: Hunh?? (Mentally slow
FIRWRCSE! HIP HIP HRA!
Dogs and Fireworks Originally uploaded by morecoffeeplease. I’m enjoying all the editorial comments on M’s art these days. Lots of labels and arrows and fanciness in this one, which is
Book #27: Biscuit Finds a Friend
By Alyssa Satin Capucilli (Author), Pat Schories (Illustrator) D fell asleep on the couch this afternoon. M wanted to make everything all perfect for him, so she went down and
Book #24 – Microorganisms: From Smallpox to Lyme Disease
By Thomas D. Brock, ed. My poor sick green-faced sproglet is finally sleeping, and since she’s in my bed(*) I’m trapped at my desk doing quiet things, so I’m choosing
Ai yi
Whoah, someone really has her cranky pants on this weekend, and they must be chafing her, too. Anyone want to borrow a really foul-tempered five-year-old? She likes sleepovers! And she
Amused
So Maddy’s kindergarten has a new “borrow a book” program, in which a book comes home in a little plastic bag and we’re supposed to help her point to letters,
Book #15: Haroun and the Sea of Stories
by Salman Rushdie I often find Salman Rushdie hard reading — he writes in images more than he writes in words, to my mind — but it’s a technique that
More fun with Tag
Ooo, she got mad when we out-cheated her…. M to D: You’re It! (chase ensues, D rather hindered by several heavy bags of groceries) M: T.O! D, deciding to play
Technicalities
A conversation recounted to me from the walk home yesterday: M: Tag! You’re It! (a few seconds later) M: Tag again! You’re It! D: No way! You just touched me,
Ssshh!
I’m not going to say it out loud so I won’t jinx it, but it looks like we have a new daycare arrangement starting in February. It’s a home-based daycare
Book #10: It’s a Girl
edited by Andrea J. Buchanan My sister bought this book for me for Christmas — it had been hanging about on my Amazon wishlist being neglected for some time, so
Camel, meet straw
I’ve crossed from vague dissatisfaction into active dislike of our current daycare. Objectively speaking, they’re OK. They keep the kids safe and all that stuff. The location is good and
Shortcut!
On our way into the schoolyard we accumulated Maddy’s friend S (his mom sometimes leaves him with me while she drops off her older child). “Shortcut!” S yelled, and they
Wow, five
Five years ago right about now I was being wheeled into a hospital room with a brand-new Maddy. I’d barely slept in three days, I was all stoned on endorphins