Two nights ago, after dinner, Jonah was playing with clay at his art table. Suddenly, a frail, white, praying mantis climbed up from the underside and perched near the edge, it’s so-very-recently and much-smaller molted former-self dangling empty, just beneath.…
Yesterday, on the way to his first day ever of summer camp, Jonah asked me if fairies and unicorns are real. So asked him if he thought they were real. He told me a number of things, that fairies are…
Today, I have to tell you about my interview. Care.com thought it would be good to get my opinion on discipline. (I can hear you laughing. It’s okay, I laughed too.) Read what I said, here: Mommy time-outs See what…
In spite of everything, Jonah still believes in people. Last night, just before going to sleep next to me in his (our) hospital bed, and just after his 8:00pm IV antibiotics infusion, he said, “Mama, today was a lovely day.”…
I’m just schlepping him around in it and arranging playdates. Today, these things happened. Miraculously, we did not fight or yell or threaten or beg him to put on his clothes this morning. He just did it. He chose that…
Last night, during dinner: Jonah: Are aliens real? (Ayy-leeei-yunz reyuall) Daddy: Yes, explanation about possibility, science. Mommy: Maybe, but adds on about very slim possibility, science. Jonah: I think aliens ARE real. Jonah (continues): I think they should be EARTH…
We woke up this morning to a fully-dressed child. Read again with me. Slowly. A. Fully. Dressed. Child. A four-year-old who got up, got out of bed, shed his pajamas and “bedtime underwear.” Placed each in the proper receptacle. Opened…
We have started eating dinner together more lately, as Jonah’s bedtime has gotten later, and suddenly, this happened: One night, just as we were all seated at our places and about to dig in, Jonah yelled, “Wait! We have to…
