Every night at bedtime we have an elaborate routine that begins with bath time and ends with “talking yes-ter-day.” Talking yesterday is basically going over what we did yesterday. The last few nights Jake has changed it up and now likes me to tell him a story and then he…
On Sunday we went to Jakey’s friend Brady’s third birthday party at the Children’s Discovery Museum. It was all about dinosaurs, those little roll-up party horns and unnatural colors of frosting. After we got hopped-up on sugar and paraphernalia dinosauria, we decided to check-out the museum. Jake’s favorite stop was…
Last Friday I received the following video from Miss Dulce at lunchtime: http://youtu.be/wed_o_xb6JQ
It started with him laying on his side to look up at us. It was so funny— like a little super model posing for the camera with a hand behind his head and the other on his hip. Then he started dragging his little legs behind him. And finally he…
“Mama, I’m the Daddy froggy and you’re the Mama froggy.” (squeaky voice which I guess is how amphibians and puppies talk) “OK.” “What are you doing Mama froggy?” “I’m changing Nate’s dirty diaper.” “I’m the Daddy froggy.” “Oh good. Then how ’bout you change Nate’s diaper.” “Nope, I can’t. I’m…
This week we got a flier with Jacob’s first pre-school assignment. I thought I had at least another two years before I’d have homework hanging over my head again… So, instead of blogging I should be creating a poster that is all about Jake’s life up until this point. James…
James has been checking my blog visit analytics and apparently one of my highest hits is for “tooth chart for children.” Number 1 is “weimaraners dressed as people”… go figure. So here I am, juking the stats for more visits from total strangers who will hopefully become hopelessly obsessed with…
Last weekend Jacob and I were learning and practicing the concept of rhyming. Bee, Tree. Log, Frog. He’s been quite the fan of repeating, “Yummy in my tummy!” ten gazillion times— one of those catch phrases he brought home from school. So, I ask him, “What rhymes with Jake?” Without…
It’s a big election year. There’s the incumbent, who clearly has strong name recognition, years of experience and some wealthy backers. And then there’s the up-and-comer. He doesn’t play by the rules. An outsider. The “Maverick” if you will. Blue versus Red. Who will be elected President of mess-making? It’s…
Shining a light on bullying has been all the rage… that and apparently there’s some new trend in child rearing where you have your baby sleep on a mattress on the floor, rather than a crib, so as “not to constrain them.” Thank you to my friend Sarah for making…