Author: calm mama

violin and keyboard redux, and cr*p

It is important to note, especially for those who may be fearing for our sanity, that Jonah has progressed past Mary Had a Little Lamb to an appreciation of all seven pre-recorded songs on his WinFun Concert Master Violin. I…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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. *** Tonight he says: What is that sound…

and then, out of nowhere, he says

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…

best. halloween. ever.

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…