Archive for June, 2009
the other stuff i would say if it wasn’t gauche to post twice in one day
I just want to tell you that Bumbo and Dando were at the Vivarium with us today. And they were wearing hats.
Jonah was talking about them while one of the employees (the place seems to have almost as many employees as reptiles) was cleaning out a cage/lair/glasscontainerthingy. Somehow, said employee/tattooedguy/interestingperson joined our conversation.
Maybe they’re imaginary [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 10:26 pm in baby baby baby | 2 Comments »
the hipster parents’ guide to children’s books
I’m doing it, dear blog friends. I’m starting to just go ahead and review more stuff. On my other blog.
Some stuff will be my own stuff, some will be stuff I borrowed from the library or from friends. Some will be gifts given by people I know and love. And some I’ll score from marketing [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at 5:59 pm in baby baby baby | comments »
bumbo and dando
Jonah has a lot of words. He knows them, says them with startlingly crisp articulation at times. He sings songs. He recites books verbatim.
And he babbles.
A favorite game is to run in circles chanting: Bumbo bumbo bumbo — or — Dando dando dando.
Tonight, I decided to try to get to the bottom of this.
Who is [...]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 8:39 pm in milestones | 1 Comment »
ceci n’est pas un blog post
This is several blog posts, and none. A summary. A smorgasbord.
I love Magritte. So I reference him. C’est tout.
Where have I been? Why the blog silence?
Even I don’t have a coherent answer and I’m the only one who should know.
There’s some perfectionism involved. First thing that happened, I was having blog envy after reading another [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, June 28th, 2009 at 10:36 pm in baby pics, travel | 4 Comments »
thanks, mom
We’re in L.A., visiting Nana and PopPop, a.k.a. my mom and dad. Mom has just finished her rigorous morning workout and is getting dressed so we can take Jonah to the park. The boy and I are ready to go. We’re hanging out with her in her room while she is putting on her shoes. [...]