And poof, it’s over. Am already back in Oakland which was shivery and cold and gray from the moment we returned through midday today, just depressing enough to make the already fading memories of the trip a little more vivid…
Author: calm mama
traveling with preschooler in kauai: day 1 (round 3)
We came to Kauai as a family for the first time when Jonah was barely 4 months old. We came back again two years ago when he was almost 2. And now we are here, with our almost-4-year-old. Given that…
jonah’s jokes
We’re trying out jokes with Jonah. With some success. Witness: Me: Knock Knock Jonah: Who’s there? Me: Banana J: Banana who? Knock Knock Who’s There? Banana Banana who? (Dear reader, you know this one, right?) Knock knock Who’s there? Banana…
jonah’s stories (shark renditions)
He says to me: “Tell a story about Remmy and Hammy.” (We’ve been making up stories for a couple of weeks now about Hammy the hammerhead shark and his best friend Remmy the Remora fish. There’s also a Mako shark…
marry me
We had a normal-to-rough-ish day. Threat level: Yellow/Bert. It started out mostly sweet. Jonah had his morning beverage and I had mine. We squished into the glider chair together and read about dinosaurs. Getting him out the door to preschool…
sign him up for acting classes
Tonight, while Jonah was eating his sandwich, a little bit may have gone down the wrong pipe. He coughed vigorously. And then he proclaimed that he needed to go to the hospital. This is because last week, on Thursday night,…
jonah said
This morning, Jonah crawled into bed next to me, wiggled himself up into the pillows until we were practically nose-to-nose, and said: Momma, I love you. I am saving all of my love for you. … This afternoon, as we…
things have changed – and not
Once upon a time, my child was so entranced with ants, he would try to catch them. To have them sit in his palm. This afternoon, he was sitting beside me on my office floor, smacking them DEAD with the…