The verbal blue streak continues with: chair crab hippopotamus spiderman box top (as in jar and box) water hat turtle wallet He even took the top off a box, and when I put it on my head, he said “Hat!”…
Author: calm mama
new words and fried potatoes
He doesn’t know how to say Hannukah yet, but lately he’s picked up a few more words. Animal sounds: He was facing off with the cat the other morning — each on either side of the childproof gate in the…
my awesomeness cannot be contained
Thank you everyone for the encouragement to be the me that I be. In the spirit of those boots (which I am not yet wearing because we are at present in some controversy over sizing — see below) yesterday I…
am i too old to rock these boots?
Dude. These boots are serious. Stomper girl. Biker girl. Coffee house barrista girl with tattoos and a Betty Page haircut serious. Super comfortable, too. But am I just too old? I’m 39, creeping up on 40. Boots like this need…
the wave
The boy says “Hi” all the time now. He says it with a little inflection. And a smile. Sometimes he sounds southern. Always he sounds like he’s flirting, a touch mischievous. He says it to women pretty much wherever we…
sleep: miraculous and strange
Jonah re-instituted the two-nap regimen this week. One at 10 a.m., one at 5:00 p.m. Each about one hour long. And still he goes to bed at 6:30. And sleeps till 6:00 a.m. or a smidge later. Today he made…
save handmade toys and clothes: action needed
I’m not much of a causes girl. Signing petitions, sending letters to congress/senate people, not usually my thing. But this? The very same people who protect us from lead in painted toys (or try to) and phthalates in plastic toys…
no is a one way street
I recently realized something I should have noticed a while ago. I mean really. Who is in charge around here? When that boy says ‘no’ he means no. No, don’t put me in that jumper. No, I don’t want to…