Once upon a time, I wrote about our neighbor’s cat who used to visit us, rather insistently (“a.k.a. a cat-and-a-half, briefly”). Her name was Molly. One day, Molly wasn’t with us anymore. Cause unknown. Jonah’s second major brush with the…
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big boy bed
Tonight we put him to bed in his big boy bed for the first time. And for the first time he fell out, at 9:47 p.m. Sigh. Fortunately, I’d put my old maternity body pillow (see, sometimes you save things…
this space unintentionally left un-updated
How is time flying by like this? I’ve written so many posts in my head, again. Currently, I’m grabbing this one minute to type a note, say hello. Hello! Am waiting for a guy. The guy who is going to…
in which potty training and learning to spell coincide
We have alphabet magnets on our fridge. Upper and lower case as it happens. The former a gift from my sister, the latter a gift from the nanny – part of a toy from Leap Frog that involves a big…
progress reports: preschool and potty
So, there are Thomas and Friends stickers all over our house. Mercifully, they seem to have been manufactured with some kind of temporary-ish glue (theoretically rendering them “reusable”) so that they aren’t leaving permanent marks anywhere (unlike the stickers from…
non-blogging elucidated
Quick, before my brain gets in the way or the toddler starts screaming… I am in a dilemma about preschool. I think we may be changing to a new one. This situation is so fraught with thoughts, it’s hard to…
the (organic) grapes of (toddler) wrath
Today, we finally bought grapes at the grocery store because, FINALLY, organic grapes are in season. Is it bad to let your toddler eat an entire half-pound? He held the bag in his stroller as we shopped, popping them in…
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…