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Some mothers are assiduous about avoiding plastic. Others diligently acquire intelligence boosting toys like black-and-white everything and Baby Einstein (when that was, you know, the thing). I’d managed, up to now, to avoid toys that would emit sounds that make me tear at my hair and scratch my eyes out. Before this week, he had . . . → Read More: we have entered the era of the noisy toy Jonah is 2 today. Right now we’re in Nana and PopPop’s house. They’re still sleeping. Scott is building giant towers out of Duplos with the birthday boy. He is an extraordinary boy. He has a way of wanting things a certain way, which I think is about being two, and possibly about being a budding . . . → Read More: jonah’s birthday And we continue to oblige it. Went back to craft store yesterday to get more sparkly skull stickers — because we’d completely lost the piece of paper where he’d stuck the first batch. Came home with new batch, found old batch piece of paper. Which now doubles our sparkly skull supply, which is totally awesome. . . . → Read More: the skull obsession continues I think we have entered the obsessive phase of toddlerhood. Anyone have advice on when this ends? It started like this: Ages ago, I saw a pair of jeans in Baby Gap. Fake distressed, with fake patches, and an embroidered skull. I thought they were ridiculously cute, and so very very wrong, and too expensive . . . → Read More: so nice, i bought it twice This morning, he says: What’s happening in here? Mommy carry you to see the sound. I say: What do you mean? What sound? He says: You can feel it in your bones. *** Tonight he says: What is that sound in your ear? Scott and I say: What sound? What do you hear? It’s . . . → Read More: see the sound Jonah and I are in the car driving to music class this morning. We’re listening to classical music, commenting to each other about the construction vehicles we see as we pass them by. Out of nowhere, he says, “Leila is all gone.” I am completely taken aback. “Yes, Jonah,” I say, “Leila is all gone.” . . . → Read More: and then, out of nowhere, he says Scott and I are generally not big holiday people. Halloween, especially, is not our holiday. We don’t much care for dressing up or spending money on costumes. One year, early in our couplehood, we did make an effort, like the cool kids do. We went to a used clothing store, found these outlandish silver “gowns” . . . → Read More: best. halloween. ever. |
 
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