Archive for December, 2009
thoughts about the moon
We went for a walk on Christmas day. Bright, cool, but not cold, pleasant afternoon. Just the slightest bit darkening turquoise blue sky with a big half-moon visible above the trees.
Jonah says:
“There’s the moon. It looks like somebody cut it into pieces and put it up in the sky like a teeny tiny decoration.”
(Dere’z da [...]
Posted by calm mama on Sunday, December 27th, 2009 at 8:29 am in conversations | 1 Comment »
concessions
1. We never did disconnect that button on the kitty keyboard. We’d been hiding it since his birthday when, once the pre-recorded songs had driven Scott mad (and it didn’t take long) we’d lied and said it was broken and we had to send it back. He hadn’t said boo about missing it, until one [...]
Posted by calm mama on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 at 5:05 pm in conversations | 3 Comments »
why you should never bake a birthday cake with a face on it
(With apologies for the low light in the video.)
Note that no holiday is let go of easily in our house, as evidenced by the three-week-old cake head, and the two-month old Halloween decorations. Sadly, after this video was made, we did indeed dispose of the head. Jonah cried. Some days, he still asks us to [...]
Posted by calm mama on Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm in holidaze, video | 1 Comment »
hannukahfied: post-party wrap up
So, in fact, 56 people were at the Hannukah party at our house on Saturday. And here’s the thing I discovered: 1/2 lb of potatoes per person only applies to ADULTS. When a good 1/3 of your guests are 9 and under, 25 lbs of potatoes is too much. A lesson I learned only after [...]
Posted by calm mama on Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 11:18 pm in conversations, holidaze, sleep | 3 Comments »
advent-hannukah t-minus 2: christmas cookies
So, today, Jonah got to go with the Nanny to a friend’s house and decorate Christmas cookies. The two nannies and their charges often hang out together, riding the bus (a toddler favorite) and such. Lila and her nanny had baked the cookies earlier in the day and provided icing materials. Apparently all among them [...]