Now that we have Spider nailed down, new hand-word combinations have arisen. This morning, out of nowhere, he started clapping. For real. Both hands making contact, with the sound of palms slapping against one another. I’m not sure how it…
Month: December 2008
the itsy bitsy spider
I had a lot of hope about teaching the boy sign language. I attended an introductory class. I read a book, the studied the flashcards a number of times. From the first day we fed him solid foods I was…
some words we didn’t mean to teach him
The verbal blue streak continues with: chair crab hippopotamus spiderman box top (as in jar and box) water hat turtle wallet He even took the top off a box, and when I put it on my head, he said “Hat!”…
new words and fried potatoes
He doesn’t know how to say Hannukah yet, but lately he’s picked up a few more words. Animal sounds: He was facing off with the cat the other morning — each on either side of the childproof gate in the…
my awesomeness cannot be contained
Thank you everyone for the encouragement to be the me that I be. In the spirit of those boots (which I am not yet wearing because we are at present in some controversy over sizing — see below) yesterday I…
am i too old to rock these boots?
Dude. These boots are serious. Stomper girl. Biker girl. Coffee house barrista girl with tattoos and a Betty Page haircut serious. Super comfortable, too. But am I just too old? I’m 39, creeping up on 40. Boots like this need…
the wave
The boy says “Hi” all the time now. He says it with a little inflection. And a smile. Sometimes he sounds southern. Always he sounds like he’s flirting, a touch mischievous. He says it to women pretty much wherever we…
sleep: miraculous and strange
Jonah re-instituted the two-nap regimen this week. One at 10 a.m., one at 5:00 p.m. Each about one hour long. And still he goes to bed at 6:30. And sleeps till 6:00 a.m. or a smidge later. Today he made…