Archive for November, 2009
we have entered the era of the noisy toy
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 a [...]
Posted by calm mama on Friday, November 27th, 2009 at 8:17 am in product reviews, recommendations | 1 Comment »
jonah’s birthday
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 Director.
In the [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, November 26th, 2009 at 8:17 am in milestones | 4 Comments »
the skull obsession continues
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.
And then [...]
Posted by calm mama on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 7:58 am in baby baby baby | comments »
so nice, i bought it twice
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 at [...]
Posted by calm mama on Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 10:46 am in fashion, toddlerhood | 4 Comments »
see the sound
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.
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Tonight he says:
What is that sound in your ear?
Scott and I say:
What sound? What do you hear? It’s quiet in the room right now. Do you mean the sound [...]